Revamping Exam View with List of Questions

1 Initial Problem

There are some aspects in which the Exam View of Tests isn’t implemented state-of-the-art.
This feature request offers proposals for modernizing and streamlining it.

2 Conceptual Summary

2.1 Settings

• Renaming “Dashboard” view in the test pass:
  The “Dashboard” term is used in three different ways in ILIAS (main bar item, Test object tab, “Dashboard” as referred to here). Thus, it would contribute to disambiguation to rename the “Dashboard” option for the test GUI. Proposal: “Test Pass Overview” (German: “Übersicht Testdurchlauf”)
• Separating activation of „List of Questions” and “Dashboard” (then: “Test Pass Overview”):
  • Activation of „List of Questions” (Checkbox)
  • Activation of “Test Pass Overview” (Checkbox) with sub-options (“Show prior to the first question” s.o.)

2.2 Test Pass

• Move „List of Questions“ to Slate:
  Instead of displaying the “List of Questions” in the ‘tst_left’ div, it’s displayed wihtin the slate. Like with Learning Sequences, the slate is hidden by default but may be showed by participants by clicking a main bar item (here: “List of Questions”). The menu item shows the test icon.
• Remove “Hide/Show List of Questions” button:
  There is no need for this button anymore as the “List of Questions” can be displayed via the main bar item.
• Use the “WorkflowListing” UI element for the display of the “List of Questions”:
  “WorkflowListing” can identify the currently processed question and differentiate between questions which were processed and those which weren’t.
• Remove question flag from “List of Questions”:
  The only things “WorkflowListing” cannot do is to show the “flag” of questions that were “marked” by participants.As this would contribute to unclutter the view, we suppose it being a gain for the Exam View.
• Move test title, participant name and test pass ID to top whitespace not used by now:
  In doing so, we suggest to show the installation logo as well.

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

• Settings > General
• Test Pass

3.2 User Interface Details

3.2.1 Settings

Splitted setting:

Language variables:

3.2.2 Test Pass

Language variables:

Language variables that should be streamlined in English:

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

(none)

3.4 Accessibility Implications

(tbd)

4 Technical Information

{ The maintainer has to provide necessary technical information, e.g. dependencies on other ILIAS components, necessary modifications in general services/architecture, potential security or performance issues. }

5 Privacy

This feature does not change anything in terms of privacy.

6 Security

This feature does not change anything in terms of security.

7 Contact

• Author of the Request: Suittenpointner, Florian [suittenpointner]
• Maintainer: Strassner, Denis [dstrassner] & Becker, Maximilian [mbecker]
  
• Implementation of the feature is done by: Haagen, Nils [nlz]

8 Funding

If you are interest in funding this feature, please add your name and institution to this list.

• CaT Concepts and Training GmbH

9 Discussion

Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]:2022-02-11: I like the suggestions and support the ideas.

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 07 MAR 2022 : We highly appreciate this suggestion and accept the feature for ILIAS 9. It would be great if the UI Workflow would keep the focus on the actual question, esp. when using tests with a lot of questions.

10 Implementation

Implemented by merging PR 6148

Screenshots

Test Cases

Test cases completed at 25 OCT 2023 by Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]

Approval

Approved at 19 OCT 2023 by Strassner, Denis [dstrassner].