Introduction
This article contains all information and resources required for the fourth session of the ReadySkills training series - Assessment. In this session, you will learn the basics of Assessment, including how to create a wide variety of assessment types, and how to link them with different Extensions. The creation and use of Checklists will also be demonstrated, and an overview of how Trainer manage Assessments is given.
Topics Covered
- Introduction
- Assessment Creation
- Checklists
- Managing Assessments
Session Recording
Introduction: 00:00
Session Resources
To complete this session, you will require the following resources.
| Required Resources | |
| 1 | Access to ReadySkills (URL, username and password) |
| 2 | Copies of the assessment items (and associated mapping) you wish to embed into ReadySkills |
| 3 | Copies of the checklists (and associated mapping) you wish to embed into ReadySkills |
| 4 | Note: Your system will need to be configured according to sessions 1-3 to setup the Assessment Extension |
Session Outcomes/Action Items
Following the session, we recommend you complete the following action items. This will assist in enabling you to set up your Student Management System correctly, as well as prepare you for the next and future training sessions.
| Existing Site | New Site |
| Open Profiling Builder | Action all Qualifications you wish to be useable for Assessment (Control Panel > RTO Settings > Manage Assessment > Default Assessment Quals) |
| View all Qualifications that are assessable using the Assessment Extension for your system (Control Panel > RTO Settings > Manage Assessment > Default Assessment Quals) | Create all assessment questions for your Qualifications, mapping each to appropriate units and/or elements |
| Create an assessment question for one of your Qualifications and map it to an appropriate unit | Create the assessment matrices for your units OR Create the cluster matrices for your qualification |
| View the assessment matrix for the unit you mapped to | Change the images for all required units and qualifications for display in the student's LMS |
| Check if your organisation is using simulated activities by viewing the current settings | Create all desired checklists for your Qualifications |
| Add the checklists to the assessment/cluster matrices | |
Test your workflow:
| Test your workflow:
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| View and update any required assessment settings (Control Panel > RTO Settings > Manage Assessments) |
Additional Resources
The following resources provide additional support and information relating to this session.