AmperliseYour first assessment
This guide builds a standard auto-graded assessment from scratch: questions, points, grading rules, timing, and what happens after people submit.
1. Create the assessment
On the Assessments page, click New assessment. The dialog asks for the assessment type: Standard (multiple choice, essays, and more) or Coding (problems graded by compiling and running code — a Professional feature). Pick Standard, give it a title, and create it.
2. Add questions
The builder's library offers 16 question types: choice (multiple choice, true/false), written (short answer, essay), arrangement (matching, fill-in-the-blank, ordering), code-flavored (code completion, code output, code writing, bug detection, code ordering), interactive (dropdown match, categorization, word bank), and numerical answer — plus a timer break layout element for multi-step assessments.
Most types grade themselves. Essay and code writing always go to manual review — you'll grade those after submission.
3. Set points per question
Select a question and open its scoring settings: the points it's worth, a difficulty label (easy, medium, hard), and a per-question partial-scoring override if one question should behave differently from the assessment default.
4. Configure grading
In the Scoring ribbon category, use Passing score to choose a preset or enter a custom percentage. Separate controls set pass/fail display, partial credit, wrong-answer penalties, question order, question selection and result details. Blank answers are never penalized and the total cannot drop below zero.
You can also randomize question order or have each participant answer a random subset of the question pool.
5. Timing, attempts, and layout
In Rules, Timing, Attempts and Retake delay offer presets and custom numeric values directly in their menus. The separate Score policy menu chooses which attempt score counts — highest, latest or average. The ribbon shows the current limits at a glance.
Under Design, pick how questions are presented: a single page, multi-step with timed breaks, or one question at a time.
6. Decide who can take it
Open Access → Participant identity to choose anonymous submissions, name only, or username & password with pre-configured participant accounts (a Professional feature). Use the separate IP collection dropdown to enforce retake limits for anonymous participants. IP restrictions and Group restrictions have separate ribbon controls; selecting groups requires participant sign-in.
Professional plans add proctoring on top: live monitoring, anomaly detection, and a Safe Exam Browser lockdown — see the Proctoring & Monitoring section.
7. Share, then grade
Share works like forms: save, set visibility, and copy the link from the Share tab. Submissions are auto-graded on arrival; anything needing manual review is flagged on the Submissions page, where the grading screen walks you through question by question — with AI able to suggest scores and justifications for open-ended answers.
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Related references for everything this guide touched:
- AssessmentsAuto-graded tests with rich question types, time limits, and retake policies.
- Proctoring & MonitoringWatch attempts live, detect suspicious behavior, and lock down the exam environment.
- AI AssistanceGenerate complete drafts of forms and assessments from a prompt and your own files.