While more detailed lessons are available in our Assessments manual, this quick guide can be printed as a single, 1-sided sheet.
Where to Start
Click Assessments > Create a New Assessment.
Choose On The Fly, Manual/Hybrid Assessment, Skills Assessment or Itembank
On The Fly means you will scan right now with no standards aligned. You can always save the results and align standards later.
Manual/Hybrid Setup means you will scan later and align standards or customize your answer key before administering the assessment via bubble sheets or online testing.
Skills Assessment means you will set up a letter, sound or word recognition test.
Itembank means you will create an assessment from an itembank library that will be published and ready for scanning or online testing in Illuminate. *Itembank features are permission-based only. If you do not see this option, it is not available to your site.
Create an On The Fly Assessment
Enter the answer key by scanning or hand entry. Click Save and Continue.
Scan student responses > click Proceed to Results.
To save the results and align standards later, click Save as an Assessment. To send results to your gradebook as an assignment Push to Gradebook.
Create a Manual Assessment
Creation Wizard
Follow the assessment wizard to quickly and efficiently create a manual assessment.
Assessment Overview/Edits
To make various edits to your assessment:
Select Setup > Standards > choose a standard set > select a grade level > click Search. Choose appropriate standards by checking the box in front of the standard > click Add Selected Standards.
Select Setup > Answer Key > scan or hand-enter the answer key > Click Save.
Add Question Groups and Standards to the answer key > click the plus sign to type your question group or select standard for each question > Click Save.
Select Setup > Sheet Designer to customize how your questions appear on the printed bubble sheet.
Create a Hybrid Assessment
You will follow the same steps to create a manual assessment using the Assessment Wizard:
Enter the title > click Save. All other choices are options. To search/filter by subject, scope, or grade level, you must make these selections during your setup.
Select Setup > Standards > choose a standard set > select a grade level > click Search. Choose appropriate standards by checking the box in front of the standard > click Add Selected Standards.
Select Setup > Answer Key > scan or hand-enter the answer key > Click Save.
Add Question Groups and Standards to the answer key > click the plus sign to type your question group or select standard for each question > Click Save.
Under Setup > Materials, and upload your test document in Word or PDF format.
Under Administration > Online Testing > Test in Portal or Test with Quick Code. If you choose Test with Quick Code, you will need to edit the roster to add your inline booklet.
Under Online Testing - Administration Settings, add your Inline Test Booklet. Use the dropdown menu to select your test file. Click Save.
Create a Skills Assessment
Enter the Title. You will also need to select Academic Year, Subject Area, Scope, and Grade Levels (Description is optional) > Click Create.
Input your questions: Prompt (what the student will see on the screen), Directions, any Question Groups, and click Create OR select the checkbox next to Create Another. This lets you then select Create to automatically refresh this page and enter another question.
Click on Details to access the ability to Administer the test, Add Questions/Materials, Share, Link Assessments, or Create a Custom Report.
The Overview will give you overall class performance results.
Click Reports to view/print Flashcards, Parent Letters or a Student List.
Create an Itembank Assessment
*First time logging in? You may have to register with your email address and Illuminate password.
Enter the title > select Create. Follow the steps outlined at the top of the page to create your assessment!
Next Steps
Access our detailed assessments manual for more ways to customize your assessments.