WebCT Information for Instructors

Instructions for Creating Quizzes with Respondus 2.0

Respondus 2.0

  1. Download Respondus 2.0 from http://www.respondus.com
  2. Click Download
  3. Click Respondus 2.0
  4. Follow the four steps given to download the software:
    1. Download the installation program.
    2. Install Respondus, start the software, and obtain the Product ID# displayed on the opening screen.
    3. Go to registration section of Respondus.com and purchase a permanent activation password or register for a free 30-day trial. The appropriate password is immediately e-mailed to you.
    4. Enter the password in the Respondus software to activate the program. That's it!
  5. Open your newly installed version of Respondus 2.0
  6. Click Import Questions (Import questions from a text file or Rich Text File (RTF))
  7. Click Browse and locate your exam that should have been saved as a text file. (To convert a Word document to a text file, select File, Save As, Plain Text or Rich Text.)
  8. Select Create a new document named: and pick a name of your choice.
  9. Click Preview  to preview the quiz
  10. Click Finish to complete the process
  11. You should now be in the Edit Questions Section, if not, click the Edit tab
  12. Click the tab on the left menu corresponding to the type of exam you are taking, including:
    1. Multiple choice
    2. True and False
    3. Paragraph
    4. Matching
    5. Short Answer
    6. Multiple Response
  13. Click on the link of the title for each question to view its content.
  14. Click Modify to edit the question, options include:
    1. Title of question
    2. Question wording
    3. Correct answer
    4. Point Value
  15. When finished, click Save Changes
  16. Next, you can click the Settings tab to alter the default settings for the quiz including (Note you can always change these again once the quiz is imported into WebCT):
    1. Question sets – allows you to randomize the questions
    2. Basic and availability – Be sure to set your availability here if you wish it to be immediately accessible by students.
    3. Security and Submissions
    4. Results
  17. Retrieval and Reports – This is another tab of options you can modify if you wish including:
    1. Retrieve Reports
    2. Download Data
    3. Retrieve Questions
  18. Next, you’ll need to publish your quiz to the WebCT server, by first clicking the Preview & Publish Tab. You will have a number of options including:
    1. Preview
    2. Publish to WebCT
    3. Add WebCT Self-Test
    4. Print Options
  19. To upload the quiz to your course shell, select Publish to WebCT
  20. Next to WebCT Server, click add new server
  21. In the popup window that appears, enter courses6.webct.com under WebCT Server URL
  22. Under what would you like to call the server? Enter Courses 6
  23. Enter your WebCT account Username and Password
  24. Click OK
  25. Back in the main Publish to WebCT Screen, next to Course, use the arrow to select your course shell.
  26. Under Category to assign questions, select Create a new category and enter suitable name.
  27. Under Choose Actions to perform, select Add questions to the question database, and next to Create new exam, enter a suitable name
  28. Click Publish

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If you have problems or questions about uploading files into WebCT, contact Keoni Everington (everingtonk@winthrop.edu) 
 


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Lars Larsen, Director, Distance Learning and AV Services | 803.323.4551 | larsenl@winthrop.edu
Last updated: 10/02/06