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Creating an Assessment
Creating an Assessment
MaryGrace Milligan avatar
Written by MaryGrace Milligan
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Equip’s Assessments feature enables you to measure progress, track outcomes, and evaluate data over time. Whether you’re monitoring student growth, assessing program effectiveness, or tracking skill development, assessments are designed to provide actionable insights in a structured and customizable way.

Steps to Create a New Assessment

1. Navigate to the Assessments Page

  • From your dashboard, select Assessments in the navigation menu.

  • Select Create Assessment to start building a new assessment.

2. Add Assessment Details

  • Type: Select the type of assessment, Shared or Personal.

    • Shared Type - for assessments that are shared across your organization. Select this option if the form needs to be used by multiple people or roles or if it should be a standardized form.

    • Personal Type - for assessments that are personal or related to a particular individual.

  • Title: Give your form a clear and descriptive name (e.g., Weekly Performance Assessment). This title will be visible to all users who take or receive your assessment.

  • Description: Provide a brief explanation of the form’s purpose. This section may be used to explain the purpose of the assessment or give a brief overview of what to expect.

  • Category: Organize your assessment by assigning it to an existing category. You can select from the list provided, or leave it blank and decide later. Categories can be further customized from the list.

3. Add Form Preferences

  • Toggle any of these features to customize your form's settings:

    • Allow Attachments

    • Include Summary Question

    • Show Responses to Clients

    • Show Comments to Clients

    • Enable Notifications

4. Add Questions

  • Select New Question to get started with question creation

  • Select the Question Type:

    • Date Answer: Select a date

    • Long Answer: long answer text box

    • Multiple Choice: Multiple answers can be selected

      • With this question type, you will have the ability to add answers

    • Number Answer: Number answers can be inputted

    • Short Answer: Short answer text box

    • Single Choice: Single answer can be selected

      • With this question type, you will have the ability to add answers

  • Enter the Question to be displayed on the assessment

  • Optional Features:

    • Add a description or instructions for clarity.

    • Toggle Allow Comments to display a comment field

    • Toggle Allow Attachments to enable file uploads or attachments

    • Toggle Required to ensure the question is complete before assessment submission

    • Depending on the Question types, more toggle options may become available

      • If “Single Choice” was selected, toggle Add Unobserved Option and Enable Scoring will be visible

      • If “Number Answer” was selected, toggle Higher is Better and Enable Scoring will be visible

  • Select Duplicate Last or New Question to add more questions to your assessment

5. Save and Review

  • Once all questions are added, click Save Assessment.

  • Review the assessment to ensure it meets your needs. You can always return to edit or adjust it later.

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