Creating common assessments in Limelight

How to create common assessments using Limelight

Tonya Sharp and Terri JohnsonMonday, July 25, 2011

Special thanks to Katie Kimball of Central High School. These slides are

adapted from her presentation.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Why use Limelight to create common assessments?

• Multiple choice questions automatically graded

• Quick feedback about students

• Quick feedback for students

• Ability to practice online assessments

• Share common assessments automatically with other members of department

• For the environmentally conscious: less paper used


STEP 1: Get Logged In to Limelight

Go to the district homepage


Option 1

Click Assessment in the Quicklinks


Option 21. Go to the district homepage.

2. Click on Staff Resources.


Click on Assessment


Click on the Blue PowerSchool/Limelight Button.


• Login:

• Password:

• Click “Sign In”


We want to make a test, so click “Manage Test”.


STEP 2: Create a new bankOn the home screen, click on “Banks” or “New Bank”.


Click “Create a new bank”


Which will lead you to this screen...


•Content•Grade Level•Unit*•Learning Target (Not GLE)*

What to Title

*See Reference Sheets to Find Learning TargetsMonday, July 25, 2011

Middle Science UnitsGrade 7

Inquiry

Cellular

Body

Genetics

Weather

Grade 8

Inquiry

Force

Electricity

Matter

Geology

Astronomy


What to Add to Description.

• Person creating the New Bank of questions.• Description of what assessment bank will cover.


1. Remember, complete the following: “Title, “A Brief Description”

2. Decide who will be able to see bank

3. Click “Create bank”


STEP 3: Create Questions


1. Select “Create a new question”


2. Decide the “Question Type”• Multiple Choice

• Constructed Response

• Multipart Constructed Response

3. Select “Answer options” and Select “Correct Answer”


4. Create question in “Question text”.


Basic Word Processing Toolbar.

To add an image...

• Click the “Image” button


You can then add an image just as you would add an attachment to an email.


5. Complete Responses

• These are right below the Question Text.

• Correct answer is highlighted in green.


You can add an image here too!


Inserting an Image• After uploading the image, you will see an Image

Preview

• Click “Insert image and continue editing”


6. Complete Question details• Under “Question Bank” select desired bank to be used for assessment.

• Subject, Science and Technology

• Grade range, 7-8

• If using a passage, make sure it is shown.


• This is what the Question details may look like when complete.

• Notice there are tools we could allow the students to use.


Question taxonomy. You may want to do this if you wish, not required.

7. Click, “Create and align question.”


• Alignment allows you to link the question to the specific GLE.

• Click on the “Standard document” dropdown menu.


Select “Grade and Course Level Expectations: Science and Technology”


Click on “Grade Level” Drop-down menu and select grade level of specific science GLE.


Continue clicking the “+” signs to get deeper into the GLEs to find the appropriate standard for the item.


Click on the open box beside the “+” to select the appropriate GLE.


Click “Update alignment”.


To continue adding additional questions, click “Create a new question” and repeat process until desired amount of questions have been added.


1. Select “Create a New Question”

2. Decide the “Question type” (MC, CR, and Multipart CR)

3. Select “Answer options”

4. Create question in “Question Text”

5. Complete Responses (Correct answer is highlighted in green)

6. Complete Question details

1. Under “Question Bank” select desired bank to be used for assessment

2. If using a passage, make sure it is shown

7. Click “Create and align question”

To create questions...


Once the desired amount of questions have been added, click “Tests”

STEP 4: Create Test (assessment)


Click “Create a new test”


Find questions for test

• Click “Select by bank”


• This will show all questions in the bank.

• Click the green “+” to add question to test.


Questions added will turn blue.


Once done, click “Preview and save”


• In Test Preview, you can click and drag questions to rearrange order.

• You can also add more questions to the test.


When you are happy with ordering of assessment, click, “Save this test”.


• Title test the same as the test bank, if assessing a learning target.

• Give your name and Learning Target for brief description.

• Test category for ALL formative assessments is “Progress Monitor”.


• Grade Level

• Bank, use Existing Bank

• Proficiency profile, use SJSD Benchmark**After Data Teams Training, proficiency profile may be altered.

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• Give any specific instructions.

• Sharing: Subscription = school and District = everyone.

• Click “Save this test”

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Screen shows a new test was created.


• Assign tests with “Assignment” Tab

STEP 5: Assign the Test (assessment)


To assign this test to a class, click “Assignments”.


• Assignment Group Name, call it the same learning target name as before.

• Click “There is no test selected. Please choose one.”


• When test is selected, it will show test in blue.

• Decide on assignment conditions


• Select which of your classes that will be assigned the test.

• Click “Create Assignment Group”.

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This shows I have one test I have created in Test Management.


Under Assignment tab, shows active assignments.


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