This article will guide you through the different steps to properly setup comp courses and their respective exams.
Step 1: Importing Comp Questions
To import comps questions, three high-level steps must be followed:
- The first step to adding new questions to the comps exams for the current term is to create the question bank categories for each test at the term category level (e.g., 2025S).
- Next, import the questions into the categories.
- Finally, add questions to the quiz, but we will do that after importing the shells.
Create the Question Bank Categories
Step 1
Go to the Comps Committee Team and download each comps test
Documents > General > The Comps Exams > Written Exams > {Year}
Step 2
Go to one of the comps course shells (e.g., ACUCMP1.01.2025S.CH)
Step 3
Go to Admin Drawer > Course Administration > Question Bank > Categories
Step 4
Under Question categories for Category: <Term>, check Default for <Term> to see if the question category you are adding has already been added. If it has, skip adding that category.
Step 5
Add a new category following the same naming convention as the zip file (if it did not already exist when you checked in the previous step).
The Parent category should be Default for <Term>
Step 6
Click Add category and repeat for the other question sets that have not been added (recheck, if necessary)
Import Questions into the Categories
Step 1
Go to Admin Drawer > Course Administration > Question Bank > Import
Step 2
For file format, select Blackboard
Step 3
Unselect the import category to match the zip file name, otherwise, it will create a new category.
Step 4
Upload the zip file that matches the category name
Step 5
Click Import
Step 2: Importing Comp Shells from the Previous Term
Importing Comp Shell from the Previous Term
Step 1
Go to Admin Drawer > Course administration > Course Reuse > Import
Step 2
Copy the course code from the bread crumb
Step 3
Paste it in the Search courses input at the bottom of the list
Step 4
Modify the search term to match the comp course you wish to import from.
If you are importing from the previous term, in this example, you would change ACUCMP1.01.2025S.CH to ACUCMP1.01.2025W.CH.
If you are importing from another campus, in this example, you would change ACUCMP1.01.2025S.SD to ACUCMP1.01.2025S.CH
Step 5
Click Search
Step 6
Select the course by clicking the radio button next to the Course short name
Step 7
Click Continue
Step 8
Keep everything checked
Check Include PLD Data
Step 9
Click Jump to final step
Step 10
Import should now be complete and you can click Continue
Step 11
Delete the duplicate Announcements
Step 12
Click on the Quiz
Step 13
See the green banner to confirm the Proctorio Settings have been imported.
If you do not see the green banner, please follow the directions on setting up Proctorio. Once Proctorio is set up, go back to the Quiz and confirm the green banner.
Step 3: Comps Course Configuration
To set up courses for comps, you will need to configure the course. The course will have only one default topic section, be in the Customs Sections, and have no end date. The start date will be the beginning of the term. Follow the steps below to complete the course setup.
Course Settings
Step 1
Click the Admin Drawer > Course configuration > Edit settings
Step 2
Course start date should be set to the beginning of the term
Step 4
Course end date should have Enable unchecked (i.e. disabled)
Step 5
Set Course Format to Custom Sections format
Step 6
Click Save and display
Remove Extra Topic Sections
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In the table of contents, click a section for deletion
Step 2
Click the X to delete
Step 3
Repeat until there is only one default section.
Step 4: Add Questions to the Quiz
Add Questions to the Quiz
Step 1
Go to the Quiz activity
Step 2
Go to Admin Drawer > Quiz Administration > Questions
Step 3
Delete the existing questions
Click Select multiple items
Click Select all
Click Delete selected
Step 4
Add questions
Click Add > from question bank
Select the matching category
Check the box next to T, to select all questions.
If the bank has multiple pages, add the pages one by one since you cannot select all questions from all pages at the same time.
Step 5: Verify Comps Quiz Settings
Comps Quiz Settings
Warning
Be sure you have Proctorio installed before editing Quiz settings. You will get a warning in the description if you do not have it installed.
Go to Admin Drawer > Quiz administration > Settings
Set timing to the day before (if your Moodle is in Pacific Time zone), then for Chicago and New York set it to the day before
Open the quiz
Just for Chicago and New York (course shell ends with .CH and .NY)
Set the day to the day before what is listied in the Excel tab (Dates)
For San Diego (.SD), set to the same day as in the Excel tab (Dates)
Close the quiz
Same day as in the Excel tab (Dates)
Click Review options
Turn off Points and make sure all review options are unchecked
Proctorio settings
In addition to the imported settings, Full-screen should be added with lenient settings for 2025 Winter.
Click Save and display
