For users, it is pleasant to have their own skills and competencies visible. You can achieve this within the online academy, by using a skill measurement. In this article, we will provide you with all the information you need, to create and use a skill measurement.

A skill measurement is a smart questionnaire that users can fill out. Based on their answers, points are assigned to specific skills. After completion, users will gain insight into their skills through various diagrams.

The user completes the skill measurement for themselves, which is why the score is only visible to the user. This score cannot be accessed by administrators.

A skill measurement consists of a welcome and a closing block. Additionally, a skill measurement contains one or more paths. Each path may focus on a specific skill or theme. Paths are then made up of various elements, such as a question, a piece of text, or a video. As an administrator, you can set up logical decisions to determine what happens when a user makes a particular choice. For example, you can have an answer contribute to a specific skill, or redirect the user to a different part of another path.

We recommend creating an outline of how you want your skill measurement to proceed on paper beforehand. This way, you have already elaborated on it, making it easier to add to your online academy.

Make sure you have a clear understanding of which skills your skill measurement will focus on. In your design, outline the paths you want to include in the skill measurement and what components these paths will contain. Also, be sure to clearly define how the logical decisions should function. In other words, what should happen when a user makes a specific choice? Does the user's answer contribute to a skill, and if so, which one? Or does the user's answer lead them to a question in a different path rather than the next question?

Once you have created the learning activity, you can start building the skill measurement. When you start a new skill measurement, you will see a few things:

In the edit mode, you add the content and logical decisions to your skill measurement. While editing on the left side of the screen, you'll immediately see how the skill assessment will appear to the user on the right side of the screen. You can return to edit mode by clicking the pencil icon in the menu.

You can add various components to each path. You do this using the '+' icon in the path. A component can be a question, text, or video. Some components purely aim to provide information or knowledge, such as text and video. Other components can affect the progression of the skill measurement or its outcome. This happens based on logical decisions.

Add values (such as skills) to the skill assessment that contribute to the answers provided. You do this by editing the skill assessment via Settings and then the Values tab.

You can link a logical decision to a question. You add this logical decision using the icon with two arrows. Once you're adding a logical decision, you can use the arrows above the logical decision to navigate to the next question and add another logical decision there as well. A single question can be linked to multiple logical decisions. For example, answer A may contribute to skill A, while answer B contributes to skill B. There are two types of logical decisions within a skill measurement:

After completing the entire skill measurement, users can view their scores on the confirmation page. The results are only visible to the user.

As an administrator, you set up the confirmation page. You can customize the confirmation page by clicking the finish line icon at the bottom of the screen while in edit mode. Various components can be used to design the confirmation page. You can choose from text, a spider graph, or a quadrant graph. It's also possible to combine these three elements or use one of them multiple times, for example.

While editing, you'll see a preview on the right side of the screen, showing how the user will view the confirmation page. The following three elements can be added to the confirmation page.

With text, you can provide users with an explanation on the confirmation page. You can explain how to interpret the charts and what they can do with their score.

A spider graph can be linked to multiple labels. These labels are fed based on the points scored on the skills. The label is the name by which the skill is displayed to the user in the chart. For each label, you specify which value (skill) feeds the label. The higher the score in a skill, the more color will be visible towards the corresponding label in the radar chart. The image below shows an example of a radar chart.

In the quadrant graph, users can see their scores on a coordinate plane. You can combine two skills in this chart. Here too, you add a label that displays the name of the skill to the user, fed by the value you assign to it. Lastly, you can add labels for the four quadrants. These are the names the user sees for a specific combination of skills. For example, someone who scores highly on both teamwork and leadership skills is referred to as a collaborative team leader in the example below.

On the Settings page, you can configure two things:

With the help of a skill measurement, users can discover their existing strengths and areas where they can further develop. You can use this learning activity, for example, as a baseline measurement or talent analysis.

After completing the skill measurement, users can decide for themselves what to do with the results. If used as a baseline measurement, you may choose to have users retake the same skill measurement after a couple months. This allows users to see if there have been any changes. This information can be incorporated into a reflection report on their development.