Student View
Students can access the assessment from anywhere they can access other graded materials:
- The Materials list on the main Course page.
- The Upcoming feed.
- The Calendar.
- The Notifications feed.
- The student experience for assessments is also supported on the native Schoology mobile apps. Specific documentation is available for students using iOS app and the Android app.
Students click Start Attempt to begin the assessment.
Taking the Assessment
Students can navigate the assessment by clicking the question numbers along the bottom of the screen, or by using their keyboard tab and arrow keys. Students may only have one attempt in progress at a time.
Depending on the type of question, different actions are available to students when answering them:
- Drag and drop: Ordering, matching, and label image, for example.
- Rich text editor: Short answer and essay questions, for example.
- Math keyboards: Math short answer.
- Button selector: Multiple choice and true/false, for example.
- Drawing tool: Highlight image, for example.
Each of these functions may also be completed using the keyboard’s Tab, Arrow, and Enter keys, as well.
As students answer questions, their work saves automatically. Students can submit completed attempts from the review screen, which students can open at any time:
- Click the Review icon
in the right margin menu.
- Click Review in the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen from the last question in the assessment.
Students can also enable additional accessibility features from the Accessibility icon
including changing the color contrast or font size of the assessment. Additionally, they can click the Full Screen
icon to view the assessment in full-screen mode.
Students can flag any questions for review using the Flag tool. Click the Flag icon
within any question to add it to the flagged list. Click the flag icon again to remove a flag from a question. Students can view all flagged questions from the Review screen
with the Flagged box checked:
Students can use the Eliminate Choices tool to rule out incorrect answers to help determine the correct one. Click the Eliminate Choices icon
and click any answer choice to eliminate:
Students can use the Protractor tool
to populate on the screen while attempting the assessment:
Students can use the Notepad
tool to take notes during an assessment.
For subjective questions aligned with a rubric, the rubric icon
and link are displayed in the right margin that students can click to view the rubric.
