Feature Suggestions

Ability to preview the exam in it's entirety as the candidate would see it

For the sign off of an exam process it would be beneficial to be able to preview the exam in it's entirety to confirm the exam is displaying to the candidate as expected.
Suggested by: Daisy Garling (10 Mar, '22) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 7
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Changing students on the day of an OSCE

For OSCEs students sometimes have to be moved between sessions on the day. We do a mock names or numbers on the day for the sessions to move into. It would be good ...
Suggested by: Tim Collins (27 Apr, '22) Upvoted: 20 May Comments: 0
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Edit the names of the OSCE stations

The ability to rename the fields 'Round 1, Station 1, Circuit 1' to include the station name (ie MSK Station) so that candidates can see they are in the right exam ...
Suggested by: Daisy Garling (10 Jun, '21) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 2
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Allow minor content edits while retaining the data linked to that version

Creating a new version of an item in risr/assess impacts a number of things, for example both the item statistics and the Ebel judging relate to a specific version ...
Suggested by: Nikki (21 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 3
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abilty to move from item to another item in the item set without having to go back in the item set e

Time consuming and fiddling to keep going back into the item set to see a question in succession. The ability to move from one question to the next in sucession would ...
Suggested by: Bhavini Patel (22 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 20 May Comments: 0
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Scientific Calculator

It would be great if candidates were able to access a scientific calculator. This would be beneficial for our Radiation Cancer Biology exam and Radiation Oncology ...
Suggested by: Daisy (12 Sep, '22) Upvoted: 20 May Comments: 4
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The ability for an online feedback survey to be added to the end of the exam.

As Admin, I want to include a feedback survey to the end of the exam so that candidates are prompted to provide feedback as soon as they complete their examination.
Suggested by: Daisy Garling (14 Jun, '22) Upvoted: 24 Mar Comments: 0
Not just now risr/assess

Ability for users to adjust the exam content layout in A4B

The layout display in A4B (assess for browser) is fixed and does not allow for candidates or examiners to adjust the amount of space provided for the question/answer ...
Suggested by: Julie - risr/ (03 Mar) Upvoted: 02 Apr Comments: 9
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Candidate Feedback Report - Candidate selection / deselection

Improve the way that candidates are selected / deselected for the Candidate Feedback report. By default the full cohort who took the exam are highlighted, and to ...
Suggested by: Jordan (13 Jul, '22) Upvoted: 26 Feb Comments: 0
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Ability to remove/ignore sub parts from Scoring (MWQ type)

We've had requests to remove sub parts of an item from scoring.
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (01 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 22 May Comments: 2
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Ability to set marking increments (eg adding/removing half marks) by item type

Controlling marking increments (eg adding/removing half marks) are currently applied at the site level and applies to all item types. The allowed marking increment ...
Suggested by: Helen N (09 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 20 May Comments: 0
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Remove the pre-selected itemset when adding itemset to an exam

There is a risk for error if the pre-selected item set is incorrect and then overlooked. We find it is rarely correct anyways. The ability to search for an itemset ...
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (14 Jan, '22) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 0
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Create different permissions for the dashboard functionality (exam delivery)

It would be helpful to parse out these permissions (I believe they are part of Run Exams): - Publish exam - Reset exam - View only dashboard (but able to view ...
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (14 Jan, '22) Upvoted: 22 Jan Comments: 1
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Ability to bulk remove tags from items

The ablility to bulk remove tags from Questions within risr/assess.
Suggested by: Lachlan McOmish (09 Oct, '22) Upvoted: 07 May Comments: 2
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When you edit the blueprinting on an Item, the page should not bounce back up to the top of the page

When you edit the blueprinting on an Item, the page should not bounce back up to the top of the page, as it means you have to scroll down again through a huge list to ...
Suggested by: Helen Newman (24 Jun, '25) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 1
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Report for time candidates take to complete items and exams

A report on time taken would be useful at two levels. Administrators could find out how long it takes for candidates to complete an exam, giving insights into the ...
Suggested by: David Leaper (11 Sep, '23) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 1
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Resources - Batch operation options

Can we have the batch operation for items assigned to resources? 1. Tag resources 2. Delete resources 3. Start new version of selected resources 4. Export ...
Suggested by: Bron Chandler (06 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 20 May Comments: 0
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Ability for candidates to draw diagrams in the response

