Datenerhebung: Veröffentlichen & Exportieren / Data Collection: Publish & Export

The configuration of Studies and the Survey Part(s) contained therein is carried out in the IRTlib Editor. Changes are always saved within the IRTlib Editor when the disc symbol at the bottom right is clicked. During the preparation of a study, the changes are saved if they are to be applied. But once the preparation is completed, changes should no longer be possible or at least be tracked so that the version in the IRTlib Editor corresponds to the version in the IRTlib Player.

To support this process of using IRTlib Editor and IRTlib Player, the following concept has been implemented. To ensure that the configuration of a Study used for data collection can be clearly identified at all times, the configuration must be sealed before it is transferred to an IRTlib Player.

This is done in the Publish view of a study, in which the Study versions are listed. For a new study, this view initially looks like this:

In this state, you can make changes to the settings of the Study and all contained Survey Parts.

The buttons for Validate, Download and Publish studies are greyed out because no revision is selected. The buttons can be activated by clicking on the line with the unpublished revision 1:

Before you continue, please check that you have thought of everything. Use the following checklist to do this.

Checklist before publishing

  • Is the login configured?

To ensure that the correct study can be started after starting the IRTlib Player, a login mode suitable for the planned use must be configured. The login mode can be defined in the Study configuration in the Login section.

  • Is a test leader menu configured?

If kiosk mode is activated in the offline IRTlib Player, it may be difficult or impossible to exit the application without a configured test conductor menu. Key combinations and passwords with roles are defined in the Study configuration in the Test leader menu section.

  • Are the items inserted?

The assessment content is configured in one or more survey-parts. Most CBA ItemBuilder-tasks will be located in the Items section of a survey part.

  • Are the runtime environments (Runtimes) available?

Runtimes* are configured in the Settings.

Once you have checked this checklist, you can continue as described in the next section.

Publish & Export

The process to validate, publish and download study configurations is described in the embedded help:

Publish

Before a Version of a Study is published, the Validate button can be used to check whether the Study has been configured correctly.

For example, a Study must always contain at least one Survey Part definition If this is not the case, the following message appears when validating:

Note: If no errors are found during Validation, no further message is displayed and the study can be published.

If there are no more errors and the Study is to be prepared for export, a Version can be created. The following button is used for this purpose:

The following dialogue then appears:

Data can be collected with an IRTlib Player if a published study has been downloaded from the IRTlib Editor as a ZIP archive.