Taking Assessments on Behalf of Learners

Admin users have the ability to take a quiz or test on behalf of a learner. One use case where this is especially relevant is for assessments that require the learner to complete a physical ability assessment. 

Where do I find this?

To enable this functionality:

Content > Manage Content > Click on Content Title > Content step > Quiz or Test page

To take an assessment on behalf of a learner:

Content > Manage Content > Click on Actions Menu > Preview > Navigate to Quiz or Test page in course > Choose learner

How do I do this?

1. Create or navigate to a course with an assessment page. 
2. If you need to add a new assessment page, click Add Page from the course outline and choose a Quiz or Test page. Title the assessment and Save.
3. Once you are viewing your assessment page, go to Quiz/Test Options and expand the options menu. 
   
   
   
   
   
4. Toward the bottom of the assessment options, toggle "Instructor takes quiz/test on behalf of learner?" to "Yes".
   
   
5. Click Save.
6. Publish changes.

1. Navigate to view the content where the assessment is located. There are two ways to accomplish this:
   • Content > Manage Content > Click on Actions Menu > Preview
   • Content > Manage Content > Click on Content Title > Click the Preview thumbnail in the top left
2. Go to the quiz or test page where you will need to take the assessment.
   
   
3. Select the learner.
   • Learners can be selected in 3 ways:
     01

     Clicking the learner from the list of enrolled learners.

     
     02

     Searching for a learner in the search field, then selecting the learner from the populated results.

     
     03

     Clicking "Include unenrolled learners?" and then either searching for the learner or selecting from the updated list of learners.

     
4. Proceed completing the assessment.

When this feature is enabled for an assessment, the learner will see a translatable message on the quiz or test page: "An instructor will complete this assessment on your behalf."

Tip

If you would like to modify this message, go to Translations > Platform Translations and search for this field: instructor-assessment.learner-instructions.

Note

Any value in the "Start of Quiz/Test Message" field under Quiz/Test Options will override this message. Clear out that field and make sure to save & publish if you are having trouble getting the instructor message to display after enabling the feature.

What else do I need to know?

• Assessments can be retaken and will behave the same way as taking the assessment for the first time.
• After completing the assessment, the entry will be listed in reports along with the individual question answers for the assessment.