Assessments

This is the component of Mneme where instructors create, publish, and manage assessments.

(Sample Screen - Manage Your Assessments)

Adding Assessments

The following assessment types are supported:

• Tests (i.e. quizzes, exams, etc.)
• Assignments, tasks, etc.
• Surveys
• Skill Checks (0 point assessments)

Questions can be random or in a specific order. Choices can also be shuffled. Assessments can have multiple parts and can be a mixture of essay questions, objective questions, and surveys.

Managing Assessments

Instructors can do the following functions:

• Ability to add/edit an assessment
• Ability to preview an assessment in one page (printable).
• Ability to set open and due dates (editable from list page)
• Ability to publish or un-publish assessments (make visible / invisible to students)
• Ability to set a range of delivery options for an assessment (see next section)
• Ability to duplicate an assessment and retain its settings and composition.
• Ability to archive / restore assessments
• Ability to delete assessments that have not been published or taken.
• Ability to grant special access privileges (i.e. extend dates, set different time limit, allow more or fewer tries for one or more students for special accommodations).
• Ability to add many parts to an assessment
  • Add random part where instructors can select questions to draw from one or many pools.
  • Mix and match survey questions and assessment questions.
  • Add manual part where authors hand-pick questions from any pool. Filters allow instructors to narrow the selection and choose from pool, question type or assessment type. (see below)

(Sample Screen - Add Questions to Part)

Adding an assessment involves setting properties and selecting pools or questions:

• Add/Edit an assessment
  • Add properties
    • Title
    • History (author/date)
    • Type (test, survey, assignment)
    • Open/Due/Accept Until Dates
    • Instructions
    • Add honor pledge
  • Add/Edit parts
    • Add random questions from pools
      • Part title
      • Instructions
      • Select pool(s) 
      • Number of questions per pool
    • Select and add questions manually
      • Select questions from entire test bank (across pools!)
      • Select and add questions to assessment
      • Remove questions from assessment
  • Delete parts

Settings

Instructors may set and change any of the following, even if an assessment is open.

• Instructors can set open, due, and accept until dates.
• Instructors may require students to accept an honor pledge prior to accessing test.
• Three navigation options are supported:

• all questions in one page
• one part per page
• one question per page

• Instructors can set a time limit or publish un-timed assessments
• Instructors can allow one, multiple or unlimited tries
• Instructors may choose a strict or flexible order layout for answering test questions
• Instructors may choose continuous or restart for part numbering.
• Instructors may choose to show hints to students (optionally) if authored.
• Instructors can set review options (when and if to show feedback and what to show)
• Instructors can set grading options (i.e. send to gradebook, anonymous grading, etc.)
• Instructors can compose a final message to show to students upon submitting.

Assessment Actions

From the Assessments page, instructors can do the following:

• Add/Edit an assessment
• Add properties
  • Title
  • History (author/date)
  • Type (test, survey, assignment)
  • Open/Due/Accept Until Dates
  • Instructions (w/attachment option)
  • Add attachments
  • Add honor pledge
• Add/Edit parts
  • Add random questions from pools
  • Part title
  • Instructions
  • Select pool(s)
  • Number of questions per pool
  • Select and add questions manually
  • Search entire question bank (across pools!)
  • Select and add questions to assessment
  • Remove questions from assessment
• Delete parts

Test-Drive

Instructors can Test-Drive any assessment, even if it is not yet open or published. The Test-Drive module is identical to the student view, allowing instructors to see the student side of their assessments without having to log out and log in as a student. There are no gradebook entries for instructor test submissions. 

Further, the Test-Drive functionality allows instructors to test drive assessments and catch errors in questions, settings, or points before their assessments are open to students.

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