This page contains list of releases and changes for the Practique Server software.

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Known Issues are published on Known Issues page for both Practique for Server & Practique for iPad, please read Known Issues page carefully.

Published releases

5.1.11 - 21st April 2017

New features

None

Improvements

PSD-747: Station Statistic Report question numbering is inconsistent

Previously, the station statistic report displayed questions in the wrong order and used the Item number for the question title instead of order within the exam paper. For example it would display "Question: 70" for the first question in the paper.

The report has been fixed so that the questions are in the same order as in the Item set, and the numbering is natural to the exam paper -  so if an exam has 50 questions, the report will display 1 - 50. This is valid even if users select only certain items to be included in the report (eg. only select items 30-40, report will have 10 stations with Question 30 to 40).

Fixes

PSD-752, PSD-761: Observation criteria not linked to Borderline Marker affected calculation of cut scores

This only applies if using Borderline Regression in Practique.

If an observation criteria on an OSCE station was not linked to the Borderline Marker that had been set up on that station, it would in effect raise the cut score for the exam. This was because it would count towards the marks for the station, but not the regression line. This was confirmed to only be affecting 1 user, as they were the only user that had unlinked observation criteria. 

This was resolved by amending the calculation to include the unassigned observation criterias, and preventing unlinked observation criteria from being created.

PSD-765: OSCE - Incorrect pass/fail calculation when Angoff standard setting is used for OSCE

When OSCE exam used Angoff standard settings, Candidate screen as well as Set Standard would display incorrect values.

Calculation & display of the standard setting information for Angoff standard setting method has been fixed and works as expected.

PSD-753: Order of Items on Station Cut Scores and other reports for combined exams is wrong

For combined exams several reports displayed Items in a different order than defined in the Item set or original non-combined exams.

Reports has been fixed so that the order of Items is consistent with the Item set or original non-combined exam.

PRAC-1492: Written - SBA Item import CSV example file has wrong structure

Example files for SBA question import had not up to date structure. This caused problems during import when such template file has been used.

Example CSV file templates for importing the SBA question and other CSV file templates has been reviewed and amended to reflect current functionality.

PRAC-1474: OSCE - Unable to create new version of item under certain conditions

Only applicable when Multiple Borderline feature has been enabled. When user specified multiple borderline markers with the exactly the same name (for example Global & Local) Practique would refuse to create new versions of such item. This is corner case which is usually caused by user error as there should not be multiple borderline markers with the same name.

This is now fixed and Practique will handle such situation gracefully.

PSD-653: Session expiration feature does not take into account local timezone

Practique contains optional session expiration feature which detects user inactivity and logs user out after certain amount of time. When local timezone is different then UTC/GMT expiration time is calculated wrong.

We have added handling of the local timezone. It is now possible to use Session expiration with local timezones.

PSD-656: Graphs on Candidate Feedback report not visible (and other reports)

When data necessary to prepare graphs contained special characters (for example ') graphs would fail to display.

Changes has been made to handle special characters correctly.

5.1.10 - 9th March 2017

Improvements

PRAC-1434 Added sort by "Item title" for Items and sort by "Blueprint name" to Item sets

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• Exam max score
• Max score for every item

Fixes

PRAC-1069 Allow only one correct answer for SBA items and require at least two answers

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5.1.9 - 10th January 2017

Fixes

PRAC-1350 Fixed SBA mark amendments

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Setting the standard setting method to McManus:

Improvements

PRAC-1301 Item Approver can notify Allow to notify submitter of an Item if the item is rejected

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This card now includes Resource blueprint tagging information.

Fixes

PRAC-1306 When Adding Item to an Item Set user returns to first item selection page

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It is now possible to import Title for Written Item types (SBA, VSAQ, ...) using CSV file. Documentation for importing each of the types has been amended accordingly.

Fixes

PRAC-1266 Full text search does not work for search terms with more than one word

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Reference Ranges have been added to Practique, to enable faster question authoring. Using reference ranges standardises technical information that is used across multiple questions. For example, Adult IgM (Immunoglobulin M) would have a reference range of 37-286 mg/dL*. By using reference ranges in Practique, there is a centralised way to manages this information. This can be found under Settings > Reference Ranges.

Here, you can see a list of all the Reference Ranges within Practique, and search for them. You can create new Reference Ranges by clicking 'Create new Reference value'.

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The Reference Range feature can also be used to insert any standardised text into questions.

Improvements

PRAC-1222 Added "show all exams" option for the Exams filters

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• Station Examiner ID
• Station Score
• Station Pass/Fail
• Station Borderline Marker 1..N (numerical value)

Fixes

PRAC-1243 Unable to assign a non-editable dimension (automatically imported dimension) to a Blueprint Map

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5.1.5 - 8th November 2016

Improvements

PRAC-1211, PRAC-1229 Allow import items with multiple Blueprint Dimension tagging

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Changes to the CSV format has been documented on the Item Import page.

Fixes

PRAC-1227 Not possible to combine filters using multiple Blueprint dimensions

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5.1.4 - 4th November 2016

Fixes

PRAC-1223 It is not possible to edit a Resource because form is validated for existing resource number

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PRAC-1204 Each user account now require unique e-mail address to uniquely pair user with e-mail address

Fixes

PRAC-1193, PSD-386 Unable to view published and ignored exams

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5.1.2 - 13th October 2016

Fixes

PRAC-1157 Unable to attach resource from resource bank to an Item

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5.1.1 - 11th October 2016

Improvements

Log in and SSO

Added the ability to customise the various text information when using SSO integration. It is now possible to customise text of the Login Button, text of the Link for users who do not have SSO login with the organisation as well as welcome text on the left side of the logins screen. This provides compete customisation of the login screen for the customer.

