If You Use an Integration:
If your school or district uses Google Classroom or one of our LMS integrations, your classes are automatically created in your Extempore account. These classes sync with your integrated system to enroll students and synchronize grades.

Manual Creation:
Even with an integration, you have the option to manually create a class. Many teachers like to do this—for example, to use a manual class as a folder for assessments or to copy assessments into their integrated classes.

Individual Assessment:
Each student responds independently.

Group Assessment:

Creating an Assessment:
You will create an assessment within a class so that your enrolled students can access it. You can also create an assessment as a draft. Later, you can assign it to a class when you’re ready by setting the start and due date.

Assigning an Assessment:
When you assign an assessment to a class, all students in that class receive the assessment. (We plan to add options for selective assignments in the future.)

Late Enrollment:
If a student joins your class after the assessment is created, they will automatically receive the assessment.

Start Date vs. Due Date:

After the Due Date:

Late Submission Tracking:
Late entries are timestamped in the gradebook.

What They Are:
Live sessions where students join at the same time. You can join these sessions using the “drop‑in” feature or review the recordings later.

Resetting Submissions:
If a student’s answer is still processing, you can reset their submission if needed from the "drop-in" screen. When students have submitted synchronous group recordings can be reset from the grade book, similar to all other response types.

View as Student:
Use this feature to see the assessment exactly as your students will see it.

Gradebook Impact:
Answers given in “View as Student” mode do not count in the gradebook, so you can test your assessment safely.

Custom Rubrics:
Create your own simple grid-based rubrics that show different levels of performance.

District-Wide Rubrics:
Sometimes, district administrators provide standard rubrics for all teachers. This helps everyone compare results.

Reporting:
Using standard rubrics makes it easier to collect data from many classes for overall reporting.

Duplicating Assessments:
You can copy your own assessments along with their rubrics.

Importing from Colleagues:
Import assessments shared by other teachers. All questions and rubrics will be transferred automatically.

Group Assignment:
Student groups are created automatically based on the students in your class when you set up the assessment.

Late Enrollment for Synchronous Groups:
If students join after a synchronous group assessment is created, they are not added automatically. In that case, copy the assessment to include the new students.

Late Submissions:
Synchronous group assessments do not allow late answers. The due date is final.

Video Response:
Students record a video.

Audio Response:
Students record an audio message.

Text Response:
Students type their answers.

Multiple Choice (Single Select):
Automatically graded options.

Simulated Conversation:
Uses pre‑recorded audio prompts with built‑in pauses; both the student’s response and the prompt are recorded simultaneously.

Screen Recording:
Students record their screen; teachers can choose if the student’s face is also shown.

Supported Prompts:
Prompts may include text, audio, video, or images (e.g., Text only, Text + Video).
​Note: Audio and video cannot be combined in one prompt; they must be separate questions.

What Is Safe Mode?
Safe Mode is an option in your account settings that helps keep the assessment secure.

How It Works:

Turning It On:
Go to your Account Preferences and check the box for Safe Mode.

Accepting Late Work:
You can choose to accept work after the due date by turning on “Accept Late Work.”

Default Setting:
Late work is not accepted by default and must be enabled.

How It Appears:
Late answers are marked with a timestamp in the gradebook.

Student Attempt Status “In Progress”:
Sometimes a student’s attempt shows as “in progress” for up to five minutes. Refresh the gradebook to see any updates.

Grading Progress Not Saving:
Make sure you have a good internet connection and try refreshing the page.

Syncing with Google Classroom:
Use the “Sync with Google Classroom” button. Follow the steps to authorize your account and select the class.

Roster Issues:
Students will appear as “pending” until they complete their first assessment.

Removing Students:
If a student is removed from Google Classroom, re‑syncing will update Extempore.

Synchronous Groups:
For those using Google Classroom, synchronous groups become available after the first individual assessment is created. Until then, the option is grayed out.

Connecting Your LMS:
Follow your LMS’s instructions to add Extempore as an external tool, then log in to Extempore to authenticate each class.

Grade Sync:
Ensure that grades are published and that the LMS identifier shows on the assessment. If not, try copying the assessment and deleting the old version.

Student Access:
For best results, have students access Extempore through the LMS. They can also use the “Sign in with LMS” button.