About Online Examination


This module is used to relate exams to the question banks of all subjects. The online examination software allows users to create examination papers by subject using multiple-choice questions. The system can shuffle and give questions in different orders to different students. The online examination system also allows exam results to be viewed batch-wise. Online examination allows teachers to view only their own questions while adding questions in the Question Bank  by enabling  Show me only my question option from the General Setting page. If the Show me only my question option is Enabled and Teacher Restricted Mode is Disabled then the teacher can view only the list of questions added by him/her, and if Teacher Restricted Mode is Enabled and Show me only my question option is Enabled/Disabled then the teacher can only add/see the list of questions for the classes in which he/she is a class teacher or subject teacher.

Online examination module workflow: first, we will add questions to the question bank, then create the online exam and check all the online examination reports; students can take the online exam from the student panel and check the published exam results.

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How to add a Question Bank?


To add a question bank, go to Online Examinations > Question Bank then click on the Add Question button present at the top right corner of the question bank page. On clicking this button, the Question modal will open.

Here select the Subject, Question Type, Question Level, Class, Section and Question then click on Save button. You can view this added record on the Question Bank page. 

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Here you can search any record by entering the class, section, subject, question type, and question level. The list of searched records will be shown at the bottom of the page.



To view a question in detail, you can click on the View icon shown in the Action column.



To edit a question, click on the Edit icon, and to delete a question, click on the Delete icon present on the question bank page.

You can also delete more than one record at a time by using the bulk delete feature. To delete records in bulk, click on the Bulk Delete button present at the top right corner of the page, and a confirmation modal will open; then click on the OK button, and the questions will be deleted in bulk successfully.

How to import questions into the question bank?


To import questions into the question bank, go to Online Examination > Question Bank then click on the Import button present at the top right corner of the page and then select Subject , Class, Section and attach the CSV file, then click on the Upload button.

You can also download a sample CSV file by clicking the Download icon present at the top right corner of the modal.

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Once the sample CSV file is downloaded, please follow all the instructions given in it. In the following step, we provide an overview so you can easily understand what to fill in each field.

question type - singlechoice, multichoice, true_false, descriptive (any one)
level - high, low, medium (any one)
question- your question
opt_a - Your option a 
opt_b - Your option b 
opt_c- Your option c
opt_d - Your option d
opt_e - Your option e
correct - opt_a, opt_b, opt_c, opt_d (choose any one if the question type is not multichoice)
for true false - true or false
for multichoice - ["opt_b","opt_c"] 

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Note - 
1. If the format instructions do not show in the downloaded sample CSV file when you open it in MS Office Excel, we suggest that you open the sample CSV file in Notepad++ or any other text editor, read the instructions carefully and then enter the questions in the CSV file.

2. When you open the sample CSV file in Notepad++ or any other text editor, it may add extra double quotes in your answer options ([""opt_b"",""opt_c""]), so please remove these extra double quotes before importing the CSV file and import it in the actual format (["opt_b","opt_c"]).

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After uploading the CSV file, the number of questions successfully imported will be displayed on the screen.



 

How to add an Online Exam?


To add an online exam, go to Online Examinations > Online Exam.



then click on the Add Exam button present at the top right corner of the online exam list page. On clicking this button, the Add Exam modal will open.



Here enter the Exam Title, Exam From, Exam To, Time Duration and select Attempt (the maximum number of attempts allowed for each assigned student), Passing Percentage, Publish Exam (if the exam is published, it will appear in the exam schedule list and also in the student panel) and Publish Result (if the exam result is published, it will appear in the result list and also in the student panel. This option will be disabled if the exam type is Quiz), Auto Result Publish Date (if the exam type is Quiz, then this option will be disabled), Answer Word Limit (Set -1 for No Limit): Suppose you manage an online exam with 10 questions and 10 descriptive answers, and you want the descriptive answers to have no length limit; if you set -1 for the answer word limit, you can manage the description in unlimited words. Negative Marking (if this option is checked, then the negative mark will be shown next to the question), Display marks in Exam (if this option is checked, then the question marks will be shown next to the question), Random Question (if random question is checked, then the questions will show in a different order for different students) and Description and then click on the Save button. You can view this added record on the Online Exam list page.



After clicking on Save button, your question will be saved in upcoming exam and if you want to see that question, simply go to online examination > online exam.

In Upcoming Exams, you can see those exams whose exam dates have not yet passed.




