Ace the Test Set-up: ExamSoft Basic Training

12:00-1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 10, 2019, Beard 102 & Karpen 103

Scott Singleton, PhD, Associate Professor

Do you use ExamSoft for your courses? Have you struggled with using ExamSoft in the past? Would you like to know more about ExamSoft’s functionality? This program will provide you with tools and strategies for successfully using or optimizing your ExamSoft experience. Participants will learn about ExamSoft access options, formatting, uploading, and grouping assessment items, creating assessments, and reporting options.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Outline ExamSoft fundamentals related to access, assessment items, assessment options, and reporting
Demonstrate how to interpret psychometrics related to item and assessment performance
Identify additional ExamSoft resources

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: December 4, at 5 p.m.

Presenter Information

Scott Singleton received his B.A. in chemistry and biology from Trinity University (San Antonio, TX). He completed his scientific training in the broad area of chemical biology, first earning his PhD in bio-organic chemistry from Caltech and then training as 2-year NSF postdoctoral fellow in enzymology. His NIH-funded research group developed chemical approaches to mechanistic probing and inhibition of DNA metabolism, with an emphasis on the roles of recombination and repair in antibiotic resistance. He licensed small molecule drug candidates to the UNC spin-out biotechnology company Synereca Pharmaceuticals. He served as the CSO of the antibiotic discovery company from 2009–2015. In addition, he has served as secretary of the School’s faculty, director of graduate studies for the School’s graduate programs in pharmaceutical sciences, and executive director of The Academy from 2014-2017. He co-chaired the School’s Curriculum Transformation steering and oversight committees from 2012-2018. He currently serves on the Curriculum and Assessment Committee and co-chairs the Foundational Sciences Course Stream. He is an award-winning teacher of organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. He currently teaches the Molecular Foundations of Drug Action course and serves as a facilitator for the Pharmacotherapy: Integrated course sequence.

Event FAQ

Lunch will be provided at 11:30 AM in Beard 200. When you register, please indicate if you will attend the lunch session and include any dietary restrictions.
Parking passes are available only for guests and visitors employed at locations outside of the UNC campus. Please bring your parking deck ticket to the event to receive a pass.
A Zoom link will be provided prior to the program via a confirmation email for registrants who indicate they will attend the program remotely.

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Date: Dec 10, 2019 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Registration closes on Dec 04, 2019 05:00 PM

Tue, Dec 10, 2019

Registration closes on Dec 04, 2019 at 05:00 PM