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TableofContents# CogneroOverview ........................................................................................................................................... 1

Cognero Basic Terminology .............................................................................................................. 2Logging On to Cognero ...................................................................................................................... 3Test Generator Organization ............................................................................................................... 4Question Sets Versus Tests ............................................................................................................................ 4Editing a Question Set ........................................................................................................................ 4Navigation and View Settings ............................................................................................................ 5Editing a Question .............................................................................................................................. 5Saving Tests or Question Sets ............................................................................................................. 6Question Types .......................................................................................................................................... 6Online Help ........................................................................................................................................ 7

Unit1:CreatingTests .............................................................................................................................................................. 7Module1:SelectingQuestionsbyType .................................................................................................... 7Module2:SelectingQuestionsbyQuestionInformation ....................................................................... 10Module3:BuildinganEmptyTest .......................................................................................................... 12Module4:AddingQuestionstoanExistingTest ..................................................................................... 12

Dragging Questions from the Question Sets Pane ............................................................................ 12Dragging Questions from the Editor Pane ........................................................................................ 13Searching for Questions ................................................................................................................... 14

Module5:OrganizingQuestionsinaTest ............................................................................................... 15Scrambling Questions ...................................................................................................................... 16Organizing Questions by Type ............................................................................................................... 17Sorting Questions ............................................................................................................................. 17

Module6:UsingMulti---modeandAlgorithmicQuestions ......................................................................... 18Multi-mode Questions ...................................................................................................................... 18Algorithmic Questions ..................................................................................................................... 19

Module7:PrintingaTest ........................................................................................................................ 19Module8:ExportingQuestionsSetsorTestsforUseinanLMS ............................................................ 21

Unit2:FormattingandManagingQuestionsandTests ................................................................................................. 21Module1:FormattingtheTextofaQuestion ......................................................................................... 22Module2:InsertingImages .................................................................................................................... 23

Adjusting an Image Baseline ............................................................................................................ 23Module3:ReplacingFonts ..................................................................................................................... 25Module4:ChangingStyles ...................................................................................................................... 26Module5:ReorderingQuestions ............................................................................................................ 28Module6:SortingQuestionsbyMeta---information .................................................................................... 28Module7:ReplacingTextinaQuestion ................................................................................................. 30Module8:AssigningPointstoQuestions ................................................................................................ 30

Unit3:EnteringMeta---information ....................................................................................................................... 31Module1:AccessingMeta---information ...................................................................................................... 32Module2:AddingMeta---information ........................................................................................................... 33

Adding a Rationale ........................................................................................................................... 33Adding Difficulty, Topic, and Search Keywords .............................................................................. 34Adding References ........................................................................................................................... 34Learning Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 34

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Adding Standards ............................................................................................................................. 35Adding Notes and Other Information ............................................................................................... 35

Module3:DisplayingQuestionInformation ........................................................................................... 36

Unit4:ResettingQuestions,Sets,andTests ...................................................................................................................... 38Module1:ResettingaQuestion ............................................................................................................. 38Module2:ResettingaQuestionSet ....................................................................................................... 38Module3:ResettingaTest ..................................................................................................................... 39Module4:RevertingtotheOriginalPublisherVersionofaQuestion ..................................................... 39

Torevertaquestion: ........................................................................................................................ 39

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CogneroOverview# CengageLearningTestingPoweredbyCogneroisa full---featured,onlineassessmentsystemthatallowsinstructorstocreatetestsfrompublisher---providedcontentaswellaswritenewquestions.Withthetestgeneratoryoucan:

• Createtestfrompublisher---providedquestionsets• Editpublisherquestions• Writeyourownquestions• Tagquestionswithlearningobjectives,rubrics,andothermeta---information• Printtestsordeliverthemonlinethroughalearningmanagementsystem

Use this guide contains information on all the basic tasks you need to build tests based on publisher---providedcontent. Ifyouwillnotbewritingyourownquestions, thisguidewillgiveyoueverythingyouneed.SeetheInstructor'sGuidetoWritingQuestionsforinformationaboutcreatingyourownquestions.

SystemRequirements

Cogneroisacompletelyweb---basedapplicationwhichrequiresthefollowing:

RecommendedSystemSettings

• ahigh---speedinternetconnection• theJavaRuntimeEnvironment1.6.0.30orhigher• amodernwebbrowser(seebelow)

MinimumRequirements

• ahigh---speedinternetconnection• theJavaRuntimeEnvironment1.6.0.12• amodernwebbrowser(seebelow)

ToverifythatyouarerunningthelatestversionofJava,gotowww.java.comorwww.javatester.orgtotesttheplugin.

Windows

• Firefox4+• Chrome16+• InternetExplorer9+

Macintosh

• Safari5+• Chrome16+• Firefox4+

Windows

• Firefox3.6• Chrome16• InternetExplorer7

Macintosh

• Safari5• Chrome16• Firefox3.6

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Cognero Basic Terminology • InCognero,allcontentrelatedtoaparticulartextbookisreferredtoasaproduct.

• Aproductiscomprisedofmultiplequestionsetsand/ortests

• Eachquestionsetortestiscomprisedofmultiplequestions.

• Multiplequestionscanbelinkedtoasingletable,chart,picture,orpassage.Thisshareditemisknownasapreface.

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Logging On to Cognero YoucanaccessCognerothroughtheCengageLearningsite.

ToaccessCognerousingsinglesignon:

1. Openyourbrowserandnavigatetohttps://login.cengage.com.

2. Enteryouremailaddressandpassword,andthenclickSignIn.

3. OntheInstructorResourceCenterpage,clickthelinkunderInstructorSupplementsto

accessCognero.

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Test Generator Organization TheCognerotestgeneratorwindowisorganizedintothreeparts:

• QuestionSetsPane:TheQuestionSetspanedisplaysyourquestionsetsinafolderstructure.Questionsetsaretypicallyorganizedbytextbookchaptersorunits.

• TestsPane:TheTestspanedisplaysyourtestsinafolderstructure.

