Otus offers four assessment types: Simple, Rubric, Advanced, and Plus (+), each designed to support a different instructional need. Whether you're running a quick comprehension check, collecting student work, building a detailed standards-aligned assessment, or recording grades for work completed outside of Otus, there's a type built for the task. Understanding the differences helps you choose the right tool for the right moment.

Each assessment type in Otus is designed to match a specific classroom or grading scenario, so you're never working harder than you need to. Choosing the right type from the start saves time on setup, grading, and follow-up.

✅ Run quick checks for understanding with minimal setup.
✅ Collect and evaluate student work using customizable rubrics.
✅ Build complex, standards-aligned assessments with 60+ question types.
✅ Record grades for paper-based or external assignments directly in the gradebook.
✅ Reduce manual grading time with built-in autoscoring.
✅ Match your assessment format to your instructional goal.

Simple assessments are built for speed. Teachers can quickly create multiple-choice, true/false, or short-answer questions, with options to include images, audio, and video. Multiple-choice and true/false questions are auto-scored.

Rubric assessments allow teachers to define performance criteria and levels, share the rubric with students, and collect and grade student work. Student submission is optional. If no file upload is needed, teachers can assign and grade without requiring students to submit anything.

Advanced assessments offer the most flexibility, with 60+ question types, including drag-and-drop, graphing, matching, fill-in-the-blank, essay, and Desmos. Many question types support autoscoring, partial credit, and alternate correct answers.

Plus (+) assessments don't include questions for students to answer. Instead, they add a column to the gradebook for an assignment completed outside of Otus, like a paper worksheet or an in-class performance task. Scores can be entered using points or a standards-based grading scale.

The Assessments module is accessible to both teachers and administrators directly from the Otus navigation menu.

Step 1: Identify your instructional goal. Are you checking for understanding, collecting student work, building a detailed assessment, or recording a grade for work completed outside of Otus?

Step 2: Use the table below to match your goal to the right assessment type:

Step 3: View the how-to guide for your chosen type to build and assign your assessment: