You will soon be unable to create new or administer existing Manual/Hybrid Assessments. Instead, we encourage our users to create new Flexible Assessments, which offer all of the features of Manual/Hybrid Assessments and more. Duplicate existing Manual/Hybrid Assessments to use them as Flexible Assessments. For more information, please read the FAQs below.
General
We built Flexible Assessments to address the usability challenges users had shared with us about Manual/Hybrid Assessments. User feedback on Flexible Assessments has been extremely positive and they have been widely adopted. As a result, we intend to focus our development efforts on improving Flexible Assessments rather than maintaining Manual/Hybrid Assessments. To learn more about Flexible Assessments, visit Creating a Flexible Assessment.
Users can start duplicating their assessments on July 1, 2023. It is recommended that users duplicate assessment when they are preparing to administering them, not en mass.
Please contact your CSM if you need early access to the duplication functionality.
If you request early access to the duplication function, you lose the ability to administer Manual/Hybrid assessments.
Have you accessed our new DnA Roadmap Hub? If not, please login to DnA, click the “?” in the lower left corner, and access our DnA Roadmap Hub for all of these updates.
Manual/Hybrid Assessments
We used the data from Ze Library to identify the most heavily used assessments and have created those copies for users. They can be accessed through Ze Library and have the word Flex in the title. Please see this list for more information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rRIN1_XXFDZliJg_g4KqRxFiEsZRKjsawc6SDHjr8hI/edit#gid=0
Yes, until July 1, 2023.
Yes. We will not delete any student data or any existing Manual/Hybrid assessments. All existing assessments will be made read-only.
Yes, until July 1, 2023
It is suggested that you add the new Flex copies to your existing eduCLIMBER Assessment Views. This will allow users to merge the Flex assessments into the existing Manual/Hybrid assessments, in eduCLIMBER, to continue comparing historical data in one view. However, you can also create new Assessment Views will your new Flex assessment copies.
The Assessment Usage Report. Please make sure to use the date filter, to capture the Manual/Hybrid assessments that were made in previous years.
If applicable, we suggest that you update your personal Tiles, Tile Layouts, URLs shared on various district websites, assessment calendars, or other spaces where Manual/Hybrid assessments have been shared district-wide.
Assessment Duplication
Districts will need to duplicate their assessments as needed. We recommend only duplicating the assessments you want to administer moving forward. The process is easy and use this as an opportunity to organize your assessment list.
Yes. All materials on the original Manual/Hybrid Assessment will transfer to the new duplicated Flexible Assessment.
No. Please update those settings in your new Flexible Assessment copy.
You will need to duplicate these assessments as well. Once you duplicate them into Flexible Assessments, they can be used for online testing.
The most highly downloaded Assessments We Built for You are being duplicated as Flexible Assessments.
- In the left navigation menu, click Assessments.
- Click View Assessments.
- Find your Manual/Hybrid Assessment.
- Click the Action button in the far right column.
- Click Duplicate. The system will then create a Flexible Assessment in place of your Manual/Hybrid Assessment.
Flexible Assessments
No. Flexible Assessments have been available in DnA for over 3 years.
Users of Flexible Assessments have the ability to:
- Add multiple question types in mass
- Perform fewer clicks to create an assessment
- Easily upload assessments from Google Drive to be administered via Online Testing
- Has additional item types
- Has advanced scoring options
- Provides an overall easier experience for creating assessments
Yes. Flexible Assessments were created to not only provide you with the same capabilities as Manual/Hybrid Assessments, but they provide you with an easier user experience. In particular, the Flexible Assessment features uses just one easy-to-use page for assessment creation.
- In the left navigation menu, click Assessments.
- Click Create Assessment.
- Click Flexible.
For more details, visit Creating a Flexible Assessment and Create and Manage Flexible Assessment Versions.
We have tons of help documents you can access here. We also provide a Virtual Module Training on Flexible Assessments. Please contact your CSM to schedule a Flexible Assessment training for you or your staff.