Wimba Voice Tools
This web page introduces you to the basic wimba tools.

 Learn how to use the Oral Assessment Builder.
How to use the Oral Assessment Builder
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Last updated Sept. 30, 2006
UCLA Center for Digital Humanities
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1. How do I create an assessment?
  1. Login to Wimba.
  2. Click on the Oral Assessments tab.
  3. Choose Create assessment .

  4. create assessment

  5. Fill in the Name and Title fields. The name is a unique identifier of this assessment within the Wimba Manager (for you to see), and the title is what your students see.

  6. name and title

    student account

  7. Under Available Questions, you will see all the questions you have created. Highlight the desired question by clicking on it once and click Add. It is now added to the Questions in the Assessment.

  8. add questions

  9. Continue to add all the questions you need.
  10. The questions will be presented to your students in the order listed in the Questions in the Assessment. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the order of the questions.

  11. change order

  12. Click Save.

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2. How do I edit the assessment I created?
  1. Login to Wimba.
  2. Click on the Oral Assessments tab.
  3. Choose Manage assessments.

  4. manage assessments

  5. Click on the pencil icon (under Edit) of the assessment you want to modify.


  6. edit assessment

  7. Do not forget to click Save after you modify the assessment.

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3. How do I assign an assessment to my students?
  1. If you haven't set up a student group for your class, contact your ITC. You will be asked to provide a latest class roster that includes student names, UIDs, and email addresses listed on URSA (This information is available on MyUCLA. Go to Roster >Download Excel format).
  2. After a student group is set up, login to Wimba.
  3. Click on the Oral Assessments tab.
  4. Choose Manage assessments.

  5. oral assessments tab

  6. Click on the pen icon (under Assign) of the assessment you want to assign.

  7. assign assessment

  8. Under the Group pop-up menu, choose the group you want to assign this assessment.
  9. Fill in the Date Due (Click on the calendar icon). Please note that the due date will not restrict access to the assessment.
  10. Click Save.

  11. assign assessment to a group

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4. How can I delete the assessment that I already assigned to my students?
  1. Don't do this action if some of your students have already taken the assignment.
  2. Login to Wimba.
  3. Click on the Oral Assessments tab.
  4. Choose Assigned assessments.

  5. assigned assessments

  6. Find the group that the assessment you want to delete is assigned to. Click on the Assessments icon next to that group.

  7. assigned assessment

  8. Click on the Delete icon next to the assessment you want to delete.

  9. delete assignment

  10. Please note that what you just deleted is the assignment of the assessment to this particular group. This assessment no longer appears on your students' accounts. The assessment itself, however, still remains in Manage Assessments.
  11. To delete the assessment completely, go to Manage Assessments.
  12. Click on the Delete icon next to the assessment you want to delete completely.

    delete assessment

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5. Can I make changes in the assessment that I already assigned to my students?
  1. Unfortunately, the assessment cannot be modified once assigned. What you have to do first is to delete the assessment you want to modify.
  2. Modify questions.
  3. Re-assemble an assessment with modified questions.
  4. Assign the new assessment to your students.

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6. One of my students made a mistake in taking the assessment. How can I let him/her retake the same assessment?
  1. Unfortunately, an assessment cannot be assigned individually. You will have to assign the same assessment to the whole group to allow this student to retake the assessment. In this case, please make sure that you notify all of your students that they are receiving another instance of the same assessment.
  2. Assign the same assessment to your students once again.

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