Glossary

• Auto-generation - The process by which questions are added to a section of a test based on a filter and information the user has entered about number of questions and length of time.
• Boolean (formerly operator) - A connector between two characteristics that links them in some logical manner.
  • AND - Both characteristics must be true for a question to apply to the filter.
  • OR - At least one of the two characteristics must be true for a question to apply to the filter.
  • Parenthesis - Group characteristics that are linked by booleans into a single unit.
  • NOT - The characteristic must not be true for a question to apply to the filter.
• Characteristic - A required key and value "pair" that defines some quality of a question. On each question, each key is assigned one or more values. Characteristics each have a defined, specific meaning from the program and are required for each question.
  • Course - The course which this question is about.
  • Difficulty - A defined enumeration of the difficulty of the question.
  • Time - The expected length of time of the question.
  • Professor - The professor that wrote the question.
• Criteria - Any characteristic or tag.
• Database - A atomic container of questions.
• Filter - A set of characteristics and booleans that take a large set of questions and narrows it down into a more specific group.
• Lock (value hold) - Instructs the auto-generation system to not change a given value.
• Panel - Top level screens.
• palette - Small collapsible boxes in views that give options or show lists of data.
• Question -
  • Coding - A question which requires the student to write code. This can be done with or without IDE integration, but either way can be run through a compiler and executed to check for proper output.
  • Drawing - A question which requires the user to use a tool to visually construct their response.
  • Essay - A question that gives a large text box.
  • Matching - A question in which the student matches items from one group with items from another.
  • Multiple Choice - A question that gives the user multiple answers to choose from. The correct answer can be one or more of these choices depending on how the teacher sets up the question.
  • Short Answer - Similar to Essay, except this type of question has a smaller answer box, typically not more than a few words.
  • True/False - A simplified version of multiple choice that allows the user to answer true or false, but obviously not both, to a question.
• Section - A designated portion of a test that has a specific set of questions, a filter, and possibly a defined length of time or number of questions.
• Tag - A key and value "pair" defined by the user that defines some quality of a question. On each question, each key can be assigned zero, one, or more values. Tags are distinguished from characteristics since tags are user-defined and optional.
• Test - A set of questions with associated information such as sections, a title, course, and term.
• View - The sub-components of a panel. They may contain palettes and other UI elements.