Features, Improvements, and Fixes

These Release Notes contain a summary of the changes made for the October 31, 2025, release of EchoExam. For changes made in previous deployments, visit the Deployment Notes section of our Knowledge Base or contact support@echo360.com.

Features

Event Log Report

Instructor Event Log Report as described

Instructors will have access to the Event Log Report for all exams created or in progress after October 2025. This report includes activity details for when assigned learners start an exam, save answers to questions, and submit exam attempts.

Extra Credit Questions

A question in a test with the question settings expanded and the Extra Credit option toggled on

Instructors have the option to mark any test questions as extra credit when creating and editing tests. After an exam is complete, instructors can mark questions as extra credit to adjust exam scoring. At least one question in the test or exam must be worth full credit to ensure that the exam is not scored out of zero points.

Edit Exam Thresholds

A completed exam with the Summary report open showing the Edit Scoring Thresholds modal

Instructors will have the option to adjust the scoring thresholds for any completed exam. Instructors can update the points or percentage for marking learners as at risk, needs review, and passing. For multiple attempt exams, instructors can also adjust how the learner’s final score is calculated.

Improvements

Display Question Settings on Exam Report

Question details are expanded on the questions tab of the exam report with additional question settings displayed

When question details are expanded on the questions tab of the exam report, instructors will see additional question settings, including calculator use, spell check, character limits, and more.

Adjust Question Scoring

The Edit Scoring modal of a completed exam showing the ability to adjust the scoring methodology

In addition to adjusting the correct answer for completed exams, instructors can now adjust the scoring methodology. Instructors can mark questions as extra credit, change the possible points, or adjust partial scoring settings.

Updated My Reports Navigation

My Reports tab showing an updated left-side navigation

My Reports now includes left-side navigation, consistent with the My Library page. Instructors additionally have new filter options to better review specific reports based on courses, the number of assigned learners, and more.

Additional Improvements

Updated Wiris Mathtype implementation to ensure continued support for equations and LaTeX.

Fixes

Resolved issue where duplicated questions intermittently displayed on the question report after editing the correct answer.
Corrected an erroneous Exit button displaying on the Exam summary page.
Implemented proper validation to ensure questions are not saved with invalid points.
Resolved missing answer option indicators when more than 10 answer options are added to a multiple choice or select question.