The Assessment module type is used to administer and report on tests and exams.

To create an Assessment:

1. Navigate to the course, select 'Add a module' and choose the Assessment module type
2. Select 'Add a module from the column on the right
3. Select Assessment from the list
4. Add/Create Questions and set 'Alerts' if needed
5. Set Module Settings

  

 

Available settings for the Assessment module:

• Assessment Title – Change the title for the assessment.
• Description – Write a description the learner can view from the Course Catalog.
• Code – Set the assessment code.
• Hide the "Next Module" button
• Show the "Previous Question" button (Not available with a Question group)
• Passmark – This is the required percentage the learner needs to reach in order to pass the assessment.
• Time Limit – Set the time allotted for learners to spend on the assessment.  For no time limit set to 0 hours and 0 minutes.
• Nonstop Timer - The timer will continue even if the learner leaves the course.
• Lock Assessment – Set an assessment to lock after a certain amount of attempts.  This, along with a time limit, can be beneficial to keep students from looking up answers and changing them later.  
  • Automatically Unlock - Automatically unlock an assessment after a certain amount of days from being locked out. 
• Randomize Answers - All answers for multiple choice questions will be randomized each time a learner takes the assessment.
• Require Learners to provide an answer before proceeding to the next question.
• Use Question Pool – Set how many questions from the list of questions to be shown to each learner.  Each learner will see a different set of questions in a different order. Using a pool of questions may discourage collaboration between learners. View this article for more information on Question Pools.
• Review Answers – If this is checked, when a learner finishes all the questions in the assessment they will be able to review and change their questions.
• Send notification email on user completion – When checked an email will be sent when any learner completes the assessment.  This is beneficial when marking is required and during deadlines.
• Notification Email – This is the email address the notification will be sent to when the Send notification email on user completion box is checked
• Display of results – Set the assessment to show the learner which answers they got correct and incorrect on their assessment to show results, never show results, or only show results if assessment is passed or max attempts are reached.
• Send an email to the learner once the module is completed.
• Hide Answers – If checked, the learner will not be able to view the correct answers in their assessment results.  The results will only show if the display of results is set
• Show Results - Once a learner has completed an assessment, they may review their final answers.
• Never Show Results - A learner will never get the option to review their final answers.
• Only show results if assessment is passed or max attempts are reached - A learner will only be able to view their results if they have passed the assessment or if they have reached the maximum attempts marked in the Lock Assessment field above.

This is how the results will appear in learner view:

In addition to the options above, it may also be set to Hide the answers in the results.

Note:  An administrator will always have assessment results shown for their own assessments.

This is how the learners see their specific question results:

To add a new question to an Assessment:

1. Navigate to the Assessment Editor by either creating a new Assessment or opening an existing Assessment from within a course.
2. Select Create a New Question on the right.

Litmos offers the ability to add three types of questions or an Info Page within an assessment:

Multiple Choice – Giving the learner the option of one or more predetermined answers. The features available:

• Text – Type the Question within the box labeled.
• Answers - Add an unlimited number of possible answers.  Enter the Text for each answer and mark if the answer is correct by checking the box next to the correct answer.
• Show answer Hint? – Select if you would like to show the learner the correct number of answers with the question.
• The answer must be correct to progress to the next question – When checked it will force the learner to select the correct answer before they progress.
• Show feedback information if answered incorrectly – When checked a box will appear below this setting (shown below) to give the learner feedback if the answer was incorrect.
• Include an Image – Add an image to show up on the question.

 

Keyword – The answer is typed by the learner in a short answer format.  The system looks for keywords predetermined by the creator of the question. Is not case sensitive and learners need to type in only one of the correct keywords to be correct. The features available:

• Text – Type the Question within the box labeled.
• Answers – Add an unlimited number of keywords needed to be typed into a text box in order to get the question right.  Only one keyword must be typed for the learner to get the question correct.  Enter the keywords within the Answer text field. 
• The answer must be correct to progress to the next question - When checked it will force the learner to type in at least one correct answer before they progress.
• Show feedback information if answered incorrectly – When checked, a box will appear below this setting (shown below) to give the learner feedback if the answer was incorrect.
• Include an Image – Add an image to show up on the question.

Free Text – The answer is typed by the learner in a short answer format. An admin will need to Mark the answer Correct or Incorrect and may give a comment before the module is passed. Free text question formatting includes text and image features.  

Hotspots – Have your learners select specific “hotspots” on an image.  Upload an image and chose the section(s) of the image the learner must select in order to get the question correct.  There is no limit to the number of hotspots a single question can have; however, all hotspots must be correctly chosen for the learner to get the answer correct.   

Note: It is not recommended for Learners to take an assessment with Hotspots on a mobile device due to possible lack of accuracy to choose a correct spot. 

Note: The image should not exceed 1100px wide in Horizontal layout and should not exceed 8900px wide in Vertical layout or the hotspot will not save correctly. 

Images & Video

As detailed above, images or video can be added to a question to provide further reference or support to a question. The file formats supported are: .png, .gif, .jpg, .avi, .wmv, .mpg, .mov, .flv, .m4v, .mp4 with a Maximum file size of 1Gb

It may be beneficial or necessary to insert pages of information in between assessment questions.  Even though the features are limited within the page, they are created using HTML therefore only has the limitations of HTML.

Info Page

Create an info page by selecting 'Create a New Question' and the selecting the 'Info Page' option as your question type.  

From the Info Page screen, these are the features available to create a page (listed from left to right):

• Make text bold
• Make text italicized
• Create a numbered list
• Create a bulleted list
• Align left
• Align center
• Align right
• Change font size
• Change paragraph format
• Change font
• Change text color
• Table
• Switch to the source to insert and edit the HTML
• Paste plain text
• Paste from Word
• Undo
• Redo
• Insert table

 

To Review a Learner's Assessment Answers:

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We built out a course all around creating Assessments in Litmos, check it out here: How To: Create an Assessment