How to take a text assessment as a learner — from finding the assignment to submitting your answers.
A text assessment is a written knowledge check — multiple choice, dropdown, short answer, or long form. Most are auto-graded; some require a grader's review. Your progress is saved as you go, so you can pause and return without losing your answers.
How to Find Your Assessment
There are two ways to start an assessment:
From an email notification. When the assessment is assigned to you, you'll get an email (and/or a Slack message). Click the link to go straight to the assessment.
From your Continu dashboard. Open your dashboard and find the assessment in your open assignments. Click it to start.
How to Complete a Text Assessment
1. Review the description and start. The opening screen shows the assessment description and how many questions you'll need to answer. Click Start when you're ready to begin.
2. Answer the questions. Work through each question. The progress indicator at the bottom shows how many questions you've answered. Use Back to revisit prior questions if you need to.
3. Submit when complete. Once all questions are answered, click Submit. Auto-graded assessments show your result immediately. Assessments with manual grading components (long form, short answer) show as awaiting grading until a grader reviews them.
Note: If you need to navigate away mid-assessment, your answers are saved. You can resume from where you left off the next time you open the assessment.
What to Expect After Submitting
Auto-graded results. Multiple choice, multi-answer, dropdown, and exact-match single input questions are scored automatically. You see your result immediately if all questions are auto-graded.
Manual grading. Long form questions and open-ended single input questions need a grader's review. You'll see the assessment as "awaiting grading" until the grader completes their review. Most programs have a defined SLA (often 5 business days). If yours is taking longer, follow up with your manager or the program owner.
Retakes. If you didn't pass and the program allows retakes, the option to retake shows on your result screen. The number of remaining attempts is displayed alongside.
Feedback and grade. Once graded, you can review your grade and any grader feedback. See Viewing a Graded Assessment.
Where This Fits
You're here because you've been assigned a text assessment. For reviewing your result after grading, see Viewing a Graded Assessment. For taking a video-format assessment instead, see Complete a Webcam Assessment.
See Also
- Viewing a Graded Assessment — for reviewing your result after grading.
- Complete a Webcam Assessment — for video-format assessments.