• EditorPane:Dragaquestionsetortesttotheeditorpaneontherighttomakechangestoit.Youcaneditexistingquestions,addordeletequestions,changeformatting,andprintfromtheeditorpane.

Question Sets Versus Tests Cognerocontentmaybestoredasquestionsetsortests.Questionsetsandtestsaresimilarlyorganizedandmaybeeditedinterchangeably.Publishersprovidecontentasquestionsets,whichareoftenorganizedbytextbookchapterortopicarea.Youcanusethequestionsinthesequestionsetstobuildtestsforyourstudents.Youcanalsocreateyourownquestionsetsandquestions.Thereisnolimittothenumberofquestionsthatmaybestoredinaquestionsetorusedinatest.

Editing a Question Set Youcanbrowseandeditaquestionset.Youcanopenanexistingquestionsetforeditinginthefollowingways.

• Right---clickaquestionsetandchoosetheEditQuestionSetoptionfromthemenuthatappears.• ClickaquestionsetandthenchooseEditQuestionSetfromtheOptionsmenu.

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• DragthequestionsetyouwishtoopenfromtheQuestionSetspanetotheeditorpane.

Navigation and View Settings When viewing a question set or test, you can choosehowmanyquestions to viewper page inyour browser. Viewing fewer questions per page helps each page load more quickly in yourbrowserandrequiresyoutoscroll less.Theviewsettingsdonothaveany impactonpaginationforprintedtests.

Tochangetheviewsettings:

1. UsetheViewdrop---downlisttoselecthowmanyquestionstodisplayonyourbrowserpage.

2. UsetheGotodrop---downlisttonavigatetoaparticularrangeofquestionnumbers.

• Youcanchangethedefaultviewsettingsinyourprofile.

Editing a Question Usethefollowingstepstoeditanexistingquestion.

1. Openatestorquestionsetbydraggingittotheeditorpane.

2. Clickthequestionyouwanttoedit.

3. Clickthepenciliconthatappearstotheleftofthequestion,andchoosetheEditoption.You

canalsodouble---clickaquestiontoopenit.

Caution:Ifyouhaveaquestionsetortestopenintheeditorpaneanddrag---and---dropanothersetortesttothatpane,youwillbeaskedifyouwanttoopenthesetortestforeditingorifyouwanttoincludethequestionsintheopenitem.Ifyouincludethequestionsinanopensetortest,youcannotundothataction.

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4. Editthequestion,answer,andquestioninformationasdesired.Whenyouarefinished,clicktheOKbutton.

Saving Tests or Question Sets Becausetestsandquestionsetsareautomaticallysavedinrealtime,youdon’tneedasavebutton.WhenyouclickOKwhileeditingaquestion,thequestionissavedtothedatabase.Ifasuddennetworkoutageorpoweroutageoccurs,simplylogintoCogneroagainandthetestorquestionsetwillbejustasyouleftit.

Question Types Cognerooffersthefollowingquestiontypes:

• True/False:Questionwithananswerofeithertrueorfalse.• ModifiedTrue/False:Questionwithananswerofeithertrueorfalse.Iftheansweris

false,studentsmustalsoprovideawordorphrasetomakethestatementtrue.• Yes/No:Questionwithananswerofeitheryesorno.• MultipleChoice:Studentschooseonecorrectanswerfromthechoicesprovided.• MultipleResponse:Studentschooseoneormorecorrectanswersfromthechoicesprovided.• NumericResponse:Questionwithanumericanswer.• Completion:Questionwithaone---wordorshortphraseanswer.• Matching:Studentsmatchquestionstoappropriateanswerchoices.• ObjectiveShortAnswer:Questionwithatextanswerthatcanbeautomaticallygraded.• SubjectiveShortAnswer:Questionwithatextanswerthatcannotbeautomaticallygraded.• Multi---Mode:Questionthatcantogglebetweenmultiplechoice,objectiveshortanswer,and

subjectiveshortanswer.Togglingquestionsenablesyoutoquicklyandeasilychangethedifficultylevelofatest.

• Ordering:Studentsmustputanswerchoicesinthecorrectseries.• OpinionScale/Likert:Studentsratetheiragreementwithastatement.• Essay:Questionwithananswerinparagraphform.Rubricscanbeassociatedwith

essayquestions

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Online Help In addition to this guide, Cognero provide context sensitive help is available throughout the system.WhenyouclicktheHelpbutton,youwillreceivehelpspecifictothetaskyou’reperforming.Thinkofthehelpasyouronlineuserguide.

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Unit1:CreatingTests# In general, tests are sub---sets of questions from one ormore question sets and are given to students.Onceyoucreateatest,itcanbeassignedtostudentsonlineviaaLearningManagementSystem,oritcanbeprintedanddistributed.Thisunitdealswithcreatingtestsandprintingthem.

Aftercompletingthisunit,youwillbeableto:

• Createandopentests• Addquestionstoatestbasedonquestioninformation• Addquestionstoatestbasedonthequestiontype• Printatest

Cogneromakesiteasyforyoutocreateanewtest.Whencreatingatestusingthetestwizard,youcanselectquestionsinthefollowingways:

• Chooserandomquestionsbytypefromexistingquestionssetsortests.• Choosequestionsfromexistingquestionssetsortestsbasedonmeta---informationsuchas

learningobjectives,difficultlevel,standards,etc.• Createablanktestandselectindividualquestionstocreatethe

test.We’lllookateachoftheseoptionsinturn.

Module 1: Selecting Questions by Type We’llbeginbylookingathowtobuildatestbyselectingspecifictypesofquestions.Forexample,youmightwanttobuildachaptertestthatcontains20multiplechoicequestionsandtwoessays.

Tobuildatestbasedononeormorequestiontypes:

1. ClicktheCreateanewtestlinkintheeditorpaneorselectNewTestfromtheOptionsdrop---downmenuintheTestspane.

Note:Regardlessofhowyouinitiallycreatethetest,youcanalwaysaddotherquestionslater,whethertheymatchtheoriginalcriteriaornot.

