When creating an Assessment, you'll need to set up the requirements and ensure assigned Users have all the information that they need before they get started.
1. Click Continue (Or Settings) to open the Assessment Settings pop-up.
You can edit the following options, which can be toggled on and off at any time:
Add post-submission message: The message Users will see after they've submitted their Assessment. This section is mandatory, but doesn't have a word count limit.
Add deadline: The date and time, by which the Assessment must be submitted. You can click the field to open the calendar and time options, to set.
Set a passmark: This consists of two options.
Passing Score - the percentage needed in order to pass the Assessment.
User must pass to complete assessment - the checkbox that ensures Users won't be able to complete the Assessment, if the Passing Score isn't reached.
Note ✨: It's recommended that if Users have already submitted their answers, the Author should create a separate Assessment, should they want to change the User must pass to complete assessment checkbox.
Enable Retakes: This section will open, once the User must pass to complete assessment option, is selected. You can set the number of times Users can retake the test. The maximum number of retakes you can submit is 100.
Note ✨: Users can't retake an Assessment, once it's been:
Submitted and passed
Submitted and is awaiting to be marked
All retakes have been exhausted.
Set a time limit for the assessment: This allows for Assessments to be timed, recording the completion time in the Dashboard, as soon as the User has submitted their answers.
For Timed Assessments, there will be a Duration column showcasing the time limit of the test. To learn more about creating a Time Assessment, read How to create a Timed Assessment.
Select specific markers for this assessment: Users chosen to be Markers of any Assessment, will be able to review and score the submitted answers.
Selecting the checkbox: "Learners can choose who will mark their assessment from this list", will allow Users to choose a Marker after finishing their Assessment.
To learn more about Markers, read How to set Markers for an Assessment.
❗It's important to remember that once the passmark has been set, and at least one User has begun the Assessment, the Author will be prevented from changing these settings.
This still stands, even if:
The Assessment is unpublished for editing
The one engaged User is later unassigned or deactivated
Exceptions include:
If the "User must pass to complete assessment" checkbox is ticked: The only elements that can be changed by the Author, are the enablement/disablement of Retakes and the Limit Retake Count.
If the "User must pass to complete assessment" checkbox is not ticked: The Retakes button and Limit Retake Count field, will not appear - reinforcing that making amendments after a User has already started, is prohibited.
If the passmark toggle button is turned off: The Author will still be able to turn it on, later, even after a User has begun the Assessment.
If the one User that's begun the Assessment is deleted: The Author will be able to turn on the passmark toggle button and User must pass... checkbox will be available again.
3. Click Save to set your options, and be taken back to the Course Editor.
Watch our video tutorial below for a short walk-through...
✨ Assessment Settings - Further Details ✨
Assessment settings can be referred to as either "enforceable" or "non-enforceable".
Enforceable - the User MUST meet the pass mark to consider the Assessment complete.
Non-Enforceable - the person does NOT need to meet the pass mark to consider the Assessment complete.
To find out more about, check them out in this table:
Passmark value | Checkbox state | Retake toggle state | Retakes value | Comments |
o% or NIL | Unchecked | OFF | N/A |
|
0% or NIL | Unchecked | OFF | N/A |
|
0% | Unchecked | OFF | some value | This means that the value in retakes is not enforceable |
100% | Unchecked | OFF | N/A |
|
100% | Unchecked | OFF | some value | This means that the value in retakes is not enforceable |
rounded off to the nearest value | Unchecked | OFF | N/A |
|
rounded off to the nearest value | Unchecked | OFF | some value | This means that the value in retakes is not enforceable |
0% or NIL | Unchecked | OFF | N/A |
|
0% or NIL | Unchecked | OFF | some value | This means that the value in retakes is not enforceable |
This also means that depending on what kind of Assessment you're creating - you can use a combination of different settings to make it easier to keep track of how people are performing.
| Pass mark | Deadline | User Must Pass? | Retakes |
Recurring course with an enforceable score | ✔️ | 🚫 | ✔️ | As Needed |
Recurring courses with informal knowledge checks | 🚫 | ✔️ | 🚫 | As Needed |
Non-recurring courses with an enforceable score (e.g. one-off compliance) | ✔️ | As Needed | ✔️ | As Needed |
Non Recurring courses with informal knowledge checks (e.g. one-off optional course) | 🚫 | As Needed | 🚫 | As Needed |
You may find the following article useful, when it comes to understanding the impact of adding or removing Assessments and their Questions, from a Course: Adding/Removing Lessons and its impact.
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