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User Guide

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: Assessment

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Part 1: What is Assessment?

Part 2: Online Assessment

2.1 Viewing online assessment papers

2.2 Customising online assessment papers

2.2.1 Customising Integrated Papers

2.2.2 Creating new assessment papers

2.3 Assigning online assessment papers

2.4 Managing assigned assessment papers

2.5 Viewing analysis reports

Part 3: Question Bank

3.1 Downloading assessment papers

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Assessment is a section where teachers can access useful ready-made assessment papers

that focus on major language skills such as Listening, Reading and Grammar. They can

assign online assessment papers with auto-marking function or customise assessment

papers based on their students’ ability and obtain instant feedback on students’

performance. There is also a comprehensive bank of assessment papers that can be

downloaded in Word format.


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This section is where you can view, customise and assign online assessment papers to your

classes. These online assessment papers are equipped with auto-marking function and focus

on Listening, Reading and Grammar skills. There are also Integrated Papers that combine

the above three language skills. Alternatively, you can customise an assessment paper

using these ready-made question components. In addition, you can obtain useful results

analyses that act as useful feedback on your students’ performance.

2.1 Viewing online assessment papers

Step 1 – Go to Assessment > Online Assessment > Manage Assessment .

Step 2 – Under the ‘Online Assessment’ tab, choose the book you want. Select a paper

and click on the name to open it .

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Step 3 – The paper will be displayed in the same browser. Listening papers will have the

audio clip component on the top right hand corner . Model answers are shown at the

bottom of the paper.

The papers here are for preview only and cannot be completed. To view the exact version

that your students will see after you assign the assessment paper, click ‘Student Version’ .

You can also print the paper . To return to the previous assessment paper list, click ‘Back

to Test Paper List’ .

To use the ‘Customise’ and ‘Assign’ buttons, read the upcoming sections on 2.2 Customising

online assessment papers and 2.3 Assigning online assessment papers.

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2.2 Customising online assessment papers

To reduce your workload in preparing assessment papers, we have provided a wide range of

online assessment papers that come with auto-marking function. However, you can also

customise or create new papers based on our ready-made questions to better suit your

students’ need and learning ability.

2.2.1 Customising Integrated Papers

Each Integrated Paper consists of Reading, Listening and Grammar components. You can

add or remove any component to suit your students’ ability.

Step 1 – If you are viewing an Integrated Paper, click ‘Customise’ at the bottom.

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Step 2 – You can find the number of sections included in this Integrated Paper on the top

panel. Click on the numbers to jump to a specific section or simply scroll down the panel

to view it.

Step 3 – To rearrange the order of the existing sections, click the up and down arrows on

the top right hand corner.

Step 4 - To remove a section, click the ‘Delete’ button .

Step 5 - To add a new section to this Integrated Paper, click ‘Add Section’ .

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Step 6 – In the ‘Add Section’ window, choose Level, Term and Category, then click the

search icon to search for a list of ready-made questions that suit your preferences.

Step 7 – You can see all the search results in the panel. Scroll up and down to find a section

that you want. Once you have located a suitable section, click ‘Add Section’ . Keep

searching and adding suitable sections as you wish. When you are done with adding

sections, click ‘Back’ to return to the Integrated Paper that you are customising.

Step 8 – To save the customised Integrated Paper, click ‘Save As’ .

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Step 9 – Enter a paper name for this modified assessment paper and click OK to confirm .

Step 10 – To locate your customised papers, go to Online Assessment > Manage

Assessment and choose ‘My Test Papers’ from the pull-down menu .

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2.2.2 Creating new assessment papers

Apart from modifying Integrated Papers that have multiple sections, you can also create a

new assessment paper using our ready-made questions.

Step 1 – On the Test Paper List, click the ‘Customise’ button to start building a new

assessment paper. Alternatively, if you are viewing a particular section that you would want

to include in your new paper, you can also click ‘Customise’ at the bottom.

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Step 2 - Click ‘Add Section’ to start adding questions.

Step 3 – Choose Level, Term and Category, then click the search icon to search for a list

of ready-made questions that suit your preferences.

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Step 4 – You can see all the search results in the panel. Scroll up and down to find a section

that you want. Once you have located a suitable section, click ‘Add Section’ to add it to

your new assessment paper.

Step 5 – To add another section of questions, click ‘Add Section’ again. Keep searching and

adding suitable sections as you wish. You will be able to add sections with a different focus.

For example, you can create an assessment paper that includes both Reading and Listening

components. When you are done with adding sections, click ‘Back’ to return to your

assessment paper.

