Create an assessment

Navigate to a course.
Select Add Materials and choose Add Assessment.
From Create Assessment, fill out the form.
1. Enter an assessment Name.
2. Select a Due Date to place the assessment in the Course Calendar and Upcoming area.
3. Choose when students have access to the assessment. Disable is the default option. If students can open it and the Start New Attempt button is unavailable, check if you need to switch this setting to one of the Enable options. Enabling Submissions is a separate process from the publishing feature in the Options row.
4. Set a Password that students must enter to begin the test.
5. Set the number of points the assessment is worth in the course gradebook.
6. Select a Grading category.
7. Select a Grading period.
8. Set the assessment as a midterm or final.
9. Set a Factor.
10. Check Collected to remove the ability to add a traditional score for the assessment to the gradebook.
11. Select a Grading scale.
12. Choose advanced options. Refer to Advanced option details for more information.
Click Create to complete.

You can also create an assessment within a course folder or add it to a folder after creating it.

If the total points set for the assessment do not match the combined points of all questions, question point values are automatically adjusted for students during the assessment attempt.

Advanced option details

Option	Description
Individually Assign	Make the assessment available to specific course members or grading groups.
Published to Students	Show or hide the assessment from students. Assessments are published by default and are immediately available to students.
Grade Statistics Disabled	Allow students to access their grade statistics, including max points, highest grade, lowest grade, average, standard deviation, median, and mode.
Count in Grade Enabled	Include the assessment in final grade calculations. If Count in Grade is disabled and the assessment is synced to PowerSchool SIS, the same setting is disabled in the PowerTeacher Pro gradebook. Other SIS integrations do not honor this setting during sync.
Copy to Courses	Create a copy of the assessment in another course.

Manage an assessment

After creating the assessment, click the gear icon from the course Materials page or click Actions and select an option.

Option	Description
Edit	Update the assessment settings, including grading options.
Publish/Unpublish	Assessments are published by default. Select Unpublish to hide an assessment from students or Publish to make it available.
Move	Move the assessment to a different course.
Copy to Course	Create a copy of the assessment in a different course.
Delete	Delete the assessment.
Save to Resources	Save the assessment to your Personal or Group Resources area.