It has been suggested by some of our Faculties that it would be helpful if this functionality could be provided. Another suggestion is if we were to add a picture ...
Suggested by: Moderator (26 Mar, '21) Upvoted: 20 May Comments: 7
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Increase Item Blueprint Report usability with links to items

To make the item blueprint report usable, could we please have active links applied to the numbers displayed in the table? (see attached image) The expected ...
Suggested by: Bron Chandler (07 Apr, '25) Upvoted: 26 Feb Comments: 0
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Disabling the Download button on Resources

In Practique, it would be good to be able to disable the 'download' functionality for certain user groups to prevent question authors being able to download other ...
Suggested by: Daisy Garling (11 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 22 Jan Comments: 0
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Less clicks to re-open already marked exam questions

Re-opening already marked exam questions could be improved. Having to go to the marking page, find the question, then the marker, then find the question again on the ...
Suggested by: H Newman (18 Mar, '25) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 3
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Candidate number should remain in search bar until you delete it...

During an exam, when using the search bar under "View Logins" the candidate number entered should remain in the search bar after time has been added, or an exam has ...
Suggested by: Helen Newman (13 Jun, '25) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 1
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Ipad OSCEs - ability to edit the QR code document output

An editable QR code document would be hugely beneficial and save admin time currently spent in manually cutting out QR codes to include in station packs for the ...
Suggested by: Meg Reid (29 Apr, '22) Upvoted: 09 Apr Comments: 1
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Ebel scoring - view of Items need to be more than the link and ID

When Ebel scoring, the invited Judges can only see: - Item type - Item ID - Link to the Item to see details (which will open into a new tab) Summary information ...
Suggested by: Lee Anne Carlos (30 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 03 May Comments: 0
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Admin's View Logins page should show Candidates working offline

Currently, Candidates working offline shows as green (Logged in) in Admin's View Logins page so long as they were connected when they did the initial download. The ...
Suggested by: Lee Anne Carlos (28 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 13 Aug, '25 Comments: 0
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Bulk item import of new versions

Currently the Item import feature allows for bulk upload of new items only and outputs an error if an item with the same ID already exists. It would be useful if you ...
Suggested by: Bradley (07 Jun, '22) Upvoted: 22 Jan Comments: 3
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OSCER reporting: exporting the section titles with the marksheet

We need to be able to export the marks from our OSCER examinations to send off to ACER for analysis. To allow ACER to complete their analysis, they require the ...
Suggested by: Daisy (30 Nov, '22) Upvoted: 16 Jan Comments: 2
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Retaining original session ID after data merging

When there are multiple sittings of an exam, the data is required to be merged to generate overall analysis. Sometimes, however, we are asked to generate results ...
Suggested by: S Akram (06 Jan) Upvoted: 22 Jan Comments: 0
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OSCE - Audio alerts to signal the movement through the exam phases and the candidates joining

It would be beneficial if the system made an audio alert (some sort of ping) to notify users that Introduction time has become Assessment time and Assessment Time has ...
Suggested by: Daisy Garling (04 May, '22) Upvoted: 20 May, '25 Comments: 0
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Allow the sections on a written itemset to be visible in P4B

We can create sections within an item set but it would be helpful if the name of the section(s) can be seen in P4B when a candidate is writing an exam. Like a banner ...
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (14 Jan, '22) Upvoted: 03 May Comments: 1
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Including candidate names on written exams delivery

When taking an exam, the only candidate identifier on the screen is the UserID - could we also include a feature that would allow us to display the candidates name ...
Suggested by: Antonio (25 Jul, '25) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 0
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Report - resource management

As part of our management of radiology images in the Resources bank, we request a report be available for current versions to list: - User who created the resource ...
Suggested by: Bron Chandler (07 Aug, '24) Upvoted: 20 Oct, '25 Comments: 0
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Option to remove auto numbering/lettering on MWQ

The automatic numbering/lettering for each part of a MWQ is usually useful, but occasionally we need to provide greater clarity to candidates by manually labelling ...
Suggested by: Clare Tredwell (13 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 14 Aug, '25 Comments: 0
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Add ability to filter Candidates for selection to generate candidate feedback reports

