This article describes how to create/copy an OSCE examination.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Create exam

  • Go to Courses/<course>
  • Click on a <course occasion>
  • Go to OSCE



  • Click the button Create new exam
  • <name> the examination
  • Enter a startdate <date>
  • From the dropdown menu Candidate display, select Full name/Anonymous ID (referring to the student identification)
  • Click the button Save



Create stations

  • Go to the tab Settings
  • Click the button Add station



  • <name> the station
  • From the dropdown menu Type, select between Assessed station/Rest station, for this exercise select Assessed station
  • Select a form from the dropdown list (for test, use the form inside this article, see OSCE - Preparations)
  • Select how many markings per student is the correct amount
  • Select how many minutes/seconds per station is recommended in the field Time per student (only connected to a timer inside the station, no hard closing)
  • From the dropdown menu Global score, select which <question> inside the form to be used for global score
  • From the dropdown menu Borderline scale steps which <option> to be used as Borderline step
  • Click the button Save


Repeat the step above to fill your examination with the number of station you need.



Note: 

  1. if you like to preview the form, click on the eye-icon, to the right of the Form field.
  2. if you would like to look at a summary view of the form, click on the pie chart-icon, to the right of the Form field. 


Add examiners

To be able fulfil this step, you need to:

  • grant the OSCE examiners access to the Ortrac platform (this means to get an official e-mail account SSO or without)
  • give the the role OSCE examiners
  • add them to the content of the course attended to run the OSCE examination


  • Go to the tab Settings
  • Click the button Add OSCE examiners
  • Select the examiners, from the list
  • As you select them, they appear in a list in the Settings menu



Add candidates

  • Go to the tab Students
  • Click the dropdown button Add Students, and select one of the three options below:



  • Enter the <E-mail>
  • Enter <first name>
  • Enter <last name>
  • Enter <title>
  • Enter a <candidate code> of you set the Anonymous Id option (Important to remember to hand out signs with the ID to the students).
  • Click the button Save



Proceed to add students until the examination is fully populated



Publish the exam

  • Go to the tab Settings
  • Click the button Publish exam

The examination has been activated



Copy an exam

  • Go to Courses/<course
  • Click on a <course occasion>
  • Go to OSCE
  • Select an existing <OSCE examination> from the list
  • Click on the tab Settings
  • Click the button Copy exam



  • <name> the examination
  • From the dropdown menu Create in event, select <course> which the examination should be created in
  • Select if you like to copy examiners into the new exam, by select Yes/No
  • Click the button Copy exam to save the new copy.