WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.720 In this video, you'll learn how to create and assign a standard assessment in Coded 00:10.720 --> 00:18.760 Ascend, including assessment settings, question selection and student assignment. 00:18.760 --> 00:22.640 Open assessment, then select Create New Assessment. 00:22.640 --> 00:24.240 Choose Standard Mode. 00:24.240 --> 00:30.480 The standard workflow has three steps shown across the top, general, questions and assigned 00:30.480 --> 00:31.480 to. 00:31.480 --> 00:37.320 Begin with the assessment title and a description if it helps colleagues identify it later. 00:37.320 --> 00:40.080 Enable camera turns on proctoring. 00:40.080 --> 00:44.040 Students must grant camera access before starting. 00:44.040 --> 00:47.280 Assessment purpose matters more than it looks. 00:47.280 --> 00:48.920 Exam is a real assessment. 00:48.920 --> 00:52.600 It impacts growth metrics and competencies. 00:52.600 --> 00:54.960 This is a safe sandbox. 00:54.960 --> 01:00.040 Answers are revealed at the end, and results are excluded from analytics. 01:00.040 --> 01:03.320 Choose the subject and the grade or class. 01:03.320 --> 01:08.520 Leave the time limit empty to auto-comput it from question times plus a buffer, or set 01:08.520 --> 01:11.040 it manually to use as a target. 01:11.040 --> 01:12.880 Set the number of questions. 01:12.880 --> 01:17.880 The duration buffer adds a percentage on top of the estimated question time, which is 01:17.880 --> 01:19.880 useful for pacing. 01:19.880 --> 01:24.880 Now the setting that determines everything you will later be able to say about growth. 01:24.880 --> 01:30.440 Choose whether this assessment belongs to the beginning of year, a term, the end of year, 01:30.440 --> 01:34.000 or another cycle, and set the academic year. 01:34.000 --> 01:37.560 Ascend compares performance between periods. 01:37.560 --> 01:42.560 If you label this incorrectly, your growth reporting will compare the wrong things. 01:42.560 --> 01:44.400 Set it deliberately. 01:44.400 --> 01:47.560 Random sequence can be fixed or random. 01:47.560 --> 01:50.920 Option sequence can be fixed or random. 01:50.920 --> 01:55.200 Randomizing both reduces copying between students sitting together. 01:55.200 --> 01:58.640 Enable question reader for text-to-speech accessibility. 01:58.640 --> 02:04.480 You can log students out automatically on submission and allow a resume where an interrupted 02:04.480 --> 02:07.880 student needs teacher approval to continue. 02:07.880 --> 02:09.280 Continue to questions. 02:09.280 --> 02:14.400 Ascend now asks you to select the number of questions you specified from the question 02:14.400 --> 02:15.400 bank. 02:15.400 --> 02:21.400 Search by question text, standard, or content focus, and filter by question type. 02:21.400 --> 02:27.000 If no questions appear, check that a subject and grade were set in the general step. 02:27.000 --> 02:29.560 The bank filters to match. 02:29.560 --> 02:34.640 Select questions until the counter shows you've met your target. 02:34.640 --> 02:39.200 Refresh questions reloads the bank if you've just added new items. 02:39.200 --> 02:45.080 The final step covers what students see who sits the assessment and when. 02:45.080 --> 02:48.360 Select the instruction students will see before they begin. 02:48.360 --> 02:53.920 For example, rules about other applications, talking, or materials. 02:53.920 --> 02:57.240 Search the library or add a new instruction. 02:57.240 --> 03:00.360 Notes appear below the instructions on the start screen. 03:00.360 --> 03:02.560 An end message is required. 03:02.560 --> 03:07.960 It appears when a student submits confirming submission and explaining how results will 03:07.960 --> 03:09.320 be shared. 03:09.320 --> 03:11.280 Now choose who sits it. 03:11.280 --> 03:15.360 Select one or more schools than the grades or classes. 03:15.360 --> 03:19.200 The grade from your general settings is pre-selected. 03:19.200 --> 03:24.800 Optionally narrow to specific students, search by name or username, and each result shows 03:24.800 --> 03:27.040 their school and grade. 03:27.040 --> 03:29.000 Set the start date and time. 03:29.000 --> 03:32.120 The assessment becomes available at that point. 03:32.120 --> 03:35.880 Set an end date or leave it blank for no end limit. 03:35.880 --> 03:41.480 You can also schedule a second attempt now, carrying the same settings and instructions. 03:41.480 --> 03:43.560 Click a sign and activate. 03:43.560 --> 03:47.480 Your assessment is now ready for the selected students. 03:47.480 --> 03:53.000 Once students begin completing it, you can monitor participation and analyze results from 03:53.000 --> 03:54.640 reports and insights.