How to Create a Qmax Assignment

With ScholarRx, faculty can assign Qmax questions as low-stakes quizzes to help students regularly assess their understanding. Assignments can be tailored to specific topics or skills and provide feedback to help identify areas for improvement.

Access Manage Assignments

From the Faculty Portal, select Manage assignments in the left-hand menu, then Create Assignment button on the upper-right corner. This opens the Question Explorer

Search Relevant Questions

Use one of the following methods to find questions. 

Option 1: Question Assistant

The Question Assistant uses TAI (Teaching with AI) to help you find relevant questions efficiently.

• Enter instructions in the search bar including topics or clinical scenarios, as well as the intended number of questions. By default, TAI returns 3 questions. 

• Filter results by question bank, question pools, difficulty or usage status

• Optionally, upload a file. TAI analyzes the content and suggests matching questions.

  

Option 2: High-Yield Topic Explorer 

The High-Yield Topic Explorer organizes key topics by organ system or discipline, allowing you to browse topics and select questions based on specific subject areas. 

Preview and Select Questions 

Search results display the questions that match your criteria. 

• Select the drop-down arrow next to a question to expand it, and view answer choices and explanations.

• Consider the difficulty indicator based on historical performance: green, more than 80% answer correctly; yellow, 61-80% answered correctly, red, less than 61% answer correctly.

• Add a question to your assignment by selecting the plus (+) icon to the left of a question.

To add more questions,

• Question Assistant: Enter new text in the Ask about a related topic or follow-up field at the bottom. Additional results appear below the original question set.

• High-Yield Topic Explorer: Select Previous to browse and add questions from additional topics.

When finished selecting questions, select Continue in the upper-right corner.

Review and Order Questions

You can review all selected questions and organize them in the order that is more appropriate for students taking the test. To rearrange questions, click the double horizontal lines next to a question, then drag and drop it into the desired position. 

Configure Settings

• Enter name and description. We suggest having clear naming conventions including semester, year (eg, "Fall 2024"), week/topic identifiers, and sequential numbering for easy organization of your tests.
• Select Assignment Mode

  • Timed - Students have a fixed amount of time to complete the test. The score is calculated based on the last answer selected.

  • Untimed - The test does not have a time limit, but students must submit it by the due date and time, if set. The score is calculated based on the last answer selected.

  • Tutor - Students can view answer explanations during the test. There is no time limit, but the test must be submitted by the due date and time, if set. The score is calculated based on the first answer selected.

• Assign to Students and Groups. Select individual students, student groups or entire cohorts. 
• Set a start and end date. To accommodate deadline extensions, students can submit answers after the due date until the faculty officially closes the test. 
• Optionally, allow retakes for practice and reinforcement. If multiple attempts, you will still be able to track the score of the first attempt for performance evaluation. 

Save or Publish Assignment

You can save an assignment as a draft to continue editing it later, or publish it to make it available to students. Once an assignment is published, it can no longer be edited.