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Scoring open-ended questions manually
Open-ended questions are questions that allow someone to give a free-form answer in an essay type question. Closed-ended questions can be answered with “Yes” or “No,” or they have a limited set of possible answers (such as A, B, C, D, or multiple answer choices). An open-ended question is designed to encourage a full, meaningful answer using the subject's own knowledge to the question. It is the opposite of a closed-ended question, which encourages a short or single-word answer. Open-ended ques
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How to Create a Learning Path in Courses?
Creating learning paths in courses Learning Paths for courses are available in both Enterprise LMS and eLlearning platform product offerings. With Learning Paths, instructors can create a sequential delivery of courses in a specific order. This is a great way to set learning pace for students and organize the course delivery with prerequisites. By using the learning path feature, instructors can either set a flexible or strict rule for course completion which eventually makes the process
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How to set prerequisites for a course using Learning Path
This article walks you through the process of setting prerequisites for a course using learning path. Step 1: Login to your Elearning Platform with your account credentials. Step 2: Create your online course. Check this article that shows you step by step procedure on how to create an online course. Step 3: Go to manage online courses and click **“Add Rules” **which
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How to add live or recorded Virtual Classroom to course lectures
This article will guide you adding live class or recorded Virtual Classroom to your course lectures. You can always add live classes or recorded virtual classroom session to your courses with a click of a button. Adding Live class : Step 1: Login to your Elearning Platform with your account credentials. Step 2: After creating your course, just go to “manage course” as shown below and click on the “more” option corresponding to the required course and click **“A
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How to hide or unhide learners count for courses?
Hiding or unhiding learners count for courses You can easily hide or unhide learners count for courses by following the below steps. Step 1: Login to your eLearning platform with your account credentials. Step 2: While creating your course, you will find an option as shown below in the basic information section, to enable or disable the learners count. Step
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How to enable or disable Reviews and Rating for courses?
This article will walk you through the process of enabling or disabling reviews and rating for your courses You can easily enable or disable reviews and rating for the created courses as per your requirements. Step 1: Login to your eLearning Platform with respective account credentials. Step 2: While creating courses under basic setting, you will have an option to either enable or disable reviews and rating. Step 3: To Enable Reviews and Ratings To
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How to create an online course
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an online course in the E-Learning Platform Login to your EP Platform and under Teach menu, click on "Create a Course" You can also see this link as left menu item under Manage Course page as well Step 1: This brings up Add Course wizard as shown below. Cho
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How to create and deliver course completion certificate online?
BrainCert offers an intuitive drag-and-drop certificate designer tool to easily customize and award course completion certificates online. Certificate Selection Step 1 : On your course management page, click on the options icon and choose 'Add Certificate' Step 2 : This brings up the certi
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Setting up course and lecture completion rules
Course rules are used to enforce how students navigate through the lectures and download course completion certificates. Course Completion Rule: Step 1 : To set up course completion rules, click on the course options icon and select "Add Rules". Step 2: In the 'Rules' page, you have options to setup traversal, course and test completion rules. . An open-ended question is designed to encourage a full, meaningful answer using the subject's own knowledge of the question. It is the opposite of a closed-ended question, which encourages a short or single-word answer. Open-ended ques
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Creating chapters and lectures for your course
Creating chapters and lectures for your course Now that you have created a course, it's time to add course materials. Your course content is divided into chapters and lectures. Think of a course as a container of all your reusable contents such as documents, presentations, videos, SCORM files, embedded contents such as YouTube videos and SlideShare presentations, live and recorded class sessions that are organized as 'chapters' and 'lectures' in an intuitive way. This KB note applies t
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How to create and deliver a test completion certificate online?
