Creating Presets

What are Presets?

Presets allow you to create and manage predefined Dimensions and Effects, making it easier to categorize questions and responses consistently. Any newly created Dimensions and Effects will be stored within the Preset under which they were created.

Creating a new Preset

• Navigate to the Question Bank section in the sidebar.

• Click the Presets tab at the top of the page.

• Click the + Add Preset button.

• Enter a name for the Preset in the input field.

• Click Save to create the Preset.

Once saved, the new Preset will appear in the list.

Editing a Preset

• Locate the desired Preset in the list.

• Click the Edit (Pen) icon next to it.

• You can now add or modify Dimensions and Effects.

Adding Dimensions and Effects to a Preset

• Click + Add under the respective Dimensions or Effects section to create a new entry.

• Alternatively, use the Import button to add multiple Dimensions or Effects in bulk.

• When adding a new Dimensions, enter a Title and an optional Code for easier identification.

• When importing Dimensions, enter each Dimension on a new line.

Setting default Dimensions and Effects

• Click the Configuration (sliders icon) next to a Preset.

• Select Set as Default Dimension or Set as Default Effect to automatically apply them to new questions.

Understanding Dimensions and Effects

Dimensions classify a question under a specific topic. A question can have multiple dimensions or be structured into subcategories.

Effects refer to an additional scoring mechanism that can categorize answers under specific dimensions. These can be linked to multiple-choice or matching-type responses, allowing test-takers to be grouped based on their answers, measuring their tendencies and traits without affecting the score.

Most of the time, a multiple-choice question is designed to measure a single aspect of the test-taker's performance, like their ability in math, grammar etc. However, this is not always the intended result of a test. Sometimes a multiple-choice question does not measure a single aspect of the test-taker but instead measures their inclination towards a certain aspect. Consider the question below:

Clearly, it's not possible to assign this question to a single dimension as each answer option represents a different trait or attitude.

Effects allow each answer option of a multiple-choice question to be mapped to a different aspect.

Mapping the answer options with different side-effects

Let's say we want to assess test-takers on four different aspects: Conscientiousness, Spontaneity, Outgoingness and Methodicalness. We can add a side effect to each answer option to map it to a specific aspect.

Adding a side effect to a choice

To assign side effects to choices, click on the triple dot menu icon located at the right side of the option's input field, select "Add Effect" and enter the aspect you want to associate with the choice. If it is desired so, specify the point value that will be affected when the choice is selected, and then click the plus icon to add the effect to the choice.

After assigning side effects to each answer option, you should have a view similar to the one below.

Calculation of effect points

When a choice that has been mapped to an effect is selected, the corresponding effect's point score is increased by the point value assigned to the option's side effect.