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1. Click Add Template
2. Fill in the Title and Description of the template and select the Sharing level (private or public)
3. Click the Save button.  You will now have the ability to add questions to the template.
4. Select the type of item you'd like to add (Scaled/Survey, Short Answer/Essay, Text Header, Existing, Expert) and click the Add button.
5. For Scaled/Survey, Short Answer/Essay and Text Header items see the Creating Items section above.
6. For Existing items
   1. Select the items you wish to include in the template
   2. Click the Insert Items button
7. For Expert items
   1. Click on the Category name you want to select from
   2. If available, choose the Objective you want to select from
   3. Select the items you wish to include in the template
   4. Click the Insert Items button
8. Reordering items
   1. Click and drag:  Click on an item and drag it to the new location
   2. Drop-down box:  From the drop-down box, choose the new order for the item
9. Creating blocks of items
   1. Select the items that you would like to have included in the block.  Note that all items need to have the same scale.  Once the first item is selected, all other items with the same scale will have an asterisk appear next to the checkbox for that item.
   2. Click the Create Block button
   3. Fill in the Item Header Text
   4. Indicate if N/A will be an option
   5. Indicate if Use Ideal Coloring will be used
   6. Select Item Category
   7. Click the Save item button

Creating evaluations

1. Click Add Evaluation
2. Fill in the Title and Instructions and choose the Template to use for this evaluation.
3. Click the Continue to Settings button.  There are several settings to define for delivering the evaluation:  Evaluation Dates, Evaluation results viewable by, Administrative Settings, Evaluation Extras, Evaluation Reminders.
4. For Evaluation Dates
   1. Set the Start Date (Users may begin submitting evaluation responses on this date.)
   2. Set the Due Date (Evaluation ends on this date, no more responses after this date.)
   3. Set Stop Date (Users may still submit responses up until this date - defines a grace period).
   4. Set the View Date (Results are not viewable until this date.)
5. For Evaluation results viewable by
   1. Indicate if you want results to be Private
6. For Administrative settings
   1. Select the type of Authentication control setting you desire
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1. explain basic usage (create template, start eval, take evals, view results), details about setting up the permissions correctly in Sakai would be helpful, explanation of the summary (dahsboard) view
2. how to create a template with details about various things like inserting expert items, reusing existing items, block items, etc.
3. how to start evaluations with details about the start dates and the various options
4. explanation of the email reminders and how they work
5. ways to access an evaluation to take it (email links, summary page, category view, direct links)
6. Viewing reports options with details on how to download csvs and view text responses