Edit Assessment Instrument

This lesson will teach you how to edit an Assessment Instrument, which can be done at any point after it has been created.

NOTE: If assessments have already been made against the instrument, editing options will be limited to titles, descriptions, department, and release/notify options.

Step 1: Access Assessment Instruments

Step 1: Access Assessment Instruments

1. Click on the Main Menu icon.

2. Select Curriculum.

3. Select Assessment Instruments.

Step 2: Edit Assessment Instrument

Step 2: Edit Assessment Instrument

4. Locate the Assessment Instrument that you would like to view, and click on it to reveal its options. Select Edit.

Edit Outcome Links, Criteria, and Performance Levels

5. Ensure that you are on the Instrument Editor tab.

6. Hover over any criterion, or performance level to reveal its options.

Each criterion will have the options:

  • Move: Use the Move icon to drag-and-drop the criterion to a different location in the instrument.
  • Outcome Links: For more information on linking outcomes, please visit our Link Instrument to Outcomes page.
  • Edit: Click on the Edit icon to add or edit the criterion or performance level description.
  • Delete: Click on the Delete icon to permanently delete the criterion.

Each criterion's performance level will have the option:

  • Edit: Click on the Edit icon to add or edit the criterion or performance level description.

Edit Instrument Settings

Edit Instrument Settings

7. Click on the Settings tab.

Navigate the to Settings tab that is associated with your Assessment Instrument.

8. Optionally edit the instrument Name.

9. Optionally add/edit the instrument Description.

10. Optionally choose/change the Assessment Instrument's Parent Group (department).

11. Select Notify & Release Options, and whether or not Assessors may edit them during assessment.

12. Select a Pegmap (optional): If you will be applying a Pegging Scheme to this Assessment Instrument, use the drop-down menu to select the desired Pegmap.

13. Select a Course Evaluation (optional): If you would like a Course Evaluation form to be completed by students after submitting work to this Assessment Instrument, use the drop-down menu to select the desired course evaluation. For a Self-Evaluation instrument, select Self-Evaluation.

14. Select to Anonymize the Students: If you would like for the submissions from students on this assessment instrument to appear anonymously, select Anonymous Students, otherwise, leave the default select of No.

15. Select the Assessment Regime: The assessment regime refers to how the work will be submitted and whom will complete the assessment. If the student will be required to submit work to an assessor whom has a Anthology Portfolio account, leave the default selection of Candidate Chooses Assessor.

If you are using the Assessment Instrument for a Field Placement, select Assessor Enters Scores Manually.

16. Setup an Escalation scheme (optional): If you would like the initial assessment to be escalated and assessed elsewhere (another assessor or an assessor pool) after it is completed, select Escalation according to these rules and click the Set Escalation Options button.

17. If you have made any changes on the Settings tab, click Save.