An additional button or filter to generate the reports for only the failed candidates, or only passed candidates.
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (29 Mar, '22) Upvoted: 07 May, '25 Comments: 0
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Post-Exam reporting enhancements

- Exam Results - Lists all exam items and statistics to identify poor performing items - Exam Summary - Lists MCQ stats to verify scoring - Exam difficulty - Lists ...
Suggested by: Moderator (26 Mar, '21) Upvoted: 13 May Comments: 0
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Include 'count as' blueprint tags for OSCE criteria in exports

For the 'export responses' feature, there should be an option to include any categories that have a 'count as' assigned to them.
Suggested by: risr (18 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 11 Mar Comments: 4
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Attaching file resources to Item Marking Guide

Examiners should be able to attach medical articles, holistic grids, notes in PDF, doc, or image formats into the Item Marking Guide as supporting resources to the ...
Suggested by: Lee Anne Carlos (30 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 01 Jul, '24 Comments: 1
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Station Title on Examiner Report (Normal Plot)

On the Examiner Report, please could the normal plot title (bell graph) state the actual station title as recorded in the item bank. Currently it shows item number ...
Suggested by: Kim Dancer (01 Oct, '25) Upvoted: 05 Nov, '25 Comments: 0
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Bilingual OSCE Stations

Ability to create bilingual OSCE items (English and French) like written items.
Suggested by: Jenna Flannigan (29 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 24 Feb, '25 Comments: 0
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Record and show the number of outings for each question and station within the system

Have visibility in the system of the number of outings for each question and station and be able to report this EG per exam / item set
Suggested by: Nikki (08 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 16 Apr Comments: 0
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Marking Type = Double with senior marker and reviewer

Marking should be extended to enable double markers + senior marker + reviewer wherein any one of the double markers can also be the senior marker. Note that ...
Suggested by: Lee Anne Carlos (17 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 27 Aug, '24 Comments: 0
Not just now risr/assess

Add a view-only permission to see users (not edit)

We don't want all our staff to edit users but it would be helpful for them to view users. Have two permissions; one to view users and one to edit users.
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (06 Jul, '21) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 0
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A global resource for markers of written questions

We use a marking rubric that defines the characteristics of good, borderline and poor responses to written questions. We'd like this to be available as a global ...
Suggested by: Leah Bloomfield (11 Apr, '23) Upvoted: 17 Aug, '23 Comments: 5
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Math equation editor

To add support within risr/assess for candidates to be able to construct their own mathematical equations
Suggested by: David (07 Jun, '23) Upvoted: 01 Apr, '25 Comments: 3
Not just now risr/assess

Add ability to export Exam Blueprints

It would be useful to be able to export the list of Exam Blueprints set up in the system along with the defaults values of sessions, circuits, venue capacity and the ...
Suggested by: Louise Ryan (14 Apr, '22) Upvoted: 03 Jul, '25 Comments: 3
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Reporting - Written Exam Marker Reports should be made available and same as OSCE Examiner Reporting

Written Exam Markers have the same function as OSCE Examiners wherein they assign marks to the candidate answers. Any Examiner Report should also be applicable to ...
Suggested by: Lee Anne Carlos (12 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 13 May Comments: 0
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Add provisional examiners to written exams

Ability to add provisional examiners to written exams but the score is not counted towards the candidate's final score. This is for training purposes.
Suggested by: Anushya Senthilkumar (05 Dec, '22) Upvoted: 15 Jul, '25 Comments: 0
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Prevent double tagging in blueprint batch update

I am looking at ways of rolling out updated blueprints and I can see that if I batch add a tag, then the system doesn't check if the tag exists already. Can we add ...
Suggested by: Bron Chandler (19 Oct, '25) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 0
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Move Sections within Marksheet

Hi All, when creating a new item the only way to keep the marksheet criteria in order is to create a new label an separate. It would be much easier if we have the ...
Suggested by: Heloisa Novelli (21 Apr, '22) Upvoted: 18 Oct, '24 Comments: 0
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Text Editor for Written items - change spacing so when user clicks 'enter', it is single spaced

Currently when a user clicks 'enter', the text editor creates a double space. Would prefer it to default to single spaced. Users can click 'enter' twice to get a ...
Suggested by: Maria Daigle (21 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 07 Aug, '25 Comments: 0
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