Creating common assessments in Limelight

How to create common
assessments using Limelight
Tonya Sharp and Terri Johnson
Monday, July 25, 2011

Special thanks to Katie Kimball of
Central High School. These slides are
adapted from her presentation.


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


STEP 1: Get Logged In to Limelight
Go to the district homepage


Option 1
Click Assessment in the Quicklinks


Option 2
1. Go to the district homepage.
2. Click on Staff Resources.


Click on Assessment


Click on the Blue PowerSchool/Limelight Button.


• Login:

• Password:

• Click “Sign In”


We want to make a test, so click “Manage Test”.


STEP 2: Create a new bank
On the home screen, click on “Banks” or “New
Bank”.


Click “Create a new bank”


Which will lead you to this screen...


What to Title

•Content
•Grade Level
•Unit*
•Learning Target (Not GLE)*

*See Reference Sheets to Find Learning Targets

Middle Science Units
Grade 7 Grade 8

Inquiry Inquiry

Cellular Force
Electricity
Body
Matter
Genetics Geology
Weather Astronomy


What to Add to
Description.
• Person creating the New Bank
of questions.
• Description of what
assessment bank will cover.


1. Remember, complete the following: “Title, “A Brief Description”
2. Decide who will be able to see bank
3. Click “Create bank”


STEP 3: Create Questions


1. Select “Create a new question”


2. Decide the “Question Type”
• Multiple Choice
• Constructed Response
• Multipart Constructed Response
3. Select “Answer options” and Select “Correct
Answer”


4. Create question in “Question text”.


Basic Word Processing Toolbar.
To add an image...
• Click the “Image” button


You can then add an image just as you
would add an attachment to an email.


5. Complete Responses

• These are right below the Question Text.
• Correct answer is highlighted in green.


You can add an image here too!


Inserting an Image
• After uploading the image, you will see an Image
Preview
• Click “Insert image and continue editing”


6. Complete Question details
• Under “Question Bank” 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.


• This is what the Question details may look
like when complete.

• Notice there are tools we could allow the
students to use.


Question taxonomy.You may want to do this if you wish, not required.

7. Click, “Create and align question.”


• Alignment allows you to link the
question to the speciﬁc GLE.
• Click on the “Standard document”
dropdown menu.


Select “Grade and Course Level
Expectations: Science and Technology”


Click on “Grade Level” Drop-down menu
and select grade level of speciﬁc science
GLE.


Continue clicking the “+” signs to get
deeper into the GLEs to ﬁnd the
appropriate standard for the item.


Click on the open box beside the “+” to
select the appropriate GLE.


Click “Update alignment”.


To continue adding additional questions, click
“Create a new question” and repeat process
until desired amount of questions have been
added.


To create questions...

1. Select “Create a New Question”
2. Decide the “Question type” (MC, CR, and Multipart CR)
3. Select “Answer options”
4. Create question in “Question Text”
5. Complete Responses (Correct answer is highlighted in green)
6. Complete Question details
1. Under “Question Bank” select desired bank to be used for assessment
2. If using a passage, make sure it is shown

7. Click “Create and align question”


STEP 4: Create Test
(assessment)
Once the desired amount of questions have
been added, click “Tests”


Click “Create a new test”


Find questions for test
• Click “Select by bank”


• This will show all questions in the bank.
• Click the green “+” to add question to test.


Questions added will turn blue.


Once done, click “Preview and save”


• In Test Preview, you can click and drag
questions to rearrange order.

• You can also add more questions to the test.


When you are happy with ordering of
assessment, click, “Save this test”.


• 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 “Progress
Monitor”.


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• Bank, use Existing Bank
• Proficiency profile, use SJSD Benchmark*
*After Data Teams Training, proficiency profile may be altered.


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re Give any speciﬁc instructions.
• Sharing: Subscription = school and District =
everyone.
• Click “Save this test”


Screen shows a new test was created.


STEP 5: Assign the Test
(assessment)

• Assign tests with “Assignment” Tab


To assign this test to a class, click
“Assignments”.


• Assignment Group Name, call it the same learning target
name as before.
• Click “There is no test selected. Please choose one.”


• 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 “Create Assignment Group”.


This shows I have one test I have created in
Test Management.


Under Assignment tab, shows active
assignments.


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