How do assessment settings work?

Role: Teacher
Estimated time: 3–4 minutes

What this guide helps you do

This guide explains how to:

  • Rename your assessment

  • Add a description

  • Change the thumbnail

  • Choose how it will be marked

  • Adjust how much it contributes to the final grade

All of these options are found under Settings inside the Assessment Builder.

Opening Assessment Settings

Inside your assessment, click Settings on the left-hand side.

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This panel controls how your assessment is structured and graded.

Title and Description

At the top, you can edit the Title of your assessment.

You can:

  • Rename it here

  • Or edit the title directly at the top of the assessment page

The Description allows you to provide additional context for students.
This can include:

  • What the assessment covers

  • Instructions or expectations

  • Any important reminders

Students will see this when they open the assessment.

Thumbnail

You can choose a thumbnail to visually identify your assessment.

This helps when you have multiple assessments in a class.
As more thumbnail options become available, you’ll be able to customise this further.

It’s optional — but useful for organisation.

Marking Criteria

This is the most important section in Settings.

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You can choose one of three grading methods:

1. Points

This uses the individual point values assigned to each question.

When using Points:

  • The AI evaluates each question

  • It uses the point value and question context

  • It calculates a total score

This is ideal for quizzes and structured assessments.

2. Rubric

This uses an overall marking rubric to assess the work.

When you select Rubric, an additional Curriculum section becomes available.

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Rubrics are ideal for:

  • Extended writing

  • Projects

  • Performance tasks

  • Analytical responses

We’ll cover creating and attaching rubrics and the curriculum in the next guide.

3. Points and Rubric

This combines both methods.

The AI will:

  • Use the individual question points

  • Apply the overall rubric

  • Blend both into the final grade

This is useful when you want:

  • Structured question scoring

  • Alongside holistic rubric assessment

Assessment Weight

You can adjust how much this assessment contributes to the final grade.

Examples:

  • 100% – Full weight (standard assessment)

  • 50% – Half contribution

  • 0% – Useful for practice tasks or pre-tests

You can move the slider or select one of the preset options.

You can change this at any time before final reporting.

Tags

You can add up to 10 tags to an assessment.

Tags help organise and filter assessments as your list grows.

You might tag by:

  • Subject

  • Unit name

  • Assessment type

  • Term

Even if you don’t use them immediately, adding tags now will make searching easier over time.

Things to Remember

  • You can update settings at any time before assigning.

  • Changing marking criteria later may affect how results are calculated.

  • Nothing is locked in until the assessment is delivered.

When your settings are configured, the next step is attaching or creating a rubric (if required).