Exam Manager Features Access Permissions

The table below describes the access permissions for Manage Features > Exam Manager Features.

To configure access and general permissions for system roles, your user role must have unrestricted access to the Role Permissions feature in System Roles (Manage Features > User Manager Features). 

To configure system roles, go to Manage Center > Users > System Roles.

Table: Access permissions for Exam Manager Features

Feature Access Permission Description
Exam and Question Manager

Read Only and Unrestricted provide access to the Exam Manager pages in the Manage Center:

  • Exams
  • Questions
  • Automatic Exemption Policies
  • Question Attributes
Exam Utilities

Read Only provides access to the Exam Utilities pages in the Manage Center, where the role can view:

  • Exam pools
  • Question pools
  • Question CSV Loader imports
  • Question QTI Loader imports
  • Exam style sheets

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to create, edit and delete exam and question pools, and configure their permissions, and import question CSV and QTI files.

Exams

Read Only provides access to the Exams page in the Manage Center, where the role can view existing exams, their participants so far, and language bundles available. 

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to create, edit, clone and delete exams, and add language bundles.

No access prevents the role from accessing the Exams page.

Roles must have at least Read Only access to this feature in order to access the Exam Style Sheet List page from the Exams page, where they can configure exam style sheets.

Questions

Read Only provides access to the Questions page in the Manage Center, where the role can view existing exam questions and their details, export questions to a CSV file, and view the language bundles available for each.

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to create and edit questions, delete any that are not active, and add language bundles.

No access prevents the role from accessing the Questions page.

Exam Configuration

Read Only provides access to the Exam Style Sheet List page in the Manage Center, where the role can view the names of existing style sheets added to the LMS to manage exam themes. 

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to upload new style sheets that can be selected in the Exam Editor to style exam colors and fonts. Roles with Unrestricted access can also rename and delete selected style sheets.

No access prevents the role from accessing the Exam Style Sheet List page.

Roles must have at least Read Only access to the Exams feature to access the Exam Style Sheet List page from the Exams page (via the Manage Exam Themes button).

Data Loader

Read Only provides access to the Question CSV Loader, where the role can view imported question CSV files.

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to import question CSV files in the Question CSV Loader and import IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) files, via the Question QTI Loader.

No access prevents the role from accessing the Questions CSV Loader and Question QTI Loader.

Exam Review

When the system configuration setting, Question Approval Mode, is set to Approval ModeUnrestricted access enables questions marked for review to be reviewed and approved or rejected in the Exam Editor's Preview / Approval tab.

No access prevents the role from reviewing, approving or rejecting a question using the Approval Mode workflow. 

This access permission has no effect when Question Approval Mode is set to Simple Mode, which allows users to make arbitrary changes to questions marked for review.

Allow the user to modify the exam after the end date.

Unrestricted access enables the role to generate instances of the exam after the date specified for Availability Properties > Not available after date and time in the exam's Details tab.

No access prevents the role from generating instances of the exam after that date.

Exam Generator

Read Only and Unrestricted access enable the role to generate an exam module from the Exam and Question Manager. This is an option under the + Create Exam button drop-down menu.

No access prevents the role from generating an exam module from the Exam and Question Manager.

Exam Participants Review

Read Only enables the role to view the list of exam participants from the Exam Editor but will not be able to delete any exam attempts.

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to delete participants' exam attempts to reset the number of attempts as required.

No access prevents the role from viewing list of exam participants from the Exam Editor.

Automatic Exemption Policies

Read Only enables the role to view the automatic exemption policies which enable learners to skip specific learning modules on attaining a minimum score in an exam.

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to create, edit and delete automatic exemption policies.

No access disables and hides the Automatic Exemption Policies page for the role.

Question Attributes

Read Only enables the role to view the Question Attributes page.

Unrestricted access additionally enables the role to create, edit and delete question attributes.

No access disables and hides the Question Attributes page for the role.

 

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