Assessments are a feature that helps learners identify their skill proficiency level in a topic and guides them to personalized content recommendations based on their skillset.
- Learning on our mobile app? Review how to access and complete assessments via the app.
How to access assessments
Follow the steps below to access assessments.
1. From the home page, click on the assessments feature box. This will take you to the assessments landing page.
2. Additionally, you can hover over the Explore menu at the top of your home page, then click Measure skills with Assessments.
3. From the Assessments landing page, you can browse, search, or filter for a specific assessment.
- Note for admins: Admins can also assign assessments, which will generate an email to the relevant learners. Learn how to assign assessments and create auto-assign rules.
How to start and complete an assessment
1. To choose an assessment, click Get started on the assessment card.
2. When you're ready to begin, click Start assessment.
3. Each assessment includes around 25-30 multiple-choice or multi-select questions and will take approximately 25 minutes to complete.
- If you skip a question, the topic will scored as incorrect and marked as an area for improvement. Both skipped questions and incorrect answers will influence the recommended lectures provided at the end of the assessment.
- If you exit the assessment before answering all the questions and come back within 24 hours, you can pick up where you left off. Otherwise, you can start a new assessment and will see a different set of questions.
For each assessment, you have two attempts available per 24 hours.
- By limiting assessment attempts, we aim to help you make the most out of your learning experience by encouraging you to take the time to engage with the learning content on Udemy Business. You can then re-apply your newly solidified knowledge when retaking the assessment.
Course and lecture recommendations
Once you’ve completed the assessment, you'll see the results page, where you can view your overall score and dive into detailed explanations for each question.
- Learn more about assessment benchmarking scores.
You'll also see courses recommended on the results page of the assessment. Once enrolled in the course of your choice, you'll see personalized guidance based on recommended areas of focus. Click Enroll now to jump into your personalized course recommendation.
Once you’re in the recommended course, you can see specific sections or lectures highlighted for you based on your assessment performance.
| Recommended Sections highlights | Recommended Lectures highlights |
How to continue an in-progress assessment
You can find in-progress assessments and your most recent results on your home page. Click Continue with assessment to pick up where you left off.
You can also access your assessments and most recent results through your My learning page. You can access your My learning page by clicking on My learning in the top right of your home page.
How to access assessments from courses
You can also access assessments from within select courses.
In these courses, there will be an assessment button on the left hand side of the course player toolbar, next to the note taking button. Click the assessment button to go directly to the relevant assessment for that course.
Depending on your progress in the course, you may occasionally be prompted with a reminder about the availability of an assessment and be given an opportunity to either navigate into the assessment, or to dismiss the prompt and continue your course session.
If you’ve already completed the associated assessment and have a score on record, you'll be reminded of your score.
- We recommend that you retake the assessment multiple times as you make progress in your journey. This will help you visualize your skill growth and continue to provide updated guidance on weaker skill areas.