Migrating from Respondus¶

Qcon improves upon Respondus in two important ways:

• it is web-based, which makes it available to everyone, not just those who run Windows
• correct answers have the asterisk after the list number

Qcon has other benefits like answer key answers for FIB, MAT, and ORD-type questions, no Type: ... requirements, and better error messaging, but we'll stop there and let you discover Qcon's usefulness at your own pace!

Here are some examples of the differences between Qcon and Respondus:

Multiple Choice (MC)¶

Respondus only imports MC questions when using plain text or an answer key.

Qcon	Respondus

Multiple Select (MS)¶

Respondus only imports MS questions when using plain text or an answer key.

Qcon	Respondus

Fill-in-blank (FIB)¶

Respondus only imports FIB questions when specifying answers inline.

Qcon	Respondus
	not available for answer key format

Ordering (ORD)¶

Respondus only imports ORD questions when specifying answers inline.

Qcon	Respondus
	not available for answer key format

Question Type Differences¶

Migrating from Respondus may involve reviewing your documents for the question type codes that are used. Qcon accommodates Respondus question type codes, but uses lettering more congruent with the question type name: