Assessment Builder

The assessment builder is a WYSIWYG editor to build and maintain your assessment.

There are 4 Levels in every assessment:

1. Sections.  These equate to pages of the response. You must have at least one section.
2. Subsections.  These are groups of questions on the same subject.  You must have at least one subsection per section.
3. Questions. The question you are asking.
4. Answers. Either a text box (or similar) or a list of available answers.  Most assessments have mostly multi-choice style because they are easy to score, however, these may be presented in a variety of ways.

1. The Assessment name  which is set in the Assessment Settings 
2. Goto. This will take you to the other elements of the assessment:
   • Settings
   • Reports
   • Email Templates
   • Graphics
   • Ratings
   • Section List
   • Roles
3. Show Instructions. Clicking this button will display all the instructions on every question within this section. It will then toggle to Hide Instructions.  Instructions are input to the Question Dialogue.
4. Show Feedback. Clicking this button will display all the feedback on every section, subsection, and answer within this section. It will then toggle to Hide Feedback.  You can also select which Report Text to show (1 - 5).  By default, your text will be in Report Text 1.  Feedback can be input into Sections, Sub-Sections, and Available Answers. For multiple-choice questions and calculations, they can also be entered in the Report Text tab of Questions.
5. Test Response. Click this button will launch a test response for the current section in another tab of your browser.  This will show you exactly how the response will appear for the user. (Note the test response is created automatically when you create an assessment.  You can change it in any way, including changing the Name, "Test Response")  If you delete it a new response will be created the next time you enter the builder.
6. Section Menu. You can navigate between sections using the menu. Each section will appear on a separate page both in the assessment builder and when an end-user is completing a response.
7. Section Name. The section Name for the section being displayed. When you move your mouse into this area a menu will appear:
   
   
   

   From the Section hover menu you can:

   
   
   1. Edit the section. Clicking this button will display a section dialogue box so you can update the section.
   2. Add a section. Clicking this button displays a sub-menu to allow for adding the section above or below the current section. Then the section dialogue box will be displayed to add a section.
   3. Add a sub-section. Clicking this button will display the sub-section dialogue box so you can add a subsection.
8. Subsection Name.  The subsection Name for the subsection being displayed. When you move your mouse into this area a menu will appear:
   
   
   

   From the Subsection hover menu you can:

   
   
   1. Edit the sub-section. Clicking this button will display a sub-section dialogue box so you can update the Subsection.
   2. Add a Sub-section.  Clicking this button displays a submenu to allow for adding the sub-section above or below the current sub-section. Then the sub-section dialogue box will be displayed to add a Subsection
   3. Add a question. Clicking this button will display the question dialogue box so you can add a question
9. Question Text. The Question Text for the question displayed. When you move your mouse  into this area a menu will appear:

From the Question hover menu you can:

1. Edit the question. Clicking this button will display a question dialogue box so you can update the Question.
2. Add a question.  Clicking this displays a submenu to allow for adding the question above or below the current question. Then the question dialogue box will be displayed to add a question
3. Add an answer. Clicking this button will display the answer dialogue box so you can add an answer

10. Answer Text. The Answer Text or box for the answer displayed. How it appears is dependent on the Answer Type. In this example, it is a text box. When you move your mouse into this area a menu will appear:
    
    
    

    From the Answer hover menu you can:

    1. Edit the answer. Clicking this button will display an answer dialogue box so you can update the answer.
    2. Add an answer.  Clicking this button displays a submenu to allow for adding the question above or below the current question. Then the question dialogue box will be displayed to add an answer
11. The buttons at the bottom of the section appear depending on the context.  You will always have an Add Section and Subsection buttons. You will have an Add Question button and an Add Answer button if the last item is an answer, or just the Add Answer button if the last item is a Question.
12. Click Next to go to the next section.