How to offer mock exams in RootWright LMS
A mock exam is a practice exam a learner takes when they choose. RootWright LMS Pro draws each one fresh from a pool of questions, and only from the parts of the course that learner has completed. Turn it on in the course builder under Mock exams.
Pro
Mock exams are part of RootWright LMS Pro.
Course builder → Mock exams. Switch on Offer mock exams in this course to show the settings.
Set up mock exams
- Open the course in the course builder and click Mock exams.
- Switch on Offer mock exams in this course.
- Under The questions, tag each question to The part of the course this question is about. Choose a module or a lesson. A question that is Not in the pool yet: tag it is never drawn.
- Set how a mock exam is built. The options are in the table below.
- Click Save mock exams. A "Mock exams saved." message confirms it.
If the course has no questions yet, the tab says so. Use Write questions to open the lesson builder, write them there, then come back and tag them.
Options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Questions in a mock exam | From 5 to 200, spread evenly over the modules the learner has completed. A learner has a mock exam once that many questions are unlocked for them. |
| Share of the points needed to pass, in percent | The pass mark. |
| Time limit, in minutes | 0 for none. |
| Free mock exams for each learner | Leave empty for no limit. A mock exam that was started counts, whatever becomes of it. |
| Hours between mock exams | 0 for none. Counted from when the last one was handed in. |
| What the learner sees afterwards | What the learner is shown once the exam is marked. |
The question pool
- The summary line counts the questions in the pool, those not tagged yet, and those retired.
- Retire takes a question out of the pool without deleting it. Bring back returns it.
- Questions tagged to a part of the course with no lesson to complete are never asked. The tab warns you about them.
- Written answer: you mark it. Written-answer questions need marking on every mock exam that draws them.
- If the pool can never fill a mock exam, the tab warns you. Tag more questions, or make the mock exam shorter.