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iCEV Tutorial
Assessment Generator
This tutorial walks you through how to create a custom assessment in iCEV—perfect for tailoring quizzes, tests, or reviews to match your specific lessons and learning goals.
Video Tutorial
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Navigate to the Course
From your My Courses page:
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Click the View button next to the course where you want to build your custom assessment.

2. Create a New Assessment
On the course page:
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In the Instructional Tools section of the right-hand menu, click Create Custom Assessment.

3. Name Your Assessment
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Enter a title for your assessment.
This is how it will appear in your course under Course Assessments.

4. Select Lessons
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Choose the lessons you want to pull questions from.
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Scroll to the bottom and click the green Next button.

5. Search for Items
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Click Find Items to load all available questions from the lessons you selected.

6. Search Key
🔎 Search Key:
Use these codes to identify question types:
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Assess
= Assessment -
SN
= Student Notes -
WS
= Worksheet -
Vocab
= Vocabulary

7. Narrow Your Search
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Use the search bar to filter results by keyword or code.
For example, type project or _assess to find specific question types. -
Click the gray search button to begin your search.

8. Select Items
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Check the boxes next to the questions you want to include in your assessment.

9. Previewing Items
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Click the eye icon next to any item to preview the question before adding it.

10. Add Items to Assessment
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Once you’ve selected your questions, click the blue Add Items button.
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A green confirmation message will appear once your items are added.

11. View Your Assessment
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Return to your assessment to see the questions you’ve added.

12. Finalize the Assessment
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Drag and drop to reorder questions.
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Use the checkboxes to remove any you don’t want.
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When you’re satisfied, click the blue Save button.

13. View Your Customized Assessment
Back on your course page:
- Scroll to the bottom to find your assessment under Course Assessments.
- Click the title to preview or test it.
- Click Edit to make changes.
🔔 By default, the assessment is visible to students. Uncheck Visible to Students if you want to hide it for now.

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