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2. EnteraTestTitle.

3. ClicktoselectalocationforthetestfromtheFolderlocationlist.YoucanchooseanexistingfolderorcreateanewonebyclickingtheNewFolderbutton.

4. ChoosetheBuildatestwithquestionsselectedbyquestiontypeoptionfromtheBuildOptions

groupandclicktheNextbutton.

5. Clickthecheckboxesnexttothequestionsets/testsfromwhichyouwouldlikequestionstobeselected,andthenclickNext.Dependingonhowmanyquestionsets/testsyouchoose,itmaytakeawhiletopopulatethelist.

6. Ifnecessary,selectoneormorequestionlanguagesandclicktheNextbutton.

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7. SelectthenumberofquestionstoincludeonthetestbasedonthequestiontypeandclicktheNextbutton.

8. Reviewtheinformationonthesummaryscreen.ClicktheFinishbuttontobuildyourtestandopenitintheeditorpane,orclicktheBackbuttontochangeyourselections.

Note:Thewizardallowsforamaximumof300questionsonatest.

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Module 2: Selecting Questions by Question Information Inadditiontoselectingquestionsbytype,youcanalsobuildyourtestbasedonmeta---information.Thisishelpfulifyouwanttocreateatestforaspecifictopicor forasetof learningobjectivesorstandards.Refertothechartbelowforthemeta---informationyoucanusetoselectquestionsforatest.

Sort Tests

Points x

Rubric

Rationale

Difficulty x x

Reference x x

LearningObjectives x x

AccreditationStandards x

Nationalstandards x

Statestandards x

Localstandards x

Corporatestandards x

Topic x x

SearchKeywords x x

Notes

Other

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Tocreateanewtestbasedonmeta---information:

1. ClicktheCreateanewtestlinkintheeditorpaneorselectNewTestfromtheOptionsdrop---downmenuintheTestspane.

2. EnteraTestTitle.

3. ClicktoselectalocationforthetestfromtheFolderlocationlist.Youcanchoosean

existingfolderorcreateanewonebyclickingtheNewFolderbutton.

4. ChoosetheBuildatestwithquestionsselectedbyspecificquestioninformationoptionfromtheBuildOptionsgroupandclickNext.

5. Clickthecheckboxesnexttothequestionsets/testsfromwhichyouwouldlikequestionstobe

selectedandthenclicktheNextbutton.Dependingonhowmanyquestionsets/testsyouchoose,itmaytakeawhiletopopulatethelist.

6. Ifnecessary,selectoneormorequestionlanguagesandclickNext.

7. Selectthemeta---informationyouwanttousefromtheQuestioninfolist.

8. Optionally,selectaQuestiontype.

9. ClickEdittoselectthenumberofquestionsforeachmeta---informationoptionandclicktheNext

button.

10. Reviewtheinformationonthesummaryscreen.ClicktheFinishbuttontobuildyourtestandopenitintheeditorpane,orclicktheBackbuttontochangeyourselections.

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Module 3: Building an Empty Test TobuildanemptytestsimplyselectBuildanemptytestintheNewTestWizardandclickFinish.ThenewtestisaddedtotheTestspaneandopensintheeditorpane,allowingyoutodraganddropquestionsfromotherquestionsetsortestsintotheopentest.

Module 4: Adding Questions to an Existing Test WithCognero’sdrag---and---dropinterface,therearemanywaystoaddquestionstoatest.

Dragging Questions from the Question Sets Pane Ifyouhaveatestopenintheeditorpane,youcandragquestionsfromtheQuestionSetspaneortheTestspaneintotheopentest.Thismethodallowsyoutoviewyourtestasyoubuildit.

ToaddtestquestionsfromtheQuestionSetspanes:

1. Openyourtestintheeditorpane.

2. DragaquestionfromtheQuestionSetspanetotheeditorpanetoaddittothetest.Alternately,youcanright---clickaquestionintheQuestionSetspaneandchoosetheAddtoCurrentmenuoption.

Note:HolddowntheControlkeywhiledraggingtopreventtheeditorpanefromscrollingwhileyoudraganddrop.

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Dragging Questions from the Editor Pane Youcanalsodragquestionsfromthequestionsetyouareviewingintheeditorpane.Thismethod allowsyoutoseethefulltextofyourquestionsbeforeaddingthemtoyourtest.

Toaddtestquestionsfromtheeditorpane:

1. Openaquestionsetintheeditorpane.

2. DragaquestionfromtheeditorpanetoatestintheTestspanetoaddittothetest.

Note:HolddowntheControlkeywhiledraggingtopreventtherightpanefromscrollingwhileyoudraganddrop.

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Searching for Questions Tohelpyoufindtherightquestionstoadd,youcanfilterquestionsinthequestionsetsortestspane.Youmaywishtoaddquestionstoyourtestbasedonquestionmeta---information,suchasstatestandardsorkeywords.WithCognero’spowerfulsearchtools,youcanfilterquestionsbasedonmeta---datatofindtheexactquestionsyouneed.

Toaddtestquestionsusingfilters:


2. Clickthebutton intheQuestionSetsorTestspane.

3. EnteryoursearchtextintheFindwhatfield.

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4. (Optional)SelecttheSearchonlyquestiontitles,objectives,andstandardscheckboxtolimitthesearchfields.

5. (Optional)Refineyoursearchfurtherbycreatingafilter.Forexample,supposeyouonly

wantmultiplechoicequestionswiththestatestandardQCC5.ClicktheAdvancedtab.ChooseRegionalstdIDasthefiltercriteria,chooseisastheoperation,andenterQCC5asthefiltervalue.

6. ClickOK.Nowonlyquestionsthatmatchyoursearchcriteriaaredisplayedinthequestionsets

ortestspane.

