Assessment and assignment types

An assessment or assignment is a task that a user has to complete by a specified time in order to earn points. These points count towards a final grade based on the selected weighting scheme. If required, an assessment or assignment can be associated with a particular module or lesson.

CYPHER for business defaults to assessments. CYPHER for academia defaults to assignments. The terms assessments and assignments are interchangeable in this article and customizable in your platform.

To learn more about assessments on the platform, visit the Assessments and assignments article.

Assessment and assignment types

To learn about a specific assessment type, click the assessment type below:

1. Quiz
   
1. A quiz is a set of questions that learners can answer online. 
   
2. Essay
   
1. An essay assessments allows learners to submit their response using the HTML editor. The platform allows learners to include an unlimited number of attachments to the essay submission.
   
3. Offline
   
1. An offline assessment is a traditional assessment such as a paper-based test or reading a book. There is no online submission for this kind of assessment, and the instructor is expected to enter the scores for each learner based on the results of the offline work. This option allows you to include the scores and grades of an offline assessment within your platform's gradebook.
4. Survey
   
1. A survey assessment is a set of questions users can answer online. Generally, surveys are not scored or graded. 
5. Discussion
   
1. A discussion assessment is an assessment where learners earn points by participating in a single thread of discussion that is started by the instructor.
   
6. Debate
   
1. A debate assessment is an assessment where learners add arguments for or against a proposition that is supplied by the instructor.
7. Team
   
1. A team assessment is an assessment that allows groups of learners to work on joint submissions. The instructor organizes the learners into teams, each of which get their own private group in which they can collaborate to create their assessment submission.
8. Turnitin
   
1. A Turnitin assessment is an assessment that utilizes the platform's Turnitin integration.
9. SCORM
   
1. A SCORM assessment allows you to upload a SCORM package, and the platform can capture and record the results of the SCORM assessment.
10. Dropbox
    
1. A Dropbox assessment allows learners to upload one or more files as their assessment submission.
11. H5P
    
1. An H5P assessment utilizes an H5P integration as a component of the assessment.
12. Attendance
    
1. An attendance assessment awards points based on a learner’s attendance record.
13. Google Assignments
    
1. A Google assignment is an assessment that utilizes a Google assignments integration.
14. LTI
    
1. LTI assessments are assessments that integrate 3rd party LTI tools.

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