Starting an assessment

When you use SMART Notebook software to ask questions, SMART Response software uses the options you set in Teacher Tools to control how students interact with the teacher. If students are using clickers, before starting a SMART Response assessment, check that the receiver is connected and ready. If you don’t have a SMART Notebook assessment file, you must create one. See Creating an assessment for more information.

To open an assessment and set options

1. Click the SMART Response icon in the Mac menu bar, and then select Open Notebook Software.

   A blank SMART Notebook page appears.

2. Select File > Open.

3. Select the SMART Notebook file containing your questions, and then click Open.

   The assessment file’s title page appears.

4. Click the Response tab, and then click Properties if it isn’t already selected.

5. Select one of the following options to set the Assessment Delivery mode.

   Note 

   The Assessment Delivery mode options are available only in PE, XE, VE or Multiple devices mode.

   Allow students to answer...	Description
   All questions at their own pace.	This is the default mode. Students that have access to the assessment can answer questions as quickly or as slowly as they want.
   The currently displayed question only.	Teachers must start each question, wait for student responses, and then stop the question before they can move to another question. This mode allows teachers to control the progress of the assessment while monitoring how students answer each question. On the toolbar, the Start Assessment icon changes to a Start Question icon.

6. Select the Remember names check box to display student names in the Response tab during the assessment.

   OR

   Clear the Remember names check box to hide student names in the Response tab during the assessment.

Notes 

• Select the Remember names check box if you want to identify students when you review results during the assessment.

• Clear the Remember names check box if you want to display the SMART Notebook file on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard during the assessment but don’t want students to see each other’s results.

• You can review, print and export the results after the assessment even if you clear the Remember names check box.

7. Select one of the following options from the Show results to students drop-down list:

   Note 

   The available feedback options vary depending on the SMART Response mode.

   Feedback option	Description
   After you stop collecting responses	Students can see how they answered and see their grades after you click Stop. If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show the class average.
   After all questions are answered	Students can see how they answered and see their grades after they finish answering all questions. If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show the class average.
   After each question is answered	Students can see how they answered each question and see their grades after they finish answering all questions. If you select this option, you can also choose to show the correct answers with grades and show the class average.
   Don’t show students their grades	Students can’t see how they answered or see their grades.
   Don’t allow students to save assessment	Students using SMART Notebook SE software can’t save the assessment to their binders after they finish.

To start an assessment and ask questions in PE, XE and CE modes

1. Start a class if you haven’t already done so.

2. Have your students connect to the class, if they haven’t already done so.

3. Select Response > Start Assessment.

   The Response tab opens with the Progress button selected.

   If you’re displaying the questions on a screen, you can control the students’ progress by selecting each question page in turn.

4. Use the Forward or Back button on the menu bar to open a question page.

   OR

   Click the Page Sorter tab, and then select the thumbnail of a question page.

5. Click Response > Stop Assessment in the menu bar to end the session.

6. If you chose to show results to students, select Response > End Review Mode when the students are done reviewing their results.

7. Click Save to save the results.

To start an assessment and ask questions in LE mode

1. Start a class, if you haven’t already done so.

2. Have your students connect to the class, if they haven’t already done so.

3. Select Response > Start Assessment.

   The Response tab opens with the Progress button selected.

   If you’re displaying the questions on a screen, you can control the students’ progress by selecting each question page in turn.

4. Use the Forward or Back button on the menu bar to open a question page.

   OR

   Click the Page Sorter tab, and then select the thumbnail of a question page.

5. Click Start Question on the toolbar.

   The Response tab opens with the Progress button selected.

6. Ask your students to answer the question with their clickers.

7. When the “All the students have answered” message appears in the Response tab, click Stop Question.

   A chart showing your students’ results and several options appears in the Response tab. Select the options you want.

8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each question in your assessment.

   Note 

   You must stop the current question before you can ask another question.

9. Click Response > Stop Assessment in the menu bar to end the session.

10. If you chose to show results to students, select Response > End Review Mode when the students are done reviewing their results.

11. Click Save to save the results.

To start an assessment and ask questions in VE mode

1. Start a class, if you haven’t already done so.

2. Select Response > Start Assessment.

   The Assessment Started dialog box appears displaying the URL and Assessment ID that the students need to connect to the assessment.

   Tip 

   If you click QR Code, an image appears which students can scan using a QR code reader app on their mobile devices. Scanning the QR code loads the assessment in the browser on their mobile devices. Click outside the image to return to the Assessment Started dialog box.

   The Response tab opens with the Progress button selected.

3. Tell your students to browse to response.smarttech.com, and then enter their Student IDs and the Assessment ID.

   The assessment appears on their browsers.

4. When all your students are connected, click OK to close the Assessment Started dialog box.

5. Use the Forward or Back button on the menu bar to open a question page.

   OR

   Click the Page Sorter tab, and then select the thumbnail of a question page.

6. Click Response > Stop Assessment in the menu bar to end the session.

7. Click Save to save the results.