Learners’ answers are not saved and cannot be reviewed
Brightspace self assessments allow learners to reflect and get “in the moment” low-stakes feedback on their knowledge, course progress, readiness for an upcoming test or assignment, etc.
Note: Responses are not saved. Self assessments are not graded and have no point value. Instructors can see whether or not a student has compelted a self-assessment completion but no responses are saved.
Why use self-assessments?
- Provide low-stakes (no-stakes) formative assessment with automatic feedback and tips
- Provide an opportunity for guided reflection
- Help students monitor their own comprehension and grasp of the course material at a specific point in time.
Create and Manage Self-Assessments
Create a Self-Assessment
- On the navbar, click Course Tools then choose Self-Assessments (alternatively, find Self-Assessments in Course Admin)
- On the Manage Self Assessments page, click New Self Assessment.
- In the General area, enter your self assessment details.
- Click Save.
- Click Add/Edit Questions.
- Do any of the following:
- To create a new question, from the New button, select the type of question you want to add. Enter the question details and click Save.
- To add questions from another collection, a text file, or a learning repository, click Import. Enter your importing details and click Save.
- Repeat the previous step until you have added all your quiz questions.
- Click Done Editing Questions > Save and Close.
Question feedback and hints
Self-assessments look very similar to a quiz and uses questions from the question bank (although no grade is provided).
There are a number of ways to provide feedback:
- Give feedback for every question response. Use feedback that provides a basis for improving content comprehension (e.g. rather than just correct or incorrect).
- In some question types (like multiple choice), you can also provide different feedback for each answer choice within the question
- Use question hints to suggest how to approach a question. Enable hints when you create the self assessment.
Example Self-Assessment