7. Dragquestionsfromtheleftpanestotheeditorpanetoaddthemtothetest.

8. Toturnfiltersoffanddisplayallquestions,simplyclickthe buttonagain.Module 5: Organizing Questions in a Test Onceyouhavequestionsinyourtest,Cogneroprovidesseveraldifferentwaystoarrangethem,including:

• Dragginganddroppingquestions• ScramblingQuestions• Organizingquestionsbyquestiontype• Sortingquestionsbymeta---information

Note:Ifthequestionsetortestisnotalreadyexpanded,clickthe+nexttothesetortesttoexpanditandviewthequestions.

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ScramblingQuestions TheScrambleoptionenablesyoutoquicklycreateanewversionofyourtestorquestionsetbyscramblingthequestionorderandtheanswerchoiceorderformultiple---choice,multi---mode,andmultiple---responsequestions.

Toscrambleatestorquestionset:

1. Openthetestorquestionsetyouwanttoscramble.

2. Clickthebutton orchooseScramblefromtheTestorSetmenu.

Caution:Whenswitchingbetweendifferentorganizationmethods,thequestionswillalwaysreturntotheorderthattheywereaddedtothetest.

Forexample,supposethatyoucreateafive---questiontest.Youre---arrangethequestionssothatquestion2isnowquestion1.Next,youdecidetoorganizethequestionsbyquestiontype.Later,youchangeyourmindandturnoffOrganizebyQuestiontype.Thequestionswillreturntotheoriginalorderandthequestionthatyoumovedwillagainbequestion2.

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Notes:

• IftheOrganizebyQuestionTypeoptionisenabled,thequestionorderwillbescrambledwithineachquestiontypegroup.Ifthisoptionisnotenabled,thequestionorderwillberandomizedwithnoregardtoquestiontype.

• Answerchoicesformultiple---choice,multi---mode,andmultiple---responsequestionswillbe

scrambledaccordingtothescramblecapablesettingforeachindividualquestion.

• Alternately,youmaychoosefromavarietyofscrambleoptionswhenyouprintyourtest.

• Toundoscramblingforasetortest,usetheResetQuestionSetorResetTestoption.Toundoanswerchoicescramblingforanindividualquestion,usetheResetQuestionoption.

Organizing Questions by Type WhentheOrganizebyQuestionTypeoptionisenabled,questionsaredisplayedingroupsbasedonquestiontypesuchastrue/falseandmultiplechoice.Ifthisoptionisdisabled,questionsmaybemixed(atrue/falsequestionfollowedbyamultiple---choicequestionfollowedbyanothertrue/falsequestion).

TotoggletheOrganizebyQuestionTypesetting:


2. Clickthebutton orselectOrganizebyQuestionTypefromtheTestorSetmenu.

Notes:

• Whenquestionsareorganizedbytype,dragginganddroppingtoreorderquestionsislimitedtowithineachquestiontypegroup.

• Whenquestionsareorganizedbytype,thescrambleoptionwillscramblethequestion

orderwithineachquestiontypegroup.

• Whenquestionsareorganizedbytype,asingleprefacewillappearmorethanonceonthetestorquestionsetifquestionsofdifferenttypesareattachedtothatpreface.

Sorting Questions UsetheSortfunctiontosortyourquestionsbasedonmeta---informationsuchasdifficultylevelortopic.

Tosortquestions:


2. ChoosetheSortoptionfromtheTestorSetmenu.

3. UsetheSortbydrop---downmenutoselectthemeta---informationfielduponwhichyouwantto

sort.Forexample,youmaywanttosortyourtestbyDifficulty,puttingtheeasiestquestionsatthebeginningofthetestandthemostdifficultquestionsattheend.

4. Alistofvaluesfortheselectedmeta---informationfieldappears.Draganddropthevaluesinthe

orderyouwantyourtestquestionstoappear.Forexample,youcoulddragtheEasydifficultyto

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thetop,Mediumtothemiddle,andHardtothebottomtosortyourtestquestionsbydifficultyfromeasiesttomostdifficult.

5. ClicktheOKbutton.Yourtestquestionswillnowappearinyourchosenorderbasedonthemeta-

--information.Notes:

• TheSortfunctionisnotavailableiftheOrganizebyQuestionTypeoptionisenabled.• TheSortfunctionisnotavailableifyourquestionsdonotcontainanymeta---information.

Module 6: Using Multi-mode and Algorithmic Questions

Multi-modeQuestions Amulti---modequestionisaquestionthatcanbedisplayedonatesteitherasamultiple---choicequestion,anobjectiveshortanswerquestion,orasubjectiveshortanswerquestion.Multi---modequestionscaneasilybetoggledbetweentheirthreemodes,allowingyoutoincreaseordecreasethedifficultylevelofatestwithasingleclickofthemouse.

Totogglemulti---modequestionsbetweentheirthreemodesonatest:

1. Totoggleasinglemulti---modequestion,highlightthequestionyouwishtotoggleandchoose

ToggleMulti---ModefromtheQuestionmenu.

2. Totoggleallmulti---modequestionsonatest,clicktheToggleAllMulti---ModeQuestionsbuttonorchooseToggleAllMulti---ModeQuestionsfromtheQuestionmenu.

Notes:

• Inquestionsets,multi---modequestionsappearintheirownsectionifOrganizebyQuestionType

isenabledandasmultiple---choicequestionsifitisnotenabled.

• Multi---modequestionscannotbetoggledinaquestionset.

• Intests,multi---modequestionsappearinthemultiple---choice,objectiveshortanswer,orsubjectiveshortanswersectionisOrganizebyQuestionTypeisenabled.

• Todeterminewhichquestionsaremulti---mode,choosetheDisplayQuestionInformationoptionandchoosetodisplayquestiontypes.

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AlgorithmicQuestions UsingCognero'salgorithmicfunctions,youcancreatequestionswithvariablesthatcanberecalculatedtoformnewquestions.Algorithmicfunctionalityenablesyoutoeasilyprintmultipleversionsofatestorworksheetstoreinforceaparticularconcept.

