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In Surpass, you can attach metadata (known as ‘”tags”) to items and then use these tags to organise items when authoring content, creating tests, and viewing results. Tags are made up of categorised containers called “tag groups” that contain individual tags called “tag values”. For example, a tag group called “difficulty” might have the following tag values: “Easy”, “Medium”, and “Hard”.

In Surpass, you can attach metadata (known as ‘”tags”) to items and then use these tags to organise items when authoring content, creating tests, and viewing results. Tags are made up of categorised containers called “tag groups” that contain individual tags called “tag values”. For example, a tag group called “difficulty” might have the following tag values: “Easy”, “Medium”, and “Hard”.

When creating an item, you can add feedback for candidates to view during the test. Feedback comes in two forms. General feedback displays the same message to all candidates. Correct/incorrect feedback shows different messages to candidates depending on their choice of answer.

The Site Settings area of Surpass allows you to configure site-wide settings for your instance. This includes top-level Item Authoring and Test Creation settings, as well as how Surpass integrates with other other apps and systems. You can also create custom roles for users in Site Settings.

The Surpass diagram creator is a digital drawing tool that allows candidates to create basic illustrations to support their responses to Essay and Spreadsheet items.

If your test items have been set up with Learning Outcome tag values, you can define percentage marks you want candidates to meet for each Learning Outcome to pass the test. You can define separate pass percentages for specific Learning Outcome tag values and create an overall pass percentage for all other Learning Outcome tag values.

In Surpass, a “user” is someone who interacts with the system. Users create items, set up and schedule tests, mark scripts, and view reporting analytics. Users are always associated with at least one parent centre.

When creating tests in Surpass, you can determine which items will be given to candidates in what order by using “fixed” rules. Use fixed rules when you want to deliver the same test to all candidates.

A printable test is a paper version of an onscreen test created either in Test Wizard or Test Creation. Only Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, Either/Or, Short Answer, Fill in the Blank, and Essay items are available in printable tests.

When creating a test in Surpass, you can choose to randomise the order that items and/or answer options are presented to candidates in order to reduce the risk of candidate collusion.

a subject group lets you include items from multiple subjects when creating a test. You can set up subject groups in the Subjects screen of Setup.

In Surpass, a “centre” is a virtual space in which tests are created by users and delivered to candidates. All items, users, candidates, subjects, tests, and test forms are associated with a particular parent centre.

The Quality Control area of SecureMarker allows you to configure in-built quality control features that ensure scripts are marked fairly and consistently. This includes creating control items, setting tolerances, and applying daily competency rules to monitor examiners’ marking.