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:
- if you like to preview the form, click on the eye-icon, to the right of the Form field.
- 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.