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1 General

Authorities and Tester

 

Additional

Roadmap

Priorities for the development of the Test & Assessment and the Test Question Pool depend on developer resources provided by a handfull of organizations. Thus no promises are made on timeframes.

Prioritized in the long run

  • Reducing the number of reported issues in Test & Assessment
  • Separating the Test-Player from the Questions and the Question-Pool.

Roadmap in 2026

Among other challenges, we are planning to use the given developing budget from the ILIAS Community Members for the following tasks:

  1. Main Goal: Fixing Issues and further cleaning up the code.
  2. Further roll out of Repository Pattern
  3. Continue of Abandon of settings and features in Test & Assessment to focus on main aspects and reduce the work on major refactorings
  4. Fundamental work
    • Work on the project to abandon legacy ui.
    • Clarification CTRL-flow
    • Use of IRSS in T&A
    • Further reduction of access and use of request variables (GPCR)
  5. Work on (Project) Revision of Test Question Creation
  6. Work on Project Revision of Import/Export of the T&A
  7. Feasibility study Test in Learning sequence - Could the LS uses the actual Exam View (since ILIAS9 - General Kiosk Mode)
  8. Authorized Saving of Participant Input - Problems e.g. in the question list, see Mantis 44211. In order to address the problem, we need a concept for the entire test run at the technical level and an analysis of the current situation. From this, we want to derive an operating concept for controlling the test run. By redesigning the test run, we know where we want to go and can at least mitigate the problems in existing ILIAS versions with usability fixes.
  9. KS Improvements / Exchange of single elements' trough existing KS elements independently of the Legacy-UI-Project

Depending on development ressources, funding and approval, some new features are conceivable in 2026.

Others

 

2 Projects

The following projects are planned or have been realised for this component:

NEW Projects

Ongoing Projects

Projects On-Hold

Completed Projects

3 Suggested Features

Please contact Strassner, Denis [dstrassner] if you plan to suggest a feature. Either a feature that fixes problems of Test & Assessment and keeps the Test & Assessment running or new features, that improve the Test & Assessment.

Ready for Jour fixe

  1. Revise Multiple Choice Question Creation Process

Suggested for Future ILIAS Releases

4 Accepted Features

The following features have been accepted for trunk but are not yet scheduled for a specific ILIAS version.

  1. Option for Delete all Answers in ILIAS Test
  2. Revise Cloze and Long Menu Question Creation Process
  3. Revision of ILIAS Test Question Creation Process

5 Scheduled Features

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 12

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Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 11

  1. (Project) Enforcing Guideline for Top Actions
  2. Abandon Hints in Test Questions
  3. Revision and Enhancement of the ‘Personal Default Settings‘
  4. Test: Abandon Additional Info-Page Information and Setting for Info-Page
  5. Test: Abandon Notifications
  6. Test: General Revision of Manual Scoring within Removing LUI
  7. Test: Pseudonymization of Names for Manual Scoring
  8. Test: Remove Limited Availability Period from Test-Settings
  9. Use test results as preconditions

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 10

  1. Bulk Edit in Test Question Pool
  2. New taxonomy filters to use taxonomies in the question selection for fixed tests
  3. Revision of Logging in Test: Interface Overhaul
  4. Revision of Logging in Test: Refactoring and Migration
  5. Test: Add IP Ranges as Access Constraint to Test Settings
  6. Test: Revise Test Tabs
  7. Test: Revision of the Participant Tab using the new data table

Abandoned Features from ILIAS 10

  1. Abandon Compulsory Questions Setting in Test
  2. Abandon Excel Exports in Question Pools
  3. Abandon ILIAS-specific TinyMCE Plugins for Forum and Test & Assessment
  4. Abandon Settings for Manual Scoring and Adjustment per Question in Administration
  5. Test: Remove Option to Disable Taxonomies from QPL

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 9:

