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Assigning 📝 Tests and sending them to Students

How to assign and distribute tests to students

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1. Assigning Tests

Start on the “Assign Tests” page:

Assign Tests page

First, pick the Word List you want to assign.

Then, pick the Group to which you want to assign the test.

Then, set the test end time. After this time, the test will no longer be available to students.

Finally, choose whether you want this to be a “practice mode” test (where the student can try the test as many times as they want) or a “test mode” test (where they can only take it once).

Tap on “Create Assignment”.


2. Sending Tests to Students

Now, it’s time to send the test to those assigned students.

Distribute test instructions

Send your students two things:

  • Their individual student code
  • Your teacher link, as shown in the above image

When your students open the link, they will be asked to enter their student code. Once they enter their code, they will be taken to the next available test.

Their browser will remember their student code after the first time they enter it.

Student test gate

They’ll take their test…

Student taking test

…And see their results immediately!

Student test results

How to set up a weekly pre-test, practice, and main test

Let’s say you want to:

  • Provide a pre-test to your students on Monday
  • Allow them to practice as much as they want on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and
  • Provide the main test on Friday

You can do this easily with Spelling Test Buddy!

You will want to set up your tests like this:

Best practices set up with 3 assignments in a week

Specifically, you will:

  • Create an assignment for the pre-test on Monday. Make sure Practice Mode is turned off.
  • Create an assignment for practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Make sure Practice Mode is turned on.
  • Create an assignment for the main test on Friday. Make sure Practice Mode is turned off.