- Create tests alongside the other content students need.
- Expand or create a folder or learning module and add a test within a folder or learning module.
- When you create a test, a grade book item is created automatically.
- After you post test grades, students can view their scores on their grades pages or in the Activity Stream. Also, students can access associated rubrics, submission, instructor feedback, and their grade from the test on the Course Content page.
Create a Test
- On the Course Content page, select the Plus Sign where you want to add a test. You can also expand or create a folder or learning module and add a test.
- In the menu, select Create to open the Create Item panel
- Select Test, and the New Test page opens.
New Test Page - Details Settings
The three customizable components on the new test page are:
- Provide title and control test visibility to students
- Test settings
- Add questions to a test
Provide a title and control test visibility to students
- Provide a descriptive title for the exam in the upper left section of the panel.
- Select the visibility to students or establish release conditions.
- Set availability conditions based on date, time, and performance on other items in the course gradebook.
- Students are unable to see the test until you release it.
Test Settings
While in a test, on the right-hand side of the page outlines the Test Settings. To choose and apply settings, select the Settings Icon to open a new panel. After making changes, make sure to click the Save button at the bottom of the panel.
- Details and Information
- Provide a due date. Due dates appear on the calendar and the activity stream.
- No due date. Check this box if there is no due date.
- Prohibit late submissions. In progress submissions will be submitted automatically.
- Prohibit new attempts after the due date. Students can not submit after the due date.
- Allow class conversations. If you allow, students can discuss the test with you and their classmates while the test is available.
- Collect submissions offline. You can add grades for oral presentations and projects delivered in person.
- Presentation Options
- Display one question at a time. Focus on one question at a time rather than seeing all questions. If this is selected you have the option to also Prohibit backtracking.
- Randomize questions and answers. You can use one or both settings, so tests appear differently for each student.
- Randomize pages. You can randomize the pages for the students, with the option of keeping the first page the same for all students.
- Formative Tools
- Formative assessment. Check this box if the assessment is to be excluded from grade calculations
- Display formative label to students. Check this box to let students know it is a formative assessment.
- Grading and Submissions
- Grade category. You can use the default or custom grade categories.
- Attempts allowed. If you allow multiple attempts, you can choose how the final grade is calculated.
- Grade Using. Selecting a grading schema such as points, percentages, or letter grades.
- Maximum Points. If you create a test that only consists of text blocks, you can manually set the maximum score.
- Anonymous grading. You can enable anonymous grading, so student names are hidden while you grade.
- Evaluation Options
- 2 graders per student. Suppose you want to use two graders per student. The system randomly assigns graders to students.
- Peer review is available for assessments without questions.
- Delegated Grading. You can select a Group Set and assign Graders. Graders will only need to grade submissions for groups they are assigned to.
- Assessment grade. Click to choose to post a grade automatically.
- Assessment Results
- Submission Review. Choose options when you want students to view their submission: after submission, after the due date, after all grades are posted, after individual grades are posted, or on a specific date. You can also choose the submission feedback settings through this menu.
- Automated Question Feedback. Choose options when you want students to view their question feedback: after submission, after the due date, after all grades are posted, after individual grades are posted, or on a specific date.
- Question Scores. Choose options when you want students to view their question scores: after submission, after the due date, after all grades are posted, after individual grades are posted, or on a specific date.
- Correct answers. Choose options for students to see the correct answers after submitting the test.
- Assessment Security
- Access Code. Enable an access code the proctor or instructor will give the student to open an attempt. Codes are randomly generated, and you can not customize them at this time.
- Respondus. Use this option to require Responsus LockDown for an assessment. Learn more about using Respondus LockDown Browser here.
- Additional Tools
- Add a time limit. The tests are submitted automatically when the time is up. Also, you can allow students to work past the time limit.
- Use grading rubric. Add a rubric for tests without questions.
- Goals and standards. Align with goals
- Assigned groups. See separate section on group assignments. Creating Group Assignments
- Originality Report. Enable SafeAssign Originality Report any time, even after students have started their submissions.
- Add an optional description. The optional description appears with the test tile on the Course Content page.
Add Questions to a Test
When you create a new test, select the Plus Sign to open the menu and select the question type. You can chose from AI Generated question, a question type, question pool, upload questions from a file, or reuse questions and content from existing assessments.
The "Test Content" area opens where you type the question and answer choices for multiple-choice questions. Questions have a default value of 1 point. Select the "Points" box to type a new value. You can also add extra credit questions for students who may need to earn back lost points, or to allow students to overachieve.
Once you have added questions to you test, you can use the options to edit the question, duplicate the question, Align questions to goals, or delete the question.
You can also turn on a feature that allows students to add additional content like text, supporting files, or attachments. By default, this feature is turned off. Toggle it on if you would like to give students this option
