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Define question profiles

Create the reusable question formats and mark values your team needs when building questions and exam sections.

What a question profile means

A question profile is your organisation’s named version of a question format within a curriculum context. It combines the structure your team recognises with a typical mark value, making question entry and exam patterns more consistent.

Create a profile

  1. Open Question Profiles.
  2. Select the relevant curriculum leaf.
  3. Choose the underlying format or structure.
  4. Give the profile a short, recognisable name.
  5. Set the usual marks and save.

Owners, administrators and teachers can manage profiles. Create only profiles that staff will genuinely select.

Useful profile examples

ProfileUseTypical distinction
Single-best-answer MCQOne correct optionFast objective marking
Short responseBrief constructed answerTests recall or a concise explanation
Extended responseLonger written answerTests reasoning, evaluation or method

Use names that describe your institution’s actual assessment practice; the table is illustrative, not a required set.

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