In these release notes
assessmentQ 2024.06 contains the following new features and improvements:
- Sign-in codes to schedules
- Non-editable pre-filled text for open questions
- Other improvements
- API update
- Removed features
Sign-in codes to schedules
A new delivery type has been added to the Schedules module:
Schedules with sign-in codes are very similar to portal schedules, except that they are not shown on the assessmentQ portal home page and the participants do not have to sign in with their account.
The participants have direct access to the schedule by entering their individual schedule sign-in code.
Non-editable pre-filled text for open questions
As an author, you can add pre-filled text in the answer block of your open question. This text is shown to the participants. By default, the participants can modify or delete this text.
Starting from assessmentQ 2024.06, if you do not want the participants to modify the pre-filled text, you can insert non-editable content.
Inserting non-editable content in the pre-filled text ensures that the participants' answer follows a consistent structure, making it easier for graders to read and grade the answers.
Example:
Other improvements
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Publish assignment
As an author, you can directly publish your assignment to make it available to your participants by means of the Publish assignment option. The new schedule delivery type for Schedules with a sign-in code has been added to the Publish wizard. More information
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Quick publish
Quick Publish allows you to make your items directly available to your participants from within the assessmentQ item bank. The new schedule delivery type for Schedules with a sign-in code has been added to the Quick publish wizard. More information
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Additional filters on the schedule overview page
Additional timing filters have been added to the schedule overview page.
More information
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Optimisation in the calculator and math items for power and index
Parentheses are added around the base selection, so it is clear what the power or index applies to.
Examples:
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Letter size in dropdown and drag and drop items
The text editor in the backoffice now shows the correct letter size of the draggables and dropdown elements.
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Offline package
The layout of the access code page in the offline player has been made more user-friendly and accessible with only the keyboard.
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Optimisation for time calculations
Time loggings in assessmentQ are now done in milliseconds instead of seconds thus ensuring a more precise calculation of the timings in the player (e.g. time limits) and in the backoffice (e.g. session history).
API update
As a result of the introduction of the schedule sign-in codes, changes have been made to the following calls:
- POST api/V2/schedules:
A new, optional property DeliveryType has been added. The default value of the property is PortalSchedule. - GET api/V2/schedule/id:
the new property DeliveryType has been added.
The following API call has been added:
- GET api/V2/schedules/id/signincodes to retrieve the sign-in codes of a schedule
More information:
A detailed overview of the available API calls can be retrieved from the online API documentation that you can find by browsing to your API Endpoint URL.
See also the API documentation in the online assessmentQ Knowledge Base.
Removed features
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Publish wizards
It is no longer possible to directly publish your items or assignments by means of access codes. The access code option has been removed from the Quick publish or Publish assignment wizards. Instead of access codes, you can now use sign-in codes in the Publish wizards.
Note: Sign-in codes will eventually replace the access codes. More information will follow and there will be enough time to switch to sign-in codes. Feel free to discover the schedule sign-in codes in the meantime. More information.
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GUID access codes
The GUID schedule access code, user access code and assignment access code are no longer shown in the corresponding detail pages of a schedule, user, or assignment. If needed, these codes can still be retrieved via API.