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1. Filters can be applied or removed easily, and allow for filtering based on Blueprint Dimensions, as well as dates and users.
2. It is possible to add multiple filters - these are added using AND logic. This means that an item (or resource/candidate etc) must meet all of the criteria set in the filters. It is also possible to select multiple categories within the same dimension - this will use OR logic, where an item must be either in one of the selected categories.
3. Similar to existing usage, it is possible to filter items based on their review state
4. It is also possible to filter based on the type of Item (or resource etc)
5. It is now easier to sort through the filtering results.
6. As well as filtering by Blueprint Dimensions, it is possible to filter by the date that an item has been created or updated, as well as the user that created the item.

Example usage:

Improvements

VSAQ Improvements

PRAC-1009 There have been significant improvements to the workflow of marking VSAQ responses

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Roles have been renamed to User Groups, as this more accurately reflects how they are used in Practique. We have simplified the user interface, so that it is now easier to see which User Groups a User is part of. We have also removed the 'Senior Administrator' role from all users exept Fry-IT administrators.Existing 'Senior Administrators' will be moved to Administrators. This will not affect any users abilities on the system.

Fixes

PRAC-1024 Examiner ID Validation Error

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The way that examiners and candidates can be blueprinted has not changed, however we have now added this method of tagging to resources. Previously, resources (assets) only supported simple tagging, with little control and flexibility. Now the same way of tagging has been added to resources, where a blueprint dimension can be defined as applying to items, candidates, examiners and resources.

Improvements

PRAC-957 Performance improvements for incoming mark submissions

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This error was caused by inconsistencies with opening spreadsheet files between Windows operating systems and macOS 

4.3.9 - 19th July 2016

Improvements

PSD-279, PSD-287, PSD-291 : Ability to set Cut score per station

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PDF generator has been updated to ensure that the section header is not separated from it's content.

Fixes

PRAC-963: WRITTEN - Fixed Unicode error on (V)SAQ mark edit screen

4.3.8 - 14th June 2016

Improvements

PSD-257: Removed Pass mark & Pass/Fail columns from analysis part of Candidate feedback report

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These two columns have now been removed.

Fixes

PSD-254: Unable to generate Examiner report for exam with has excluded stations

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4.3.7, 4.3.6 - 3rd June 2016

Improvements

PRAC-520 Improved scheduling of Candidates and Examiners

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• It is possible to allocate Examiners/Candidates to Session, Circuit, Room
• It is possible to upload complete schedule for Examiners/Candidates via CSV/XLS to allow external preparation of schedule
• It is possible to adjust uploaded schedule for Examiners/Candidates
• It is possible to manually prepare schedule for Examiners/Candidates
• It is still possible to let Practique generate schedule automatically

4.3.5 - 20th May 2016

Improvements

PRAC-971: Keep order of items when combining exams

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Examiner report now groups examiners per station they have examined during the exam. Also for each examiner report shows the Z-Score, Mean score and Standard deviation, this information is also presented in a graph for easy comparison.

4.3.4 - 10th May 2016

Fixes

PRAC-969, PSD-231: OSCE - Unable to change Station with special characters in it's title

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This has now been fixed and it is possible to change stations even if they contain special characters.

4.3.3 - 10th May 2016

Improvements

PRAC-967: OSCE - Role player scheduling improvements when scheduling Role players to multiple sessions

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• • Copy and Rotate circuit: Role players are copied to other sessions and rotate circuits as well
  • Copy and keep Circuit: Role players are copied to other sessions but stay on the same circuit
  • Don't copy: Role players won't be copied to other sessions

4.3.2 - 5th May 2016

Fixes

PRAC-968: OSCE - Global observation criteria does not allow to set Borderline marker

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It is now possible to create new observation criteria and mark it as Borderline marker.

4.3.1 - 4th May 2016

Fixes

PSD-217, PRAC-947: OSCE - Candidate/Examiner import from LDAP does not specify dimension type

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Standard setting screen has been updated to indicate how many Fails is due to CSP.

4.2.2 - 12th April 2016

Improvements

PRAC-903: Written - Improve sorting of (V)SAQ answers wile marking

SAQ and VSAQ answers are now sorted by given response with the most frequent answers first which allows quicker marking.

Fixes

PRAC-650, PRAC-845: OSCE - Export OSCE results not transferring text feedback

4.2.1 - 5th April 2016

Fixes

PRAC-624: ASCII error when downloading results from View standard screen

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Practique now separates Examiner/Candidate IDs from iPad passwords. New field Password is now available for Examiners/Candidates. You have also option to import Examiners/Candidates with new 'password' field which should be populated with desired iPad password 'as is' should you wish to have different passwords from Examiner/Candidate IDs. If you wish to have iPad passwords same as Examiner/Candidate ID you omit 'password' field from your import files or won't set it during editing and Practique will use ID as password.

Improvements

PRAC-705: Show assigned Blueprint Dimension Category including whole breadcrumb trail

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This has been now improved and users can indicate the desired feedback during creation of the Observation criteria.

Fixes

PRAC-865: Candidate drop down select for Reporting is not sorted in any way

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