In Closed Exams, you can see the list of exams whose exam dates have passed.



To edit a question in an exam, click on the Edit icon showing in the action column and update the details.



In Closed Exams, if you want to delete the exam from the exam list in bulk, you just need to check the checkbox of “select all” and click on the Delete button shown on the right, and the exams will be deleted in bulk successfully.

How to add questions to a particular exam?


To add questions to a particular exam, go to Online Examinations > Online Exam then click on the Question icon present in the Action column in the exam list. On clicking this icon, the Select Question modal will open.

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Now select the Subject, Class, Section and then click on Search button. After searching, all the questions related to that subject will be visible to you; then select the questions you want to add to the exam.

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To view the question list of a particular exam, click on the File-Text icon; this will show you the list of all questions related to the exam.




Question List


Note - If the Show me only my question option is Enabled and Teacher Restricted Mode is Disabled then the teacher can view only the list of questions added by him/her, and if Teacher Restricted Mode is Enabled and Show me only my question option is Enabled/Disabled then the teacher can only add/see the list of questions for the classes in which he/she is a class teacher or subject teacher.

How to assign/view students for an Online Exam?


To assign students to an online exam, go to Online Examinations > Online Exam then click on the Assign/View Student icon present in the Action column on the Online Exam List page.

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Here select the Class and Section and then click on Search button. The list of students for the online exam will be shown at the bottom of the page.

Now select the students you want to Assign/Unassign the exam and then click on the Save button.

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How to Evaluate Descriptive Type Questions?


To evaluate descriptive type questions, go to Online Examinations > Online Exam and click on the Evaluate Exam icon. This will redirect you to the evaluate exam page; here, enter Your Marks and Your Remark and then click on the Save button.

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Note - Evaluate Exam icon will show only for Descriptive type questions.

How to generate student's exam rank?


To generate exam ranks, go to Online Examinations > Online Exam and click on the Generate Rank icon. After clicking this icon, a modal will open; then click on the Generate Button present at the top right corner of the modal.

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Once you click on the Generate Rank button, ranks will be generated for all the students.

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Note -  If two or more students have the same marks, then their rank will also be the same.

How to check Online Exam Result Report?


To check the online exam-wise report, go to Reports > Online Examinations then click on Result Report. Here, select the Exam, Class and Section and then click on Search button.  Here you can see exam details like Admission No, Student Name, Class, Total Attempt, Remaining Attempt.

Online Exam Result Report

To view an exam, click on the View icon present in the Action column in the online exam report. On clicking this icon, the Exam modal will open.

Exam information such as Exam Name, Student Name, Class, Section, Father Name, Total Attempt And Exam From, Exam To, Duration, Passing Percentage, Total Question, Correct Answer, Wrong Answer, Not Attempted, Score Percentage, Question and Answer, and so on are available here. You can also print all the details by clicking on the print icon button shown at the top of the modal.

How to check Online Exams Report?


To check the online exams report, go to Reports > Online Examinations and click on Exams Report. Here select the Search Type and Date Type and then click on Search button. Here you can see online exam details like Exam, Attempt, Exam From, Exam To, Duration, Assign, Question, Exam Publish, Result Publish.

Online Exam Report

How to check Online Exams Attempt Report?


To check the online exams attempt report, go to Reports > Online Examinations and click on Exams Attempt Report. Here select the Search Type and Date Type and then click on Search button. Here you can see online exam attempt details like Student, Admission No, Class, Section, Exam, Exam From, Exam To, Exam Publish, Result Publish.

Online Exam Attempt Report

How to check Online Exam Rank Report?


To check the online exam rank report, go to Reports > Online Examinations and click on Online Exam Rank Report. Here select the Exam, Class and Section and then click on Search button. Here you can see rank-wise student details like Admission No, Class, Section, Exam, Correct Answer, Incorrect Answer, Total Question, Percentage, Result.

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How can a student attempt an online exam?


After logging in to the student panel, go to the sidebar menu, then click on Online Exam. Here you can see the exam papers for all subjects.

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To view an exam, click on the View icon present in the Action column on the online exam page. On clicking this icon, the online exam page will open. Here you can see exam details like Exam Name, Total Attempt, and Exam From, Exam To, Duration, Passing and Total Questions.

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To start the exam, click on the Start Exam button present on the online exam page. On clicking this button, the Exam page will open. After answering all the questions, the student can submit the exam by clicking on the Submit button.

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