Setting test results content properties

You can specify properties relating to the content of your test results, such as whether to show the test score, the pass or fail status, and the questions answered both correctly and incorrectly. You can also add custom images, a horizontal rule, and separators. The information you choose to display will be displayed for all questions in the test.

The test results page content is generated dynamically based on the questions within your test and the test results content properties that you specify. When you add a new question to your test, the program will subsequently add the corresponding test results information to your test results page.

Use the Results Designer to specify the appearance of the test results, including the contents and format of the correct questions, the incorrect questions, and the unanswered questions, should you choose to include them. A preview of the test results page based on the current property settings is also displayed.

The Results Designer is new in Lectora 16.1. If the Results Designer encounters custom test results from a previous version, base properties will be set accordingly when you initially launch the Results Designer. The custom formatting applied to individual questions will not be retained.

To add a test results page and set test results content properties:

On the Results ribbon for Test properties, enable the Show Test Results check box in the Test Results group. This adds a test results page to the Title Explorer, along with the results object.

If you choose to not show test results, disable the Show Test Results check box.
The test results object must be on the final page in the test to have the results to display.

Double-click the graphic of the results object in the Title Explorer. Alternatively, you can right-click the results object in the Title Explorer and select Properties.
Click Results Designer in the Show Questions group. The Results Designer opens.

On the General Settings ribbon, use the fields in the Results Display box to specify how the results are to be displayed, as follows:

Horizontal rule/Separator

Enable this check box to display a horizontal rule or separator between each question. Use the Line Color drop-down to select the color of the horizontal rule and the Weight to specify its thickness.

Use the fields in the Test Information box to select the sequence of items to include in the results, such as the test name, followed by the test score percentage, and pass or fail status. To get started, use the drop-down lists in the Items to Include column to select the items that you want to include on the results page. For each item you select to include, use the formatting fields in the Text Style box below to specify the formatting. The current format of each item is displayed in the Format column. The settings are inherited from the page properties. Disable the Inherit check box to specify a new format. For example, if you want to include the name of the test in large Arial text, select Test Name in the list, disable Inherit and then use the appropriate fields in the Text Style box to select the Arial font in a larger point size.

Select from the following overall items to include:

Correct-over-total-count

Number of questions answered correctly based on the total number of questions.

Custom image

Specify a custom image. Use the Image Selector box to select the image.

Fail status

Status as to whether the student failed the test (in other words, did not achieve the minimum passing score). The displayed text can be modified in the preference settings for Publish Strings. For details, see Specifying publish strings preferences.

Including both the Fail status and the Pass status is recommended. Fail status is only displayed if the student does not achieve the passing score.

Lowest passing score

Lowest score for passing the test as defined in the Lowest Passing Score (%) field in the Grading group on the Results ribbon for tests. For details, see Grading the test and specifying the passing score.

Pass status

Status as to whether the student passed the test (in other words, did achieve the minimum passing score). The displayed text can be modified in the preference settings for Publish Strings. For details, see Specifying publish strings preferences.

Including both the Pass status and the Fail status is recommended. Pass status is only displayed if the student does achieve the passing score.

Questions placeholder

Placeholder representing where in the sequence the questions will appear.

Student name

Student name according to the LMS or as entered when Prompt for Student Name is selected.

Test name

Name of the test.

Test score %

Score of the test in percentage.

Use the grab dots in the first column to move an item in the sequence and use the delete buttons in the last column to delete an item.

If you are including the Questions Placeholder in the sequence, use the Correct Questions, Incorrect Questions, and Unanswered Questions ribbons to specify the items to include for the questions. Disable the initial check box on the top of each of these ribbons if you do not want to show the corresponding items. For example, if you do not want to show items for the questions answered incorrectly, disable the Show questions answered incorrectly check box. You can also disable showing each type of question in the results using the Show Correct Questions, Show Incorrect Questions, and Show Unanswered Questions check boxes in the Show Questions group on the Properties ribbon for results.

Use the drop-down lists in the Items to Include column to select the items that you want to include on the results page. For each item you select to include, use the formatting fields in the Text Style box below to specify the formatting. The current format of each item is displayed in the Format column. Disable the Inherit check box to specify a new format. The settings are inherited from the page properties.

Select from the following items to include:

Answer choices	Choices for the answer to the question. This will only be displayed for true or false, multiple choice, and multiple response questions.
Correct answer	Correct answer to the question.
Custom image	Specify a custom image. For example, display a check mark if the question is answered correctly. Use the Image Selector box to select the image.
Display message feedback	The feedback text when displaying message feedback is enabled for the question and Show Feedback for Each Question is enabled on the Behavior ribbon for test properties.
Link to first page of test	Link to the first page of the test.
Link to question in test	Link to the question in the test.
Question names	Names of the question.
Question numbers	Numbers corresponding to each question.
Question status	Status as to whether the student's answer is correct or incorrect.
Question text	Text of the question.
Student's answer	Answer selected by the student.

Use the grab dots in the first column to move items in the sequence and use the delete buttons in the last column to delete items.

Click OK to set the properties for the test results.

The test results properties are set.