- Permissions and requirements to manage Competency Assessments

Permissions

There are three levels of permissions involved in the assessment process:

Assessment Design

To create assessment templates, you can use the system (preset) role, Competency Editor, which includes all the permissions required.
These permissions are:
Competency:Create/Edit Templates
Competency:Mark Competency Tests

Assessment Assign/Perform

To manage, assign and perform assessments, the system role, Competency Assessor, includes all the permissions required.
These permissions are:
Competency:Assign Assessments
Competency:View Assessments
Competency:Perform Competency Assessment

Other system roles that include these permissions are:

  • Administration Editor
  • Global Editor (excluding admin and personnel records)
  • Global Editor (excluding admin)

Assessment Candidates

To take assessments, the system role, Competency Viewer, includes all the permissions required.
These permissions are:
Competency:View Templates
Competency:View Tests
Competency:View Assessments

Requirements

Assessments can be restricted to one or more OUs. Therefore, the permissions above are required within the OU of interest in order to have access to the assessment templates and assessments.

Read on to learn about Creating a blank Competency Assessment Template