Step 6 – Review the paper to see if all sections are properly added. To remove a section,

click the ‘Delete’ button on the top right hand corner. You can also rearrange the

order of the sections using the up and down arrows .

Step 7 – To save the newly created assessment paper, click ‘Save As’ .

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Step 8 – Enter a paper name for this newly created assessment paper and click OK to

confirm .

Step 9 – To locate any newly created (or customised) papers, go to Online Assessment >

Manage Assessment and choose ‘My Test Papers’ from the pull-down menu .

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2.3 Assigning online assessment papers

You can assign online assessment papers to your classes. Students can then complete them

in their iLearn platform.

Step 1 – Go to Assessment > Online Assessment > Manage Assessment .

Step 2 – Select the Book you want for assessment papers developed by Pearson or go to

My Test Papers to look for your own customised assessment papers. Alternatively, you can

also access papers created or customised by other teachers in your school under School

Test Papers.

Step 3 – Choose the assessment paper you want and click ‘Assign’ .

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Step 4 – Select the classes that you want to assign the paper to . Also select the dates

that your students can complete the assessment paper and the date that the answers will

be released if you wish to do so. You can also choose to set a time limit for your students .

Once you are done with these settings, click ‘Assign’ to confirm. You will then get a

confirmation note .

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2.4 Managing assigned assessment papers

Step 1 – Go to Assessment > Online Assessment > Assigned Assessment .

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Step 2 – You will then see a list of assessment papers that you have assigned to your

classes. To cancel an assigned assessment paper, click the ‘Delete’ button next to the

paper name. To release paper answers immediately so that your students can view them in

their iLearn platform, click ‘Release now’ .

Step 3 – You can also modify the test period, answer release date and time limit for the

papers by clicking ‘Modify’ in the last column. When you are done with changing any

settings in the pop-up window, click ‘Modify’ to confirm.

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2.5 Viewing analysis reports

Step 1 – Go to Assessment > Online Assessment > View Report .

Step 2 – All student results are broken down into several tiers to give you detailed and

useful information on your students’ performance. You can filter the results by Level, Class

and even Student . You can also view how your students have completed a particular

paper by choosing the correct paper.

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Level report (Filtered by ‘Level’ only) – View class (a) and level average scores (b) in

various language skills such as Listening, Reading and Grammar.

Class report (Filtered by ‘Level’ and ‘Class’) – View class average scores in various

language skills such as Listening and Reading (c) as well as in specific papers (d). You can

also view individual student scores (e) in this class. For more detailed information on

individual students, view the Student report.

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Student report (Filtered by ‘Level’, ‘Class’ and ‘Student’) – View a particular student’s

scores in various language skills such as Listening and Reading (f) as well as total scores in

each paper (g). You can also view their personal average score (h) and class average

score (i).

If you click on a paper title in the Student report (j) (or filter results analysis by ‘Level’,

‘Class’, ‘Student’ and ‘Paper’), you will be able to see exactly how the student has

completed each question in the assessment paper, providing you with useful feedback on

their performance.

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Step 3 – All results analyses are displayed in a table by default. You can change the display

mode by clicking the ‘Show Chart’ button . To return to the table format, click .

Step 4 – You can also export reports as an Excel spreadsheet by clicking the ‘Export to

Excel’ button , facilitating the compilation of progress reports.

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Step 5 – In the pop-up window, choose ‘Save’ to save the Excel report to your local hard

drive or ‘Open’ to read the Excel report right away .

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Question Bank contains a wide range or assessment papers that can be downloaded in

editable Word format, facilitating you to prepare school-based assessments. All papers are

arranged according to Book and Focus (Listening, Reading, Grammar, Speaking and

Writing).

3.1 Downloading assessment papers

Step 1 – Go to Assessment > Question Bank > Assessment Bank .

Step 2 – Under the ‘Question Bank’ tab, choose the Book and Focus you want.

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Step 3 – Select the paper you want and click on the paper name to open it . Note that all

Mid-term papers are arranged on top of End-of-Term papers. Simply scroll down the panel

to view the complete list of assessment papers available.

Step 4 –In the pop-up window, choose ‘Save’ to

save the paper to your local drive. Alternatively,

choose ‘Open’ to open it right away .

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For technical assistance, please contact us by email: [email protected] or

by phone at (852) 3181 0668

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About Pearson

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company. Our education business combines 150 years of experience in publishing with the latest learning technology and online support.

We work in more than 70 countries. Courses are available as books, online and through multilingual packages, helping people learn whatever, wherever and however they choose.

In Hong Kong and Macau, with Longman, Prentice Hall, and many other brands, Pearson is the leader in all education sectors, ranging from pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education through to adult learning.

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