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Mastery Connect offers a wealth of previously created assessments that are ready to go if you're in a sudden pinch and don't have the time to create one from scratch. Here is how to assign previously created assessments from Mastery Connect to your trackers.
1.Click the Assessments tab.
2. Enter a search term and subject level for the type of assessment you need. Sometimes you might have trouble finding assessments if your search terms are too specific. If this happens, try using more generic search terms such as simply Math or Language Arts. Another way to find more matches is to select All under the Subject dropdown menu.
3. You can limit your search by clicking the VA standards tab and selecting the standard that you need from the dropdown menu.
4. You can further limit your search by selecting the grade level.
5. When you find the assessment you want to use, click the Add button on that assessment box.
6. Click Add to Tracker from the dropdown menu.
7. Select the tracker where you want to add this assessment. Click Add.
Note: Sometimes after clicking Add to Tracker, you might see a Standards Alignment box (see example below) saying "This assessment is aligned to standards not contained in any of your active Trackers. To add it to an existing Tracker, please clone and re-align the assessment. To use the assessment’s current alignment, create a new Tracker." If this happens, you will need to clone (make a copy of the assessment) and change the standards. In this case, proceed to step 7A. If you do NOT see this box, skip ahead to step 8.
7A. Close the Standards Alignment message box.
7B. Click the three vertical dots located to the right of the Add button on the assessment you want to clone.
7C. Click Clone & Re-Align from the dropdown menu.
7D. Click Alignment Source and select the tracker from the dropdown menu where you want to attach this assessment.
7E. The standard that you are using on your selected tracker will appear in the box. Click Clone and Realign. This realigns the assessment to match the Standards of Learning you are using on your active tracker.
7F. The cloned copy of the assessment has now been added to your tracker with the correct set of standards.
7G. Since we cloned (made a copy) of the assessment and changed the standards to suit our needs, we still have to create an assessment to use the cloned version. Click Create Assessment.
7H. Click Add to Tracker.
7i. Select the tracker where you want to add the cloned copy of the assessment. Click Add.
8. The assessment is now added to your tracker.
9. The final step is to turn on the assessment to make it available to the students. If the assessment is not enabled by the teacher, the students cannot see it in their Mastery Connect account. To enable an assessment, hover the cursor over the assessment that you want to give. From the dropdown menu that appears, click Assess.
10. Click the Assess button.
11. Click the Student Portal button to turn it on (it turns green when on). Now the students can see the assessment in their Mastery Connect account. Students do NOT need the Test ID number to access an assessment.
11A. To turn off the test, click the Student Portal button again and it will turn off (It turns gray when off). When you turn off the test, students will no longer be able to see it in their Mastery Connect program.
12. Here is the assessment ready for the student. Students can go to their Mastery Connect program and will see all assessments that are available to them. They should be able to simply click the assessment to open it. No Test ID is needed.
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