Chapter 13 – Assessment

Chapter 12 – Assessment

Overview

Instructors use Assessments to test Student knowledge, measure Student progress, and gather information from Students. There are two types of Assessments:

Tests – Tests are created to check the knowledge and skill level of users enrolled in the course. Tests permit the Instructor to assign point values to each question on exams or quizzes. When a Student completes a Test it is submitted for grading. The results are recorded in the Gradebook.
Surveys – Surveys are useful for polling purposes, evaluations, and random checks of knowledge. They function in the same way as Tests and offer most of the same options. Questions on Surveys are not assigned a point value. Surveys are not graded.

In this chapter

This chapter includes information on the following sections:

Section	Description
About Assessments	An overview for planning and organizing Assessments.
Test Manager	Explains how to create and manage Tests.
How to Create or Modify a Test	Describes the process for creating a Test.
Test Info	Explains the data used to describe a test.
Test Canvas	Describes the area used to add questions and organize a Test.
Test Creation Settings	Explains the options used to control the availability of Test features.
Question Completion Status	Describes how the question completion status feature informs users of which questions they have answered.
Multiple Choice Questions	Reviews how to add or modify questions.
True/False Questions	Describes True/False questions.
Fill in the Blank Questions	Describes Fill in the Blank questions.
Multiple Answer Questions	Describes Multiple Answer questions.
Matching Questions	Describes Matching questions.
Ordering Questions	Describes Ordering questions.
Essay Questions	Describes Essay questions.
Calculated Questions	Describes Calculated questions.
Numeric Response Questions	Describes Numeric Response questions.
File Response Questions	Describes File Response questions.
Hot Spot Questions	Describes Hot Spot questions.
Multiple Fill in the Blank Questions	Describes Multiple Fill in the Blank questions.
Jumbled Sentence Questions	Describes Jumbled Sentence questions.
Opinion Scale Questions	Describes Opinion Scale questions.
Short Response Questions	Describes Short Response questions.
Either/Or Questions	Describes Either/Or questions.
Quiz Bowl Questions	Describes Quiz Bowl questions.
Add/Modify Random Block	Explains how to add a random set of questions to a Test.
Upload Questions	Describes the process and file format for uploading questions to a Test.
Search Pool and Assessments	Reviews the search function for finding questions.
Categorize Question	Details how to organize questions into groups.
Category Manager	Describes the feature used to control categories.
Survey Manager	Explains how to create and manage Surveys.
Pool Manager	Describes how to create and manage Pools of questions.
Pool Import	Explains how to import a pool of questions