Importing Items in risr/assess
- Lisa Clancy
Importing can be done from a csv file.
There is a template for every question type on risr/ that you can use as a guide.
Select Import Items → when you select the type of import - the sample import file is available to download from the page.
Below is an example Single Best Answer item template.
Below is an example of how this may look
Item Type | MCQ/SMCQ | Live or Mock | Answer Ordering | Dimension | Question Text | Dist_A | Dist_B | Dist_C | Dist_D | Correct Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SBA | MCQ
Demo using MCQ as example | Live
You would store both questions for Live or Mock in the same item. | default
Default is alpha-numeric | Level 4 ->Construction Site Supervisor v1.0>K1-Explain the risk assessment of activities carried out and the importance of behaviours in a safety critical environment
The dimension is the tag on the question, so here you can see its mapped to L4 Construction Site Supervisor Standard/Version and to the KSB | What is…? | Answer 1 | Answer 2 | Answer 3 | Answer 4 | Answer 4 |
Dimension - the question is uploaded and it is mapped specifically to that Standard and KSB
The versioning is key here in the dimension, as items need to be tagged to the new version, a new exam blueprint would be needed too for any new versions.
So in epaPRO Assess if you select L4 Construction Site Supervisor, it will pick up the exam blueprint tagged to that version and generate a set of questions based on that.
The version control is very important within the backend of risr/ assess.
New Standard Versions & Duplication
To prevent duplicate items, where a new version of a standard has come out, but the new version doesn't have new questions. The existing question would be tagged to both versions e.g. 1.0 and 1.1
Need to ensure the blueprint in the system is not showing both versions - they need to be separate versions for the candidate feedback report.
Images
If you have images you can reference an image file and add that in at the same time as the import.
Select Import Items → when you select the type of import - the sample import file is available to download from there.
Import
If you are happy that you have qa’d your questions then you can automatically approve them - we would recommend though that you select No for this. It just adds another level of QA for your organisation.
You then follow the guidelines on page:-
Map the fields to the Item above in the table e.g. SBA-> MCQ-> default->L4 Construction Site Supervisor ->K1 etc then select Confirm.