@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Require an Entrance Exam
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99.. admonition :: Turn on the Entrance Exam feature
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11- In order for the Entrance Exam feature to work, it must be enabled on your Open edX instance.
11+ In order for the Entrance Exam feature to work, it must be enabled on your Open edX instance. It is not enabled by default.
12+
1213 Please contact your site administrator to enable the `FEATURES['ENTRANCE_EXAMS'] <https://docs.openedx.org/projects/edx-platform/en/latest/references/featuretoggles.html#featuretoggle-FEATURES['ENTRANCE_EXAMS'] >`_ flag.
1314
1415To require an entrance exam, follow these steps.
@@ -18,47 +19,64 @@ To require an entrance exam, follow these steps.
1819#. On the **Schedule & Details ** page, locate the **Requirements ** section.
1920#. Select the **Require students to pass an exam before accessing course
2021 materials ** option.
22+
23+ .. image :: /_images/educator_how_tos/require_entrance_exam.png
24+ :alt: The "Require students to pass an exam before accessing course materials" checkbox appears at the bottom of the "Requirements" section.
25+
26+ #. In the **Grade Requirements ** section, set the percentage score required to
27+ pass the exam (default is 50%).
2128#. Select **Save Changes **.
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23- After you save your changes , Studio automatically creates an **Entrance Exam **
24- section in your course outline. To add content to your entrance exam, go to the
30+ After changes are saved , Studio automatically creates an **Entrance Exam **
31+ section in the course outline. To add content to the entrance exam, go to the
2532course outline.
2633
2734***********************
2835Create an Entrance Exam
2936***********************
3037
31- You create your course entrance exam from the course outline in Studio.
38+ Adding as Entrance Exam automatically places a new section called "Entrance
39+ Exam" at the top of the course outline.
40+
41+ .. image :: /_images/educator_how_tos/entrance_exam_in_outline.png
42+ :alt: The "Entrance Exam" appears as a section at the top of the course outline, above all other course sections
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44+
3245Creating entrance exam content is just like creating other course content. For
3346more information, see the section on :ref: `Content Creation and Management <Content Creation and Management TOC >`.
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3548**********************************
3649Adjust Scores in the Entrance Exam
3750**********************************
3851
39- If you find an error in the exam after learners have taken it, and corrections
40- to the exam are unavoidable, you have several options to rescore the exam for
41- individual learners. These options are available on the instructor dashboard.
52+ If the exam is changed or corrected after learners take the exam, there are
53+ several options to rescore the exam for individual learners. These options are
54+ available on the instructor dashboard.
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4356In the LMS, select **Instructor ** to access the instructor dashboard, and then
4457select **Student Admin **. In the **Entrance Exam Grade Adjustment ** section,
4558the following options are available.
4659
47- * **Reset Student Attempts **: Reset the value for one particular learner's
60+ .. image :: /_images/educator_how_tos/entrance_exam_inst_dash.png
61+ :alt: The Entrance Exam Grade Adjust section of the Instructor Dashboard
62+
63+ * **Attempts **: Reset the value for one particular learner's
4864 attempts back to zero so that the learner can begin work over again. For more
4965 information, see :ref: `reset_attempts `.
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51- * **Rescore Student Submission **: Rescore the responses that a learner has
52- submitted. For more information, see :ref: `rescore `.
67+ * **Allow Skip **: Waive the requirement for the learner to take the exam.
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54- * **Delete Student State for Problem **: Delete a learner's entire history for
55- the exam from the database. For more information, see :ref: `delete_state `.
69+ * **Rescore **: Rescore any responses that have been submitted. The 'Rescore All
70+ Problems Only If Score Improves' option updates the learner's scores only if
71+ it improves in the learner's favor. For more information, see :ref: `rescore `.
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57- Another option on the instructor dashboard is **Show Background Task History
58- for Student **. If you reset learner attempts, rescore learner submissions, or
59- delete learner state, the operation runs in the background. If you want to see
60- a record of all the operations that have run for the entrance exam, select
61- **Show Background Task History for Student **.
73+ * **Delete Learner's State **: Delete a learner's entire history for the exam
74+ from the database. For more information, see :ref: `delete_state `.
75+
76+ Another option on the instructor dashboard is **Task Status **. If one of the
77+ above options are selected, the operation runs in the background. If you want to
78+ see a record of all the operations that have run for the entrance exam, select
79+ **Show Task Status **.
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6381.. seealso ::
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@@ -71,6 +89,8 @@ a record of all the operations that have run for the entrance exam, select
7189+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
7290| Review Date | Working Group Reviewer | Release |Test situation |
7391+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
92+ | 2025-11-16 | sarina | Ulmo | Pass |
93+ +--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
7494| 03/11/2025 | Leira (Curricu.me) | Sumac | Fail (https://github.com/openedx/docs.openedx.org/issues/891) |
7595| | | | (this simply hasn't been tested with the flag on) |
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