Purpose
Respondus is
a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed
to paper or published directly to Blackboard. Exams can be created
offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one
eLearning system to another. The University has purchased a campus-wide software. The license is available to all faculty and must be renewed on your computer every year.
How do I request a Respondus software download key?
- Go to “Download Respondus Software” website
at, http://support.keystoneu.net/respondus/download.cgi
- Provide your contact information > click, “Access
Respondus Download” button
- Note: You will receive an email reply from the system administrator
with the URL, Access Key information, and instructions for downloading
the software. The download site is only good for 24 hours,
so download the software at your office and at home before the
24-hours expires. If you need more time or later decide to re-install the software, pelase register again at the same site.
How do I access the download for the Respondus software?
- You will need the email from the system administrator as noted in Step #1.3 above
- Follow the instructions in the email
- Note: You can download this software on your office computer, home computer, notebook, lab computer, etc. FYI: This software will expire July 31of every year and a new access key will be needed to continue using the software. Put that date/info on you calendar.
The Respondus program is asking for a new key. How do I obtain the key?
- Contact us at idds@ship.edu.
Strengths
- Create exams
and assessments offline using notepad
- Supports
eight question types, including feedback
- Import
questions and accompanying images from rich-text files (ideal
for converting publisher test banks)
- "Spell
check" an entire exam file (includes dictionaries for
American English, Canadian English, British English, French,
German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, and a comprehensive medical
dictionary)
- Insert mathematical
and scientific symbols using the Respondus Equation Editor
- Publish
exams and assessments directly to the leading eLearning platforms
- Retrieve
exams from the leading eLearning platforms, complete with media
files
- Retrieve
custom reports, such as student scores, summary statistics,
and answer distributions
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Cost
Respondus has
been purchased system-wide so it is a free download for faculty.
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Impatica / Respondus / Camtasia (IRC)
Demo
Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours
Format: One-to-One / Departmental
/ Workshop
Prerequisite: None
Objectives
This workshops provides an overview of three great software packages
(Impatica, Respondus and Camtasia) designed to make placing information
on the Web or in Blackboard easier. Impatica is a software program
used to modify PowerPoint presentations so that students will not need
Microsoft PowerPoint or the PowerPoint viewer to look at the file.
Impatica can only be used in the CIT lab. Repondus is a program available
for download to your office and home computer (campus-wide license)
which helps in the creation of exams and quizzes. Camtasia is a product
that allows faculty to record what is happening on their computer screen.
If you want to create mini-software tutorials for your students or
want to demonstrate a specific concept, Camtasia is one option that
you can use to create the tutorial. Camtasia is only available in the
CIT lab.
Workshop Handouts
 IRC
Handout
Camtasia
Online
Help Manual from TechSmith [PDF]
Camtasia
Tutorials from TechSmith [Video Format]
Respondus
Zipped
User Manual from Repondus
Demo
Movies from Respondus
Impatica
Users
Manual from Impatica
Tutorial
Videos from Impatica
*Email the IDDS department
to schedule your one-to-one or departmental workshop
session.
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Exam
Creation Made Easy using Respondus
Duration: 50 minutes / Optional 30 minutes for
questions
Format: One-to-One / Departmental / Workshop
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills including the ability to use a
mouse
Objectives
This Level 2 workshop is a hands-on workshop that takes
you through the steps of formatting the questions, uploading
them into Respondus, checking them for errors and then
uploading them into the Blackboard platform. Please bring
quiz / exam questions with you to the workshop!
Note:
Please bring quiz or test questions to the workshop.
Workshop Handouts
Respondus Workshop
Handout
Respondus Workshop Manual
Respondus Quick Guide from Respondus
Respondus User Manual Version
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Video
Help Files from Respondus
"Creating and Formatting Questions with Respondus" New movie!
Learn how to create and format questions with Respondus, including how to add images and equations. View Now
"Publishing an Assessment to a Course Management System" New movie!
See how to publish an assessment directly to your course management system using Respondus (Blackboard: View Now)
"Downloading Publisher Test Banks" New Movie!
The leading textbooks in higher education have test banks available in Respondus format. Learn how to request and download a test bank. View Now
"Importing questions with Respondus" New movie!
This movie shows how to import questions from a word processor document. View Now
"The Respondus Exam Wizard" New movie!
The Respondus Exam Wizard makes it easy to create exams using a publisher test bank or other Respondus files. View Now
"Randomizing Exam Questions"
Learn how to randomize questions in online exams, or to have questions randomly selected from larger groups of questions. (Blackboard: View Now)
Respondus 3.5 User Guide — Blackboard Personality
Web
Resources
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