Guides
Practical guides for teachers on exam security, randomizing question order, managing answer keys, and keeping multiple exam versions fair.
Grading several versions at once with a master answer key
How to read ExamShuffle's master answer key, and how to use it to mark a mixed pile of papers, mark one question across every version, and see which questions your class got wrong.
A worked example: one exam from upload to printed versions
Follow a ten-question science exam through ExamShuffle, screen by screen, and see exactly what changes between the versions and what stays put.
How to format an exam so it shuffles correctly
The layout ExamShuffle reads reliably, the common layouts it misreads, and a sample Word and PDF exam you can download and try.
Are your exam versions equally difficult?
Why you can't settle whether shuffled exam versions are equally hard by comparing class averages, and what to check instead.
Does shuffling exam questions actually reduce copying?
What research says about giving students different exam versions, what it does not say, and the one finding that argues against shuffling answer options.
An exam-day seating and paper-distribution checklist
How to hand out several exam versions so no neighbour shares one, what to do about latecomers and empty seats, and how to collect papers with the versions still sorted.
Managing answer keys across multiple exam versions
How to label, check and mark several versions of an exam without grading one version against another version's key, and what to do if it has already happened.
Writing multiple-choice questions that survive randomization
Which multiple-choice questions break when the order changes, how to rewrite them, and which problems automatic shuffling cannot catch for you.
How to make multiple versions of an exam in Microsoft Word
A step-by-step method for reordering an exam in Word without breaking the numbering or mixing up the answer keys.
Question order effects: what changes when the sequence changes
What research says about the order of exam questions, which common explanations are untested, and the one order problem you can check for yourself.
Randomizing exams in Google Forms, Canvas and Moodle
How to turn on question and answer shuffling in Google Forms, Canvas and Moodle, the limits each platform's own documentation mentions, and when a paper-exam tool is the better fit.