Respondus

Respondus Quiz 4.0 is a tool for creating and managing exams and quizzes that can be printed to paper or published directly to your WebCT Vista online course.

Respondus Quiz 4.0 is a tool for creating and managing exams and quizzes that can be printed to paper or published directly to your WebCT Vista online course. Exams can be created offline in a Windows environment, and moved from one system to another. Respondus is designed to make quiz authoring faster and easier.

Request Access

The University of British Columbia has a site license agreement that permits UBC instructors to use Respondus.

License key/Subscription instructions, go to the e-Learning Tools page, Request Respondus

Respondus Quiz Features

Authoring

Easily create exams and assessments using a Windows interface
Supports up to 15 question types, including calculated and algorithmic formats
Import questions from MS Word (including embedded images), rich-text, QTI and tab/comma delimited formats
Use the Exam Wizard to create an assessment in minutes
"Spell check" an entire exam file (includes dictionaries for American English, Canadian English, British English)
Embed graphics, audio, and video without writing or viewing the underlying HTML
Resize graphics and convert them to JPEG format with one click
Add links to multimedia content on other servers with the Web Links tool
Create random sets of questions in seconds with a one-step wizard

Publishing

Preview exams, determine point values, save to an MS-Word file
A “batch publish” feature allows assessments and surveys to be published to multiple courses in a single step**
Determine point values and exam settings offline
Print exams/surveys directly from Respondus, or save files to MS Word or rich-text format

Retrieval, Reports, and Tools

Reports: Custom reports and statistics
Download answer databases for quizzes or surveys and save them in an Excel-compatible format*
Archive and restore exam/survey projects (including media content) with one click — ideal for providing a colleague with a ready-to-use exam
Quickly locate questions using keyword searches

System Requirements

Note: Mac OS is not compatible with this application

Operating System: Windows 7, Vista, XP, ME, 2000, 98
Memory: 32 MB RAM minimum
Hard Disk: 10 MB free space
Monitor: 800x600 minimum (1024x768 recommended)

For additional product information, go to Respondus.

source: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Elearning:Respondus

Service Description

Community of Practice

CTLT supports a Community of Practice for CoursEval which meets once per term to discuss issues arising, provide input into process changes and/or view new software releases.

Availability Commitments

Hours of service will be 9:00 - 5:00 for primary support
Any reported issues or modification requests will be considered "normal" priority. (Please see below for time-sensitive requests.)
Work requested outside of "normal office hours" will normally be performed on a best effort basis.
For standard support issues, CTLT commits to a normal first response of 1 business day during normal office hours.
After hour emergency support is available 24/7.

Maintenance

CTLT may institute standard maintenance windows for security and OS patching.
CTLT may schedule downtime for application update once every term.
Maintenance windows will be documented and communicated in advance to CoursEval administrators.

Incident and Request Handling

All incidents will be reported through courseval.support@ubc.ca.

Time-sensitive requests/incidents

Pre-Survey Period

CTLT works with Faculty administrators to prepare for survey setup.
CTLT provides QA to ensure surveys are set up according to Senate Policy requirements.
CTLT manages the global messaging for survey participation, announcements and reminders.
Course and instructor changes prior to survey open dates will be escalated to high priority.

Survey Period

CTLT troubleshoots issues such as: login problems, course enrolment, inquiries about surveys.
Course and instructor changes after survey open dates will be escalated to high priority.

Data Retention / Back-up Commitments

All application data (e.g., survey records) are backed up on a daily basis to a secure network volume (provided by UBC IT)
Archival back-up files are maintained for one year.

Security Commitments

Production servers are configured behind firewalls, restricting access to/from ports, protocols and client IP-addresses as appropriate.
Appropriate administrative level of access to the CoursEval application is granted with the Department Head and Associate Dean's written permission.
Users are responsible for understanding and respecting UBC Policy #104.
Archival back-up files are maintained for one year.