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How to use grammar assessments
Assessments are similar to a test or quiz. They can be used to test your pupils’ understanding of a topic or to identify gaps in their learning. When a pupil takes an assessment, they’ll be answering outside of Sumdog’s games, much like a paper test. The results are sent to you in real time and you can share or print these if you wish.
Assessments can be repeated for a class or pupil to see if they have shown an improvement.
You can also create an Assessment for your current class and repeat it for your class next year.
With the Assessment, you will be able to choose the questions and set a time limit for pupils to complete the assessment.
Pupils are able to start the assessment and then stop and come back to it (as long as it’s within the time limit you have set).
How to create an assessment
These instructions explain how to create an assessment for your class or classes or specific pupils.
Click ‘Set Work’
Click ‘CREATE & VIEW’ in the ‘Assessment’ box
Click on ‘Choose’ next to the skills box.
Click on the arrows to the left of each category to expand into further subcategories.
Check the box next to the subcategory to include all skills in that subcategory OR click the arrow next to the subcategory to expand further into individual skills. You can check the box next to the individual skills you want to include.
The skills you’ve chosen will appear in pink on the right.
Click ‘Generate Questions’ to open a preview of the questions that will be asked in the Assessment.
Here you can see the questions that will be asked in the Assessment.
To change a question, click the refresh button in the top right corner above the question.
Click ‘Save’ to save the questions and leave the preview.
Click ‘Choose’ next to the students box to select which students you’d like to set the Assessment for.
Use the arrows to expand into further subcategories and show individual students.
Check the box next to the class, group, or student(s) you want to include.
Click ‘Done’ when you’ve finished choosing the students.
Set up the details of the Assessment.
Title – Give your Assessment a title. Your pupils will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
Time allowed – This is how much time your pupils will have to complete the assessment once they have started it.
Available from and Activity until – this will be the period during which the assessment will be visible on the pupil’s account.
Click ‘Set Assessment’ to finish
Don’t worry if you make an error when setting up the activity. You can edit the activity after it has been created.
How to edit an assessment
These instructions explain how to edit an assessment once you have created it.
You can edit all aspects of the assessment before the start date. If the assessment has already started, you will only be able to extend it.
Click ‘Reports’
Click ‘Assessments’
Click on ‘repeat’ next to the Assessment you wish to edit.
Select ‘Choose’ beside the skills box to edit the skills which will be included in the Assessment.
Select ‘Choose’ beside the students box to edit the students you want to set the assignment for.
You can edit the title and times of your Assessment.
Title – Give your Assessment a title. Your pupils will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
Time allowed – This is how much time your pupils will have to complete the Assessment once they have started it.
Available from and Available until – This will be the period during which the assessment will be visible on the pupil’s account.
Click ‘Preview Questions’.
Here you will be able to view the questions that will be included in the Assessment.
To change a question, click the refresh button in the top right above the question.
Click ‘Save’ to confirm the changes.
Click ‘Set Assessment’ to apply the changes you’ve made.
How to view the results of an assessment
These instructions explain how to view the results from an assessment you have set.
Click ‘Reports’
Click ‘Assessments’
Click ‘report’ in the row of the Assessment you would like to view
You will be able to see the students’ answers. If you hover over the number you will see what question was asked.
If there are dashes in the results, this means that the student skipped that question or ran out of time.
Click ‘Show questions’ to view all of the questions. Click ‘Download’ to download a spreadsheet of your class’ results
Click ‘Done’ to return to the Assessments page.
How to repeat an assessment
These instructions explain how to repeat an assessment that you have set previously.
Assessments can be repeated for the same or different class to the one it was originally set for.
Click ‘Reports’
Click ‘Assessments’
Click ‘repeat’ in the row of the Assessment you want to repeat
Click ‘Choose’ next to the skills box to select the skills you want to include.
Click ‘Choose’ next to the students box to select the students you want to repeat the Assessment for.
Set the time you want to repeat the Assessment for.
Time allowed – This determines the amount of time that pupils will have to work on the Assessment
Available from and Available until – This determines the dates that the Assessment will be open
Click ‘Set Assessment’
How to restrict your pupils so that they can only work on your assessment
If your pupils have not had any other activities set for them, then the assessment you created will automatically appear on their dashboard. If they have had other activities set for them, then they can select your assessment by clicking on their Tasks list and viewing the list of available activities.
These instructions explain how to restrict your pupils so that they can only work on the assessment you have created.
Click ‘Set work’
Select ‘Live Controls’
Click ‘RESTRICT’ in the Focus Work box
To restrict your class to the grammar assessment, check the ‘Assessment’ option. You can select multiple activities.
Your class will be restricted to the selected activity or activities for one hour
Click ‘Restrict’ to confirm
How to answer assessment questions as a pupil
Assessments should appear on pupils’ dashboards when they log in to Sumdog however if it does not, they should follow the instructions below to answer assessment questions.
These instructions explain how a pupil can participate in an assessment you have set for them
Click ‘Task’
Select the activity from the Tasks list
Click ‘Start’
Pupils will see a quick loading screen.
Click ‘NEXT’ to start the Assessment
During the Assessment, the pupils select the answer from the multiple choice options.
If they don’t know the answer, pupils can click ‘NEXT’ to skip a question. They can also click on the back arrow to review or change a past answer
At the end, your pupils will have the option to review their answers or click on ‘DONE’ to submit them to you
Once the pupils have clicked on ‘DONE’, they will then see a screen showing them how many questions they answered correctly and how many coins they have earned
How pupils continue with an assessment if they have stopped mid-way through
These instructions explain how pupils can continue with the assessment if they had to stop mid-way through.
To do so, they will need to select the Assessment from their Tasks list and follow the guide below:
Click ‘Task’
Select the activity from the Tasks list
Students will be shown a quick loading screen showing a summary of their progress.
Click ‘NEXT’
Continue answering questions as normal
Frequently asked questions - Grammar assessments
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