Setting Up an Assessment

From the Administrator's Home, open the Navigation Bar on the left of the screen. Click Resources, then select Maintain Learning Resources.

Click New in the top Tool Bar.

The following screen will appear with the Overview tab displayed. Select Content-Assessment from the Type of Resource drop-down.

Assign a Title to the course by populating the Title field. The Short Description field is optional, but can be helpful in ensuring that users understand the purpose of the training.

Populate the Time Required field. The duration of time required to complete the course should be entered here.

Use the Resource Status drop-down to indicate the status of the course (e.g., Active, Inactive, or Retired). Users will only be able to access the course if the Resource Status is set to Active.

Select Assessment from the Media drop-down.

Select the Provider of the content from the Provider drop-down.

Optional: Check the Allow Multiple Enrollment box to allow users to enroll in an assessment more than once. For best practice, it is only recommended to check this box if users will be required to retake the assessment on a regular basis.

Under the Description tab, enter the Long Description of the assessment. You may copy the text from the Short Description field on the Overview tab if necessary.

Optional: Under the Objectives tab, enter the Learning Objective(s) for the assessment if applicable.

Click the Details tab. Assign a Primary Category or Categories to the assessment. You can also use this tab to designate Achievements Upon Completion, Ratings and Evaluations, as well as CEU Credit(s).

Use the Owners sub-tab to populate the Course Owner field under the Person column. You must also populate the Instructional Designer and/or Content Owner fields under the Person column. Both fields are not required, but one must be present.

Optional: Enter prerequisites for the assessment under the Prerequisite tab, if applicable.

Click the On-Line tab. Select The resource will score itself as complete from the Score Model drop-down menu. This setup will ensure that a user's passing score is conveyed to the system.

Click the Audience tab. To set up the assessment's audience, follow the instructions provided in About Audience Mapping and the topics that follow. Best practice is to leave the selections under the Primary tab unmodified.

Click the Notifications tab. Check the Enable box to enable notifications. Then, enter the assessment title in the subject field.

Note

Some organizations have notifications for required resources enabled by default. If this describes your organization, please disregard this step.

If the assessment is going to be required, follow the instructions in this Step. If the assessment is NOT going to be required, skip to Step 19.
a. Click the Req'd Course Notification tab. Check the Enable Notification box.
b. Enter the subject in the Notification Subject field (e.g., "ACTION ITEM: <Assessment Title>").
c. Enter the message that will be sent to the audience in the Notification Text field.

d. Optional: If desired, click the Past Due sub-tab and check the Enable Notification box to send a notification to the audience when the assessment is past due. Select the number of days after the due date when a user will receive a Past Due Notification from the Days drop-down menu. Use the Subsequent Reminders field drop-down menu to select the number of days that must pass before a user will receive an additional notification. Check the Carbon Copy Manager box if you wish to copy the user's manager on these notifications. Lastly, populate the Notification Subject and Notification Text fields.

Under the Metadata tab, click the Time Description sub-tab. In the field provided, enter approximately how long it will take a user to complete the assessment in quarter-hour increments (e.g., 15 minutes = 0.25 hours).

Click the Save button in the top Tool Bar to save your selections.

Next, you will need to add quiz questions to your assessment. See Setting Up Quiz Questions for Assessments to learn how to accomplish this.

After you have added quiz questions to the assessment, remember to add the assessment to the Course Catalog. See Adding a Course to the Course Catalog for instructions.

For a brief video on this topic, please see Setting Up an Assessment.

Setting Up an Assessment

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