Create a Self Assessment
- Go to Course Tools in the navbar of your course.
- Click Course Admin.
- Click on Self Assessments.
You will now arrive at the page where you can create a Self Assessment.
On this page you will find several features you can use to edit the Self Assessments.
- New Self Assessment: Click this to create a new Self Assessment.
- Edit Categories: This is where you can create categories to manage your Self Assessments.
- More Actions: Here you can copy your Self Assessments as well as change the order or delete them.
- Question Library: You will go to your Question Library. For more information on how the Question Library works, please read the following manual: How do I use the Question Library?
If there are some self assessments you can use Bulk Edit: Allows you to perform multiple actions at once for the Self Assessments, like dividing them into categories or showing hints.
- Click New Self Assessment..
- Name the Self Assessment.
- When desired, create categories by clicking add category or by selecting a previously made category in the field on the left.
- Select allow hints if you want to give the student hints.
- Select shuffle questions at the self assessment level if you want the questions for the students to be in a random order.
- Click Expand page header/footer to add an introduction/description.
- Click Save and Close to save the Self Assessment.
You will now go to a page containing the new Self Assessment. You can perform different actions to manage the Self Assessments.
Add questions to a Self Assessment
Navigate to Course Tools > Course Admin > Self Assessments.
- Select the Self Assessment you want to add questions to.
- Click Add/Edit Questions.
Add new questions
You can use both new and previously created questions.
- Click New.
- You will now get to see a menu with the choice between different types of questions. For more information about the types of questions, please read How do I use the Question Library?. In this example the question type True or False Question (T/F) is used.
- When necessary, change the type of question.
- Enter the question in this text box.
- Select the right answer to the question.
Add Feedback
If you add feedback to a question, then the student will get to see it as soon as they answer the question.
- Click Options.
- Click Add Feedback.
- Click the text box Add feedback for this answer if you want to give feedback to students who have given the right answer.
- Click the text box Add feedback for this answer if you want to give feedback to students who have given the wrong answer.
- Add feedback to Overall Feedback if you want to give feedback regardless of the answer students have added.
- Click Remove Feedback if you want to delete feedback.
- Click Save to save the feedback.
Make the Self Assessment available for students
Navigate to the Course Content.
- Go to the menu and click on the course component you want to add the Self Assessment to.
- Click Add Existing.
In the next screen click on More
- Click Self Assessment.
- Click the Self Assessment you want to add.
- When you click the Self Assessment, it will automatically be added to the bottom of the page of the course component. Students can now see and take the Self Assessment.