ScholarRx Enhances Platform with New Features for Accessibility and Content Management

We’re excited to announce a set of enhancements that focus on making our platform more accessible, streamlining content management, and improving communication between faculty and students.

Supporting Student Needs with Personalized Time Accommodations

Medical education should be accessible to all capable students, and we understand that some learners may require additional time to demonstrate their knowledge effectively. Our new time accommodation system in Qmax empowers schools to provide personalized support while maintaining consistent assessment standards, particularly for students preparing for exams and their boards.

Faculty members can now set individual time accommodations for students through the Organization Roster page. These accommodations—available in 1.5x, 2.0x, or 3.0x multipliers—automatically apply to all faculty-created timed tests, ensuring consistency and reducing administrative overhead. Once set, the accommodation becomes part of the student’s profile, eliminating the need to adjust settings for each new assessment.

This systematic approach helps institutions:

• Maintain compliance with accessibility requirements
• Ensure consistent application of accommodations
• Reduce administrative burden on faculty
• Support students more effectively

Enhanced Communication with Automated Test Notifications

We’ve also implemented an automated email notification system for faculty-created tests. The system sends notifications 48 hours before scheduled test times, giving students adequate preparation time while remaining flexible enough to handle schedule changes.

These notifications include:

• Test details and format
• Mode (timed, untimed, or tutor)
• Direct access links
• Start and end times in the student’s local time zone

For tests scheduled with less than 48 hours’ notice, notifications are sent immediately upon test creation. The system also sends updated notifications if a test is modified and republished, ensuring students always have the latest information.

Improved Question Management in Qmax Create

We’ve also upgraded our Qmax Create platform, enhancing content attribution and version control to support the development of high-quality assessment items.

Enhanced Author Attribution

Recognizing the importance of faculty contribution in academic settings, we’ve implemented a new author attribution system. Questions now display the original author’s name on the My Questions page, maintaining this attribution even when the question is revised by others. This feature:

• Recognizes content creators
• Facilitates quality tracking
• Supports academic accountability
• Helps institutions track faculty contributions

Streamlined Version Control

We’ve introduced more flexible version control for questions in development. Authors can now delete question versions that are in Approval status and have never been published. When a version is deleted, its number becomes available for reuse, maintaining sequential version numbering for better organization.

For example, if version 12345.2 is deleted, a new version created from 12345.1 will reuse the 12345.2 designation. This ensures version numbers remain chronological and logical in the database, simplifying reporting and content management.

Let us know what you think of these updates!  Reach out at info@scholarrx.com.