Create or select pre-tests

Updated 19 Feb 2024

A study plan pre-test lets you determine a student's mastery of a set of course materials prior to attending class.

  1. Add the study plan.
  2. On the Build Study Plan page, review the text in the Instructions to student box. Click Edit on the right to modify them using the content editor and then click Save.
  3. Add an existing activity as a pre-test or create your own.
    • If you want to use an existing activity as a pre-test:
      1. Click Select Existing Test from Course Materials Library in the Pre-Test pane on the left side of the page
      2. Locate and select the activity in the Select content window.
      3. Click Add and Close to display the activity, its passing score, and the number of attempts allowed in the Pre-Test pane.
      4. To change the passing score or other properties of the pre-test, click Edit on the test's options menu.
    • If you want to create your own pre-test:
      1. Click Create Test in the Pre-Test pane.
      2. Enter a name, description, and relevant vocabulary.
      3. Select the mode for the pre-test:

        • Skill-based: Allows students to complete the questions in any order and to move from one question to another and back, provided they have question attempts remaining.

        • Document-based: Requires students to complete all exam/training questions in a specific order, which mirrors the steps required to create a document or project. The outcome of one question forms the starting point for the next.

  4. Click Save and Continue.
  5. Add questions to the pre-test in the same way you would add questions to an activity. You can add both simulation (performance-based) and standard (objective-based) questions to the pre-test.

    You can create the following types of questions for pre-tests: file upload (for dropbox activities), fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple choice, multiple response, and true/false.

  6. Add messages as you would for an activity.
  7. Define or select an existing grade schema.
  8. Set preferences for the pre-test.
  9. To save your pre-test, click Save and Return.

  10. In the Pre-Test pane, specify what training material you want to display to those students who did not achieve a passing score:

    • Show training only for questions the student answers incorrectly or skips in the pre-test: Select this option if you don’t want to display training materials for every question on the pre-test but only for those questions for which the students do not provide a correct response.
    • Show training for all questions in pre-test: Select this option if you want to display training materials for all the questions on the pre-test regardless of students’ ability to correctly answer them.
  11. Click Save and Return again to save the pre-test. Create or select a post-test, if applicable.