Create an Evaluation
Follow these steps to create an evaluation.
To create an evaluation:
- Click in the toolbar to display the Administration menu.
- In the Learning section, click Classes.
- Enter search criteria, and click Filter to search for the class for which you want to create an evaluation.
- Click the Class Evaluation icon from the Actions drop-down list next to the class.
- Click Create Evaluation.
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Enter general information about the evaluation, using the following fields:
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Evaluation Name: Enter a name for the evaluation. The default name is <course name> Evaluation (for example, Advanced Safety Evaluation).
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Total Time (in minutes): Enter the number of minutes that a student has to complete the evaluation.
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Start Date: Enter the date when the evaluation should be made available to students.
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End Date: Enter the date when the evaluation should be made unavailable to students.
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Start Message: Enter a message that students will see when they launch the evaluation.
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Final Message: Enter a message that students will see when they finish the test.
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Evaluation Instructions: Enter any additional instructions that students might need to complete the evaluation. This text displays on the first page of the evaluation, below the Questions per Page field.
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- Click Save & Continue to begin creating questions.
- For each question, select a format (True/False, Essay, and so on) from the Question Type drop-down list.
- Select the Number of Answers you will provide for students to select from. (This field is not displayed for True/False and Essay questions.) For example, enter 3 if the student can select from three answers: Quickly, Accurately, and Thoroughly.
- Click Add Question.
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Enter the question and possible answers, using the following fields:
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Test Question: Enter the question that students will see.
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Special instructions for this question: Enter any information that the student needs to understand the question.
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Label/Keyword: Enter the possible responses that students can select.
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Correct Answer: Identify the correct responses to the question.
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Answer Value: Enter the value of this question, based on a 100 point scale. For example, if you have four questions of equal value, give each a value of 25. This field is optional.
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- Click Save Question.
- Repeat this process until you finish entering all of the questions in the evaluation. The bottom of the page displays all of the questions that you entered.
- Click Complete Evaluation.