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This guide will walk you through how to run a paper assessment with Akindi Classic in which students will complete the assessment in-person with a paper and writing utensil.
If you wish to create a Paper Assessment where Akindi handles question scrambling, Online Assessment or use Akindi’s Question Importer, please see the relevant article.
1. Create your Akindi Account
💡 Does your school have the Akindi LMS integration? Most Akindi customer schools have Akindi integrated into their Learning Management System.
Select the LMS that your school uses for specific instructions about accessing Akindi.
If your school does not have the Akindi LMS integration, you can create your Akindi account here.
2. Creating a Course & Uploading a Course Roster
This step will be done automatically when using the LMS Integration. You can skip to step 3.
Before creating an assessment in Akindi, you have to create a course and upload a class roster.
a) To create a course in Akindi:
Click 'Create Course' on the left-hand menu.
Confirm that you will be creating an ‘Akindi-only course’ - this means that it won’t be connected to an LMS course shell.
Enter the Assessment Name, Click ‘Create’.
The course will be added to the left-hand menu.
For a more in-depth guide to uploading a class roster, check out this guide.
3. Create Assessment & Customize Bubble Sheets
a) To get started, click the ‘Create Assessment’ button in the upper-right corner.
b) Click 'Akindi Classic' in the pop-up menu
c) Customize your Bubble Sheets by completing the fields on the left-hand side.
Select the course name, enter an assessment name, set the assessment type to ‘paper’. If you wish to run an online assessment, click here.
Based on the number of questions and responses on your assessment, select the test sheet layout that best fits your needs. Akindi will ignore any unused questions.
Choose to run single version or multi-version assessment.
If desired, choose to prefill the bubble sheets with the student names and IDs. This will give you a unique test sheet for each student in your roster.
Click ‘Save & Continue.’
If you are looking to run a multi-version assessment and would like Akindi to handle automatic question scrambling and cross version analytics, check out this article.
4. Enter Answer Key
a) Select the correct response(s) for each question in your assessment by clicking on the digital bubble. You can edit your answer key at any point - even after test sheets have been uploaded.
b) If you are running a multi-version assessment, switch between the different versions using the dropdown menu.
c) Turn on ‘Display Advanced Marking’ to control the weight and grading scheme of each questions. This will allow you to create ‘select all that apply’ questions.
For an in-depth look into the advanced marking options, click here.
💡 Explore the advanced features under the 'More Actions' dropdown menu:
Bulk Changes: Make changes to all the questions at once (like, changing the question weights).
Copy & Pasting Answer Key: Enter your answer key by uploading a list of the correct responses.
Upload Answer Key (only available for single version assessments): Upload your assessment as a docx file with your answers bolded, highlighted, or with an *. Akindi will auto-create your answer key for you.
5. Printing Test Sheets
a) Click ‘Print Bubble Sheets’ and Akindi will generate a custom Test Sheet PDF.
b) Print the Bubble Sheets using any printer paper, ensuring the four corner squares and QR code are successfully printed on the test sheets.
If you chose to prefill the test sheets with student information, you will have a test sheet for each student in your roster. If not, you will have a single blank test sheet.
If you are running a multi-version assessment, there will be blank version bubbles which the students will use to indicate their version.
You are now ready to print and administer your assessment.
Check out this printing guide on how to print your bubble sheets and assessment content.
When you are ready to mark your bubble sheets, see our Getting Started - Grading Bubble Sheets guide.