[Contrib: Evaluation System] Question about editing copied questions
Adam Marshall
adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk
Thu Feb 4 08:15:57 PST 2010
We had this query from one of our users:
I copied a questionnaire template (A) and then tried to change the wording one of the questions on the *copied questionnaire* (copy of A). Then I discovered that the wording had also changed in both the original questionnaire template (A) and in the question bank.
I was expecting it to work like this:
* The original wording remains on Questionnaire Template 'A'
* The original wording remains on in the question bank
* new wording appears on Questionnaire Template 'Copy of A'
My comment on this would be
If all questions on a questionnaire MUST be in a question bank, then the above behaviour is logically correct, however, I think its very confusing.
Either
1/ don't allow editing of a question on a questionnaire template, or
2/ as soon as a question is edited on a template, pop-up a dialog box which requires the user to select one of two options
"You are editing a question. Do you
A/ want these changes to be reflected in the question bank (and on all other templates (possibly being used by other people) that also include this question), or
B/ automatically add the newly modified question to the question bank whilst leaving the original question in tact."
A/ would be good for on-the-spot spelling corrects or the like, B/ would allow easy addition of questions 'in-situ'
Adam
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