Order of preparing an exam

3 MONTHS BEFORE EXAM

•  Contact Practique Team to notify of exam dates
•  If on-site support is required from the Practique team, notify the team

1 MONTH BEFORE EXAM

•  Check all Items have been created correctly
•  Check that all Items have been tagged correctly (blueprinting)
•  For OSCE, check the marksheets for fields that are marked as feedback are correct
•  Check with Practique Team that iPad and Server versions are up to date
•  Check the Known Issues page on the Knowledge Base
•  Notify your local IT team that may need assistance on your exam day
•  If running on paper, create and download papers from Practique

2 WEEKS BEFORE THE EXAM

•  Finalise the Item Sets
•  Check that the Items in the Items Sets are in the correct order
•  Create the Exam in Practique
•  Finalise Exam allocation and rotation
•  Upload candidates to Exam
•  For OSCE, upload examiners and marshals to Exam
•  Ensure you have all devices (iPads, computers) that you will need, including marshal and spare iPads.

1 WEEK BEFORE THE EXAM

•  For OSCE, check the rotation of all of the sessions
•  For OSCE, check that examiners have been allocated to the correct rooms
•  Sync exam to the devices and test the exam
•  Check that all items appear correctly on the devices
•  Check that resources correctly load on the device
•  For OSCE, check that candidates rotate in the correct way
•  Check again with Practique Team that iPad and Server versions are up to date.
•  Check again the Known Issues page on the Knowledge Base
•  For OSCE, ensure that 1 sessions worth of spare paper marksheets are available.

1 DAY BEFORE THE EXAM

•  Reset Exam and open sessions that will be used on the day

DAY OF THE EXAM

•  Distribute Letter of the Day
•  For OSCE, mark students as not attending as necessary, by marking them DNA