Auto-marked assessment is one of the most useful things Mindjoy does, partly because of the marking it saves you and partly because of what the Insights then tell you about where a class actually is. Here is the whole loop, from nothing to released marks.
1. Decide where it lives
An assessment in Mindjoy is a lesson with question blocks and a marking setting. There is no separate assessment object, which means you have a choice:
Inside a pathway, if it belongs to a sequence of teaching, and you want start and due dates across the whole set.
As a standalone lesson, for a quick quiz, a pop test or a revision check that does not fit an existing sequence. Assign it straight to a classroom.
For a pathway, go to Pathways, click New pathway, give it a meaningful name and a description (the description is what our AI artist uses for the cover image), then click Create pathway.
2. Build the questions
Click Add Lesson and pick your route:
Copy My Lesson if the assessment already exists as a document. Attach it and the agent reproduces it as-is, mark schemes and all. See Turning an existing assessment or past paper into a lesson.
With Agent if you want it written for you. Say what you want and be specific: "an end-of-topic assessment on electromagnetic waves for Year 10, 20 marks, questions increasing in difficulty". The agent drafts an outline for you to approve before it builds anything.
From Scratch if you would rather write it yourself. Pick New editor, then add question blocks with the / or + menu.
3. Read the mark schemes before anyone sits it
This is the step people skip and then regret. Every question the auto-marker will mark has a mark scheme, and where you did not supply one, it was generated. Generated mark schemes are a reasonable first draft and nothing more, so tighten anything that matters: alternative valid answers, whether method earns marks, whether spelling counts.
While you are in there, reorder or delete anything you do not want, and set the marks on each question with the + and - controls.
4. Hold the marks back
Set the feedback type to On return from the lesson's more menu. Students then submit, the auto-marker does its work, and nothing is visible to them until you have reviewed it and released it. For a formal assessment this is the setting you want. On submission shows marks the moment they submit, and Instant gives feedback after every question, which is better suited to practice.
5. Publish and assign
Publish the lesson, then click Assign. Tick the classroom, open Optional settings, and set the Start Date and Due Date down to the exact time it closes. Your assessment is now live.
6. Moderate, then return
Open the classroom, go to the Assignments tab and click the assignment. The Lessons tab lists each lesson with its submissions, and from there you can read individual answers, sample a spread of responses before trusting the marking wholesale, adjust any mark yourself, and then return the results to the class.