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
You will receive an email that lets you know your assessment can be accessed from the LMS (e.g. Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle).
Log in to the LMS, and access the relevant course.
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
Depending on how your instructor has chosen to configure the exam, your assessment may be displayed to you in one of the following ways:
PDF display
On the left side of the screen, you’ll see the PDF you uploaded, and on the right side, you’ll see the bubble sheet layout. The PDF can be scrolled and expanded to full screen if needed. To answer each question, simply click the letter option on the right side for your chosen response.
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.
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.
Use the 'Assessment Progress' display to keep track of how many questions you have to complete.
Countdown timer
For timed assessments, Akindi displays 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 the bubble letters for each question to indicate your answer. To unselect a response, click the bubble letter again.
Double check you have selected a response for each question before clicking ‘submit’ at the bottom of the page. Once you have submitted your assessment, you won’t be able to access and edit the page again.
You can only complete the assessment once.
