Date available on Pearson VUE Hosted Server: Thursday, November 29, 2018
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Release Updates
Pages/Feature | Users Affected | Description | When does this happen? | Outcome | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Examine Questions, | Project Managers, Reviewers, Validators | Edit Case Exhibit, cannot edit Case name | Examining, observing, reviewing, validating questions, and viewing Question Summary | Project Managers, and reviewers need the ability to edit the case exhibit when viewing a question. Validators and users observing questions cannot edit the exhibit. The functionality was changed to allow project managers and reviewers to edit the Exhibit text when editing the Case from the Examine Questions and Review Questions pages. The ability to edit the Case name was removed from the Edit Case page for these users. Validators and Question Observers no longer have the ability to edit the Case. The Edit Case button was removed from the Observe Question, Question Summary, and Validate Questions pages.
| Enhancement |
| Cases on Projects | Project Managers, Question writers | Move Case when project is deleted | Deleting a project that contains Cases | When a case is editable in a project and you delete the project, the case is made editable in the default project. Any items on the case (questions, exhibits) are also made editable in the default project. Also in this enhancement, any cases in the database that are listed as editable on projects that no longer exist will be moved to the default project for the itembank. Any Cases that include content that is only viewable in the project being deleted are not made editable somewhere else. | Enhancement |
| All pages that included the Feedback link, Project Configuration | All users | Remove the Feedback link | The feedback option has been removed from the application. | The Feedback link has been retired. The link was removed from the Welcome header and the Show Feedback link was removed from the Project Configuration page. | Enhancement |
| Batch Edit | Project Managers | Batch Add exhibits, Remove exhibits, and set Exhibit configurations | Batch edit exhibit questions. | Users can now Add exhibits, Remove exhibits, and set Exhibit configurations via Batch Edit. Users can now bulk remove Stand-alone exhibits. The Exhibit Configuration option on the Batch Edit page, allows users to make batch edits to split screen exhibits including the Orientation, split screen ratio, if the divider is adjustable for candidates, and if candidates are required to display the entire exhibit before advancing to the next question. | Enhancement |
| Create and Edit Exam Form | Project Managers, Question Writers | Long section names now wrap on Create and Edit Exam Form pages | Add a Section with a long name to and Exam form. | Long exam form names no longer bleed into the Placeholder text on the Contents tab. Instead, long section names wrap on the left half of the section header box. | Enhancement |
| Manage Users | Project Managers | Show only users in the project now default setting | Navigate to the Manage Users page | The default setting on the Manage Users page is now set to Show only users In this project. | Enhancement |
| Generate Reports | Project Managers | Enemy pairs in the custom report | When users select Associations, they can now only include enemy relationships for questions in the report | Users can now select Only include enemy relationships for questions in the report so they can exclude enemy relationships with questions that are not in the group. | Enhancement |
| Add/Edit Case | Project Managers, Case writers, Case reviewers | Display error if case has a new revision | When user saves changes to existing case | Users are warned when they try and save a case that a new version of the case exists and they are prevented from saving the changes. They must refresh the page and load the latest version of the case, make the necessary changes and then save the case. | Enhancement |
| Write Question, Write Case Question, Modify review Question, Modify examine Question | Project Managers, Question Writers, Reviewers | Display error on save if question is deleted | Users are warned when they try and save a question that has already been deleted | User opens question for edit, it is deleted while they are editing. The warning tells them they cannot save the item because it has been deleted. | Enhancement |
| Write Question, Write Case Question, Modify examine Question | Project Managers, Question Writers, Reviewers | Display error on save if question is not editable | Users are warned when they try and save a question that is no longer editable on the current project | User opens a question for edit. Another user makes the question editable in a different project. The first user gets an error when trying to save the question that it is not possible to save the item as it is no longer editable on the current project. | Enhancement |
| Write Question, Write Case Question, Modify review Question, Modify examine Question | Project Managers, Question Writers, Reviewers | Display message if saving a question that has been updated | When user saves changes to an existing question | Users are warned when saving changes to a question if the question has been updated. They are told they cannot save the item because the item has been updated. They must click the Refresh the page link to load the latest data, input changes they made to the question, and save the question. This prevents users from overwriting each others changes. | Enhancement |
| Examine Questions | Project Managers | History tab contents are only loaded when users click on the History tab | Open a question on the Examine Questions page, click the History tab | This enhancement resolves a page loading issue. The content for the History tab is not loaded until users click the History tab. This reduces the amount of time it takes to load a question on the Examine Questions page. | Enhancement |
| Review Questions, Modify Questions | Project Managers, Reviewers | Change the review state of a question for the current revision of an item | Advance or Return a Question, navigate back to the question and change the review state | When you advance or return a question, you have the option to change your mind and reverse the outcome state for the question as long as the question is still in the current review state and you currently have more than just the one question in the review queue. For instance, the review workflow is configured so that two users are required to advance a question. The first reviewer has the option to change the review state from Advance to Return. The Final reviewer would not have the option to change the review state. You can also change from a Return state to Advance. | Enhancement |
| Review Workflow, Review Questions, Modify Questions (from Review), Observe Questions, Examine Questions | Project Managers, Reviewers, Observers | Add Comments to Advance Outcomes | Final reviewer to advance a question may be required to add a comment when advancing the question | You can configure Advance Outcomes to require a Comment on the Review Workflow page. Each review state may be configured to require or not require a comment. Only the last reviewer sees the Advance Question pop-up window to select an outcome and provide a comment. The Comments tab now prefaces questions that have been advanced with Advanced: to make it consistent with how Returned question comments are displayed. | Enhancement |
