Designing Assessments in the 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.

Settings & Buttons

1. The Assessment name  which is set in the Assessment Settings 
2. Settings. This will take you to the Assessment Settings covering all elements, including:
   •  
     • General Settings
     • Design Settings
     • Various Optional Settings
     • Reports
     • Cohort
     • Emails
     • Ratings
     • Media
     • Pricing
     • Site Text
     • Sections
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. Segmentations. Click this button to view and update Segmentations in use in this assessment.
6. 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.

Section

7. 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.
8. 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:
   • Edit the section. Clicking this button will display a section dialogue box so you can update the section.
   • Copy the section.  Clicking the copy button will display options for copying the section to elsewhere in the assessment.
   • 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.
   • Add a sub-section. Clicking this button will display the sub-section dialogue box so you can add a subsection.

Subsection

9. 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:
   • Edit the sub-section. Clicking this button will display a sub-section dialogue box so you can update the Subsection.
   • Copy the subsection.  Clicking the copy button will display options for copying the question to elsewhere in the assessment.
   • 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
   • Add a question. Clicking this button will display the question dialogue box so you can add a question

Questions and Answers

10. Question and Answers. The Question Text and Available Answers for the question are displayed. When you move your mouse  into this area a menu will appear: From the Question hover menu you can: 
    • Edit the question. Clicking this button will display a question dialogue box so you can update the Question.
    • Copy the Question and Answers.  A dialogue box will appear for where it should be copied to - which can be specified at the assessment, section subsection, and question level.
    • 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
    • Add a Calculation. If Calculations are enabled in the Assessment Settings clicking this button will display the Calculation dialogue box so you can add a calculation
    11. The buttons at the bottom of the section appear depending on the context.  You will always have  Add Section and Subsection buttons. You will have an Add Question button if at least a subsection is present, and an Add Calculation button if Calculations are enabled.
    12. Click Next to go to the next section.