Overview: Appraisal question categories are used to group questions into logical blocks. Categories can be reordered, temporarily disabled, and given an individual description to explain what their questions cover. Questions are created within categories or in the Uncategorised section but can't be moved from one category to another once created.
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Start from: The Step 2 - Questions section of a new appraisal form.
Categories
It's worth considering in advance whether you wish to use categories, which group your questions into logical sections and can be rearranged to change the order they appear in the appraisal. It isn't possible to move questions between categories after they are created, so it makes sense to decide before you start adding questions to the appraisal.
The Uncategorised section can be used to add questions without creating a category for them.
- Select Add Category
- Use the Category Name text field to enter a name for each category.
- Select Add Category
to add more categories. You can add as many as required.
- Drag
to reorder categories. They will appear in the appraisal in the order shown in the edit page, from top to bottom.
- Select Delete
to delete a category and all of its contents.
- Select Edit
on a category to edit its name and description details and toggle its Enabled status. Categories which are not enabled will be hidden from the appraisal when in use.
Note: The option to edit is only visible after the category name has been entered.
- Select Save to confirm your changes.
Category Details
- Select the Enabled check box to make the category visible when the appraisal is displayed. If Enabled is unchecked, the category and all the questions within it will not be visible when the appraisal is assigned.
- The Manager category toggle enables a manager-only category which is not visible to learners. This is useful when setting up appraisals for managers in the team.
- Use the Category description editor to add text, images, videos, and live links. The description will be displayed as an overview of the content when the appraisal is used.
- Select
to choose between different column styles.
- Select
to choose between different text styles.
- Select font and font size from the drop-down menus to create interesting font styles.
- Select
to insert a table by selecting the number of cells you require.
- Select
to upload a picture.
- Select
to upload a video.
- Select
to insert a link.
- Select
to embed a video URL (YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Instagram, Dailymotion or Youku).
- Select
to insert a horizontal rule.
- Select
to enter full screen mode.
- Select
- Select Save to keep the changes, OR select Close to discard them, and return to the Edit Appraisal page.
Once categories are successfully added, you can begin adding questions to the appraisal. See Understand appraisal questions for more information.