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Adding assessments to units in Paradigm can be done in three different ways, depending on which applies best to your current settings. You can define all assessments once and apply them to all the scheduled units, add a totally unique set of assessments, or assessments which are dependent to mode of delivery. This knowledge article will provide you with the following the required fields to create an assessment, and the workflows on how to add assessments to your units: add assessments to base units, add assessments to scheduled units from a base unit, add assessments to scheduled units from a base unit by delivery method, and add assessments to scheduled units.
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Anchor KeyTermsAndConcepts KeyTermsAndConcepts Key Terms and Concepts Status colour Red title Form Fields Schedule Assessments Field Name Required Fields Overview Sample Data Code ID X Assessment Name X The name of the assignment or work required. You can be specific here to make entering grades easier, and that the correct marks can be entered against the correct assessment at a later time. Assessment 1 - Interpretive Dance Essay Assessment Type X What type of work is required for this assessment? Assignment Attendance Audition Class Work Essay Examination Project Test Quiz Book Report Journal Major Assessment Minor Assessment Description A description of the required work. A 1000 word Essay on the origins of interpretive dance and the concept of communication in the early 20th Century Maximum Mark X What is the Maximum Mark available for this assignment? 25 Minimum Mark X What is the Minimum Mark required to pass this assignment? 12.5 Weighting X What is the weighting of this assignment within the whole unit? 25 Start Week What week is the work undertaken in the unit? End Week What is the last week that the work can be submitted? Sequence Number Enforce Minimum Mark Minimum Mark fail grade Delivery Mode identifier VET - Providers. What is the delivery method of this unit and assignment? Classroom Electronic Employment Based Not Applicable - Recognition of Prior learning Other (none of the above e.g. Print based) Scheduled Hours What are the schedule number of delivery or training hours required to complete this assessment? 25 Vet in Schools Is this a VET in schools based unit? A VET in Schools Program Not a  VET in Schools Program AVET126 Combination of All Modes Combination of External and Workplace-based Combination of Internal and External Combination Internal and Workplace-based Do not report External Delivery Internal Delivery Not Applicable Workplace-based delivery Assessment Status What is the status of this assessment? Active Archived back to top

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title 1. How to Add Assessments to Base Units
Status colour Yellow title 1. How to Status colour Green title Add Assessments to Base Units Status colour Green title 1 , Status colour Green title 2 , Status colour Green title 3 Choose Units > Unit Details > Edit Details menus on the side. This will display a page where you can search for units and edit the unit details. Status colour Green title 4 At the top of the page, you can find the UNIT SEARCH Form section. Enter any combination of Unit Code(s), Unit Name, Unit Provider, Unit Keywords, Unit Status, Order By (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria.). Status colour Green title 5 After entering the search filters of the base unit that you want to add an assessment to, click the SEARCH UNIT button. Status colour Green title 6 After clicking the SEARCH UNIT button, a list of all the units that meet your searched criteria will be displayed below the UNIT SEARCH Form section. You can filter more the returned options by typing the name of the unit into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria Status colour Green title 7 Once you’ve found your base unit, click the blue hyperlink of the Unit Id. This will open the Edit Details screen of the base unit that you’ve selected. Status colour Green title 8 With the Edit Unit Details screen open, scroll down and look for the ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED WITH UNIT Form section, click the NEW ASSESSMENT button to add your assessment to the base unit. Status colour Green title 9 In the ASSESSMENT DETAILS Form section, fill out all the required details for the new assessment to be successfully added to the base unit. Refer to the Status colour Red title Form Fields Schedule Assessments table above under the Key Terms and Conceptsfor the description of each field. Alternatively, refer to the colour coded form fields below: red refer to the ASSESSMENT DETAILS Form screenshot below with the required colour coded fields. RED fields are the system required fields for an assessment to be successfully added, blue ; BLUE fields are the optional fields; and GREEN fields , green are for VET Providers required fields. Image Added Status colour Green title 10 After filling out all the required information of the new assessment, click the SAVE ASSESSMENT button. Image Removed Info INFO: After clicking the SAVE ASSESSMENT button, a SUCCESS message will appear on top of the screen (see below screenshot), and the new assessment can now be seen in the ASSESSMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNIT Form section. NOTE: Click the NEW ASSESSMENT button again to add more assessments required for this unit of study, ensuring that the sum of all weightings across all of the assessment pieces adds up to 100%. back to top

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