BrainCert offers an intuitive drag-and-drop certificate designer tool to easily customize and award certificates to test takers upon successful completion of your tests. **Step 1 : ** Certificate Selection In your test management page, click on the options icon and choose 'Add Certificate' Step 2 : This b
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How to upload and design your own custom certificates
BrainCert offers an intuitive drag-and-drop certificate designer tool to easily customize and award course completion certificates online. Step 1: Go to Manage Test and select Add Certificate under options. Step 2: Select the desired certificate template or can upload your own certificate template from your computer by clicking on the Upload button. Make sure the following checkbox is se
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How to automatically trigger test notification when the final score is available
Use the Test Notifications feature to customize email templates to receive notifications related to your tests. You can trigger emails based on actions such as when a new student enrolls in your test. **Step 1: ** Go to Manage tests and click on Test Notification Settings under the options. **Step 2: ** You can enable/disable certain email triggers by clicking on the Yes/No slider button. Click the Edi
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How to use the cloud uploader tool to bulk import course contents
Using the cloud uploader tool to bulk import course contents. This article will help you use the cloud uploader tool to bulk import course content. Step 1: Login to your E-Learning platform with your account credentials Step 2: Click on the “Content Library” option on the top panel. Step 3: After entering the Content Library, click on the “Upload Content” option to start uploading conten
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Test Delivery Settings - Randomization, and Number of Questions to be viewed
This article will walk through the test delivery settings - Randomization and Number of Questions to be viewed Test delivery settings control whether or not the test questions and answer choices can be randomized. Now that you have created the test questions, the final step is to set up test delivery. Step 1: From your test options, select "Questions" as shown below: Step 2: Click the "Test Delive
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How to set up course notifications and trigger emails
Course Notifications feature to customize email templates to receive notifications related to your course. You can trigger emails based on activities such as when a new student enrols in your course or a new payment occurs. Step 1: Go to Manage Course and click on Course Notification settings under options. ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/be0831c152319000/image_1ho0dsy
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How to check email delivery analytics and click performance for course emails
With BrainCert's all-new email analytics feature, you can quickly review your email’s performance across all BrainCert platforms. This unique feature comes integrated with all the essential places where you'll be sending emails to students which include courses, tests, and live class enrollment pages and notification templates. You can track your email performance by keeping an eye on your stats with metrics like unique opens, clicks, and delivery rates. Then go a little deeper and gain insight
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How to easily onboard users in the LMS platform
This article helps to create and onboard new user in the LMS platform **Step 1 : ** Login to your "LMS Platform" with respective account credentials **Step 2 : ** Scroll over to "Account & Settings" tab which can be found under the dashboard **Step 3 : ** Click on "List Users" from the drop-down and select "Create New User" to onboard users. ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/help
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Delivering shareable tests for external partners and students without signing in to the platform
Tests can be shared with external partners and students who do not have a BrainCert user account. Using a Shareable link feature can be used to create unique links and shared via email to students, or can be embedded into your website. You can also charge students for the test and collect payments. **Step 1 : ** Go to the Manage tests option and click on the Get shareable link **Step 2 :
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How to enable a course lecture for 'Free Preview'
Marking a lecture as free preview lets potential students sample the course content without spending money. This feature does not require students to be signed in to the website to preview sample lectures. A lecture can be enabled for a free preview after publishing the lecture and setting the lecture for "Free Preview" in course materials page. In the course landing page, you can see "Preview Course" b
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How to set custom weighting for individual test questions
This article walks you through the steps to be followed to set custom weighting for individual questions. **Step 1: ** Create a test, select the test type, and complete the basic settings. **Step 2: ** In the advance settings select No below Allow viewing answers during the test and select Adaptive scoring in the Scoring algorithm dropdown. **Step 3: ** Go to the test that’s created and add ques
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How to enable students to resume interrupted test sessions
Enabling students to resume interrupted test sessions. This article will help you to enable students to resume interrupted test sessions. Step 1: Login to your E-Learning platform with your account credentials. Step 2: Click on the “Create Test” button from the top panel. Step 3: While creating a test, under the “Advanced Settings” you will find an option to enable/disable your
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How to enable 'free preview' of course lecture in a paid course
Enabling "Free Preview” of course lecture in a paid course This article will help you to enable or disable free preview of courses. Step 1: Login to your E-Learning platform with your account credentials Step 2: After creating a course, you will be able to add the course materials for your paid course using the “Options” icon. Course Options Step 3: While adding the course lectures, you c
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How to manage enrollment limit for courses
This article will direct you to manage the student's enrollment for the courses. Step 1: To manage your enrollment limit for courses, click on the Create Course option from the Instructor menu navigation bar on top or you can select from the dashboard of the E-learning Platform. Step 2: After creating Course Type and Basic Information, Click on the Advanced Setting option. **
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Difference between shareable and non shareable tests
If you just have a student with one of requirement and they don't want to register in the braincert account you can use the "shareable" feature. Shareable Tests can be shared with external users who do not have a BrainCert user account using the "shareable link" feature. This can be used to create unique links and shared via email to students, or can be embedded into your website. You can also charge students for the test and collect payments. While Non-Shareable Tests are accessed by invited
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