  1. Abandon Content for Recapitulation - Type text
  2. Abandon ECTS Grades in ILIAS Test
  3. Abandon Generate PDF by User in ILIAS Test
  4. Abandon Item Analysis Export for Pure Single Choice Tests
  5. Abandon Setting Scored Answers on single pages
  6. Abandon Special Character Selector
  7. Abandon Taxonomy Filter as Navigation Tree
  8. Abandon Test Setting Digitally Sign Test Submissions and Plugin Slot to sign Tests
  9. Activating Taxonomies in glossaries and question pools
  10. Customizable Maximum File Upload Size
  11. Improve Presentation of T&A-Results
  12. Move Question Table in Question Pool Test to new UI Data Table
  13. New option for excel export of ILIAS test statistics
  14. Remove Settings-Templates for Tests
  15. Remove Setting «Limit Number of Concurrent Participants»
  16. Revamping Exam View with List of Questions
  17. Show Only Available Points
  18. Test-archive without PDF
  19. Test: Move General Settings to UI Forms and use IPE
  20. Test: Remove Setting Result Filter
  21. Test: Use Launcher to Start the ILIAS Test
  22. Transferring Taxonomies in sub-tab Taxonomy of glo, qpl and cat to Listing Panels

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 8:

  1. Abandon CTM
  2. Abandon Random Selection Button in ILIAS Tests
  3. Abandon Start Button in Page & List View in ILIAS Test
  4. Abandon Working Time in Test Questions and ILIAS Tests
  5. Overhaul of Test Question Editing Tabs
  6. Revision of Settings in ILIAS Test
  7. Test: Remove Option to select Use of Questions Pools and change Selection of Test Questions

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 7:

  1. Abandon Page View in Test
  2. IRSS: General Overview of Components to Migrate (ongoing)

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 6:

  1. Lifecycle Metadata for Test Questions
  2. No further test passes when test status is passed
  3. Scoring by Question (Test): Show Content for Recapitulation in scoring Modal
  4. Scoring by Questions: Adding Feedback, Scoring State and Modal Enhancements
  5. Uploading Tile Image for some more objects
  6. Word Counter for Essay Questions

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 5.4:

  1. Cleanup of Evaluation for All Users-tab
  2. Cloze Question: Answer Specific Feedback
  3. Extend Lock Answers for Key-Feature
  4. Extract Test Results from the Participant tab and make a separate Tab of it
  5. Get rid of Pop-Up in Test
  6. Improved Question Preview in Pool
  7. Jump to feedback when requested
  8. Long Menu Question: Identical Scoring
  9. Reduce Functionality in »Corrections«-tab
  10. Remove Question Types Flash and Java Applet
  11. Show test results only after test is passed
  12. Streamlining Message Boxes
  13. Support commenting of questions in question pool
  14. Support of OrgUnits in Tests
  15. Uploading Images for Presenting Objects in Deck of Cards (Tile View)

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 5.3:

  1. Actions menu for table of questions
  2. Random Test: Check for Fully Stable Selection Configs
  3. Random Test: Extend Filter for Random Selection Rules
  4. Random Test: Get Rid of Repeated Questionpool Synchronisations
  5. Random Test: Selection Rule Creation using Repository Selector

Features scheduled for / published in ILIAS 5.2:

  1. Abandon PDF Storage of e-Exams
  2. Cloze Question Gap Type Syntax
  3. Create New Pools from Random Tests having Lost Pools
  4. DR 5.1: Issue 16 - Deleting submitted file in test not possible on mobile devices
  5. Export and Import Questions with Competencies
  6. Improved Separating Submission and Navigation
  7. Learning Progress Trigger after Finish
  8. Minimum Waiting Time for Test Runs
  9. Multiple Choice - Restrict Maximum Selectable Options
  10. News Item Creation for Test

Features developed and published in ILIAS 5.1:

  1. Competence Service for Question Pool
  2. Improve Shuffling of Answer Options during Testpass
  3. Long Menu Question
  4. Nice Presentation of Test Results
  5. Rename the zip-file-structure of file-upload-questions
  6. Separating Submission and Navigation

The editorial team of the help has refurbished the 'Settings'-tab of the Test.
Please check the respective page: Mapping of 'Settings'-tab in the Test Object of ILIAS 5.0 and ILIAS 4.4