| Review Workflow | Project Managers, Reviewers | Update Outcome Statistics | Advance or Return a question as last reviewer, determine whether to retain statistics | You can configure individual Advance or Return Outcomes to either Always retain statistics, or allow the Reviewer to choose if they want to retain the statistics. This is configured on the Review Workflow page. Only the last reviewer may select an Advance or Return Outcome and decide whether to retain statistics. The Statistics options have been added to the Advance Question pop-up window. | Enhancement |
| Exam Forms Export | Project Managers | Group Case Questions when exporting Case Exhibit | Export Exam with Case to DOCX format | The Word DOCX format was updated for Cases. When the exam is exported to DOCX without selecting Group Exhibits before questions, the Case exhibit is listed once above the first question in the section that references the exhibit. Text states the questions that reference the exhibit. When the exam is exported to DOCX with Group Exhibits before questions selected, all the Case Exhibits are listed at the top. Each question identifies the exhibits it is referencing. For stand-alone exhibits, the exhibit is listed above each question. | Enhancement |
| Exam Forms Export | Project Managers | Matching and External Questions supported on DOCX export | Export an Exam with Matching or External Questions to DOCX format | The Matching and External question types are now supported in the Word DOCX export. Matching questions list the Options, Tokens, and Drop Here columns of data. For External questions, a message states the Output is not supported for the External item type. | Enhancement |
| Review Questions | Project Managers, Reviewers | Error while modifying and advancing items in review queue | Make modifications to a question in the review queue, tried to Advance or Save the question | User was modifying a question in the review queue. They modified the reference, blocktext metadata, and question content and then Advanced the question. An error occurred on screen. They were unable to advance or save the question. This problem has been fixed. | Fix |
| Examine Questions, Modify Questions | Project Managers | Cannot immediately change question state after changing Question Type | Open question on Examine Questions page, change the Question Type, Submit the question and try to change the State of the question | MCQ Questions were created and submitted into Review state. Open Questions through Manage → Project Bank on the Examine Questions page. Change Question type to Fill in the Blank and Submit the Question. On the Examine Questions page for this question, change the state of the question to another review state. An error occurred that did not make sense. This problem has been fixed. | Fix |
| Case History, Add/Edit Case (Questions tab) | Project Managers | Case Question Blueprint information missing | Open Case Question for edit and view the Questions tab, or open the Case History for the question | Blueprint levels were applied to Case Questions. The Blueprint levels were not appearing on the Case History, or on the Questions tab of the Add/Edit Case page. This problem has been fixed. | Fix |
| Import Questions | Project Managers | Import issues for both XLS and XML | Import questions where the language code is not specified in the template | Users were getting errors uploading either Excel or XML files. Questions with the language group set to zero was causing the problem. The problem was fixed so that during import (Excel, XML, and r-type), the validation code skips validation if the language code is not specified in the template. | Fix |
| Exam Forms | Project Managers | Unable to delete exam form with standard settings | Open Exam Forms page and try to delete an exam with standard settings | Users were having trouble deleting exam forms with standard settings. Tables regarding standard settings have been mapped into ExamService so the exam forms can be removed properly. | Fix |
| Examine - Modify Questions | Project Managers | Cannot remove comments from some questions | Open a Question to modify it and delete a question from the Comments tab | Users deleted comments from a question, confirmed the delete of the comment, and the comment was deleted. The comment reappeared upon submitting the question. Added new function to check if a Question comment should be deleted or not, and delete it if it is necessary. | Fix |
| QTiTemplate | Project Managers | Unable to save a template | Open an exam form with Build QTI Package and modify the template | Users were unable to save a Template they were editing. In Exam table, QTiTemplate Contains value and QTiConfiguration is null, which is causing the exception. Code modified to avoid the exception. | Fix |
| Search Questions | Project Managers | Language Search - Checking 'Not' producing correct results | Select the Manage → Project Bank menu and search for questions not equal to a specific language | When searching for questions, user selected Language not equal to English. Only English questions were returned in the search. Code updated to include 'Not' check box value in the search query. | Fix |
| Build QTI Package | Project Managers | Scored setting exported incorrectly for External Items | Build the QTI Package for exam with external item | When exporting an external item that was added to a template in the DT Bank, the item was marked as not scored and the on the template the item was marked as not scored. A node was still exported in the QTI that showed the item as scored. This has been resolved. | Fix |
| Search Questions | Project Managers | Cases not ordered alphabetically on "Belongs to Case" | Select the Manage → Project Bank menu and search for questions with the Belongs to Case filter | In the Project Bank, users searched for questions with the "Belongs to Case" filter. User expected to see the list of cases in the Select Case Name field to be in alphabetical order. Instead they were listed in order by CaseID. This has been fixed. | Fix |
| Exam Forms | Project Managers | No Download Complete message on DOCX export | Select the Create Exam Form → View Exam menu and export the exam via Word Output | When exporting an exam in the DOCX format, the pop-up window does not display the message that the download has completed when the the file that is downloaded is a .zip file. This occurred when there was an asset that was a pdf. This has been fixed. | Fix |
| Write/Modify Questions | Project Managers, Question Writers | Check Spelling link was not checking the spelling | Click into the Question Stem or Answer Option and click the Check Spelling link | On the Write or Modify Questions pages, when users had a rich text editor active for either the Question Stem or one of the Options and clicked the Check Spelling link above the accordion tabs, only the active stem or option was checked for spelling. User expected the entire question to be spell checked. This has been fixed. | Fix |