Customizing courses>>Content types
Tests, surveys, and TestGen tests are types of assessments. You can add assessments to any content area in your course. You can also add an assessment to a folder or a learning unit.
Before you add a test or survey to a content area, it must first exist in your course. You can create the test or survey while you are adding it to a content area, or you can create it using the Assessment/Test Manager or Survey Manager beforehand. In addition to creating your own assessments, your course may have publisher-provided assessments for you to add to a content area.
Likewise, you can upload a TestGen test (authored offline in the TestGen application) before or while adding it to a content area.
For information on creating and managing assessments, see Assessing student work.
The assessment name and description appear in the content area. Students click the name to open and take the test or survey. The window displays the test or survey name, instructions, the number of attempts the students are allowed, whether students must complete the test in one sitting, and, if applicable, the time limit. If there is a time limit, the time elapsed appears during the test. The point value is shown for each test question. Surveys are not scored, so they have no point values.
For TestGen tests, students see the test name and a here link, which they click to open and take the test. The test window displays the test name, description, and instructions. If there is a time limit, the elapsed time appears during the test. If point values vary, the point value of the current question appears.
Assessments are tracked in the gradebook so you know when students have begun work on an assessment and when they have submitted it. Tests are automatically scored, and scores are recorded in the gradebook. If you have included essay questions on tests, you must manually grade the assessment. You can also view students' tests and change the grade.