Example question:

Which city is located in The Netherlands?
a. Amsterdam
b. Utrecht
c. Zwolle
d. All of the above

In this case, it's desirable to randomize the order of the first 3 options, but the "All of the above" option should always be last.

If I want to use my test in the Surpass app (Ipad), I have to check a box in my test form settings in test creation (Certified tablet delivery). This setting is not available in the testwizard (in item authoring). So if I check the box for tablet delivery I cannot edit my test in the test wizard anymore, To solve this issue I would like to add the setting for tablet delivery to the wizard.

A Hotspot question type that requires the candidate to select multiple correct areas of an image.

In the current version of the tablet app, the play button for the listening questions does not change state when the candidate interacts with it therefore giving no indication that it has been pressed a first or second time, can this be changed so that the candidate is given an indication that an interaction has occurred.

A very simple but effective way to improve Surpass for real formative testing is to send the keycodes by email to the candidates.

How?
If you schedule a formative test, you only need to add the following:

1. The maximum number of attempts to make the test (e.g. maximum 3 times).


2. An email to the candidate with the keycode(s), time span you need to use those keycodes and the URL to start the test (so it is only for formative test by browser).

All non used tests should be voided automatically after the scheduled end date.

Adding a player with a pause, forward and rewind button to an embedded audio file (Wav or Mp3).

When Surpass generates a MS Word file, a prefix is automatically added to the headers that contain the section title. The prefix is 'chapter' in English, 'hoofdstuk' in Dutch (which means the same). Hoofdstuk implies that sections correspond to a chapter in a book, but that is not necessarily the case. It would be better to remove the prefix completely. If desirable users can add the text manually in the wizard.

The Actual Duration would be the sum of the time a candidate has spent in each question they answered in a test. At the moment this can only be derived from the difference between the Test Delivered and Test Submitted times in the Audit Report. However if the test has gone offline this difference is not accurate. By having the Actual Duration as a column in Test Audit it could be exported and analysed in a spread sheet. This is important in identifying possible malpractice where a candidate has completed a test in an unfeasibly short period of time.

A setting that allows us to create custom keycode slips with only some of the fields, eg Just name, date and keycode.

It would be very useful to be able to Export Results from the "/#TestAdministration/Results" page. At the moment all you can do is print this data.

Thus not first going to a Candidate and add a Centre + Subject to the Candidate, but the start point is the Subject. Same as a Subject owner adds Users to their Subjects, but now he/she adds Candicates.
This is convenient for Teachers who like to create a formative test and like to Schedule this test himself. Then he/she can easily select the candidates instead of using the import candidates button.

BTL is considering re-developing the Surpass homepage and would like your suggestions about what features you would find useful. Please click on the link below to access the poll and vote:

https://goo.gl/TZSkBe

If there are other features you would like to see on the homepage, let us know in the comments.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing your ideas.
BTL

Once the exam has loaded and the candidate commences answering questions show the time left to run counting down and the percentage complete on the test by candidate

The ability to stream video from other sites such as Youtube/BBC/vimeo/TED etc through a question

The bulk schedule tool is very useful when scheduling lots of candidates but we have several tests that we would like to choose 'automatic selection' of test forms as we have a number of versions available. Therefore, please could bulk scheduling support the randomise test forms feature too?

Make it possible to randomise the answers with images in a multiple choise question.