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Performing LMS Training Assessments

Review submitted evidence, mark quizzes, and sign off trainee completions

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📝 Overview

If you're an LMS Assessor, you’ll see a dedicated Training Assessments portlet on your Cognidox homepage. This is where you review and approve training submissions that require human sign-off — including marking free-text quiz answers and reviewing uploaded evidence.

This article walks through the full assessment process.

Note: It's recommended to have multiple assessors assigned to a training requirement. If a pending assessment disappears from your Training Assessments portlet, it's because another assessor has started marking the training.

📍 Step 1: Go to your assessment queue

  1. Open the Training Assessments portlet

  2. You’ll see a list of training submissions:

    • Pending — Trainee submissions that you can mark; click Start
      This assigns it to you — no one else can assess it once you begin

    • In Progress — Assessments that you have started; click Continue

📂 Step 2: Review trainee submission

On the assessment page, you'll see:

  • Trainee’s submitted evidence (downloadable files)

  • Quiz answers, including:

    • Multiple-choice questions (already marked)

    • Free-text questions (require assessor review)

  • Feedback from trainee, if submitted

You can also:

  • Add assessor comments

  • Upload annotated or supporting documents as assessor evidence

✍️ Step 3: Mark free-text questions

Free-text questions will be highlighted with a blue line and require manual scoring.

For each:

  • Read the trainee’s answer

  • Refer to the Assessor Guide (if provided)

  • Mark the question as correct or incorrect

As you work, the system updates the pass/fail status based on the course’s scoring rules.

⚠️ If the trainee does not meet the minimum pass score, the system will prevent you from marking the assessment as passed.

✅ Step 4: Pass or fail the training

Once you're satisfied:

  1. Confirm that all questions and evidence have been reviewed

  2. Click Pass (or Fail if the submission is incomplete or unsatisfactory)

  3. Complete the authentication step (password or authenticator code, if required)

  4. Click Submit

The trainee will receive an email notification with a link to their updated training record.

🔄 Optional: Upload assessor evidence

If your organisation requires assessors to submit a completed or marked file (e.g. annotated worksheet), upload this before finalising the assessment.

Use the Evidence from Assessor section to provide any necessary documents.

🧾 What happens next?

  • The course will be marked as Complete in the trainee’s record

  • A certificate (if configured) will be available to the trainee

  • The completed assessment will no longer appear in your inbox

Continue to Reporting on Training and Skills.

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