The following features have already been developed and published in ILIAS 4.4:
  1. Cloze Question Improvements
  2. Continuous Testing Mode
  3. Enhance Error Text Question to Group Selections of Terms
  4. Essay question: completed by written text (not funded yet)
  5. Feedback Handling in Self-Assessment Questions
  6. Formula Question Type
  7. Import/Export plugin hooks for Tests
  8. Leveled Ordering Questions
  9. List of question: redesign travel light
  10. New question type Multiple Choice Image Map
  11. Save question-changes in a question-pool to tests (not funded yet)
  12. Taxonomies for Test Questions
  13. Using ILIAS Editor for Questions
  14. EA: Bewertung nach Fragen
  15. EA: Erweiterte Protokollierung
  16. EA: Erweiterung der Auswertungsmöglichkeiten für Fragen
  17. EA: Erweiterung Präsentation Testergebnisse
  18. EA: Extending Test Export (not funded yet)
  19. EA: Improving PDF Generation (partly funded)
  20. EA: IMS-M Schnittstelle
  21. EA: Individuelle Zeitzugabe
  22. EA: KIOSK Modus
  23. EA: Nachkorrekturmodus
  24. EA: PDF Storage of e-Exams
  25. EA: Sonderzeichen-Editor in Textfeldern
The following features have already been developed and published in ILIAS ILIAS 4.3:
  1. Add Manual Feedback to Manual Scoring Notification
  2. Additional Test Start/Resume Button within Questions Tab
  3. Apply test defaults every time
  4. Auto Save for Test Results
  5. Best Solution as Option
  6. Deleting Selected Passes
  7. ECS Test
  8. Enhance Automatic Scoring Capabilities Of Essay Questions
  9. Enhance Multiple Choice For Controling Feedback Presentation
  10. Highscore
  11. Hints
  12. Improved Presentation of Best Solution
  13. Invite and rate Participants
  14. Option to Obligate Test Questions
  15. Revision of Manual Scoring
  16. Streamlining Questions for a unified feedback behaviour
  17. Show concrete time inside the log data output
The following features have already been developed and published in ILIAS ILIAS 4.2:
  1. Info-Page Revision
  2. One image manager for all Tinys
  3. Online/Offline in tests
  4. Random Test Warning Message
  5. Test: Express-mode
  6. Test going passed by uploading a file
The following features have already been developed and published in ILIAS ILIAS 4.1:
  • none
The following features have already been developed and published in ILIAS ILIAS 4.0:
  1. New type Essay with predefined content
  2. New type Fileupload
  3. New type Flash-Applet
  4. New type Horizontal Ordering
  5. Question overview on the left side
  6. Short name of your feature
Plugins:
  1. Formative Assessment
  2. CAS-Anbindung

The following features are in preparation to be migrated from the EA-branch into the trunk.

 
Administration
  1. Improving PDF Generation
  2. PDF Storage of e-Exams
  3. PDF Elektronische Signatur
  4. Extending Test Export  (Rohdatenexport)
    1. Export von zufallsgenerierten Tests
    2. XLSX
  5. [[Administrationsskripten zur Verwaltung von Prüfungen und Prüflingen (Perl)] ** obsolet **]
Fragen Objekt :: Freitext Frage (Essay Question)
  1. Begrenzung der Texteingaben
Test Objekt :: Einstellungen
  1. Erweiterung Präsentation Testergebnisse
  2. KIOSK Modus
  3. Display Options For E-Exams
  4. Erweiterte Protokollierung
Test-Objekt :: Administration
  1. Neue Registerkarte "Administration" im Test-Objekt
    1. Erweiterung der Auswertungsmöglichkeiten für Fragen
    2. Nachkorrekturmodus
    3. Individuelle Zeitzugabe
Test-Objekt :: Manuelle Bewertung
  1. Bewertung nach Fragen
Test-Objekt :: Erweiterung - Item Management System Schnittstelle
  1. IMS-M Schnittstelle
Anpassungen an E-Prüfungssystem
  1. Prüfungsskins
  2. Sonderzeichen-Editor in Textfeldern
 
Revision GUI Question Pool Test
 
Revision GUI Test

6 Redundant, Outdated and Rejected Feature Requests

Requests that are outdated or redundant (already implemented in other requests)

