Setup > About the Subjects screen > Setting up Surpass Copilot (25.1)

Setting up Surpass Copilot (25.1)

IMPORTANT: This functionality is not available until Surpass release 25.1, and it will not be available in Surpass by default. If you are interested in using this functionality, contact your Surpass Customer Success Manager.

Surpass Copilot can generate complete Multiple Choice questions including question stems, answer options, and correct answers from Surpass release 25.1. Copilot is enabled at centre-level, read ‘4. Edit the centre’s settings’ in Editing a centre for more information.

IMPORTANT: AI is prone to hallucination. It is essential you review any generated content before using it in a live test.

This article explains how to enable Surpass Copilot at subject-level and provide it with additional guidance in the Subjects screen of Setup.

1. Go to the Subjects screen in Setup

To view the Subjects screen in Setup, go to Setup > Subjects.

TIP: For more information about the Subjects screen, read About the Subjects screen in Setup.

2. Choose a subject in the Subjects list

Choose a subject in the Subjects list.

3. Select Edit in the Surpass Copilot panel

The Surpass Copilot panel displays the chosen subject’s Surpass Copilot settings.

Select Edit to view and edit the Surpass Copilot settings.

4. Configure Surpass Copilot settings

The Surpass Copilot dialog displays the available settings for Surpass Copilot.

Refer to the following table for information on each setting:

Setting	Description
Enabled	Determines whether Surpass Copilot is enabled for your subject. Surpass Copilot must first be enabled at centre-level, read ‘Edit the centre’s settings’ in Editing a centre for more information.
Subject	Provide Copilot with information about your subject to help it generate more specific and accurate content.
Question Stems	Provide Copilot with information about the standard format and style of question stems in your subject to help it generate better question stem suggestions.
Answer Options	Provide Copilot with information about the standard format and style of answer options in your subject to help it generate better answer option suggestions.
Generation	Choose whether to Limit content generation to domain knowledge so that Copilot only refers to the uploaded domain knowledge for your subject and not the internet. If limiting content generation, you can also choose to Limit distractor generation to domain knowledge.
Domain Knowledge	Select Add Data Source to upload DOCX, TXT or PDF files for Surpass Copilot to use as data sources when generating content, up to 200MB (20MB per file). WARNING: Your organisation must either own or have the appropriate licence to copy and use all data that you upload into Surpass Copilot. You must further ensure that you do not upload the personal data of any person into Copilot. By uploading data for use in Copilot, you are representing to Surpass that the uploaded data complies with these requirements. Please also be aware that if uploaded documents contain bias or discriminatory language, then Surpass Copilot may reflect this in its outputs. NOTE: Item authors can also attach source material to individual items as a further data source.

5. Save your settings

Select Save Changes to save the Surpass Copilot settings for your subject.