This is available for Planners.

Inspera Assessment offers several ways to create tests, such as manual setup, using templates, importing from external systems, or via APIs.

 This article is a comprehensive guide to the manual setup process, covering how to configure initial test settings, the different methods for adding and managing candidates, the various options for test settings, design, and assessment, how to add and manage contributors, and the final activation process.

Create a new test

1. Go to the Deliver module.
2. Click on Create new test.
3. Select Inspera Assessment from the dropdown menu to begin a manual test setup.

Step 1: Initial test setup

The first part of setting up your test involves configuring its name, question content, and scheduling.

• Enter the name in the Test name textbox.
  • Do not include box brackets [ ] in the test name, as exports may fail.
  • The database limitation for the test name is 500 characters.
• Click on the input box to open a window displaying all question sets. You can use the filter or search function to locate the desired question set. To add question sets to your test click on the question set, then click Save.
  • As a Planner, you don't automatically have access to question sets. The Author must share it before it can be added to the test.
  • Alternatively, if you have the Author role, you can create a new question set directly from this step. 
• Click the input box to open a new window displaying the list of Access Groups. Select the Access Group you want to assign the test to.
• Click on the input box to open a new window displaying a list of templates. You can use the filter or search function to locate the desired template.
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  • Test opens: Enter the start time and date for the test. Candidates will not be able to open the test and view questions before this time.
  • Standard end time: Enter the end time and date for the test. When this time is reached, candidates who are in progress will be redirected to the submit page to submit their answers. Once the time has passed, candidates will no longer have access to the questions.
• Enter the amount of time candidates have to complete the test.
  • The test will close at the standard end time, even if a candidate hasn't used their full duration.
  • The test duration cannot be set to more than 8 hours.
  • Example: If a test starts at 09:00, ends at 13:00, and the duration is set to 2 hours, candidates can start anytime between 09:00 and 13:00, but will only have two hours to complete the test.

• You can add additional information about the test here. This is optional. This field is for information you want candidates to see on their Dashboard before the test opens. 

  It's important that this field does not contain information that is necessary to answer the questions, as this information will not be displayed together with the questions during the test. 

  • Example: 

    

  • Candidate Experience: 

    

Step 2: Adding candidates

The second part of creating a test is adding candidates to it. There are multiple methods of adding candidates to a test:

• Add candidates to test manually: When choosing this alternative, you click on Manage, then Add, and select between the following candidate types: One-time users, CSV Import (SSO), and Permanent users. 

  See the article Add candidates to a test for more information.

• Invite by sharing a Test Code: By choosing this alternative, you can invite candidates to a test by sharing a test code. 

  See the article Invite by sharing test code for more information.

Step 3: Options setting

The Test Options control much of the candidate experience on a test. The options you select depend on the type of test and how they should be planned and structured.

Refer to the relevant Help Center articles for each section: General settings Security Exam day After test Grading workflow Explanation of grades

Step 4: Add contributors

You can add contributors to a test to give certain users access to it and enable them to perform tasks for that specific test. Users who are not added as contributors will not have access to the test or the candidate list for the test.

For more information on how to add contributors to a test and their roles in the test, refer to the Test settings - adding contributors to test article.

Step 5: Design, assessment settings, and activation

Click the Next button for further options in setting up the test.

• The Author can decide the design settings in the question set, and these are automatically implemented in the test. However, the Planner can change these settings, and these changes will not impact the initial design of the question set. 

  Refer to the articles on Design settings for Authors and Design settings for Planners for more information.

• You can select the appropriate Grading scale that applies to the test. If there are automatically marked questions, threshold values will be added. These can be changed now, or by the Grader during the grading process.

  For more information, refer to the Grading Scales article.

  Threshold values:

  • Threshold values can be activated if there are no automatically marked questions in the test.
  • By activating threshold values, Graders will set marks on each question that can be used to calculate a grade.
  • If threshold values are not activated, Graders will set a grade on each question, and the final grade will not be automatically calculated.
  • This setting can be changed after the test is finished. Once grading commences, the option to activate threshold values can no longer be available. Grading starts when a Grader sets a mark or grade.

  Mark scheme:

  • You can also optionally upload a Mark scheme for Graders.
  • Mark schemes can be any file type, and Graders download it from the grading tool.
  • For more information, refer to the mark scheme article.
• This tab shows a summary containing the test start and end time, the question set used, test information added in Part 1, and invigilator instructions from Part 3 (Security options).
• Activating the test will make the test visible to the assigned candidates.
  • Click on the Activate test button.
  • The test opens automatically at the start time.
  • Invitations will be sent to any Graders who are added as contributors.
  • You can enable/disable the test, but invitations will only be sent once.