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Induction Courses - Assessments

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Last updated: Jan 31, 2023 by Julia Avico
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ASSESSMENTS

The Assessment screen is part of the Course Module page and is where administrators can create assessments to be completed by users once all resources in the module have been viewed.

If an assessment is built into a resource, an assessment may not be required for a module as it's not a mandatory feature. However, it can be useful to validate a users learning and ensure the concepts covered have been sufficiently understood.

Only 1 assessment can be created per module but it can consist of as many questions as required.

Assessments will be accessible to users when all resources in the module have been viewed.

Add New Assessment

Video: Add New Assessment

To add a new assessment, from the Module page:

  1. Complete all the fields in the Assessment section (see table 'Definitions of Fields' below)

  2. Add questions (see the Managing Questions section on this page of the User Guide)

  3. Click 'Save'

The details captured for each course may vary slightly between each system configuration. Fields marked with * are mandatory

Definition of Fields

Has Assessment

Tick if the module is to have an assessment

If unticked, the assessment will not be displayed to the user, even if there are questions in the 'Add Question' list

Number of Questions Displayed per Test

Lucidity Induction supports the use of a bank of questions but will only display a certain number to users. This means each person that completes the assessment will receive a different configuration of questions.

For example, if 5 is selected as the number of questions to display but 10 questions are written in the 'Add Question' list, the user will receive 5 questions from the bank of 10 to complete. If a question is marked as mandatory, it will always be displayed to users and all other questions will be randomly selected from the remaining bank.

If all questions are required to be completed by users, the number entered here must match the number of questions in 'Add Question' list

Passmark

Enter passmark as a number. For example, if 10 questions are to be displayed, enter 10 for a 100% passmark, 8 for an 80% passmark and so on.

Limit Attempts

If selected, the user will be marked as failed if they are unable to pass the assessment within the designated number of attempts

Number of Attempts

If Limit Attempts is selected, enter the number of attempts a user can take before being marked as failed

Note: When a course is failed, the user can no longer reattempt it and will need to contact an administrator for assistance. It is recommended the user is given additional training to ensure the required knowledge is obtained prior to attempting to resit the course. When ready, the course can be reset to allow the user to reattempt it. See the Reset a Failed Course instructions on the Induction Records page of this user guide for more detail.

Assessment Questions

Video: Managing Questions

Questions are all configurable as multiple choice. There is no limit to the number of potential answers, but there must only be one correct answer.

Good Questions

Before writing questions, consider some best practice tips and guidelines. A good assessment:

  • shouldn't be designed to deliberately trick or confuse people ie: the answer should be easily obtainable in the resource and not ambiguous 

  • should have 5 or less questions if a 100% passmark is required. If a user gets one question wrong, it can be tricky to work out which one is wrong. With too many questions, the possibilities become endless, making it difficult for the user to pass

  • has questions that are short and sharp. They aren't long winded or require too much reading

  • takes into consideration the audience - is there a chance non-English speaking people will complete the assessment for example?

  • has questions which don't use double negatives

  • is grammatically correct and does not contain spelling errors

  • has one clearly correct answer and not several possible correct answers

Add New Question

To add a new question, from the Question section in the Module page:

  1. Click 'Add'

     

  2. Complete the fields (see table 'Definitions of Fields' below)

  3. Click 'Save'

The details captured for each course may vary slightly between each system configuration. Fields marked with * are mandatory

Definition of Fields

Question

Enter the question, considering best practice question writing tips

Mandatory

Tick if the question is mandatory and must be completed by every user, even if a question bank is used

Answers

To enter answers for the question:

  1. Click 'Add New' for the answer box to open

     

  2. Enter text for the answer

    1. if the answer is the correct option, tick the 'Correct' box (each question must have only 1 correct answer and at least 1 incorrect answer)

    2. enter revision text if required - this will display to the user if they achieve the overall required pass mark but had a question incorrect.

  3. Click 'Save'

  4. The answer will be displayed in the list at the bottom of the Question screen with edit, sort and delete options available

     

  5. Click 'Add New' to enter further answers

  6. Click 'Save and New' to enter a new question or 'Save' to exit the question screen

 

Manage Questions and Answers

Questions and answers can be viewed at the bottom of the Module screen by clicking the '+' sign next to the answer. Click '-' to minimise the answer