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System for Administration, Training, and Educational Resources for NASA

PQE

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Agenda Lesson 1: Online Exams Overview Lesson 2: PQE Lesson 3: Objectives PQE Extras

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Lesson 1Online Exams Overview

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Lesson Objectives Describe PQE List the steps involved in creating an online exam

using questions from PQE Define the terms associated with online exams

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What is PQE? Tool in SATERN that allows you to create

questions Can associate questions to an online exam When an exam is associated with an item,

learners can launch the exam from their Learning Plan

Upon completion of an exam, a learner’s score is recorded

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Steps to Implement an Online Exam

1. Optional: Identify and create learning objectives for items and online content.

2. Create questions in PQE related to an item.3. Add a new exam from the Content > Exam Object menu.4. Associate questions (and objectives if desired) with the

exam.5. Create a new item or edit an existing item.6. Add the exam object to the item in the Online Settings

tab.7. Define online settings for the item and this exam.8. Test the item and exam in the SATERN learner interface.

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Glossary of Key Terms Adaptive Learning Distractor Exam Object Objective Online Item Question Question Stem Question Type Variant

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Lesson Wrap-Up Described PQE Listed the steps involved in creating an online

exam using questions from PQE Defined the terms associated with online exams

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Lesson Check

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Lesson 2PQE

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Lesson Objectives Explain the main concepts of PQE Add questions in PQE Add question metadata Search for question records in SATERN Create question variants

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Basic Concepts for Working with Questions in PQE All questions have three main parts :

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Question types

True/False

Multiple Choice/Single Answer (MCSA)

Multiple Choice/Multiple Answer (MCMA)

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Understanding the Screen Layout

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Lab 1

Creating a New Question in PQE

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Understanding the Question Metadata Section

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Lab 2

Adding Question Metadata

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Searching for Questions

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Understanding the Actions Menu

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Understanding the Selected Question Menu

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Working with and Navigating Between Variants

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Lab 3

Adding a Variant

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Lesson Wrap-Up

Explained the main concepts of PQE Added questions in PQE Added question metadata Searched for question records in SATERN Created question variants

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Lesson Check

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Lesson 3Objectives

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Lesson Objectives

Identify basic concepts of working with objectives in PQE

Create objectives Tie questions to objectives

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Basic Concepts for Working with Objectives in PQE

Set of words, pictures, and/or diagrams that let others know what you intend for your learners to achieve upon completion of a specified section of instruction.

Objectives are related to learning outcomes and are designed to be specific and measurable.

Questions can be associated with the learning objectives that have been created.

Associating objectives with questions creates question pools.

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Objectives Support Adaptive Learning

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Associating an Objective with a Question

There are two ways administrators can associate objectives with questions:• Create the objective first, and then associate it to the

questions• Create a new objective while editing a question

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Lab 4

Associating an Objective with a

Question

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Lesson Wrap-Up

Identified basic concepts of working with objectives in PQE

Created objectives Tied questions to objectives

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Lesson Check

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Course Summary

Described PQE Added and edited questions in SATERN using

PQE Created question variants Created objectives Associated questions to objectives

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PQE Extras

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Lesson Objectives Question import/export PQE formatting toolbars and menus

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Question Import/Export

Typically, the Question Import/Export assistant is used to migrate questions between the development, test, and production environments of SATERN. If, for example, you want to move questions from a development environment to a production environment:• Export the questions from the development

environment. • Move the export file to the test environment.• Import it into the production environment.

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PQE Formatting Toolbars

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Toolbars – Question Options

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Formatting

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Inserting Images

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Checking Spelling