Transferring Questions from GeorgiaVIEW Vista to Desire2Learn using Respondus

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1 Transferring Questions from GeorgiaVIEW Vista to Desire2Learn using Respondus The following explains how to retrieve questions from GeorgiaVIEW Vista using Respondus. 1. From the Start tab in Respondus, select WebCT Vista/CE 8.x from the Current Personality drop-down list. 2. Go to the Retrieval & Reports tab. Figure 1 - WebCT/CE 8.x Personality 3. The Retrieval & Reports screen appears. Select Retrieve Questions from the left-column menu. Figure 2 - Retrieval & Reports Tab Page 1 of 16

2 4. Select -add new server- from the Vista Server drop-down list. Figure 3 - Vista Server 5. The Add New Server Settings window appears. Click Next. Figure 4 - Add New Server Settings Page 2 of 16

3 6. The Preconfigured Server Settings Wizard window appears Enter a name of your choice to label the server in the first field. For example: GeorgiaVIEW Vista Server Enter your NetID in the User name field and your NetID password in the Password field Optionally, you may check the Save my User Name and Password on this computer option. You will not be prompted to enter your credentials every time you connect to the server to publish or retrieve questions and assessments Click Next. Figure 5 - Preconfigured Server Settings Wizard 7. The Server Connection Test runs to verify connectivity. Once completed, click Next. Figure 6 - Server Connection Test Page 3 of 16

4 8. The Preconfigured Server Settings Wizard confirms the addition of the server. Click Finish. Figure 7 - Added Server Settings 9. From the Group or Section drop-down list, select the GeorgiaVIEW Vista section/course that contains the questions. Figure 8 - Group or Section 10. Under Select a quiz / survey or category, choose Quiz or Category. In our example, we are selecting Category to retrieve questions from a category in the Question Database. Page 4 of 16

5 11. Select the Category (or Quiz) from the course by using the drop-down list. Figure 9 - Select a Quiz / Survey or Category 12. Enter a name for the Respondus file that will receive the questions in the Enter a name for the new file field. Figure 10 - Enter a Name for the New File 13. Click the Retrieve button to download the questions from your GeorgiaVIEW Vista course into Respondus. 14. The File Saved prompt appears. Click OK. Figure 11 - File Saved Page 5 of 16

6 15. Once the questions are in Respondus, the Status shows as Completed. Figure 12 Retrieve with Completed Status The following explains how to publish questions retrieved from GeorgiaVIEW Vista to Desire2Learn using Respondus. 1. From the Start tab in Respondus, click the Open button. Figure 13 - Open a Respondus File Page 6 of 16

7 2. The Open Respondus File window appears. Select the file that contains the questions from GeorgiaVIEW Vista. 3. Click Open. Figure 14 - Open Respondus File 4. The Edit Questions screen appears. Select the Start tab. Figure 15 - Edit Questions Page 7 of 16

8 5. Select Desire2Learn from the Current Personality drop-down list. Figure 16 - Desire2Learn Personality 6. The following Respondus prompt appears. Click OK to convert the Respondus file to the Desire2Learn format. Figure 17 - Respondus Prompt for File Conversion 7. The Converting Between CMS Personalities window appears. Choose one of two options: Replace Current File or Save as New File. Figure 18 - Converting Between CMS Personalities Page 8 of 16

9 7.1. Select Replace Current File to convert the existing file to the Desire2Learn format Or click Save as New File to preserve a Respondus file in the GeorgiaVIEW Vista format. In our example, we are selecting Replace Current File. 8. The Edit Questions screen appears. Click the Preview & Publish tab. Figure 19 - Edit Questions 9. The Preview & Publish screen appears. Select Publish from the left-column menu. Figure 20 - Preview & Publish Page 9 of 16

10 10. Click the Publish Wizard button. Figure 21 - Publish Wizard Button 11. The Publish Wizard window appears. Select -add new server- from the Desire2Learn Server drop-down list. Figure 22 - Publish Wizard Page 10 of 16

11 12. The Add New Server Settings window appears. Click Next. Figure 23 - Add New Server Settings 13. The Preconfigured Server Settings Wizard window appears. Figure 24 - Preconfigured Server Settings Wizard Enter a name of your choice to label the server in the first field. For example: Desire2Learn Server Enter your NetID in the User name field and your NetID password in the Password field Optionally, you may check the Save my User Name and Password on this computer option. You will not be prompted to enter your credentials every time you connect to the server to publish or retrieve questions and assessments Click Next. Page 11 of 16

12 14. The Server Connection Test runs to verify connectivity. Once completed, click Next. Figure 25 - Server Connection Test 15. The Preconfigured Server Settings Wizard confirms the addition of the server. Click Finish. Figure 26 - Added Server Settings Page 12 of 16

13 16. The Publish Wizard window appears. Select the Desire2Learn Server from the drop-down list, and click Next. Figure 27 - Desire2Learn Server 17. Select your Desire2Learn section/course from the Choose Course to Publish to field. Figure 28 - Choose Course to Publish to Page 13 of 16

14 18. Go to Create/Replace Assessment Type and select either Create new quiz under Quiz or Create new section under Question Library Section. In our example, we are selecting Create new section in the Question Library Section. 19. Click Next. Figure 29 - Create/Replace Assessment Type Figure 30 - Publishing to Desire2Learn Page 14 of 16

15 20. When the publishing process is completed successfully, click Finish. 21. You may close Respondus. Figure 31 - Closing Respondus 22. A prompt to save changes to your Respondus file appears. Click Yes. 23. The File Saved prompt appears. Click OK. Figure 32 - Save Changes to Respondus File Figure 33 - File Saved Page 15 of 16

16 The following explains how to view the published questions in Desire2Learn. 1. Enter your Desire2Learn course and go to the Quizzes tool. 2. The Manage Quizzes screen appears. Select Question Library from the left-column menu. Figure 34 - Manage Quizzes 3. The Question Library screen appears. Select the section created by Respondus. 4. The questions appear. Figure 35 - Question Library Figure 36 - Questions Published from Respondus Page 16 of 16