8.9 Highlighting
- Miles Skinner (Unlicensed)
This feature is enabled / disabled at exam creation stage and may be helpful for candidates who are accustomed to highlighting text in paper-based exams. Candidates can use this feature in risr/assess to highlight key components in their item stem or answer. The highlighted text does not have any impact on their submitted responses.
If reading time is applied to an examination, the highlighting feature is not available to candidates (or examiners) during reading time.
Setting up the text highlighting function
When setting up an exam you will see the option to enable highlighting of text in the Edit Exam Details section.
Please note: this feature is enabled / disabled for the entire exam (except Reading Time) and for all candidates.
Candidate use of highlighting in P4B
When enabled, candidates can use this feature to highlight key words or phrases in a stem or potential answer. A candidate can submit their response regardless of whether any text is highlighted or not.
Position cursor over start of desired text
Click (and hold) and drag cursor over desired text, release click hold to select text
Click the Highlight button found the top menu bar
To remove the highlighting:
Position cursor over start of highlighted text
Click (and hold) and drag cursor over highlighted text, release click hold to select text
Click the (un)Highlight button found the top menu bar to remove the selection
Highlighting is retained between items, candidates returning to an item will see any previous highlighting.
Examiner use of highlighting in P4B
This feature is also available for those in the role of Examiner during an OSCE for highlighting sections of the mark sheet. Highlighting of resources in P4B is not available.
Tips and/or troubleshooting:
Highlighting is a precise tool, to edit or remove a highlight a user must select the exact same text to unhighlight - as shown in the clip below.