What are Assessments?

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What an Assessment is

How it works

Step 1. A learner completes their assessment

Step 2. The administrator manages assessments and resolves issues

Assessment statuses

Reporting

Messaging

What an Assessment is

The Assessment requires learners to apply the information they’ve learnt in a course to evaluate their own environment.

Currently, only two courses include assessments: Display Screen Equipment (DSE) and Health and Safety for Homeworkers 

For instance, DSE assessment requires learners to answer a series of questions to assess whether their workstation is set up optimally, based on the guidance provided in the course.

How it works

Step 1. A learner completes their assessment

A learner is asked to complete a course assessment when they have completed their training session and test. A learner can also open an assessment from the Assessments menu on their Dashboard.

There are no right or wrong answers; however, some answers might be flagged for an administrator to pay attention to because they are not compliant with the course content.

Step 2. The administrator manages assessments and resolves issues

The administrator can access assessments from the Assessments tab. Assessments are grouped by training course.

To learn more about issue resolution, see How to resolve assessment issues.

Assessment statuses

1. Not Started - Learners are enrolled on the training course but have not started an assessment.
2. In progress - The learner answers assessment questions linked to their training, assesses the work area and acts on advice given to resolve any issues.
3. Pending review - Any issues that a learner cannot resolve themselves are highlighted for the administrator to review and help resolve.
4. Completed - There are no issues and the assessment is archived. The assessment can be viewed but it cannot be changed.

Assessment responses can be changed by the learner and the administrator until all issues are resolved and the assessment is complete.
        

Reporting

The administrator can download an Assessment Issues report, see How to download an Assessment Issues report.

Messaging

Daily and weekly automated emails can include new assessment activity and a reminder of incomplete assessments, see How to start/stop sending automated reminder emails and How to set the Assessment notifications recipient.