Feature Suggestions
Changing examiners & students on the day of an OSCE
OSCEs are stressful enough to run on the day. Frequently, an examiner cannot attend last minute and we need to add a reserve examiner. Can we have editing facility ...
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 ...
Ability to delete Blueprint Dimensions that are not assigned to a Blueprint Map
At the moment it is only possible to archive Blueprint Dimensions not assigned to any Blueprint Map. It would be good if we could delete dimension categories, rather ...
Item Performance Report
Having the ability to review the performance of an item over time in a report format, especially for SBAs. The feature is currently in an exportable report form at ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
MWQ items - Ability to report on item statistics by the sub parts
Currently the item statistics are for the MWQ as a whole. It would be beneficial to also be able to see all the item statistics (Mean, Discrimination, Min, Max, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
OSCE - Audio alerts to signal the movement through the exam phases and the candidates joining
Another thing to note, 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Generate Candidate feedback reports for only the Failed candidates
An additional button to generate the reports for only the failed candidates.
Allow all clients to configure their own default exam detail settings
This will reduce risk if the defaulted settings are already set to how each of us administers our exams.
(i.e. Enable calculator, exam timing, proctoring, Enable ...
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 ...
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.
Chemistry Equation Editor| Chemical Markup Language CML| ChemDraw required for questions and answers
Chemistry Markup Language CML | Chemistry equation editor | ChemDraw is required for drawing atoms, molecules, compounds (organic and inorganic structures) and ...
Ability to remove/ignore sub parts from Scoring (MWQ type)
We've had requests to remove sub parts of an item from scoring.
Ability to export comments when exporting a PDF or word version of a written exam
Currently you can export the comments only in the CSV version. In word and PDF you can export all the blueprinting but not the comments and this would be useful for ...
User Interface for Candidates - OSCE Station: removal of blank frame.
It would be great if we could remove the blank frame on the right side of the screen (the frame used for the answer fields in the written exams) for the Candidate ...
Graphs on Candidate Feedback Report for Written Exams
Currently you can include graphs on Candidate Feedback Report but only for OSCE Exams. It would be very useful if this feature can be added to Written Exam Candidate ...
Marksheet Schema changed to "custom" when new version of item is created
Creating a new version of an item updates the existing shema to "custom". This has meant that every item with a small edit needs schema added. This leads to an ...
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 ...
Blueprint Category filter should show nesting of category in results list
If a Category has nested levels, if we search for that Category name, we would like all values underneath that Parent to be presented. Conversely, if we search and ...
Examiner Report - deidentified email functionality
Would like to be able to provide Examiner Reports to all examiners where the examiner performance is identified but the co-examiners are deidentified by specific ...
have a warning to confirm if deleting a resource is intended or not
currently osce resources can be deleted with a single click and can easily be done in error. Ideally a confirmation popup is needed to prevent inadvertent errors
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 ...
Background Option for Practique video
Hi Hannah,
When testing the OSCE exam today with the lecturers they suggested that would be better to have a background option similar to what people have in ...
Tables and cutting and pasting text in Practique
We would like to be able to cut and paste whole tables and text from tables from one item to another in Practique, whilst retaining formatting. We are currently have ...
Practique - search filter for 'enable' and 'disable' users
In the users section of Practique is it possible to add a search filter to see the number of ‘enabled’ and ‘disabled’ users we have? We currently have to do this ...
MWQ - Ability to modify the marking criteria increments after exam
In the same way we can modify the max marks after an exam is written (Admin button), it would be helpful to also change the marking increments if this was entered ...
Auto-save when editing item information
We have some authors creating lengthy items and when finished and select ‘Save’, they receive an error (due to the system timing out) and all work is lost.
If the ...
Ability to split an itemset into multiple exam administrations (papers)
Currently we create one itemset and include all items on an exam to make. This is when we make sure the exam satisfies the exam blueprint. Most of our exams occur ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tiny Editor to be available for the box of Examiner's notes in item information tab
As we use examiner's notes for possible answers especially in Short Answer questions we would like to use certain formatting such as bullets, tables , equations etc.
alter marking display settings to be more inclusive of this with eg SpLD
current font size/colour vs white background creates challenge for examines who have dyslexia or other difficulties - could there be options to change
better view of item title names
currently on the items page the item title is shortened (with ...) if its too long to display - currently you need to click into the item to see the full name ...
Can sessions reflect names rather than displaying number generated when creating
When the examiners log in at the top of the app it doesn't reflect the name of the session. Instead it shows the original session number Practique would've allocated. ...
Have the ability to generate reports for combined exams having different item types
I would like to request an enhancement for having the ability to generate statistical reports for combined exams where the item types are different (e.g. exam 1 is ...
Improve reports for MAA questions
Make reports compatible with MAA questions to improve stat analysis and show % of candidates answering each answer option.
Feature to export the Candidate answer followed by the model answer
It will be good if Practique can include an option to export the report which consists of the model answer followed by candidate answer.
can pdf images have identifiers in the PDF Item set preview
PDF images in an item set preview PDF download appear at the bottom of the document. This is fine however there is no identifier with the image to know which item it ...
OSCE Exams - Make the banner text editable during exam setup
Currently, when reading time is enabled the banner presented to candidates/examiners says "Reading / Connection time". It would be good if we could edit this text ...
Export Categories from Practique
An option of exporting categories showing who created them and when. This would be important to avoid re-working when uploading items and also review the system by ...