Youmayrecalculatealgorithmsforanindividualquestionorforanentiretest/questionset.Torecalculatealgorithms:

• Torecalculatealgorithmsforthequestioncurrentlybeingedited,chooseRecalculateVariables

fromtheToolsmenu.

• Torecalculatealgorithmsforanindividualquestioninatestorquestionset,clicktohighlightthequestionandthenchooseRecalculateAlgorithmsfromtheQuestionmenu.

• Torecalculatealgorithmsforanentiretestorquestionset,chooseRecalculateAllAlgorithmsfromtheTestorSetmenu.

• Youmayalsochoosetorecalculatealgorithmswhenprintingmultipleversionsofatest.

Module 7: Printing a Test Cogneroenablesyoutocreateprofessional---qualityprintedtestswithyourwebbrowser.Youcaneasilyprintmultipleversionsofyourtesttoreducethelikelihoodofcheating.

Toprintasingleversionofatest:


2. ChoosePrinttoPDF---SingleVersionfromtheFilemenu.

3. SelectthePrintanswerkeyoptionifyouwanttoincludeananswerkeyattheendofyourtest.

4. SelecttheIncludeanswerlinesoptiontoincludelinesforstudentstoanswerquestions

directlyontheprintedtest.

Note:Todeterminewhichquestionsinasetortestarealgorithmic,choosetheDisplayQuestionInformationoptionandchoosetodisplayvariablestatus.

Note:Todeterminewhichquestionsinasetortestarealgorithmic,choosetheDisplayQuestionInformationoptionandchoosetodisplayvariablestatus.

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5. SelecttheAdd inchesofextraspacebetweenquestionstoaddadditionalspaceaftereachquestiononthetest.Thisspaceisinadditiontotheanswerlinesandmaybeusefultogivestudentsroomtoshowtheirwork.Youmayaddupto3inchesofextraspaceaftereachquestion.

6. SelecttheAddspaceforopen---responsequestionsonlytoallowforextraspaceforopen

responsequestiontypessuchasshortanswerandessay,butnotforchoice---basedquestiontypessuchasmultiplechoiceandtruefalse.

7. ClicktheOKbutton.APDFversionofyourtestiscreated.ClicktheOpenorSaveoptionin

yourbrowsertoopenorsaveyourtest.Toprintmultipleversionsofatest:


2. ChoosePrinttoPDF---MultipleVersionsfromtheFilemenu.

3. SelectthePrintanswerkeyoptionifyouwanttoincludeananswerkeyattheendofyourtest.

4. SelecttheIncludeanswerlinesoptiontoincludelinesforstudentstoanswerquestions

directlyontheprintedtest.

5. SelecttheAdd inches ofextraspacebetweenquestionstoaddadditionalspaceaftereachquestiononthetest.Thisspaceisinadditiontotheanswerlinesandmaybeusefultogivestudentsroomtoshowtheirwork.Youmayaddupto3inchesofextraspaceaftereachquestion.

6. SelecttheAddspaceforopen---responsequestionsonlytoallowforextraspaceforopen

responsequestiontypessuchasshortanswerandessay,butnotforchoice---basedquestiontypessuchasmultiplechoiceandtruefalse.

7. SelecttheScramblequestionsectionsoptiontoscrambletheorderofthequestiontype

sections(e.g.,true/false,multiplechoice,etc.)foreachversionofthetest.ThisoptionisonlyavailableiftheOrganizeoptionisenabledandthereismorethanonetypeofquestiononthetest.

8. SelecttheScramblequestionsoptiontoscramblethequestionorder.IftheOrganizeby

QuestionTypeoptionisenabled,questionswillbescrambledwithintheirquestiontypegroups.

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9. SelecttheScrambleanswerchoicesoptiontoscrambletheanswerchoicesforthesemultiplechoiceandmultiple---responsequestions.Answerchoiceswillbescrambledbasedoneachindividualmultiplechoiceandmultiple---responsequestion'sScramblecapablesetting.Thisoptionisonlyavailableifthetestcontainsmultiplechoice,multi---mode,and/ormultiple---responsequestions.

10. SelecttheRecalculatealgorithmvariablesoptiontorecalculatevariablesforall

algorithmicquestionsinthetest.Thisoptionisonlyavailableifthetestcontainsalgorithmicquestions.

11. ClickthePrintNewVersionbutton.APDFversionofyourtestiscreated.ClicktheOpenorSave

optioninyourbrowsertoopenorsaveyourtest.

12. Repeatstep11tocreateasmanyversionsasdesired.Theversionnumberisautomaticallyincrementedandincludedoneachtestandanswerkey.Whenyouarefinished,clicktheDonebutton.

Notes:

• Youdonotneedtowaitforoneversionofatesttoprintbeforeprintinganother.• Whenyouchoosetoprintatest,CognerocreatesaPDFversionofyourtestthatyoumayprint

toyourprinter.Ifthistestdoesnotappear,checktoseeifyouhaveapop---upblockerenabledonyourbrowser.

• Whenyouchoosetoprintaquestionset,noneoftheprintoptionslistedaboveareavailable.CognerowillsimplycreateaPDFversionofthequestionsetasyouseeitonthescreen.

ToformatthePDFbeforeprinting:

1. ClickFile>PageSetup.

2. ClicktheDisplayOptionstab.

3. ClearthecheckboxesfortheitemsthatyouwanttodisplayinthePDF.

4. ClickOK.

Module 8: Exporting Questions Sets or Tests for Use in an LMS YoucanexportcontentfromCogneroasanAngel7.1+,Blackboard7.1+,Respondus3.5+,orQTIZIPfilethatmaythenbeimportedasapoolintoalearningmanagementsystem(LMS).


