Assessment

The purpose of an assessment is for learners to practice or be tested.⚓

Assessments used for practice purposes are formative assessments. They support learners while they are still developing new skills and knowledge. There are no consequences for failing. On the contrary, learning from mistakes is encouraged. Thus, they must include specific feedback which explains the reasons why something is correct or incorrect. These activities may either be mandatory to continue through the module or may be skipped depending on the module design.

Assessments used for testing purposes are summative assessments. They are used to test skills and knowledge, and can be passed or failed. When passed, they allow for module completion and scoring points or certification. If failed, the learner may be offered another attempt or the opportunity to redo the whole course/module.

  • Each learning outcome must be covered by the formative assessment directly in the module.

  • Each learning outcome should be covered by the summative assessment either directly in the module OR in the BlendedX path.

  • If you are producing presentational module (e.g. a guide), an assessment is not mandatory.

  • There is a clear instructions on what the learners should do on each page/section (e.g. select the right answer and click on "Submit").

Tip

Note that that if there are no assessments in the learning module, they should be present in the BlendedX.

A formative assessment (Elucidat knowledge check):⚓

  • corresponds to a specific learning outcome (it doesn't have to be clearly indicated)

  • provides individualized feedback for both correct and incorrect answers.

Warning

Note that this formative type of assessment cannot be scored in Elucidat.

A summative assessment (Elucidat assessment):⚓

  • has a set number of attempts, which is clearly communicated in the assessment introduction

  • has a clear indication of the number of questions and the progression through the assessment (e.g. question 1/10 or an assessment progress bar)

  • clearly displays assessment results on the score summary page/section

  • pass rate is set.

Question type boundaries:⚓

  • One answer - multiple choice questions have three to five options.

  • Multiple answer - multiple choice questions have three to seven options.

  • Matching pairs questions (drag and drop) have four to seven pairs (exceptionally there can be more than seven pairs if droppers are single words or two-word phrases).

  • Categorization questions (drag and drop) have two to five categories and up to 20 droppers.

  • Image explorer questions (clickable hot spots) have up to seven hot spots.