Online assessment notification
You’ll receive an email from notifications@akindi.com sent by your instructor from Akindi, providing you with the following information:
The title of the course and the assessment that you’ll be completing
The date and time the assessment will become available to access
The date and time the assessment must be submitted by
Details on how to access your assessment
If your instructor has set up a timed assessment, then the allotted time that you'll have to complete the assessment, will also be outlined in the email.
Your instructor may want you to access your Akindi assessment via email or by logging into your Learning Management System.
Accessing your assessment link via email
If you should be accessing your assessment link via email, then you will see a 'Start assessment' button in the email.
Click on the ‘Start Assessment’ button which will open your assessment in a new browser tab or window.
Accessing your assessment through the Learning Management System
There will not be a link or a button to access your assessment within the email, but the email will outline in the subject line and in the body that your assessment can be accessed from the LMS (e.g. Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle).
You will need to log in to the LMS, access the relevant course and click 'Launch Akindi'. You will only see a 'Start assessment' button, once the 'Activation time' has passed and the assessment becomes 'Active'.
Starting the assessment
In order to begin your assessment, Akindi will ask you to verify that the name and student ID on the assessment is accurate to you, in addition to other key information.
Click ‘I agree’ to confirm the details on the assessment are correct and to begin the assessment.
Viewing the test questions
Below are the variety of ways that your assessment may be displayed to you, depending on how your instructor has chosen to configure the exam.
PDF display
You may see the contents of the PDF you uploaded on the left hand side of the screen, and the bubble sheet layout on the right hand side. The PDF containing is scrolling and can be expanded to full screen if necessary. Use the letter options on the right hand side to select your chosen response for each question.
2. One Question at a time
With this setting, you will only see one question and the associated answer options on screen at any given time. You can use the 'Index' on the lefthand side to quickly navigate to different questions on the test.
Preventing backtracking to previous questions
If your instructor has disabled the 'Allow backtracking' function then you will not see the 'Previous Question' option and the 'Question Index' will not be displayed. You can use the 'Assessment Progress' display to keep track of how many questions you have to complete.
Countdown timer
If your instructor set up a timed assessment, then Akindi will display a countdown timer in the top right hand corner of the screen. Once the timer reaches zero, Akindi will automatically submit any answers you have selected to your instructor, even if you were not able to finish the assessment.
Submitting your responses
Click on a single or multiple bubble letters for each question to indicate your answer. To unselect a response, simply click the bubble letter again.
Double check you have selected a response for each question before clicking ‘submit’ at the bottom of the page to send the assessment submission to your instructor for grading. Once you have submitted your assessment, you won’t be able to access and edit the page again.
You can only take the test once.
