Exam Item Essentials- Writing Item Variations

Authoring Items with Tags, Rationales, and Variations: Provides a step-by-step workflow for generating items and variations using the MedEd QBot.

Job Aid: Exam Item Writing Template and Style Guide: Use the lead-in and option rules when you draft your variation

Re-using questions in classroom-based assessment (Joncas et al., 2018): The open-access study behind the reuse numbers in this video.

MSUCOM exam job aids: See “Exam Item Adjustments” for what to do when an item turns out to be flawed.