ToexportaquestionsetortestasanLMSZIPfile:

1. Openaquestionsetortestbydraggingittotheeditorpane.

2. ChooseExportfromtheFilemenu.

3. Clicktheformatfortheexport(Cognero,Angel,Blackboard,Respondus,orQTI).

4. TheZIPfileissavedtoyourlocalharddrive.YoumaynowimportthisZIPfileintotheLMS.Unit2:FormattingandManagingQuestionsandTests# Cogneroallowsyoutocreateandprinttestsfrompublisher---providedcontentwithafewsimplesteps.Inmostcases,theinformationinUnit1:CreatingTestswillbeallyouneedtoproduceprofessionallookingtests.However,ifyouwanttorearrangethequestionsorfinetunetheformattingofyourtest,thisunitwillenableyoutodothat.

Cognerooffersawidevarietyofwaystoformatandmanagequestions,allowingyoutoquicklymakeglobalchangestoalargeamountofexistingcontent.


• Formatthetextofaquestioninthewordprocessor• Adjustthearrangementofanimageinaquestion• Changetheformattingofquestionsbyreplacingfontsandchangingstyles• Understandthedifferencebetweencopyingandduplicatingquestions• Duplicateaquestion• Reorderquestions• Replacewordsandphrasesinaquestion• Assignpointstoquestions• Displaytestsindifferentlanguages

Module 1: Formatting the Text of a Question TheCognerowordprocessorprovidesallthecapabilitiesofanycommercialwordprocessor,includingfontandparagraphformatting,hyperlinks,images,tables,variables,andequations.Youcanformatthequestion,answer,feedback,andmeta---informationusingrichtext.


Module 2: Inserting Images Inadditiontoformattingthetext,youcaninsertgraphicsandimagesusingthewordprocessor.

Toinsertanimage:

1. Inthewordprocessor,positionyourcursorwhereyouwanttheimagetoappear.

2. SelectInsertImagefromtheInsertmenu.

• TheInsertImagedialogboxopens.

3. UsetheBrowsebuttontolocateyourimageandthenclickOK.

4. Youcanresizetheimagebydraggingthecornersoftheimage.

Adjusting an Image Baseline TheCognerobaselinefeatureallowsyoutoadjusthowanimageorequationalignsverticallywiththetextinaquestion.Theexamplesbelowshowanequationbeforeandafterthebaselinewasadjusted.


Tosetthebaselineforanobject:

1. Createoreditaquestionthatcontainsanimageorequation.


2. Clicktheimageorequationtoselectit.

3. ChooseImageBaselinefromtheEditmenu.

4. ChangetheBaselineadjustmentsettinguntilthealignmentinthepreviewwindowiscorrect.Youmayadjustthebaselinebyeitherpixelsorpoints.

5. ClickOKtorecordyourbaselinesetting.

6. ClickOKtorecordthequestionorSaveandCreateAnothertocreateanotherquestionofthesametype.

Module 3: Replacing Fonts Occasionally,youmaywriteaquestionsetortestandthendecidethatitwouldbeeasiertoreadinadifferentfont.Ratherthanopeningeachquestionandchangingthefonts,youcanusetheReplaceFontcommandtoreplaceeveryinstanceofaparticularfontinaquestionsetortest.Youcanchangefromonefonttoanother,changethefontsize,orboth.

Toreplaceafontinaquestionsetortest:


2. ChooseReplaceFontfromtheEditmenu.

3. ChoosethefonttobereplacedfromtheFindwhatlist.

4. SelecttheIncludesizecheckboxifyouonlywanttoreplaceacertainsizeofthefont.

5. ChoosethereplacementfontfromtheReplacewithlist.

6. SelecttheIncludesizecheckboxifyouwantthereplacementfonttobeaparticular

size.Otherwise,theoriginalfontsizewillbemaintained.

7. Choosewhichareasinyourset/testtoincludeinthesearch.

Note:Youcanalsosetthebaselineonsome,butnotall,variables.Youcansetthebaselineonvariablesthatcreateimages,suchasfractionfunctions(e.g.,FRACS,MIXFRACS,etc.)andthesquareroot(SQRS)function.

Note:Thebaselineadjustmentdoesnotdisplayinthewordprocessorwindow.Thebaselineadjustmentdisplayswhenthefullsetofquestionsisdisplayed,aswellasonprintedandonlinetests.


• SelectIncludequestiontextifyouwanttoincludequestiontextinyoursearch.Thisoptionisselectedbydefault.

• SelectIncludeanswertextifyouwanttoincludeanswertext,includingmultiple

choiceanswerchoices,inyoursearch.

• SelectSearchprefacetextifyouwanttoincludeprefacetextinyoursearch.

8. ClicktheReplaceAllbuttontocompletethefontreplacement,orclicktheClosebuttontoreturntotheset/testwithoutreplacingfonts.

Module 4: Changing Styles Inadditiontochangingthefont,youmightwanttochangethestyle,includingnotonlythefontandpointsizeofthetext,buttheformattingaswell.Youcanchangethestylesofthefollowing:

• Title• Sectiontitle• Questionnumbers• Answerchoices• Newquestions• Questioninformation

Tocustomizeyourtestorquestionset:

1. Openatestor,questionsetbydraggingittotheeditorpane.

2. SelectStylesfromtheEditmenu.

3. Clicktheappropriateradiobuttonstosetyourquestionnumberandanswerchoicestyles.


4. Selecttheappropriateanswerchoicesequence.Ifstudentswillbetakingthetestonabubblesheet,selectthesequencethatmatchesthebubblesheet.

5. ClicktheFontstab.

6. Tochangethefontandstyleforanypartofyourtestorquestionset,clicktheappropriateSet

buttonandcustomizeyouroptions.

7. ClicktheOKbuttonwhenyouarefinished.

Note:Youcanchangeyourdefaultstylesettingsinyourprofile.


Module 5: Reordering Questions Cogneroallowsyoutoreorderquestionsbydragginganddroppingthematestorquestionset.

Toreorderquestionsbydragginganddropping:

1. Openthetestorquestionset.

2. Clickanddragaquestionupordowntochangeitslocationwithinthequestionsetortest.A

blank,blueareawillappearonthescreenwhenyouhavedraggedthequestiontoanappropriatelocation.

