August 2013
Felecia Davis
The exam library holds problems that are primarily used on the exams but in the future should also hold problems that go after each video section. The way the library would ideally work is shown in the figure above. Each year new exams can be composed with the problems from the exam library. The problems have been divided into lecture folders and are about the topics delivered in that specific lecture. Within the lecture folders there are drag and drop, matching, drop down and multiple choice questions.
In the Studio platform at the bottom of the library are the Comprehensive exam questions. These are questions that span one or more lectures and are divided into 4 sections.
Lectures 1-6 Comprehensive 1
Lectures 7-12 Comprehensive 2
Lectures 13-18 Comprehensive 3
Lectures 19-24 Comprehensive 4
The problems have been titled, so that the subject matter is clear. The type of problem is described as well as whether or not it has used an image. Most drag and drop problems are image problems so these are not noted on the title. A mapping problem uses a map.
The problems may be used by going into the edit html mode and copying the code and pasting it into the new location.
The ‘settings’ must be adjusted for each problem to use it in an exam to set the points awarded. A second feature to set is the number of attempts allowed. For the most part all problems have infinite number of permitted tries. Only multiple choice/drop down questions are set so that they have a limit of 2 attempts.
Most multiple choice or drop down problems in the exam lecture folders may be used as fresh material for the Lecture questions after each section video. It is best to save all the problems i.e. The current 2013 lecture questions after the videos should be saved in the library so there is access and a record. Copy and paste these into the library before deleting these. Then use new multiple choice problems from the library as the new lecture questions.
All the image files have been stored on the portable hard drive. Images are organized by file type. It is best to change/work on the illustrator file and save it. Then export the same illustrator file to flat jpg or png to Studio. Most color is BW, with red [255,0,0] and gray [179,179,179]. This was done on purpose to simplify and coordinate the colors in the course. Typeface is primarily bold for match problems.
All problems in the library should be set to private.