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Looking for What's New? Updates will regularly be posted as the program is maintained, with main revisions in August and January of each year.
Note: we will continue working mostly remote during the Spring 2023 semester . We can be available to meet in person or on zoom by appointment.
Come visit in person! PMA 15.320G. In person office hours for Spring 2023: Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact us!
in the upper right hand corner of your Quest pages!
questhelp@austin.utexas.edu is the best way to contact us during pandemic semesters
512.471.5416 (billing and high school instructor/institution sign up), 512.232.1076 (system questions)Come visit in person! PMA (RLM) 15.320G
What's New in Quest?
March 2020
Instructors:
- Online testing via learning modules in test mode (>300k tests already administered!)
- Proctoring overlay for online assessments
- Distance learning support
- Matrix style free response questions
- Security and Performance upgrades
Students:
- Errant UTLogoff timeframe relaxed in times of latency–thank you for your Fall 2019 survey input concerning this!
- Personalization of custom review questions
- Solutions offered to custom reviews (instructor released)
- Remaining spring '20 unpaid students fee waived given COVID-19 crisis
- (any starting to use Quest after spring break will not be billed for spring '20)
System performance:
- Faster user interface
- Increased server capacity
- Security and Performance upgrades
Sustained Enhancements
Instructors:
- Allow bulk late submit for students added to course late
- Delete personal bank item questions (in editor)
- Static level preview of an assignment (to be able to discuss with support team without everyone having a different version)
- Modern search tool, complete with question tags to filter, and institutional history success rate!
- Bubblesheet scanner for Quest exam use in PMA (RLM) 15.320
- Addition of Time Zone specific handling
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Quest is open between 9:00am-5:30pm M-F, and someone is keeping an eye on the helpline (questhelp@austin.utexas.edu) during most evening tests. We will do our best to accommodate other support availability requests made at least 7 days in advance.