Create Custom Assessments

Ed, the HMH Learning Platform allows you to create custom assessments. You begin by naming your test and specifying the subject to which the report will be associated. Then, you can add test items. Steps for creating the assessment are provided below.

To create a custom assessment:

1.    Click the Discover tab and My Stuff tab, and then on the left Browse By panel, click the My Assessments link. If you have no saved custom assessments, the following page appears.

 

If you have any saved custom assessments, they are listed on this page as shown here.

 

 

2.    Click Create. A Create Custom Assessment dialog box appears.

Create Custom Assessment dialog box

 

3.    Complete the fields on the Create Custom Assessment page as follows:

Field

Action

Assessment Name

    Type a name for the custom assessment.

Subject Association

    Click in the box to view the list of programs and select a subject to which the results of this assessment are to be associated.

This specifies the subject to which the assessment results are included for reporting purposes. When teachers view the reports on their Reports tab for the selected subject, the results for their custom assessment will be included in those reports.

Description

    (Optional) Type a description of this plan.

 

Create Custom Assessment dialog box fields completed

 

4.    Click the Create button. The custom assessment is saved, and the My Assessments page for the newly created assessment appears.

My Assessments page for newly created assessment with no items added

 

The custom assessment appears in the list on the My Assessments page.

 

5.    Continue with Add Items to Custom Assessments.

 

See also:

Create Items for Custom Assessments

Edit Items for Custom Assessments

Edit Custom Assessments