Create custom assessables for EDI Exams

This article explains how to create, delete, and edit custom assessables for EDI exams in Arbor, allowing schools to manage exam scheduling without external tools. It covers permissions needed, steps to create and modify assessable, and scenarios where custom assessables are beneficial.

Assessable's are automatically created for EDI exams using the base data as a single session. If you need to change the scheduling of an assessable, you can do this in Arbor without needing to use In-house exams or an external spreadsheet. This is useful in scenarios when:

• Students are given more than one paper to complete in a sitting, and schools cannot dictate how a candidate splits their time. 
• A qualification has a component set for a certain number of hours that can be broken up into multiple scheduled sessions by the school. 

Permissions

You'll need the Qualifications: Administer All Students permission to set up exams. If you don't have permissions, ask your administration team to give you permission using these instructions. 

Creating a custom assessable

Go to Students > Examinations > Qualification Offering and click into the Learning Unit containing the assessable you want to hide. Top Tip: Click + to expand to see the units.

Click to expand the Exams & Assessables section. Scroll down within this section and click Create custom assessable.

In the slide over, add a name, an identifier for your records and what series the assessable should be linked to. Add a date, time and duration (hours and minutes) then click Create Assessable.

Deleting a custom assessable

1. Go to Students > Examinations > Qualification Offering
2. Click into the Learning Unit containing the assessable you want to hide. Top Tip: Click + to expand to see the units.
3. Click to expand the Exams & Assessables section.
4. Click on the assessable instance.
5. Click Delete Assessable Instance. The assessable instance and assessable in the Exams & Assessables section will be removed.

Editing an existing assessable

If you need to change the times or dates for an assessable scheduling you can do this here:

• Hide an assessable from scheduling
• Change the times or dates for an assessable