Choose how to create it
Click the green + button at the top of Knowt (or the Assessments card on your Home page).
Select Assessment in the left-hand list of the Create menu.
Pick one of the five options below.
Prefer to watch? See the quick tutorials Create an Assessment, Using "Improve this for me", Assign an ACT/SAT Mock Exam in the Knowt Teacher Community.
Describe & Create — tell Kai the topic and it writes the questions for you.
Create from a PDF, PPT, or Video/Audio — upload a file and Kai builds a multiple choice, true/false or free-response assessment from it.
Create from Scratch — write your own questions for a traditional or writing assessment.
Create using SAT, ACT or AP library — assign questions or full length mock exams from our exam libraries.
Import from Google Drive — build an assessment from a file in your Drive.
Note: On the free plan, an assessment counts as one of your 20 files. Once you've reached the limit, creating a new one opens the Upgrade to Ultra window instead.
Creating an assessment with AI (Describe & Create)
Under Assessment Type, choose Traditional (MC, TF, & Short Answer) and click Confirm.
In Topic, standard, or objective, type what you want to assess. A simple topic is enough — once you start typing, an Improve this for me button appears that expands your description into a fuller prompt.
Set the Grade Level (Pre-K through Doctorate) — this is required, the field turns red if you skip it — and the Language.
Optionally click Align to Standards to attach up to 3 standards. In the Add standards window, pick a preset tab or filter by Region, Grade, Subject and Strand, or use the search box, then click Add.
Under Question Types, set how many Multiple Choice, True / False and Short Answer questions you want (the default is 8, 2 and 0).
Click Create. Kai generates the questions in a few seconds and opens your new assessment.
Note: The first time you use an AI feature, Knowt asks you to confirm that you want to use AI. Text you enter is sent to third-party AI providers to generate responses, so avoid including sensitive information.
Creating from a file or from scratch
Create from a PDF, PPT, or Video/Audio and Import from Google Drive work the same way, except you upload or pick a file first and Kai uses it as the source for the questions. Create from Scratch takes you straight to the editor, where you add each question yourself — see How to edit assessment questions.
Create using SAT, ACT or AP library opens the Create Practice page, with Multiple Choice, Free Response and Mock Exam tabs. For the full steps, see "How to assign SAT, ACT and AP practice and mock exams".
Tip: For AP and other exams, you can also start from All Exams in the sidebar: open the exam's page and choose Create Mock Exam or Create Practice.
What happens next
Your assessment opens on its view page, where you can Share it, Edit the questions, Assign it, or start a Play game (more options are in the ⋮ menu). It is also saved in your Materials tab. Nothing is sent to students until you assign it.
Practice and mock exams from the exam libraries work a little differently. Their page has ⋮, Share and Assign, plus Start Preview to try the questions. They can't be edited (only the title can be changed), and they have no Play or Add to Class button.
If you have any more questions, send our team a message. If you're already chatting with us, just ask here. Otherwise, open Profile in the bottom-left corner of Knowt, click Help and choose Contact Support.