Cadmus Question Library

Learn how to re-use questions across MFA exams/assessments and deliver different question sets for different cohorts.

In this article, we cover the following:

• Accessing the Cadmus Question Library
• Adding questions to the Library
• Viewing and filtering questions from the Library
• Adding questions and Creating sets from the Library

Accessing Cadmus Question Library

The Cadmus Question Library can be accessed by:

• Clicking the Import Questions button located at the bottom of the MFA task builder.
• Clicking the Cadmus Question Library button located at the top of the Cadmus homepage.
  
  

Adding questions to the Library

Questions can either be imported via external files or manually added to the Library.

To import questions:

1. Select the Upload From Computer button and choose a zip or XML file (Refer to this link for information on supported file formats) with the questions to be imported. Alternatively, the file may be dragged and dropped.

2. Upon successful file import, a Success message will appear in the Status column. Click the edit icon to modify the file name, if needed. Click the arrow under Success to view the imported questions, or click View All to display all questions within the file.

3. Click Import File to add the question file to the Library.

4. To add specific questions, select the desired questions and click then Add to Assessment button.

To manually add questions:

1. Click on the Create Question button located at the top of the Cadmus Question Library.
2. Select the appropriate question type and input the question, point value, tags, and difficulty level.
3. Click the Next button to add the question to the Library. Utilize tags or the search bar to locate the newly added question.

Viewing and filtering questions from the Library

The Question Library allows for refined searching and filtering of questions based on several criteria: question type, assigned tags, point value, source (whether created in Cadmus or imported), and usage frequency. A search bar is also available to search by question name.

 

Adding questions and Creating sets from the Library

Questions from the Library can be either manually or bulk selected and added to an MFA exam or assessment. Different sets of questions can be selected from the Library for different cohorts of students.

To manually select and add questions:

1. Use the filter options to locate the desired questions.
2. Select individual questions by clicking the checkbox to the left of each question.
3. Click the three dots on the right to access options to copy, edit, or delete the question.
4. After selecting questions, click the Add tags, Edit Points, Set Difficulty buttons to modify them.
5. Click the Review Selection button to review the selected questions. Individual questions can be removed from selection or replaced with similar questions. Click Clear Selection to de-select all and select other questions.
6. Click the Import All to Assessment button to add the selected questions to the assessment/examination.

To create sets from the questions selected:

Within the Review Selection window, click the Create Sets from Selection button. Specify the desired number of unique sets and the number of questions per set, then click Create Sets.

Review the generated sets and click Import All to Assessment.

To bulk select and add questions:

1. Click the Bulk Select Questions button at the top of the Question Library.
2. Define rules for generating multiple question sets, including the number of questions, question type, point allocation, tags, and difficulty level.
   3. Click Add More button to add additional rules and create more question sets.
3. Click Generate Selection.
   5. Click Import All to Assessment button to add the generated question sets to the assessment/examination.
   
   
   
   To create sets from the questions selected:
   
   Within the Create box under the Bulk Select window, specify the number of unique question sets to be generated based on the defined rules.
   
   Click Generate Selection to review the sets, and then click Import All to Assessment.

The taskbuilder displays question sets after they are added. From here, the question sets can be reviewed or deleted, and shuffle questions may be enabled or disabled.