  1. (Project) Centralising Online/Offline Status
  2. (Project) Revision of Test Question Creation
  3. Abandon Access Codes in Tests
  4. Add “no entry” node to taxonomy tree to show questions without taxonomy entries in questions pools
  5. Administration of Tests: Log Data Export Improvements
  6. Allow QTI import and export of tests
  7. Big Start Button
  8. Clarification of Log Data for Tests
  9. Cloze Question: Separately configured gap lengths
  10. Clozed question: seperatly feedback from multiple questions
  11. Competence Results in Tests: Adaptation of Object Reporting Panels
  12. Continuous Testing Mode Usability Improvement
  13. Detailed feedback (text and hyperlinks) after test is finished
  14. Excel export: Show answers of all test passes
  15. Extending Continuous Testing Mode: Consider Processing Time
  16. Extending Continuous Testing Mode: Purgatory Status of Question
  17. Extending Continuous Testing Mode: Threshold to Overcome Question
  18. Extending Test Export
  19. Fragen aus Survey oder Test in Pool kopieren und verlinken
  20. highlighted text
  21. Highlighting Words in Question Text
  22. Improve feedback setup in self assessment questions of ILIAS LM
  23. Improve Start Button in Tests and Surveys
  24. Improved navigation at end of initial test in course with learning objectives
  25. Improved Test Logging
  26. Improving e-exam countdown
  27. Info page for pool
  28. Interface to get assessment related user data
  29. Introduce New Permission *View to User Data in Selected Components*
  30. Introducing Assessment Question Service
  31. Introduction of Test Parts
  32. Is-dirty Mode for Tests
  33. Lifecycle and Versioning Support in Test Questions
  34. Manual Scoring for STACK Question Type
  35. MC-Questions with empty solution = correct solution
  36. Multiple pass scoring: change default setting to scoring the best pass
  37. Pie chart in Question Queue
  38. preview of all questions
  39. Questions (Test, Testpool, ILIAS-LM) - Show Javascript-Code as Text
  40. Random Response Selection in Questions
  41. Randomly Seeded Shuffling of Answer Options for Formative Assessments
  42. Rearrange Elements of Test-Question-Page
  43. Redo Question Rendering
  44. Remove Corrections tab
  45. Remove horizontal  Ordering Question
  46. Revise Prepopulation of Content for Recapitulation of Type Text
  47. Revision of MCQ: Alternative points specification for multiple choice question
  48. Revision of Test Question Corrections
  49. Revision of the precision in the formula question
  50. Show points in preview
  51. Support metadata for individual questions in pools and tests
  52. Taxonomy Support when copying test questions to different question pool
  53. Test Question Interface
  54. Test Question Pool as Independent Object
  55. Traceable connection between tests and ILIAS-learning module

Rejected Feature Requests

  1. Abandon Feedback in Test Results
  2. Abandon Test Export File (incl. Participants Results)
  3. Amend Personal Default Settings
  4. Automatische Nachricht über neu hochgeladenen (oder kopierten) Test erzeugen
  5. Change Setting to show users their results in ILIAS Test
  6. Container object to cluster questions (improved display)
  7. Display of Time Limit per Question
  8. Don’t show Feedback button when there is no feedback
  9. DR 5.1: Issue 15: Presentation problems when running test
  10. Edit Questions of Test which already contains datasets
  11. Eingabefelder für Zahlen und Datumswerte
  12. Extend ASQ: Page Content for Questions
  13. Extending ASQ: Competence Assignment for Questions
  14. Extending ASQ: Taxonomy Assignment for Questions
  15. Grading, Marking and Evaluating in Tests
  16. Green Mark when test time is passed
  17. Images for Tests
  18. Impartial Manual Scoring
  19. Implement Kiosk-Mode for Test
  20. Import of Tests Without Questions
  21. Improved look of page Test Results
  22. KS Tree Select Input
  23. KS: Presentation Table for Test Statistics
  24. Mark schema: change marks when Access to Test Results is set to never
  25. Migration path for question types to ASQ
  26. Multiple Choice Question (Kprim Answers) - Allow up to 6 Answers
  27. Question pool: make text size configurable in cloze question
  28. Remove the import of random tests into pools
  29. Remove the option to let anonymous take tests in public area
  30. Revamp Information about Hints and Deduction in Tests
  31. Separate Options for Show ‘List of Questions’ and Dashboard
  32. Simple Drag and Drop
  33. STACK questions in ILIAS LM
  34. Statistics: Evaluation for all questions
  35. Status-Sensitive Button Label
  36. Straightforward Configuration of Result Presentation
  37. Streamlining Answer Input Fields
  38. Streamlining Participants and Statistics View
  39. Test Player: Kiosk-Mode (Exam View) for Page Layout Revision
  40. Test: Abandon Personal Default settings
  41. Test: Revise Hints and their visibility in manual scoring
  42. Usability Improvement of Random Tests

Last edited: 6. Nov 2025, 11:45, Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]