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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.
Contact us!
in the upper right hand corner of your Quest pages!
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(post pandemic) Come visit in person! PMA 15.320G
What's New in Quest?
January 2021
Instructors:
- Online testing via learning modules in test mode
- Exam dashboard offers one place to look for all your testing happenings!
- Students are now able to change their test responses (within time)
- Dynamic countdown timer on timed tests displayed
- Proctoring overlay for online assessments
- SSD time accommodations able to be granted
- Hybrid tests including (manually graded) essay questions able to be administered
- Distance learning support
- Evening and weekend support when online tests conducting (otherwise, 9-6pm M-F)
- Matrix style free response questions
- Security and Performance upgrades
- More modern layout and design (and ability to hop back if you don't like it)
Students:
- Ability to change answers in Quest exams after submitting!
- Dynamic timer in upper left hand corner
- 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)
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 15.320
- Addition of Time Zone specific handling
Students:
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Quest is open between 9am-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.