Exams and assessment
How do you analyze exam results by subject and question in Course?
A Course exam result shows overall correct, wrong, and blank counts, net, and score, alongside a subject breakdown. If question-level answers were recorded, you can also examine each answer's assessment and details.
The depth of the analysis depends on the data entered. A result recorded only as subject totals cannot identify which question was answered incorrectly or which topic needs attention. Interpret the information actually stored instead of filling gaps with assumptions.
On this page
Read an exam result step by step
Find the intended result.
Filter the results list by exam, student, institution, or class as appropriate. Check the exam and student shown in the detail view; do not treat results from different exams as one record.
Check the overall counts.
Compare the correct, wrong, and blank totals with the recorded result. Confirm that the wrong-answer penalty you use to interpret the net belongs to this exam.
Review the subject breakdown.
Read each subject card's correct count, recorded total, and progress bar together. If subjects have different numbers of questions, correct counts alone are a poor basis for ranking relative performance.
Inspect question details when available.
Read the student's answer, the correct answer, and the assessment state. Use the topic or explanation only if it is present in that question record; do not infer an automatic topic diagnosis when it is absent.
What can each type of recorded data tell you?
A subject and a topic are different levels of detail. The subject names a broader area; a topic is narrower information attached to a question. Having topic definitions elsewhere in Course does not establish a topic link for every exam question.
| Recorded data | What you can read | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Subject totals | Counts by subject and the correct-to-recorded-total view. | The incorrect questions cannot be identified. |
| Question answers | Each question's selected answer, correct answer, and assessment state. | Without topic data, you cannot draw a topic-level conclusion. |
| Topic or explanation | Additional context when present on the relevant question record. | It is not assumed to be populated for every question. |
The subject bar and the overall score measure different things
A subject card's bar shows correct answers divided by the recorded total for that subject. It is not a net rate reduced by the wrong-answer penalty. The overall score scales the net after applying that penalty against the exam's question total.
The subject bar and overall score can therefore differ. If subject counts were entered through the totals method but some counts are missing, a card reflects only what was recorded. Check that the actual correct, wrong, and blank totals are complete before treating the bar as evidence that the whole exam was entered.
Use the result to guide further teaching review
Use the subject cards to identify areas worth reviewing. When question details exist, identify wrong and blank answers by subject and discuss the relevant questions with the teacher. An overall score alone cannot tell you whether a mistake came from missing knowledge, time management, or marking an answer incorrectly.
Before comparing different exams, check their question counts, subject coverage, and wrong-answer penalties. The same score scale does not prove that two exams have the same difficulty or scope. Course provides data for review, not a definitive judgment about a student's progress.
Frequently asked questions
Does Course identify topic gaps for every result?
This page does not claim an automatic diagnosis. A topic can be read when the relevant question record contains it; subject totals alone do not produce topic-level detail.
Why might there be no question list?
The result may have been saved using subject totals only. That entry method does not create per-question answer records.
Is the subject card's percentage a net percentage?
No. The card compares correct answers with the recorded subject total. The overall score is based on the net after applying the exam's wrong-answer penalty.
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