Skill Assessment: overview
For: admins, assessment designers and evaluators
Skill Assessment is a separate module for testing what a candidate can do — speak, write, explain, handle a customer, solve a case — rather than only what they can recall. Every question is tagged to one or more skills and scored against a rubric, so the result is a per-skill profile instead of a single mark.
Availability: Skill Assessment is enabled per institute. If you do not see Skill Assessment in the side menu, contact [email protected] to enable it.
What makes it different from a normal exam
| Area | Normal exam | Skill Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Question bank | Question Bank > Objective / Subjective Questions | Skill Assessment > Question Builder (own question list) |
| How candidates answer | Options, typed answer, file upload | MCQ, text, audio recording, video recording, or a spoken conversation with an AI bot |
| How answers are scored | Answer key or examiner marks | Weighted skills and rubric criteria (CEFR, NSQF or your own) |
| Result | Total marks | Per-skill profile, plus total score |
A single score hides which skill is weak; a per-skill profile shows it.
Question and answer formats
- Question format (what the candidate sees): Text, Video, Audio or Image. An optional case study / background can be shown alongside the question.
- Answer format (how the candidate responds):
- MCQ — single or multiple selection, with an answer key or option-wise marks.
- Text — typed answer with optional minimum / maximum word limits.
- Audio — spoken answer with a maximum duration, target language and re-record rule.
- Video — recorded video answer with a maximum duration and re-record rule.
- Conversation — a multi-turn spoken dialogue with an AI bot (persona, number of turns, language, voice).
Rubrics and scoring frameworks
| Framework | What it is | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| CEFR | Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Scores map to a band from Pre-A1 to C2. | Spoken and written language questions |
| NSQF | National Skills Qualifications Framework (India). Criteria come from the job role's National Occupational Standards; scores map to a level from 1 to 8. | Vocational and job-role questions |
| Custom | You write every criterion and weight yourself; the score is reported as a percentage. | Internal competencies, subject-specific checks |
Each question carries one or more skills (weights total 100%) and each skill carries named rubric criteria (weights total 100%).
AI scoring with human review
Open-ended answers are evaluated by AI against the question's rubric and mapped to the framework level. Responses the AI is not confident about, or that look extreme, are routed to a human reviewer, who can accept or override the AI score before the result profile is published.
AI scores against the rubric; low-confidence responses go to a human reviewer.
End-to-end workflow
- Build questions in Skill Assessment > Question Builder, or import / generate them with AI Import. See Create questions with Question Builder and AI Import.
- Create the assessment in Skill Assessment > Assessment Creation: pick questions, arrange sections, set delivery, proctoring and results options. See Create, configure and schedule an assessment.
- Schedule it from Manage Schedule on the assessment row (Flexi, Fixed, or Flexi with Fixed Exam Time).
- Candidates take it in full screen. Share Taking a Skill Assessment (candidate guide) with them beforehand.
- Review and publish scores, then share per-skill reports and certificates.
Related
Need help? Email [email protected] with your institute name, the exam or question ID and a screenshot. You can also connect over phone or schedule a meeting.
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