The Formal screen allows admins to configure settings for Formal Assessments related to the topic. Formal Assessments consist of multiple-choice questions, with either one or many correct answers that can be marked by the system. Admins can limit the number of times a formal assessment can be taken, as well as set an expiry date by which the assessment must be taken.
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You must have the Formal checkbox selected in the Enable assessment types section of the Settings tab.
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| Ordering of questions | Select one of the following options:
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| Start button labelled as | Enter the text that appears on the button that appears at the beginning of the assessment. For example, Begin assessment. | |||||
| Finish button labelled as e.g. End assessment | Enter the text that appears on the button the user clicks upon completing the assessment. For example, End assessment. | |||||
| Hide finish button before completion? | Hide the finish button until the user has completed the assessment.
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| Go back button leads to which page | Select which page the user navigates to when clicking the Go back button. The Go back button is displayed when the user has completed an assessment.
Select one of the following:
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| What is the pass score? | Enter the minimum required pass score for users taking the assessment.
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| Pass score defined as percentage | Select Yes to define the pass score as a percentage.
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| Count formal assessment in learning plan and topic progress | Select Yes to include the formal assessment when calculating learning plan progress. | |||||
| Use a user's highest or latest assessment result | Select one of the following options from the dropdown:
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| User instructions for the assessment | Enter instructions or guidelines for the user to read before taking the assessment. For example: "The following assessment consists of multiple choice questions and will test your knowledge of the IT department's best practices and acceptable use policy." | |||||
| User agreement for the assessment | Enter an agreement for the formal assessment. For example: "By clicking agree, your score data will be shared with your line manager". | |||||
| Agreement title | Enter a title for the agreement. | |||||
| Accept button labelled as | Enter a label for the agreement button. For example: "Share score data". | |||||
| The user is allowed a maximum of [#](0 for no limit) attempts in [#] days (0 for lifelong limit) | How many times the user is allowed attempt the formal assessment.
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| Required profile fields | Profile fields such as Location, Role, and Age can be used when collecting data related to demographics.
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| from [Result completion/Agreement] | Choose the number of days or months after which assessment will expire. Choose one of the following options:
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| User assessment expiration email reads | An email is sent to users when the formal assessment has expired. Enter custom text, for example: "The IT department best practices assessment has expired". |
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Auto calculation | Select to enable auto calculation. The user's score for the formal assessment is automatically calculated by Fuse. Each question in the assessment is scored individually and points are awarded. Auto calculation counts the total number of points awarded to the user and divides this by the total number of points available for the entire assessment. A formal assessment might consist of 2 questions:
This means the maximum number of points the user can be awarded for this assessment is 4. In order for the user to pass the assessment with a final score of 100%, they must be awarded all 4 available points.
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Manual | Manually enter a formula to calculate the user's final score for the assessment. You might want to manually enter a formula to calculate a user's score, particularly if you want to weight the questions differently to that of Fuse's built-in auto calculation engine.
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Show score as a percentage | Display the user's score as a percentage at the end of the assessment, as well as when any reports on assessments are generated. | |||||||
Enable custom pass levels? | Select to enable custom pass levels defined in the Label, To, and From fields below. You can define one or more custom pass levels, which users will be placed in, depending on their assessment score.
For example:
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Label | Enter a label for a custom pass level. For example, Level 1. | |||||||
To | Enter the lowest value for the pass level, for example 0. | |||||||
From | Enter the highest value for the pass level, for example 5. | |||||||
Add another | Add another pass level. | |||||||
| Score range | Allows admins to set the score range. This determines if a user's score is:
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