Create and Maintain Assessments

Assessments allow an assessor to test a learner's proficiency by observation. Typically assessing a task or skill which is performed in person.

The minimum permission needed to perform to create, edit or manage an Assessment is Division Author.
An assessment must be attached to a training item. One assessment can be attached to many training items, but each training item can only have one assessment.
In the training item details, the Test Required box must be checked for an assessment to be delivered.
Authors create assessments using the Frontline authoring tool. An assessment includes questions and instructions to the assessor for each question.
Instructions to the assessor may include how to deliver the question, how and what to observe in the learner performance for that question and what is considered competent.
Frontline LMS module does not grade assessments or assessment questions automatically.
An assessment can only be conducted by an assessor. The assessor grades each question and signs off on the assessment.

You can use the same title and code for both assessment and training item.

Select Author > Assessments
Select New.
Enter the Assessment Title and Assessment Code
If you are at company level and creating a assessment for a division, select the Division from the drop-down list.
If you want to choose a job as an assessor, select Job.
Enter the first letters of the assessor's last name or the job in the assessor search box and click "..".
Select the name or job from the list.
Does the training item for this assessment already exist?
1. If Yes, click Existing, enter the search criteria, using % as a wildcard, if necessary. Click Search and select the training item from the list.
2. If No, enter the Training Item Title, Item Code, Item Type, and Hours Credit.
Select Save.

Next you will need to add Questions and Answers to the assessment.

Follow these steps to add questions and answers to an assessment.

If you want to Import questions from another assessment, follow the procedure Import Assessment Questions. (This is uncommon).

Select the assessment to which you want to add questions and answers.
Select Layout.
Click Question: Add on the action toolbar.
Select the Question Type.
Enter the Instructions for the Assessor.
Select Next.
If you want to add a question with no special formatting or images:
1. Type in the question text here. Your question will automatically be formatted in the default professionally designed style. This will be applicable in a majority of situations.
If you want to enter an image or add formatting to the question, such as special font or font color:
1. Click Paste HTML and enter the question and the desired image in the HTML editor. Use the toolbars to format the text and insert images. You must click paste to transfer the information entered to Create Cell wizard.
Select Next.
Enter the Answers.
Select Finish.
Select Preview to see the question as it will be displayed to the assessor.
If you want to edit the question and/or answers, click Content.
Remember to click Update if you make any changes.
Close the assessment layout window by clicking the X on the top right of the window.

Total No. of Questions is automatically filled in with the number of questions you entered.

Follow these steps to import questions with answers from another assessment.

Select General: Import Assessment Questions.
Enter the first few letters of the assessment from which you want to import questions in the Assessment Title box and click the ellipses "..."
Select the assessment from the list and click OK.
Select Display Questions.
Check the box(es) next to the questions you wish to import.
Select Import.