{"id":1610,"date":"2013-12-24T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.talentlms.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T08:23:48","slug":"talentcast-1-create-randomized-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/talentcast-1-create-randomized-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"TalentCast 1: How to create randomized tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Important part of the changes we introduced in <a title=\"Performance enhancements, changes in assessments, reporting and more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/performance-enhancements-changes-assessments-reporting\/\">our latest update<\/a>, on November 30th was the way you create Randomized tests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Randomized tests<\/strong> are based on the philosophy that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A variety of evaluation material can be used to better comprehend the real knowledge acquired by the learner.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;\">Not all students test the same; by ensuring variety you engage with a larger group of learners and receive more whole results.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We introduced randomized tests on <a title=\"TalentLMS turns one year old. 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