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Inspera Assessment allows Authors to share and collaborate on questions and question sets. This article clarifies the collaboration model, details the correct procedures for exiting questions and question sets to prevent issues, and explains the lockout behavior that can occur from an incorrect exit.

Understanding the collaboration model

Inspera Assessment allows Authors to collaborate on questions and question sets. However, it does not offer real-time collaboration. This means that only one Author can work on content at a time. To ensure that changes made by one Author are not accidentally overwritten by another, a question or question set must be closed by one Author before another can make any modifications to it.

Correct exit procedures

To prevent issues and ensure a smooth workflow for all collaborators, it's crucial to exit questions and question sets correctly.

• Exit a Question

  To correctly exit a question, click the arrow next to the question name in the upper left corner. 

  

  • If you opened the question via the question bank, this action will take you back to the question bank.
  • If you opened the question via a question set, this action will take you back to the question set.

  Exit a Question set

  To correctly exit a question set, click the arrow next to the question set name in the upper left corner.  

  

  This action will take you to the start page in the Author module.

• Exit a Question

  To correctly exit a question, click the boxes next to the question name in the upper left corner. 

  

  • If you opened the question via the question bank, this action will take you back to the question bank.
  • If you opened the question via a question set, this action will take you back to the question set.

  Exit a Question set

  To correctly exit a question set, click the home icon next to the question set name in the upper left corner. 

  

  This action will take you to the start page in the Author module.

Lockout behavior

A lockout can occur if an Author exits a question or question set in another way, for example, by closing the browser window or logging off without exiting correctly first.

If this happens, it will take up to 45 minutes before another Author can make any changes to any question in that specific question set. This lockout mechanism is in place to ensure that work is not accidentally overridden and that the integrity of the content is maintained.