1. How to create common
assessments using Limelight
Tonya Sharp and Terri Johnson
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2. Special thanks to Katie Kimball of
Central High School. These slides are
adapted from her presentation.
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3. Why use Limelight to create
common assessments?
⢠Multiple choice questions automatically graded
⢠Quick feedback about students
⢠Quick feedback for students
⢠Ability to practice online assessments
⢠Share common assessments automatically with other
members of department
⢠For the environmentally conscious: less paper used
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4. STEP 1: Get Logged In to Limelight
Go to the district homepage
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5. Option 1
Click Assessment in the Quicklinks
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6. Option 2
1. Go to the district homepage.
2. Click on Staff Resources.
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14. What to Title
â˘Content
â˘Grade Level
â˘Unit*
â˘Learning Target (Not GLE)*
*See Reference Sheets to Find Learning Targets
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15. Middle Science Units
Grade 7 Grade 8
Inquiry Inquiry
Cellular Force
Electricity
Body
Matter
Genetics Geology
Weather Astronomy
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16. What to Add to
Description.
⢠Person creating the New Bank
of questions.
⢠Description of what
assessment bank will cover.
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17. 1. Remember, complete the following: âTitle, âA Brief Descriptionâ
2. Decide who will be able to see bank
3. Click âCreate bankâ
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23. Basic Word Processing Toolbar.
To add an image...
⢠Click the âImageâ button
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24. You can then add an image just as you
would add an attachment to an email.
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25. 5. Complete Responses
⢠These are right below the Question Text.
⢠Correct answer is highlighted in green.
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26. You can add an image here too!
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27. Inserting an Image
⢠After uploading the image, you will see an Image
Preview
⢠Click âInsert image and continue editingâ
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28. 6. Complete Question details
⢠Under âQuestion Bankâ select desired bank to be used for assessment.
⢠Subject, Science and Technology
⢠Grade range, 7-8
⢠If using a passage, make sure it is shown.
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29. ⢠This is what the Question details may look
like when complete.
⢠Notice there are tools we could allow the
students to use.
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30. Question taxonomy.You may want to do this if you wish, not required.
7. Click, âCreate and align question.â
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31. ⢠Alignment allows you to link the
question to the speciďŹc GLE.
⢠Click on the âStandard documentâ
dropdown menu.
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32. Select âGrade and Course Level
Expectations: Science and Technologyâ
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33. Click on âGrade Levelâ Drop-down menu
and select grade level of speciďŹc science
GLE.
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34. Continue clicking the â+â signs to get
deeper into the GLEs to ďŹnd the
appropriate standard for the item.
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35. Click on the open box beside the â+â to
select the appropriate GLE.
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37. To continue adding additional questions, click
âCreate a new questionâ and repeat process
until desired amount of questions have been
added.
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38. To create questions...
1. Select âCreate a New Questionâ
2. Decide the âQuestion typeâ (MC, CR, and Multipart CR)
3. Select âAnswer optionsâ
4. Create question in âQuestion Textâ
5. Complete Responses (Correct answer is highlighted in green)
6. Complete Question details
1. Under âQuestion Bankâ select desired bank to be used for assessment
2. If using a passage, make sure it is shown
7. Click âCreate and align questionâ
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39. STEP 4: Create Test
(assessment)
Once the desired amount of questions have
been added, click âTestsâ
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45. ⢠In Test Preview, you can click and drag
questions to rearrange order.
⢠You can also add more questions to the test.
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46. When you are happy with ordering of
assessment, click, âSave this testâ.
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47. ⢠Title test the same as the test bank, if assessing a learning
target.
⢠Give your name and Learning Target for brief description.
⢠Test category for ALL formative assessments is âProgress
Monitorâ.
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⢠Bank, use Existing Bank
⢠ProďŹciency proďŹle, use SJSD Benchmark*
*After Data Teams Training, proďŹciency proďŹle may be altered.
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⢠Sharing: Subscription = school and District =
everyone.
⢠Click âSave this testâ
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50. Screen shows a new test was created.
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51. STEP 5: Assign the Test
(assessment)
⢠Assign tests with âAssignmentâ Tab
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52. To assign this test to a class, click
âAssignmentsâ.
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53. ⢠Assignment Group Name, call it the same learning target
name as before.
⢠Click âThere is no test selected. Please choose one.â
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54. ⢠When test is selected, it will show test in
blue.
⢠Decide on assignment conditions
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Select which of your classes that will be
assigned the test.
⢠Click âCreate Assignment Groupâ.
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56. This shows I have one test I have created in
Test Management.
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