Planning an assessment

Before you create any assessments, you may want to consider the following issues and consult the recommended topics:

For information about	See
Whether to use an existing assessment	Using publisher-provided assessments Importing an assessment from another course
Any special instructions you want to provide to students when they take the assessment	Creating an assessment
Number and types of questions to include	Questions types
Source of the questions to be added to the assessment	Adding and removing questions
Possible categories of questions you want to create or select from another question source	About question categories and keywords
Point values of individual questions on the assessment	Adding and removing questions Enabling assessment creation settings
Scope of feedback you want to give students on assessment questions and responses	Adding and removing questions Enabling assessment creation settings
Images, files, URLs, or eBook links you want to have accompany assessment questions and answers	Enabling assessment creation settings
Content area where you want students to access the assessment	Adding an assessment to a content area
Schedule for making the test available to students	Setting assessment availability
Test taking and review options, such as a time limit, the number of times students can take the test, and what information they see when they review a test	Modifying assessment options
A test's weight relative to other tests or to other categories of graded work	Weighting grades in the gradebook