3rd Party Assessments

Overview of 3rd Party Assessments

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Schoolbox provides seamless integration with third-party assessment tools using LTI 1.3, allowing you to incorporate external learning and assessment platforms directly into your courses. This guide will help you understand how to set up and use third-party assessments within Schoolbox.

What Are 3rd Party Assessments?

Third-party assessments are evaluation tools hosted by external providers and accessed through Schoolbox using Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards. These tools allow students to complete assessments outside of Schoolbox's native submission box while keeping all results and feedback visible in your course.

Common use cases include:

- Online quizzes and tests from specialized assessment platforms

- Interactive learning tools with embedded assessment

- Plagiarism checkers and document analysis tools

- Coding evaluation platforms

- Language learning assessments

Within this page you will find information on: 

Creating a 3rd Party Assessment

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Prerequisites

Before you can use third-party assessments, your system administrator must:

1. Configure LTI Tools- Your administrator needs to set up and register third-party assessment tools in Schoolbox's administration area

2. Enable the Feature - Ensure that third-party assessment functionality is enabled for your school

If you don't see the option to create 3rd Party Assessments, contact your system administrator.

 

Creating a Third-Party Assessment

Step 1: Start Creating an Assessment

  1. Go to the appropriate Unit page.
     
  2. Then, go to the Course Builder component.
     
  3. Next, select Create Activity.
     
  4. Then, select 3rd Party Assessment.

 

Step 2: Configure Assessment Settings

Fill in the following information for your assessment:

Field | Description

Title The name of your assessment as it will appear to students

Description Instructions or context for students (optional but recommended)

Step 3: Select Your Assessment Tool

From the dropdown list, select the 3rd party tool you want to use

   - The dropdown will display all tools your administrator has made available

   - Each tool shows its name (e.g., "Quiz Master", "Code Evaluator")


Step 4: Select Content from the Tool

  1. You'll be taken to the tool's interface where you can select and configure the specific quiz, assignment, or test etc
     
  2. Once saved, you'll be returned to Schoolbox with your selection configured


Step 5: Configure dates
Publish Date When students can first see the assessment

Open Date When students can start working on the assessment

Due Date When the assessment is due

Close Date After this date, students cannot submit responses

 

Step 6: Set Grading Options

Configure how grades will be handled:

Mark Visibility Who can see the marks: Staff only, Staff and Students or Staff, Students and Parents

Weight This value indicates how much this assessment’s outcome contributes to the final overall grade

 

Step 7: Click Create to create your assessment

How Students Use 3rd Party Assessments

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How Students Use 3rd Party Assessments

Launching the Assessment

3rd party Assessments are accessed and launched in the same way as any other learning activity in Schoolbox (Task, Due Work, Quiz etc). 

When a student views a 3rd party assessment in Schoolbox:

  1. They'll see the assessment details you created (title, description, dates)
  2. They'll see a Attempt Activity button
  3. Clicking the Attempt Activity button takes them to the external tool to complete the assessment

Submitting Responses

How students submit their work depends on the specific tool:

Tool-Hosted Submission - Most tools handle submission within their own interface

Automatic Sync - Results are automatically returned to Schoolbox once the assessment is completed

 

Viewing Feedback

Once the assessment has been graded within the external tool:

1. Grades appear in the Schoolbox markbook

2. Feedback (if provided by the tool) is visible alongside the grade

3. Students can view their results in the same places as other learning activity types

Viewing and Grading Student Submissions

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Viewing and Grading Student submissions

From the View Status page of the 3rd Party Assessment, use the 3-dot menu to select "View in LTI Tool". Here as a teacher, you will access the summary and submission page of the specific tool. Here (if the tool permits) you will be able to review and grade each student submission. 

 

Viewing Student Results 
Once you have provided grades and feedback using the 3rd party tool, this information will be populated within Schoolbox. 

Markbook View

- Access your course or class markbook

- Third-party assessment grades appear alongside native Schoolbox assessments

- Filter and sort by assessment type if needed

Note - Only overall grade and comments are communicated back to Schoolbox. Any rubric information or in-line comments are only stored within the 3rd party tool. 

 

Individual Submission View

- Click on a student's name to view their detailed submission history

- See both the grade and any feedback provided by the external tool

- View the timestamp when the assessment was completed