Training

To ensure the most effective adoption and use of the Cirrus Platform within your organisation, we offer training and webinars/inspirational sessions to our customers.

This will give everyone the knowledge and skills to immediately create great assessments that seamlessly fit within your organisation.

Cirrus Introductory Training

This course is for anyone involved in using the Cirrus Platform within your organisation. It covers the complete lifecycle of digital examinations or e-Assessments using Cirrus.

Participants will get an overview of Item (bank) creation and maintenance, Delivery, Invigilation and Marking in Cirrus.

The training consists of the following modules:

Module 01 – Items and Assessment Management

Topics:

• A global overview of the Cirrus Platform
• Student Delivery example
• Overview of available Item Types
• Creating Collections
• The concept of sharing Collections
• Item Development Process
• Creating Items
• Creating Assessments
• Quality Control on Assessments

Target audience:

• Item Creators
• Assessment Authors
• Teachers
• Quality Reviewers
• Key Users/Support

Duration: 1,5 hours

Module 02 – Scheduling and Invigilation

Topics:

• Q&A on previous sessions and using the platform
• Create and Manage Students
• Create Schedule Sessions in the Hierarchy using import
• Import Students
• Create schedules
• Understanding of Marking settings and Hierarchy group for Marking Coordinators
• Understanding the role of the Invigilator in the Cirrus platform

Target audience:

• Schedulers
• Student Administration
• Invigilators
• Key Users/Support

Module 03 – Marking

Topics:

• Q&A on previous sessions and using the platform
• Overview of the Marking workflow options
• Setting up the Marking workflow for an assessment
• Assign assessors and roles
• Mark assessments
• Publish results of assessments
• Auditing assessments
• Rescoring assessments
• Scheduling Candidate Review sessions

Target audience

• Marking Coordinators
• Markers (Assessors)
• Teachers
• Key Users/Support

Module 04 – Administrator Training

Topics:

• A global overview of the Cirrus Platform
• How to operate as an Administrator in the Cirrus Platform
• Initial setup of the system
• Access Management: Create and manage user accounts
• Understanding and creating user roles and permissions
• Understanding and creating hierarchies
• Able to get insight in available content and provide support on it
• Creating a Learning Objectives repository
• Importing data into the system

Target audience

• System Administrators
• Key Users
• Support personal
• ICT

05 - Additional session - Q&A

You can request an additional session on topics you prefer to get in depth information on and/or have Q&A on previous sessions and using the platform.

Certified Super User

Together with our customers, we ensure that each organisation has at least one (or more) Cirrus Assessment Certified Super User(s). These are the gatekeepers of all things related to the Cirrus Platform. They will also have full access to our documentation and support to ensure your success.

To become a certified Cirrus Assessment Super User one must have successfully completed all of the modules above. This is to ensure you have a complete overview of the platform in order to support all key users of the platform within your organization.

Read more about Super Users here.

Cirrus Advanced Course

During this course participants will gain insights and develop skills to ensure the effective delivery of your e-Assessments using the Scheduling, Invigilation and Marking features.

We will also look into the power of using Taxonomies, Hierarchies, Blueprints and defining Roles within the system.

We can adapt this course to the needs of your organization.

Cirrus Administration Course

This course offers an overview of the Scheduling, Invigilation and Marking tools.

It provides an in depth look at the setup and management of system wide settings such as Roles, Hierarchies, Learning Objectives and User-Management.

We can adapt this course to the needs of your organization.

Want to schedule a training? Need more information?

Would you like to request a training or enquire about specific training or consultancy for your organisation? Please Request Consultancy or a Training via our Customer Portal (or contact us via servicedesk@cirrusassessment.com).