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Assessments
What is an Assessment?
How do you build an Assessment?
What are skill groups?
What are skill levels?
What are medals and missions?
How should you decide the scores?
How do you reuse an Assessment that you created?
How do you mark draft assessments?
How do you set class or individualised topics?
What is a multiple choice skill and how can you create one?
What is a yes or no skill and how do you create one?
How can I change the order of skills, skill groups and levels?
How do you attach an assessment to a class?
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What are skill levels?
Each skill can have multiple skill levels, representing a spectrum — or taxonomy — from there being insufficient evidence that the student understands the skill, to them demonstrating complete control over the skill.
By adding more skill levels, teachers can ensure a more detailed evaluation of a student’s abilities, pinpointing exactly where they excel or where they may need additional guidance.
Each skill level is represented by a 'Skill Level Box' located on the left-hand side of each skill level. The content written in this box is what appears as the multiple-choice ‘options’ on the assessment form when marking a student's work.
If you are working with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question, the two skill levels are hard-coded. For multiple-choice skills, each skill level box can be fully customised.
Creating a skill level involves:
Step 1: Select a skill group
When creating a new assessment, select the skill group to which you would like to add an individual skill. You may edit a skill already listed (one blank skill will already exist for any new skill group), or click ‘Add Skill’ to add a new skill box.
Step 2: Populate skill description and set skill type
Step 2: Populate skill description and set skill type Type your skill in question format in the free text box that appears. Select whether your skill is a ‘multiple-choice’ skill, or a’ yes/no’ skill.
Step 3: Expand skill details
Click the arrow on the right hand side to expand the skill box.
Step 4: Add medals, missions and a score for ‘yes/no’ skills
For a ‘yes/no’ skill, the skill Levels will be set. You can now add your medals and missions, and populate the score.
Step 5: Add and edit levels for ‘multiple choice’ skills
For a ‘multiple choice’ skill, you can add new levels by clicking ‘Add Level’, and remove them by clicking on the trash bin icon. You can amend the text in each skill level box to your liking. Once the levels are established, you can add your medals and missions, and populate the scores.
