The following instructions are provided to create a basic assessment. You will see several additional fields that are optional to use based on your needs. For more comprehensive information on each field, see the getting started section of the online help. To create an assessment, navigate to the administrators console. Expand the navigation bar on the left of the screen. Click resources, then click maintain learning resources. Click the new button to create a new learning resource. The Overview tab of the new learning resource will be displayed. Select content assessment from the type of resource drop-down at the top of the screen. Assign a title to the course. The short description field is optional, but can be helpful in ensuring that users understand the purpose of the assessment. Populate the time requirement field with the duration of time required to complete the assessment. Use the resource status drop-down to indicate the status of the assessment. This could be active and active or retired. Users will only be able to access the assessment if the resource status is set to active. Next, go to the media drop-down and select assessment. Select the provider of the content from the provider drop-down menu. Optionally, you can check the allow multiple enrollment box to allow users to enroll in the assessment more than once. For best practice, it's only recommended to check this box if users will be required to retake the assessment on a regular basis. Next, click the description tab, enter the long description of the course. You may copy the text from the short description field on the Overview tab if necessary. There are no required fields on the objectives tab. However, you may want to enter any learning objectives here if you have them, click the details tab. Assign a primary category or category to the assessment. You can also use this tab to designate achievements upon completion, ratings, evaluations and CEU credits if desired. 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. Both fields are not required, but one must be present. Optionally, enter any prerequisites for the assessment under the prerequisite sub-tab. Click the online tab. From the score model drop-down menu, select the resource. We'll score itself as complete. This setup will ensure that a user's passing score is conveyed to the system. Navigate to the audience tab. There is a large amount of information pertaining to audience mapping for information on setting up the assessments audience, see the using audiences section of the online help. Please note that best practice is to leave the selections under the primary tab unmodified. Next, navigate to the notifications tab. Check the enable box to enable notifications. Then enter the title of the assessment in the subject field. If the assessment is going to be required, open the required course notification tab. Check the enable notification box. Enter the subject in the notification subject field. Enter the message that will be sent to the audience in the notification text field. 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 passed due, select the number of days after the due date. When a user will receive a past due notification from the day's drop-down menu. Use the subsequent reminders field drop-down menu to select the frequency of which you want additional reminders to be sent. Check the carbon copy manager box if you wish the user's manager to receive these notifications as well. Lastly, populate the notification subject and text fields. If the metadata tab is available to you, click the time description sub-tab. In the field provided, enter approximately how long it will take a user to complete the assessment and quarter hour increments. For example, 15 minutes equals 0.25 hours. When you're satisfied with all of your selections, click the save button in the top toolbar. Return to the Overview tab and confirmed that the assessment is set to active. Then 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 and the online help for instructions.