This article describes how to plan and prepare for an OSCE examination in the Ortrac system


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Planning

This entire section applies to OSCE Exam admins only


Create OSCE exam

  • Go to Courses/<course>/<course occasion>
  • Go to OSCE menu
  • Click the button Create new exam
  • Add a name 
  • Add a start date
  • Click Yes/no to select Anonymous marking (meaning: no personal information is shown about the student, just numbers)
  • Exam group (currently not in use)



Configure OSCE exam

Add form stations and rest stations

  • Click the button Add station
  • Give the station a name
  • Select Type Rest station or Assessed station (and select a Form)
  • Click the button Save


Rearrange stations and rest stations

  • Click the button Rearrange station
  • Move a station, right click on the 3 lines and drag n drop the station
  • Click the button Save changes


Overview highlights

  • If there are form stations w/o form, which is an error
  • If form has optional fields, allows multiple submissions, 
  • or isn’t configured for borderline regression, all of which are allowed but may not be desired



Add examiners

  • Under the section OSCE Examiners, click the button Add OSCE Examiner

Define candidate groups

  • Under the section Candidate groups, click the button Create group
  • Give the group a name
  • Click the button Create group


Save changes

Under the section to the right, Exam:

  • Check the name
  • Check the start date
  • If you want to hide candidate identity and only represent a candidate with a number(=Candidate code), click Yes, 
  • Click the button Save


Publish exam

  • Publish the exam to indicate readiness, by clicking the button Publish exam


Add students to exam

  • Go to the tab, Students



  • Click the button Add students


Manual input, add the following:

  • E-mail
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Title
  • Candidate code (used if Anonymous)
  • Group


Import from course occasion:

  • Alt 1: Click the button All students (+ group) & click the button Import all students
  • Alt 2: Click the button Selected students, mark the students with the checkbox (+ group) & click the button Import selected students



Import from Excel/CVS:

  • Select an excel file with the following columns (E-mail, First name, Last name, Title, Candidate code, Group name)
  • Link the columns to correct label, drop down menu
  • If the file contains a header, click First row is a Header = Yes
  • E-mail users Yes/no (notify students in advance)
  • Click the button Perform import



Delivery

Read this article: OSCE - Delivery of an examination