AGREEMENT DETAILS
Scope
Software Tool for creating and managing exams.
Description
Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard, WebCT, eCollege, ANGEL and other eLearning systems. Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one eLearning system to another.
Respondus Features Authoring
- Includes distinct user environments (called "personalities") for ANGEL, Blackboard, eCollege, WebCT, WebCT Vista**, and IMS QTI
- Create exams and assessments offline using a Windows interface
- Supports up to nine question types, including calculated and algorithmic formats
- Import questions from rich-text files (ideal for converting existing exams from MS Word)
- Import and export exams in the IMS Question & Test Interoperability (QTI) format
- 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, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, and a comprehensive medical dictionary)
- Add tables, bulleted lists, font changes, and enhanced formatting (e.g. bold, italics) just like in a word processor
- Insert mathematical and scientific symbols using the Respondus Equation Editor or MathType
- Embed graphics, audio, and video without writing or viewing the underlying HTML links
- 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*
Preview, Publish, and Printing
- Preview questions before publishing them to the server
- Publish exams and assessments directly to an online course (media files are automatically uploaded)
- A "batch publish" feature allows assessments and surveys to be published to multiple courses in a single step**
- Determine point values and exam/survey settings offline
- Print exams/surveys directly from Respondus, or save files to MS Word or rich-text format
Retrieval, Reports, and Tools
- Retrieve exams from the leading eLearning platforms, complete with media files*
- Retrieve custom reports, such as student scores, summary statistics, and answer distributions*
- 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
Also includes www.respondus.com
- Full context-sensitive help
- Respondus User Guide (MS Word/Wordpad format)
- An incredibly easy-to-use interface that makes the online help and user guide woefully neglected by most users
- Access to hundreds of publisher test banks in Respondus format -- FREE to instructors who adopt a participating textbook
Order Instructions
Additional campuses wishing to participate in this licensing program should contact Kathy Fernandes, Director, Academic Technologies, CSU Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0150 or email to
kfernandes@csuchico.edu
Vendor Contact
Nick Laboda
Account Manager
Phone: 425-497-0389
, ext. 129
nlaboda@respondus.com
CSU Contact Information
Keith Wandrey
Phone: 562-951-4582
Fax: 562-951-4969
kwandrey@calstate.edu
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