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Item Banking Basics

Using

ExamView®

Mohamed Bahr; M.D., Ph.D.

Your First Bank

Dr. Mohamed Bahr 2016

OPEN


2. After saving a bank, open it from here

1. Start Here

3. Whenever you have a bank, make a test from here

4. After saving a test, open it from here


❶ SAVE FIRST!

❷ SAFEGUARD YOUR BANK!


We can customize many things.The more you spend time here, the more professional your exam will be!AND it is self-explanatory!


Remove unnecessary info that you don’t use ever


The most important settings!Customize your styles..

Your First Question


Question → New → …


Allow or lock shuffling of choices

Save paper and put answers in one line (4 columns)

Change number of choices

Choose correct answerWrite the rationale of answer(for instructor only)

Write directly..


Copy & Paste each line separately

OR

Copy the whole question and Press F7 in ExamView Question EditorIt will PASTE!

Copy Q from MS Word


You can insert many things to your question..But!Never change format from here,Use the Edit → Preferences → Styles instead.


Question info will help you choose by criteria later on

❸ Press to add a previously defined property, instead of writing it again

❶Press to add info

❷ Define your Q info

❹ Add more than one info using the symbol | (SHIFT+\)


SAVE your new Q!Edit your Q

Delet your Q

Make a copy of your Q (if a new Q is very similar with only slight modifications)

Rt. Click…


❶ Rt. Click on an MCQ to change to bimodal.

Or create a bimodal from Question → New

A bimodal question is a question that can be displayed as either a multiple choice or a short answer question. Bimodal questions give you more flexibility when building a test. For example, with a single click of the mouse you can increase the difficulty level of a test by changing all multiple choice questions to short answer.

What is bimodal Q?

❷ You can convert (toggle) it to short-answer and vice versa.


Very Useful Commands!


Finally, save and close.But you might want to convert to MS Word file

Import Utility


Import Very Carefully!

This is the EXPORTED rtf file.

The best way to import a CORRECTLY FORMATTED word file, is to use such an rtf file already created by ExamView, and just replace and fill without changing any formatting(Paste Keep Text Only).


OPEN


Successful Import!

Create Your First Test Using The Bank


Save and Secure!


Define Headers and Footers


Insert field for version. It updates automatically.Insert field for total page #.

It updates automatically.

Insert field for page #. It updates automatically.

Insert picture; e.g. College logo


Define Instructions


Select Questions – Many Ways!


Selection by Criteria (the question info you’ve saved)


Revise Your Test Before Printing


Add, Delete, Edit, Reorder, Or Scramble Your Questions

But Don’t Edit The Question

Here..Go to Your Bank, Edit There, And

Finally Select The Edited

Question Here!


Print! Print Using Adobe PDF or Microsoft Print to PDF

And You Got Your Exam in PDF Format!


Thank You!

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