Respondus Exam Authoring Tool

Downloading the Respondus Exam Authoring Tool

1. Complete the form to Request a Respondus Exam Authoring Tool license. When you click Order Now, an email will be sent to you with further instructions. 
2. Go to your email follow the link to download the file. Note: It’s important to note that you are not able to download the software directly from the Respondus website, nor are you able to use the password listed below to activate a copy previously downloaded from their site.
3. Make note of the exact activation information contained in the email, including:
   1. Institution Name
   2. Name of Support Contact
   3. Installation Password
4. Locate the file (Respondus4Campus.exe) on your hard drive and double-click it to start the installation program. Note: It is recommended that you accept the default settings for where the program is installed on your computer.
5. Enter the activation information from above.
6. Finish the installation wizard.

Building exam questions with the Respondus Exam Authoring Tool

1. Open the Quick Start Guide as a reference.
2. Open Respondus and select a “Personality” (choose Canvas) from the Start Menu.
3. Select either Exam Wizard or Test Bank Network, then follow the steps in these sections:
   1. Using the Exam Wizard and Importing Questions from Other Formats
   2. Register a Publisher Test Bank
4. Follow the steps in Using the Edit Menu to edit any questions.

Creating the Exam

Follow along with these directions in the Quick Start Guide, in order:

1. The Settings Menu
2. The Publish Menu
3. Using the Publish Wizard
4. Printing an Exam (if necessary)

Retrieving Exam Questions from Canvas

Quiz questions can only be extracted from a Canvas quiz. To extract questions from a question bank, you must:

1. Go to your Canvas course.
2. Create a quiz by finding questions in your question bank(s).
3. Export the quiz content.
4. Start the Respondus Exam Authoring Tool
5. Go to the Start menu:
   1. Change the Current Personality to “IMS QTI”.
   2. Select Import Questions.
   3. Under the File name, click Browse then change the file type to *.zip.
   4. Locate the downloaded QTI zip file.
   5. Choose to add the new Questions to a new document and provide a name.
   6. Click Preview, then Finish.
6. Go the to the Preview + Publish menu:
   1. Choose Print Options.
   2. Select your format and adjust Settings.
   3. Select whether to randomize questions.
   4. Choose whether to Print or Save to a Word document.