Task Analysis: Edulastic

1. Creating a Class & Adding Students

a. Click “Manage Class”
b. Click “Create Class”
c. Enter class name, end date, grade, subject, standards set, and course
d. Click “Save Class”
e. Add students by clicking the “Add Students” button
Alternate Way (If using Google Classroom)
f. Click “Manage Class”
g. Click “Sync with Google Classroom”
h. Login with your school credentials
i. Select class(es) you want to import
j. Click “Import”
2. Finding an Assessment
a. Click “Library” on the main menu
b. Use the filters to define your search to meet your needs
c. Use the search bar to search by content name or standards
d. Use the “preview” option to view the assessment to see if it fits your needs
e. Click “Assign”
f. Choose the Open Date, Close Date, Open Policy, and Close Policy of your choice
g. Select all of the classes you want to assign it to
h. Click “Assign”
3. Creating A Custom Assessment
a. From the Edulastic dashboard, click “Assessments” on the main menu
b. Click “New Assessment”
c. Under Create From Scratch, click “Create Assessment”
d. Use the search bar to search content-related questions
e. Use the filters to search by standard, grade level, subject, question type, etc.
f. Add questions by clicking the “add” button next to the corresponding question
g. To add your own question, click “Author New Question”
h. Choose Question Type
i. Type in your question
j. Click “Save and Proceed”
k. Repeat as necessary
l. Click “Review”
m. Click “Publish or Assign”
n. Choose the Open Date, Close Date, Open Policy, and Close Policy of your choice
o. Select all of the classes you want to assign it to
p. Click “Assign”
 Script: Edulastic
Step Action On Screen Script
Edulastic is an interactive way to formally
and informally assess students in all grade
levels and content areas. Not only does It
eliminate the time-consuming element of
grading papers by hand, but it also offers a
1 Introduction: Edulastic Home Screen
real-time update on student progress. There
are multiple question styles – which we will
get to later – providing a more engaging
assessment than the typical multiple-choice
quiz.
2 Title Slide: Creating A Class & Adding Students -
Edulastic Dashboard After creating your account, you will be led
to the Edulastic Dashboard. Since I already
have an account, I am already here. In order
to assess students, you are first going to
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have to create a class and add students into
that class. First, start by clicking the
“Manage Class” button on the left-hand side
bar.

Then, click the “Create Class” button in the

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top right-hand corner.

You will then have to enter the class name,

end date, grade, subject, standards set, and
course. Since this is an example, my class is
going to be named “Example” and my end
5 date will be in a couple of weeks since I will
not be using this class. When you’re done,
click “Save Class” To add students, you’ll
click the “Add Students” button and enter
student e-mails.

If you actively use Google Classroom, there

is a much simpler way to do this. From the
6 dashboard, click “Manage Class” again.
Then, click “Sync with Google Classroom” in
the top right-hand corner.
 Log in with your school credentials, and
select the classes that you want to import.
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Once you’re done, click the blue “Import”
button in the bottom right-hand corner.

8 Title Slide: Finding An Assessment -

In Edulastic, you can find already made

assessments. From the dashboard, click
“Library”. Use the filters to adjust the results
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to fit your classes. Then, in the search bar,
type key words from the content you want
to assess or search by standard.

Once your results come up, scroll through

them to find the perfect assessment for you.
You can use the preview tool by hovering
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over an assessment to view the questions.
When you find the perfect one, click
“Assign”.

You’ll have to choose the open and close

dates as well as the policies before assigning
it. Then, choose which class you want to
assign it to – you can even choose certain
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students within a class. Perfect for
differentiated instruction! When done, click
“assign” at the top right corner. You’re all
set!
12 Title Slide: Creating A Custom Assessment -
One of the best things about Edulastic is that
you can create your own assessment by
completely pre-made questions from other
authors, authoring your own custom
questions, or a combination of both! Let’s
13 dig in on how to create a custom
assessment. From the dashboard, click
“Assessments” on the main menu. From
here, you can see all of your already made
assessments. To create a new one, click
“New Assessment”.
 It will then bring you to this screen which
offers you three different choices: create
from scratch, choose from library (which we
just covered), and create from PDF (which is
14 just uploading a paper quiz you already have
and creating an answer bank for it). We’re
going to choose to create from scratch, so
click the “create assessment” button under
this section.
From here, you get to choose to add
questions created by other authors or
author your own. To get the questions most
fitting for the assessment you want to
create, use the filters on the left-hand side
15 to narrow questions down by grade level,
subject, standards, etc. You can also use the
search bar to search by content. Once you
find a question you like, click the “add”
button. To create your own question, click
“Author New Question”.
There are SO many question types that
Edulastic offers. In my opinion, this database
prepares students more adequately for
standardized tests since new question types
16 other than simply multiple choice have been
added to tests like the Georgia Milestone.
Choose which question type you would like
to add, and simply type in the question /
responses based on that type.
As an example, I am going to choose the
Text Drop Down type. I plug in where I want
my drop text to be and then fill in as many
17 answer choices as I’d like the students to
have. When I’m done, I click “Save and
Proceed” and it adds it to the list of
questions I have already added.

Once you have added or created all of the

18 questions you desire, click the “Review”
button in the top right-hand corner.
 From this window, you can name your
assessment, save as draft, preview as
19 student, and reorder the questions. When
the assessment looks as you desire, click the
“Publish or Assign” button.

Once again, you get to choose the

open/close dates as well as the policies.
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Choose which classes and/or students you
want to assign it to and click “Assign”.

Thank you for watching the tutorial on the

basics of how to navigate around Edulastic. I
hope you can see how easy and effective
this tool is to use in the classroom. I
personally use it multiple times a week as
21 Conclusion: Edulastic Home Screen
informal checks and formal assessments.
There is so much more to this platform
including the real-time updates during
assessments. I hope you find it useful in your
classroom as well.