Assessment-level tools

Instructors can give students access to advanced assessment tools to provide additional functionality and interactivity when taking assessments:

• Flag for review

• Eliminate choices

• Calculator

• Ruler

• Protractor

• Text to speech (AMP required)

• Highlight text

• Notepad

• To make a protractor, calculator, or ruler available to students for specific questions within an assessment, use Question-level Tools for Assessments.

• You can enable the calculator, ruler, and protractor on the same assessment, and students can open all three tools at the same time.

Flag for review

The Flag for Review tool helps students mark questions they want to revisit during a test. Instructors cannot access flagged questions, and flags do not persist after students submit their attempts.

Give access to flag for review

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select Yes for Students can flag questions for review.
   For AMP, select Yes from the Flag For Review section.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use flag for review

When available, the Flag for Review tool is displayed in the toolbar of every assessment.

Click the flag icon to mark a question for review. Click the icon again to unflag it.

Flagged questions appear on the Review screen. To open the Review screen, click the review icon on the toolbar or go to the last question and click Review.

To revisit a flagged question, click its flag on the Review screen.

If students flag questions, leave the test, and then resume it later, those questions remain flagged when they return.

Eliminate choices

Students can use the eliminator tool to rule out incorrect answers on the way to finding the correct one. Instructors can’t access eliminated answers and they do not persist after students submit their attempts.

Give access to eliminate choices

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select Yes from the Students can eliminate answer choices section.
   For AMP, select Yes from the Eliminate Choices section.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use eliminate choices

When available, the Eliminate Choices or the eliminator tool is displayed in the toolbar of every assessment.

Click the eliminator icon to cross out possible answers while answering a question. Click an answer again to un-eliminate it.

When you have narrowed your choices, click the eliminator icon to turn off the tool, and then select the correct answer.

Students can review eliminated answers during the same session, but cross-outs do not persist if they exit and resume the test later.

Calculator

Give access to the calculator

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select basic or scientific for Students can use a calculator during attempt.
   For AMP, select your choice next to Show Calculator.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use the calculator

When available, the Calculator tool is displayed in the toolbar of every assessment.

Click the calculator icon to open or close it during any assessment question. Students enter answers directly into the response field, as calculator entries do not transfer automatically. They can drag the calculator anywhere on the screen.

Ruler

Give access to the ruler

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select the ruler size for Students can use a ruler during attempt.
   For AMP, select your choice in the Show Ruler section.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use the ruler

When available, the Ruler tool is displayed in the toolbar of every assessment.

Click the ruler icon to open or close it while answering any assessment question. Drag it to any position on the screen or rotate it to measure over an image.

Protractor

Give access to the protractor

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select Yes from the Students can use a protractor during attempt section.
   For AMP, select Yes from the Show Protractor section.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use the protractor

When available, the Protractor tool is displayed in the toolbar of every assessment.

Click the protractor icon to open or close it while answering any assessment question. Drag it to any position on the screen or rotate it to measure over an image.

Text to speech

Give access to text-to-speech

This feature is only available if your organization is using AMP.

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select Yes for Students can use text-to-speech toolbar with screen masking during attempt.
   For AMP, select Yes from the Text To Speech option.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use text-to-speech

When available, the text-to-speech tool is displayed in the toolbar of every assessment. The toolbar is expanded by default and can be collapsed by clicking the arrow icon.

Text-to-speech toolbar options

The toolbar can be moved anywhere on the screen by clicking the drag handle and dragging it to the desired location.

Highlight text

Students can use the Highlight Text tool to emphasize key information in the text they are reading while answering questions on an assessment. Instructors can’t access highlights, and they do not persist after students submit their attempts.

Give access to highlight text

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select Yes for Students can highlight text.
   For AMP, select Yes from the Highlight Text option.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use highlight text

The Highlight Text tool does not display to students in the assessment toolbar.

When available, students highlight text by double-clicking a word or dragging over a phrase, sentence, or paragraph. On touchscreen devices, including the Schoology mobile apps, they tap or select text to highlight.

When the highlight option is displayed, students choose from yellow, pink, green, or cyan and can switch colors at any time.

Highlighted text stays highlighted when students leave the test and return later.

Notepad

Students can use the notepad tool to take notes, create reminders or lists, and compose drafts during attempts on managed assessments and course assessments.

Give access to the notepad

1. Navigate to the assessment and select Setup.
   AMP clients can navigate to the Settings window of a managed assessment.

2. From Assessment Toolbar, select Yes for Students can use a notepad.
   For AMP, select Yes from the Show Notepad section.

3. Click Save. Students who start new attempts or resume existing ones can use this tool.

Use the notepad

When available, the Notepad tool displays in the toolbar.

Click the notepad icon to open or close the notepad tool while answering any question on an assessment. Enter notes in the notepad and the notes will automatically save. You can also drag and drop the notepad to any position on the screen.