Duplicating an Assessment to Use in Another Course
To save time, you can quickly duplicate an Assessment to another course. Typically, you will want to duplicate all of the Akindi Assessments from a past course into a new MyCanvas course when delivering the course again.
- In Akindi, navigate to the course that contains the Assessment.
- To duplicate the assessment, select the Duplicate button just under the assessment name.
- If the assessment is in a course that has ended, the course will be listed under Past Courses, and the Duplicate function will be found under the dropdown menu.
- Enter the new assessment name, and select the other (new) course in which you want to place the assessment.
Note: Duplicating an assessment will copy the answer key to the new assessment, but will not transfer any results.
Additional Functions: The Actions Menu
You can download a spreadsheet with the grades to save to your records by selecting Actions. Also under the Actions menu you can:
- Download question breakdown CSV: This produces a spreadsheet containing question item analysis.
- Email students their grades: This sends each student a secure link to access their individual student report.
- Download corrected test sheets: This downloads a PDF containing each student's corrected test sheet.
Having More Control Over Answer Key Printing
Sometimes, you want more control over the extra pages that Akindi provides by default.
When you have completed configuring the Answer Key for an assessment, you are directed to the Print Bubble Sheets function.
If you continue and select that button, you will create a PDF or print a file that contains several extra pages, including a cover page and 3 extra blank Response Sheets. These are pages that you may not need, and may not wish to print.
To reduce the number of extra pages that are printed:
- Click on the Back to Course link.
- Return to the Dashboard view, and click the dropdown beside the blue Print Bubble Sheets button to reveal the More Options... button.
- Select the pages that you want to print, and deselect those you do not wish to print.
- In the screenshot example below, we have chosen not to print cover sheets or any blank sheets.
- In the screenshot example below, we have chosen not to print cover sheets or any blank sheets.
Who can help you at Mohawk?
Instructional Designers assist faculty with getting started with Akindi for administering and grading assessments.