Overview
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 the required fields to create an assessment, and the workflows on how to 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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Implications
BE ADVISED
Different assessments can be linked to delivery methods. e.g. If an online unit requires a different assessment to that of an in-class unit, add the different one including the specific delivery method and then click the ADD ASSESSMENTS FOR DELIVERY MODE button to add the specific ones.
NOTE
When running an Assessment Results Report in Paradigm, please take note, that the assessment results section would only allow in between 1 to 6 assessments per scheduled unit, exceeding this count will cause the template to fail.
As an alternative, you can use the base report named “Scheduled Assessment View Details” to help you extract a list of assessments from Paradigm. For more information on our Report Builder Menu, refer to this article: Report Builder.
Workflow
1. How to ADD Assessments to Base Units
1, 2, 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.
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.).
5 After entering the search filters of the base unit that you want to add an assessment to, click the SEARCH UNIT button.
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
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.
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.
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 FORM FIELDS Schedule Assessments table above under the Key Terms and Concepts for the description of each field.
Alternatively, 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 fields are the optional fields; and
GREEN fields are for VET Providers required fields.
10 After filling out all the required information of the new assessment, click the SAVE ASSESSMENT button.
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%.
2. How to ADD Assessments to Scheduled Units from a Base Unit
1, 2, 3 Choose Units > Unit Details > Show Scheduled Units menus on the side. This will display a page where you can search for scheduled units in the system.
4 At the top of the page, you can find the SCHEDULED UNIT SEARCH Form section. Enter any combination of Scheduled Unit ID, Unit Code(s), Scheduled Unit Name, Home Institution, Unit Location, Start and End Date, Order By (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria.).
5 After entering the search filters of the scheduled unit that you want to add an assessment to, click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button.
6 After clicking the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button, a list of all the scheduled units that meet your searched criteria will be displayed below the SCHEDULED UNIT SEARCH Form section. You can filter more the returned options by typing any keywords of the scheduled unit that you are trying to search into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria
7 Once you’ve found your scheduled unit, click the blue hyperlink of the Scheduled Unit Id. This will open the Edit Details screen of the scheduled unit that you’ve selected.
8 In the Edit Scheduled Unit Page, scroll down and look for the ASSESSMENTS Form section. Click the ADD SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT FROM ASSESSMENTS button.
INFO: After clicking the button, all the assessments will be added to the scheduled unit that you’ve selected irrespective of the delivery method.
3. How to ADD Assessments to Scheduled Units from a Base Unit by Delivery Method
1, 2, 3 Choose Units > Unit Details > Show Scheduled Units menus on the side. This will display a page where you can search for scheduled units in the system.
4 At the top of the page, you can find the SCHEDULED UNIT SEARCH Form section. Enter any combination of Scheduled Unit ID, Unit Code(s), Scheduled Unit Name, Home Institution, Unit Location, Start and End Date, Order By (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria.)
5 After entering the search filters of the scheduled unit that you want to add an assessment to, click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button.
6 After clicking the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button, a list of all the scheduled units that meet your searched criteria will be displayed below the SCHEDULED UNIT SEARCH Form section. You can filter more the returned options by typing any keywords of the scheduled unit that you are trying to search into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria
7 Once you’ve found your scheduled unit, click the blue hyperlink of the Scheduled Unit Id. This will open the Edit Details screen of the scheduled unit that you’ve selected.
8 In the Edit Scheduled Unit Page, scroll down and look for the ASSESSMENTS Form section. Click the ADD SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT FOR DELIVERY MODE button.
INFO: Assessments designated Online will be added to an Online Scheduled Unit. Assessments designated On Campus will be added to an On Campus Scheduled Unit.
4. How to ADD Assessments to Scheduled Units
NOTE: If the Assessments change from Semester to Semester, add Assessments using this method rather than using the Base Unit method.
1, 2, 3 Choose Units > Unit Details > Show Scheduled Units menus on the side. This will display a page where you can search for scheduled units in the system.
4 At the top of the page, you can find the SCHEDULED UNIT SEARCH Form section. Enter any combination of Scheduled Unit ID, Unit Code(s), Scheduled Unit Name, Home Institution, Unit Location, Start and End Date, Order By (Paradigm requires at least one search criteria.)
5 After entering the search filters of the scheduled unit that you want to add an assessment to, click the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button.
6 After clicking the SEARCH SCHEDULED UNIT button, a list of all the scheduled units that meet your searched criteria will be displayed below the SCHEDULED UNIT SEARCH Form section. You can filter more the returned options by typing any keywords of the scheduled unit that you are trying to search into the search box. The list of returned results will reduce to match the criteria
7 Once you’ve found your scheduled unit, click the blue hyperlink of the Scheduled Unit Id. This will open the Edit Details screen of the scheduled unit that you’ve selected.
8 In the Edit Scheduled Unit Page, scroll down and look for the ASSESSMENTS Form section. Click the NEW SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT button.
9 In the EDIT SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT DETAILS Form section, fill out all the required details for the new assessment to be successfully added to the scheduled unit. Refer to the FORM FIELDS Schedule Assessments table above under the Key Terms and Concepts for the description of each field.
Alternatively, 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 fields are the optional fields; and
GREEN fields are for VET Providers required fields.
10 After filling out all the required information of the new assessment, click the SAVE ASSESSMENT button.
NOTE: Click the NEW SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT button again to add more assessments required for this scheduled unit of study, ensuring that the sum of all weightings across all of the assessment pieces adds up to 100%.
5. How to DELETE Scheduled Assessments where there are Results Entered
BE ADVISED
The process of deleting assessment results is not something we encourage as it is a destructive action.
However, if you wish to remove a scheduled assessment then you must first remove all results associated with that record. This is achieved on a student by student basis via the screen found: STUDENT > Course Enrolment > Assessments.
STEP 1 Remove all results associated with the record.
1 Search for and load the student record.
2 Verify and confirm that the loaded course enrolment is the correct one.
3 Choose Student > Course Enrolment > Assessments menus on the side.
4 Identify the scheduled unit containing the assessment results that need to be removed.
5 Click the ACTIONS button on the right of that scheduled unit, and then click Edit Assessments.
NOTE: Repeat steps 4-7 for all scheduled units with the scheduled assessments record on them that you want to delete.
6 Scroll down the page and go to the EDIT ASSESSMENTS RESULTS Form section. Identify the assessment(s) records that need to be deleted.
7 Click the DELETE button on the right of the assessment record to be deleted.
NOTE: Repeat the steps 1-7 to all students with the scheduled assessments associated to their scheduled units that you need to delete or remove from the system.
STEP 2 Delete the scheduled assessment record.
INFO: The steps below assume that all scheduled assessments record from all students scheduled units containing the assessment(s) to be deleted are already being deleted from their record.
1, 2 Choose Units > Search Scheduled Units menus on the side.
3 Search for and load the desired scheduled unit/s. Click the blue hyperlink of the Scheduled Unit No which the assessments to be deleted are associated to.
4 After selecting the scheduled unit, scroll down the page and go to the ASSESSMENTS Form section. Click the 📝 EDIT button associated with the scheduled assessments(s) that needs to be deleted.
5 An EDIT SCHEDULED ASSESSMENT DETAILS Form section will open. Click the DELETE ASSESSMENT button located below this form.
NOTE: Repeat the steps 1-5 to all scheduled units with the scheduled assessments associated to them, that you need to delete or remove from the system.
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HOW-TO Add/Schedule Assessments
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