Creating and editing KS tests

AEC firms can use the KS system to create their own skills assessments from scratch.

Let's take a brief look at the test creation journey.  We have built an intuitive, 4-step process, for writing and editing custom tests.

To edit an existing KS test, first hover your mouse over the 'Edit test' button, in the 'Your Tests' page of your admin dashboard.

Note that a small pop-up menu appears to the left of the 'Edit test' icon.  This menu allows you to skip straight to the relevant step of the edit process, depending on the change you want to make.

Step one is where you enter the test name and a brief description of the key features being covered by the test.

Step two is where you assign modules from your library, to be linked together in a 'daisy-chain', creating a longer test.  Use the green '+' icon, to add modules to your test.  Conversely, you can remove modules by selecting the delete icon next to the module name, in the 'Your modules' panel on the right of your dashboard.

Step three is where you choose how many questions you want to be assigned in each module. The 'Available questions' column displays the total number of questions in the library 'pool'.  The 'Assigned questions' column displays how many questions will be randomly presented to users during a live test. Click on the 'Edit test module' icon, to select the required number of questions in each stage, then click the green tick to save your changes.

Step four is where you can edit your test settings.  Here you can set your preferences for presenting the sample test files to users, set a time limit on test sessions, provide additional instructions to your users, hide or show the timer in the test UI and assign meta tags, or keywords, to each test.  Category tags are used to help you search and group your tests, back in your main library.

You can view a summary page for each test, by clicking on the magnifying glass icon, next to the test name, on the 'Your Tests' page.

KnowledgeSmart offers AEC firms a flexible solution for assessing the technical software skills of their teams. They can choose from a wide range of 'off the shelf' test titles, for design and engineering software.  And they can write their own test material from scratch.

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Creating and editing KS modules

When building a KS test, we usually group questions by topic into modules.  Modules can be deployed individually as a short test, or, in turn, they can be linked together (in what we refer to as a 'daisy-chain') to create a longer test.

Let's take a brief look at the module creation journey.  We have built an intuitive, 3-step process, for writing and editing test modules.

To edit an existing KS module, first hover your mouse over the 'Edit module' button, in the 'Your Modules' page of your admin dashboard.

Note that a small pop-up menu appears to the left of the 'Edit module' icon.  This menu allows you to skip straight to the relevant step of the edit process, depending on the change you want to make.

Step one is where you enter the module name and a brief description of the key features being covered by the module.

Step two is where you assign questions from your library, to be grouped together according to topic.  Use the green '+' icon, to add questions to your module.  Conversely, you can remove questions by selecting the delete icon next to the question name, in the 'Your questions' panel on the right of your dashboard.

Step three is where you assign your meta tags, or keywords, to each module.  Category tags are used to help you search and group your modules, back in your main library.

When you have finished creating or editing your modules, you can view a complete summary of all the key elements for each module, by clicking on the module name, back in 'Your Modules'.  This displays a green popup summary box - what we refer to as the module 'footprint'.

The KS system is very flexible.  Administrators can move questions around between modules and move modules around between tests.  You can use the KS content, 'off the shelf' (completely unchanged), you can edit the KS content and you can create test material from scratch.  Then use a blend of all this material, to build your own skills assessments for your firm.

Next, we'll look at the process for creating and editing KS tests.

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