3. Releasethemousebuttonwhenthequestionisthedesiredlocation.

Notes:

• IftheOrganizebyQuestionTypeoptionisenabled,youmaynotdragquestionsoutsideof

theirquestiontypegrouping.• Youmaynotdragaquestiontoanareawithinaprefacegroupunlessitisalsoattachedto

thatsamepreface.• Youmaynotdragaquestiontoanareawithinamatchinggroupunlessitisalsoapartof

thatsamematchinggroup.• Youcanonlydraganddropquestionswithintherangeofquestionsthatiscurrentlydisplayed

intheeditorpane.ChangetheviewsettingtoAllquestionstoenabledragginganddroppingfortheentiretestorquestionset.

• Whenswitchingbetweendifferentorganizationmethods,thequestionswillalwaysreturntotheorderthattheywereaddedtothetest.

Module 6: Sorting Questions by Meta-information Inadditiontoorganizingquestionsbytype,youcanalsosortquestionsbymeta---information.Forexample,youcouldsortquestionsbydifficultysothattheeasierquestionsappearfirst.Youcouldalsosortquestionsbytopic.Refertothechartbelowforthemeta---informationavailableforsorting.

Sort Tests

Points x


Rubric

Rationale

Difficulty x x

Reference x x



Nationalstandards x

Statestandards x

Localstandards x


Topic x x

SearchKeywords x x

Notes

Other


Module 7: Replacing Text in a Question Youcanfindandreplacetextinaquestionset,makingiteasyquicklytosubstituteonewordorphraseforanother.Youcansearchfortextinthequestiontitle,questiontext,answertext,orprefaces.Youcansearchoneormoretextfieldsatthesametimeaswellasperformcasesensitivesearches.

Tofindandreplacetextinaquestionsetortest:


2. ChooseReplacefromtheEditmenu.

3. EnterthesearchtextintheFindwhatfield.

4. EnterthenewtextintheReplacewithfield.

5. Selectthedesiredsearchoptions.

• SelectCasesensitivesearchifyouwanttorequirethetextcapitalizationtomatch.

• SelectSearchquestiontitleifyouwanttoincludequestiontitlesinyoursearch.

• SelectSearchquestiontextifyouwanttoincludequestiontextinyoursearch.Thisoption

isselectedbydefault.

• SelectSearchanswertextifyouwanttoincludeanswertext,includingmultiplechoiceanswerchoices,inyoursearch.

• SelectSearchprefacetextifyouwanttoincludeprefacetextinyoursearch.

6. ClicktheReplaceAllbuttontoreplaceallinstancesofthesearchtext.ClicktheReplacebutton

toreplaceonlythefirstinstanceofthesearchtext.

Module 8: Assigning Points to Questions UsetheAssignPointsoptiontoquicklysetthepointvaluesforallquestionsinatestorquestionset.

Toassignpointstoquestions:


2. Clickthebutton orchooseAssignAllPointsfromtheTestorSetmenu.


3. AdjustthepointvaluesforeachquestioninthePointscolumnasdesired.

4. Whenyouarefinished,clicktheOKbutton.

Note:Pointvaluesmayalsobesetinthequestioninformationwhencreatingoreditingindividualquestions.

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Unit3:EnteringMeta---information# EachquestioninCogneromaybetaggedwithmeta---informationsuchasdifficultylevels,statestandards,keywords,andmuchmore.Thismeta---informationmaybeusedtohelpcreatefilterswhenselectingquestionsforatest,usedtosortquestions,andusedinpost---testresultsreporting.Thefollowingsummarizeshowthedifferentmeta---informationcanbeused.

Sort Tests

Points x

Rubric

Rationale

Difficulty x x

Reference x x



Nationalstandards x

Statestandards x

Localstandards x


Topic x x

SearchKeywords x x

Notes

Other

Aftercompletingthisunit,youwillbeabletoaddthefollowinginformationtoquestions:


• Arationale• Adifficultyrating• Atopicreference• Apageorchapterreference• Searchkeywords• Learningobjectives• National,state,local,corporate,oraccreditingstandards

Module 1: Accessing Meta-information Themeta---informationforaquestionisavailableontheInfotabinthequestiondialogbox.

Toaccessmeta---informationforaquestion:

1. Editorcreateanewquestion.

2. ClicktheInfotab.

3. ClicktheInfoandObjectivesbutton.


Module 2: Adding Meta-information Publishersprovidemeta---informationwiththeirquestion,butyoucanaddadditionalinformationtothosequestionsortoquestionsyoucreate.

Adding a Rationale TheRationalefieldallowsyoutoenterthereasoningbehindaquestion.Whenaquestionispartofanonlinetest,instructorscanchoosetodisplaytherationaleforstudentsaftertheycompletetheassignment.


Adding Difficulty, Topic, and Search Keywords TheDifficulty,Topic,andSearchKeywordscanallbeusedbyinstructorstosortquestionsandbuildtests. Forexample,youcouldsortquestionsinatestsothateasierquestionsarefirstandthemoredifficultonesarelast.Youcouldalsobuildatestbasedonaspecifictopic.

Toaddadifficultylevel,atopic,orkeywordentry:

1. ClicktheAddRecordlinkandenteryourdata.

2. ThenclicktheUpdatelinktorecordyourentry.

3. ClicktheAddRecordlinkagaintoaddadditionalrecordsinthesamefield.

4. ClicktheEditlinktoeditexistingrecords.

AddingReferences YoucanusetheReferencefieldtoindicateaunit,chapter,section,orpagenumberwhereinformationrelatedtothequestioncanbefound.Thereferenceinformationcanbeusedtosortquestions,buildtests,andbuildreports.Theprocessforaddingareferenceisthesameasaddingdifficulty,topics,andkeywords.

