Enemy Detection

Manage stop words for enemy detection

Note This feature is only available for item bank managers.

Item bank managers configure stop words which include common words such as "and" and "the", or specific words that will be repeated many times across items within a project. Stop words are excluded during enemy checks, which decreases the chance that items will be flagged as enemies due to the inclusion of common or highly repeated words in the content. 

Common stop wordsCommon stop words

  • a
  • about
  • an
  • are
  • as
  • at
  • be
  • by
  • com
  • de
  • en
  • for
  • from
  • how
  • i
  • in
  • is
  • it
  • la
  • of
  • on
  • or
  • that
  • the
  • this
  • to
  • was
  • what
  • when
  • where
  • who
  • will
  • with
  • und
  • the
  • www

Add stop words

Note Stop words will be excluded during enemy checks for all projects in the item bank.
  1. On the Item bank configurations page, click the Enemy detection configuration tab. 
  2. Click Add stop words. 
  3. In the Add stop words modal, enter one or more stop words. Each word should be entered on a separate line. 
    1. Stop words are case insensitive and can contain letters, spaces, and the following characters:  - , ( ) ' “ . _ & °
  4. Click Save.
  5. The stop words are displayed and can be edited or deleted as needed.
    1. Your changes will be stored in the stop words change log ↓.
  6. You must now apply your changes ↓ to update the item bank accordingly.

Edit stop words

  1. On the Item bank configurations page, click the Enemy detection configuration tab. 
  2. Click edit for the stop word you want to edit. 
  3. Modify the stop word and click Save. 
    1. Your changes will be stored in the stop words change log ↓.
  4. You must now apply your changes ↓ to update the item bank accordingly. 

Delete stop words

  1. On the Item bank configurations page, click the Enemy detection configuration tab. 
  2. Click delete for the stop word you want to remove. 
    1. To delete multiple, select each stop word or click Select all. Then click Delete selection. 
  3. Click Yes in the confirmation window. 
    1. Your changes will be stored in the stop words change log ↓.
  4. You must now apply your changes ↓ to update the item bank accordingly. 

Apply changes to stop words

When you add, edit, or delete stop words, a banner with an Apply changes button is displayed at the top of the page. Applying changes will trigger the system to update all items in the item bank to reflect the changes you made to ensure that the specified words are properly ignored the next time enemy detection runs.

  1. In the "Stop words edited but not yet applied" banner at the top of the page, click Apply changes. 
  2. A progress update displays, showing the date and time the process started along with a progress indicator. You can navigate away from the page and return to check the progress later.
    1. Note:  The process runs in the background across all items in the item bank and cannot be stopped once started.
  3. Once complete, a confirmation is displayed at the top of the page so you know the update finished successfully and enemy detection can now be run with the updated stop words.

Search stop words

  1. On the Item bank configurations page, click the Enemy detection configuration tab. 
  2. Type all or part of the stop word(s) and click the search arrow.
  3. Only stop words matching your search will be displayed.
  4. Click x mark in the search bar to clear the search criteria and display all stop words.

View changes to stop words

  1. On the Item bank configurations page, click the Enemy detection configuration tab. 
  2. Click the Change log tab below the Enemy detection configuration tab. 
  3. Any changes that have been made to stop words are shown (stop word added, edited, removed, or applied). Changes are grouped by month and year with the most recent changes listed first. 
    1. Date modified: the date and time that the change was made. (If the change was made today, only a time reference is shown.) 
    2. Update: the type of change that was made (Stop word added, top word edited, Stop word removed, etc.). The updates will also include if any exam windows were added or removed.
    3. Modified by: the user who performed the change. 
  4. Click View details to compare the previous version of the stop word to the changed version. For example, if you edited the text of a stop word, the details will show the text before the change was made and the text after the change was made. 

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