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Class "AssessmentSection"

Source: R/AssessmentSection.R
AssessmentSection-class.Rd

Class AssessmentSection is responsible for forming a section in the test XML specification according to QTI 2.1.

Slots

identifier

A character representing the unique identifier of the assessment section. By default, it is generated as 'id_section_dddd', where dddd represents random digits.

title

A character representing the title of the section in the test. By default, it takes the value of the identifier.

time_limit

A numeric value, optional, controlling the amount of time in munutes a candidate is allowed for this part of the test.

visible

A boolean value, optional. If TRUE, it shows this section in the hierarchy of the test structure. Default is TRUE.

assessment_item

A list containing AssessmentSection and/or Assessment item objects, such as SingleChoice, MultipleChoice, Essay, Entry, Ordering, OneInRowTable, OneInColTable, MultipleChoiceTable, and DirectedPair.

shuffle

A boolean value, optional, responsible for randomizing the order in which the assessment items and subsections are initially presented to the candidate. Default is FALSE.

selection

A numeric value, optional, defining how many children of the section are delivered in the test.

max_attempts

A numeric value, optional, enabling the maximum number of attempts a candidate is allowed to pass in this section.

allow_comment

A boolean value, optional, enabling to allow the candidate to leave comments in each question of the section. Defautl is TRUE.

See also

section(), test(), test4opal(), AssessmentTest, AssessmentTestOpal.

Examples

sc1 <- new("SingleChoice", prompt = "Example task 1", title = "SC1",
             identifier = "q1", choices = c("a", "b", "c"))
sc2 <- new("SingleChoice", prompt = "Example task 2", title = "SC2",
             identifier = "q2", choices = c("A", "B", "C"))
sc3 <- new("SingleChoice", prompt = "Example task 3", title = "SC3",
             identifier = "q3", choices = c("aa", "bb", "cc"))
exam_section <- new("AssessmentSection",
                    identifier = "sec_id",
                    title = "Section",
                    time_limit = 20,
                    visible = FALSE,
                    assessment_item = list(sc1, sc2, sc3),
                    shuffle = FALSE,
                    selection = 1,
                    max_attempts = 1,
                    allow_comment = FALSE)