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iCEV Tutorial
Enabling & Using Certification Pre-Tests
This tutorial will show how to enable pre-tests in your iCEV certification playlist and what your students will experience once it's activated.
What is Pre-Testing?
Pre-tests give teachers the option to measure a student’s baseline knowledge before they begin working through the certification curriculum. These assessments help track student or class growth through additional reporting features.
⚠️ Important: Once enabled, pre-tests cannot be disabled.
Before You Begin
- Pre-testing is optional, but once enabled, it’s permanent for that playlist.
- If enabled by mistake, you must create a new certification playlist without enabling pre-tests.
How Pre-Tests Affect New Students
If a student joins your course playlist after pre-testing has been enabled, they will not be able to access any curriculum materials until they complete the pre-test.
Video Tutorial
Prefer written instructions? View the full text step-by-step tutorial here.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Enabling Pre-Tests
1. Locating the Enable Option
On your certification course dashboard, look to the right-hand side of the screen under Course Administration.
Click the link labeled Enable Pre-Tests.

2. Confirming Your Choice
A confirmation window will appear.
To proceed, click the Enable button.
⚠️ Note: Once pre-tests are enabled, they cannot be disabled.
If you’re unsure, click Cancel to exit without making changes.

3. Viewing Pre-Test Enabled Status
Once enabled, your course will display a status message:
Pre-test enabled on [date] — confirming everything is set.

Student View
1. What Students Will See
When students enter the course, they’ll see a prompt to Launch Pre-Test.

2. Student Pre-Test
After clicking Launch Pre-Test, students will begin a 100-question assessment designed to measure their baseline knowledge.

Industry Certifications Report
1. Access Enhanced Reporting Features
Enabling pre-tests unlocks new insights in the Industry Certification Reports section:
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Pre-Test Scores
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Certification Scores
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Growth Report – showing improvement between the pre-test and certification
You can download these reports as a CSV file by clicking Download Report.

2. Understanding the Growth Report
The Growth Report is designed to show positive progress. You will never see a negative value in this report.

3. View Individual Student Reports
By default, the report shows the Class view.
To see individual student data:
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Click the Report Type dropdown
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Select Student

4. Customize Student Reports
In the Student Certification Report, you can:
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Choose between Pre-Test, Certification, or Growth Report
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Display scores as percentages or points
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Download the report as a CSV file

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