How to use the Assessment Toolkit

Creating an Assessment Form involves a structured approach. Below, you’ll find a summary of the steps to follow in order to create your Assessment Form. This workflow will guide you through adding questions to your question bank, creating a clear specification for your assessment, and then using that specification to build a well-organized and effective Assessment Form.

Step 1. Create a Bank and Add Questions to it

• Develop or Gather Questions: Start by creating or gathering all the potential questions you might want to include in the assessment. These could be based on a specific topic, skill, or criteria that the assessment is targeting.

• Question Types: Include various question types (e.g., Multiple Choice, Multiple Correct, True/False, Composed Response, or Likert scale).

• Scoring System: Specify the scoring system for each question (e.g., 1 point for a correct answer, 0 points for an incorrect answer, etc.).

• Organize the Questions: It’s helpful to organize questions into Sets based on the skills they assess.

• Tagging: Tag questions with relevant keywords, such as competency code (e.g., A1, B2). This makes it easier to when building a specifications for your bank.

Step 2. Create a Specification

• Choose your Specification Type:

  • Dynamic: A form with this specification does not have a fixed set of questions. If two learners start an attempt on this type of form, then each learner may be presented with a different set of questions and/or questions in a different sequence.

  • Static: A form with this specification has a fixed set of questions in a fixed sequence, which is determined by the author of the form. Every learner who starts an attempt on form with a Static specification sees exactly the same set of questions in exactly the same sequence.

• Total Number of Questions: How many questions will be included in the assessment?

• Set the Filter Type: Select how you want to filter questions for the Assessment Form.

  • Include All Questions: Include all of the questions in the set.

  • Question Tag Filter: Filter the questions in the set so that only those with matching tags are included.

• Set your Question limit per Set: Specify how many questions from each Set in your question bank you want to add to your Form.

• Weighting of Questions: If some questions are more important than others, decide how to weight them (e.g., certain questions might be worth more points or more time to answer).

• Specify Conditions for Success: Define the thresholds or criteria for passing or success in the assessment. For instance, what score or percentage constitutes a passing grade?

Step 3. Create Your Assessment Form

• Select Questions from the Question Bank: Depending on the specification you created in step 2, choose questions from the question bank that match the required criteria.

• Set the Time Limit: How much time will be given to complete the assessment, if applicable.

• Set Attempt Limit: This is the maximum number of times each person is permitted attempt this exam.

• Include Instructions: Provide clear instructions at the start of the assessment form.

• Publish the Form