Akindi assessments (integration with Brightspace)
Akindi is an assessment tool used to deliver bubble sheet or online multiple-choice examinations. It is integrated with D2L Brightspace, which means it is accessed through your course shell.
There are two types of Akindi assessments:
- Paper-Based Assessments, where you can print and scan the bubble sheets yourself using any printer and scanner, or easily send it off to be done for you on campus.
- Online Assessments, which are delivered entirely online via Brightspace.
Support
- Visit the Akindi Help Center (external link)
- Akindi’s Getting Started Guide (external link)
- Contact Akindi Support using the blue live-chat button in the bottom right corner of the screen while using the tool.
About Akindi On Paper Assessments
Once complete, you can either print and scan the bubble sheets yourself using any printer and scanner, or easily send them to be done for you on campus.
Features include:
- Integrated with D2L Brightspace
- Scantron bubble sheet alternative
- Use any scanner and regular printer paper
- Innovative web based platform
- Use any dark writing utensil to fill it out
Detailed steps to create an in-person bubble sheet assessment (including videos) can be found on the Create an Assessment page of the Akindi Help Centre (external link) .
Option 1: Manual Input (Recommended)
Option 2: Import/Export
Option 3: Upload Questions & Answers as a Document
Option 4: Upload A Filled-In Answer Sheet
Time-Based Accommodations
As this assessment is completed on paper, the timing is not managed by the tool, but through the facilitation of the exam.
Make-up Test or Rewrites in the Test Centre
- the number of questions (50 - 150)
- the number of possible answers (A-E or A-J)
This will allow the Test Centre to provide students with a blank bubble sheet that best matches the exam.
Once the exam is completed,
- Collect an envelope of the filled response sheets from the Test Centre.
- Scan them as a PDF (via scanner, or by taking photos on a mobile device and converting them to PDF).
- A course instructor must upload the completed exam sheets into the Akindi Dashboard (see Option 2 in the Scanning Completed Tests resource below).
There are multiple ways to access the printing features within Akindi.
Note: The response sheets generated through Akindi are linked to one assessment, and to the Brightspace course the assessment is in. They cannot be re-used for multiple assessments, or shared between separate courses.
Print bubble sheets yourself
Option 1: Get Scanned by Print Shop
To get the sheets scanned for you on campus, you can bring the sheets to the Duplicating and Printing Services (DPS) location at 105 Bond Street. There is no need to sort sheets by section or version, as Akindi will automatically sort them.
You will receive an email when the results are ready to be viewed.
Note: If a student recorded their responses on a generic sheet provided by The Test Centre, it cannot be scanned by DPS. Please use Option 2 for these sheets.