Understanding Key Terms in Brilliant Assessments

This glossary contains commonly used terms in Brilliant Assessments.

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Administrator/s	Can change all aspects of the system. Have full access to everything in the portal and must not have any managed organizations or assessments specified.	User Management
Allotments	Group of Responses. Used when you sell or allocate responses or cohorts to customers or Partner Organizations.	Allotments
Assessor	A user who can manage and assess groups of respondents collectively.	Assessor Functionality
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Benchmark	Benchmarks can be based on collated response data as averages, percentiles, or custom values uploaded by users to display how a respondent has performed compared to a benchmark.	How to set up Benchmarks for reporting in Individual and Cohort Reports.
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Calculations	Calculations use the power of Microsoft's Transact-SQL, meaning that as well as regular operators like +-*/ with or without brackets, advanced users can access the following functions: Abs (absolute - to get a positive value regardless of whether the input is positive or negative) Cast (used to convert a numeric value to a character string ore vise versa) DateDiff (used to find the difference between two dates) GetDate (used to get today's date - often used in conjunction with a DateDiff function) Case statements for logic.	Calculations
Classifiers	Link to an assessment or questions in an assessment, and can be used for creating benchmarks based on the answers to the related question. Also used to filter and split data and graphs in your reports. You can add as many classifiers to your assessment as you want.	Classifiers
Cohort	Groups of responses on the same subject that you want to report on together. You can have a cohort of 1.	Cohorts
Cohort Initiation	The process of setting up a cohort for responses. There are various initiation types (e.g. external initiation via URL link or manual initiation by a system admin/manager).	Launch a cohort- Step by step instructions
Cohort Report	A report that groups and compares responses from a cohort of participants.	Cohort Report Specifics Individual and Cohort Report Building - Overview
Container	Used in Results to house Tiles.	Results building and deployment
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Drilldown	Enables the user to click on a graph result to view more data on that area assessed.	Results building and deployment
Drivers	Enable various audiences - such as organizations, groups, or individual respondents - to engage with distinct versions of an assessment. Using drivers, you can create a single assessment with content that automatically adapts to different groups.	Drivers Tailoring assessments for different audiences
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Iterations	Response data collected each time the same user (or cohort) retakes the same assessment. (Providing the assessment has iterations specified in the cohort settings.) A feature that allows reassessment of a cohort. Cohort results can be tracked and displayed over time. Cohort iterations can be automated to manage and report on ongoing assessments.	How to Set up Iterations
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Legend	A label used to identify data points on a chart/graph, usually by color association.	N/A
Likert Average	Score calculated by dividing the total score for the answers selected by the number of questions answered to calculate the average score.	Scoring
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Manager	Can manage respondents for the managed organizations and assessments specified.	User Management
Merge Field	A group of merge fields make up a merge string to return response data in a report or results page.	Using the BA Merge Manager Word Add-In
Merge Manager	Merge Manager Word Add-in helps you create and modify merge strings in your Feedback or Cohort report templates.	Using the BA Merge Manager Word Add-In
Merge String	A string of text used to reference specific data points, such as Scores, ratings, rating text, and graphs. Merge strings are used to generate dynamic content in reports, results pages, and in the assessment builder.	Using the BA Merge Manager Word Add-In
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Partner Portal	An online portal accessible to partners and customers enabling them to manage their own responses and cohorts (if cohorts are enabled).	Partner Portal
Percentage Score	Score calculated by dividing the total score of the answers selected divided by the total potential score of the questions answered.	Scoring
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Ratings	Ratings classify, or group, response scores. These indicate the grade the respondent got for a particular sub-section, section, segmentation or response. Every assessment must have a base rating. Advanced Ratings allow for unlimited additional ratings to be created.	Ratings Advanced Ratings
Rating Text	Rating text is feedback added to sections, subsections, and segmentations and is differentiated by rating.	Ratings Based Text
Report Text	Report text is feedback for the report that is added mostly to answers but sometimes to questions.	Ratings Based Text
Respondent	Registered on the respondent portal. These user records are created automatically by the system.	User Management
Response	A request for a respondent to complete an assessment. Once they have completed the assessment, the response includes their answers.	Managing Responses
Results	A dashboard view that deliver a screen based, real-time approach to assessment feedback. Results dashboards can be created for individuals, cohorts, or any of your assessments in combination.	Results building and deployment
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Section	These equate to pages of the response. You must have at least one section. They are important for scoring, rating, and building the Feedback Report.	Add/Modify Sections
Seeded Benchmark	A benchmark where custom values are uploaded via a CSV template. This allows specific, predefined benchmarks to be used in reports.	Setting Up Seeded Benchmarks
Segmentation	A way to link questions across an assessment into a topic or subtopic outside of the assessment structure.	Segmentations
Site Text	A page where you can customize the text displayed for example the screen the respondent sees when they finish their response.	Site Text
Smart Question	Assessment questions to response record fields like name, email, organization, or other user-specific data.	How to Set Up Questions Linked to Response Settings
Styles	Microsoft feature to specify formatting characteristics to text in a Word document to hold font formatting when the Word template resolves into a PDF Report.	Techniques for Creating a Beautiful Feedback Report
Subject	The topic of a cohort assessment.	Cohorts
Subsection	Sub-Sections are used to group questions. They are important for scoring, rating, and building the Feedback Report.	Add/Modify Sub-Sections
Suppress Scoring	The selected answer in the response isn't included in scoring.	Add/Modify Questions
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Tenant	Customer account.	N/A
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Validation	Are available to inform, warn, or stop the user from entering invalid data.	Validations

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