A placement test is a short, auto-generated assessment based on a course’s final test. It helps learners:
- Evaluate their current knowledge of the course content
- Decide whether to continue with the course or advance to the next level
- Track progress by comparing placement and final test scores
How to add a placement test
You can only add a placement test if the course’s final test is set up using the autogenerated test option. Placement tests are not available with manually created final tests.
- Open the course you want to add a placement test to
- Click on the yellow ‘add’ button next to course outline and select ‘Test’
- Select ‘Auto-generate test’
- Once you’re happy with the questions, navigate back to the main course page
- Add ‘Placement test’
- The questions in the placement test will be generated automatically based on the questions in the final test
- Your course outline should look like this
- Publish or update the course to make the test available to learners
What learners can do
- Take the placement test before starting the course
- Review their results and decide whether to continue or advance
- Complete the course and take the final test
- Compare results to track their progress