LearningObjectives

Youcanuselearningobjectivestotietestquestionstospecificinstructionalgoals.Thelearningobjectivescanbeusedtosortquestions,buildtests,andbuildreports.Youaddalearningobjectivethesamewayyouwouldadddatatoanyfieldthatallowsseparaterecords.Themaindifferenceisthatlearningobjectiveshavetwoparts:anobjectiveIDandadescription.TheobjectiveIDmustbeunique.Therefore,youcan’tusethesameobjectiveIDnumberforobjectivesindifferentproducts.Forexample,ifyouhaveanobjectiveIDof1---1foraneconomicsproductyoucannothaveanobjectiveIDof1---1inanEnglish


literatureproduct.BelowareexamplesofcorrectandincorrectwaystohandlelearningobjectiveIDs.Correct

ObjectiveID DescriptionALGB.15.1.1 CalculatetheslopeofalineENGL.15.1.1 ExplaintheelementsofNativeAmericanmythology

IncorrectObjectiveID Description1.1 Calculatetheslopeofaline1.1 ExplaintheelementsofNativeAmericanmythology

Adding Standards Cogneroallowsyoutoaddnational,state,local,corporate,oraccreditingstandardstoaquestion.Thestandardscanbeusedtobuildtestsandbuildreports.Youcanformatthestandardsusingtherichtexteditor.TheStandardID,liketheObjectiveID,mustbeunique.

Adding Notes and Other Information Cogneroalsoprovidestwofieldsthatallowyoutosaveadditionalinformationaboutaquestion,theNotesandOtherfields.Thesefieldscannotbeusedtosortquestionsortocreatetestsorreports.

TheNotesfieldallowsformultiplerecordsliketheobjectivesandstandardsfields.TheOtherfieldisafreeformtextfieldliketheRationalefield.


Module 3: Displaying Question Information Whenaquestionhasmeta---information,youcanviewintheeditorpanewhenyouopenquestionsetsandtests.

Todisplayquestioninformation:

1. Openaquestionsetortestbydraggingittotheeditorpane.

2. ChooseDisplayQuestionInformationfromtheSetorTestmenu.

3. Usethecheckboxestoselectwhichquestioninformationtodisplay.

4. Checkall/Uncheckalloptiontoselectordeselectallcheckboxes.

Questioninformation(ifavailable)includes:• Answer• Points

• Rationale

• Difficulty

• Feedback• Reference

• Learningobjectives • Nationalstandards • State/regional standards• Corporatestandards • Accreditingstandards • Topics• Searchkeywords • Notes • Othernotes• Creationdate • Book/publisherinfo • CustomID• Distractor information • Questiontype • Prefacename• Variablestatus


5. ClickOKtoapplyyourselections.

Note:Questioninformationisdisplayedfortheinstructoronly.Itdoesnotdisplayforstudentsinprintedoronlinetests.

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Unit4:ResettingQuestions,Sets,andTests# Occasionally,youmaywanttoresettheorderofthequestionsorothertestoptions,orifyou’reusingpublisher---providedcontent,youmaywanttodiscardyourchangestoaquestionandreverttotheoriginalpublisherversionofthequestion.

Whenyouresetaquestion,set,ortest,youareaffectingthenumberofoptions,theorderofthechoices,andtheorderofthequestions.YouareNOTaffectingthecontentofthequestion.

Whenyoureverttothepublisherversionofthequestion,theactualtextofthequestionmaychangebasedontheeditsyoumadetothequestion.


• Resetthemultiplechoiceoptionsforaquestion• Reverttotheoriginalpublisher’sversionofaquestion

Module 1: Resetting a Question Usetheresetquestioncommandtorestoreamultiplechoicequestion,amultiple---responsequestion,oramatchinggrouptoitsoriginalstate.

Resettingamultiplechoiceormultiple---responsequestiondoesthefollowing:

• Scrambledanswerchoiceorderisreset.• Thenumberofanswerchoicesdisplayedis

reset.Resettingamatchinggroupdoesthefollowing:

• Theorderofthequestionswithinthematchinggroupisreset.• Theshowthefirst questionsonthistestoptionformatchingquestionsisreset.

Toresetaquestion:

1. Openthetestorquestionsetthatcontainsthequestionyouwanttoreset.

2. Clicktohighlightthequestionyouwanttoreset.

3. ChooseResetQuestionfromtheQuestionmenu.

Module 2: Resetting a Question Set Usetheresetquestionsetcommandtorestorecertainaspectsofaquestionsettotheiroriginalstate.

Resettingaquestionsetdoesthefollowing:

• Thequestionorderisreset.• Scrambledanswerchoiceorderisresetformultiplechoiceandmultiple---responsequestions.• Thenumberofanswerchoicesdisplayedisreset.

Toresetaquestionset:

1. Openthequestionsetyouwanttoreset.

2. ChooseResetQuestionSetfromtheSetmenu.

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Module 3: Resetting a Test Usetheresettestcommandtorestorecertainaspectsofatesttotheiroriginalstate.

Resettingatestdoesthefollowing:

• Thequestionorderisreset.• Scrambledanswerchoiceorderisresetformultiplechoiceandmultiple---responsequestions.• Thenumberofanswerchoicesdisplayedisreset.• Theshowthefirst...optionforallmatchinggroupsisreset.

Toresetatest:

1. Openthetestthatyouwanttoreset.

2. ChooseResetTestfromtheTestmenu.

Module 4: Reverting to the Original Publisher Version of a Question Youhavetheabilitytoeditpublisher---createdcontentthatyouhaveaccessto.Ifyouhaveeditedaquestionandwanttoreverttotheoriginal,publisher---providedformofthequestionyoumaydosousingtherevertoption.

Torevertaquestion:

1. Expandthepublisher---createdquestionsetortestintheleftpanesothattheindividualquestiontitlesarevisible.

2. Right---clickthequestionandselecttheRevertoption.

3. Alternately,youmayleftclicktoselectthequestionandthenchooseRevertfromtheOptions

menu.

Note:Iftherevertoptionisnotavailable,thequestionisnotapublisher---providedquestionorthequestionisalreadyinitsoriginalform.

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