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AuthoringThe lecturer writes the assessment.
Nobody else has to be involved.
Assessment Studio is where every Tomax assessment is written: a Tuesday quiz or a final exam, in the same tool. Build it, set the rules, publish it. No admin ticket, no scheduling request, no training course.
Formative and high-stakes in one tool · Items reusable across sittings
From Blank Page to Live
Three moves, one sitting at your desk
The tool is judged on one thing: whether a lecturer can get an assessment live between lectures.
Write or pull the questions
Draft items directly, or pull existing ones from your personal bank or the institutional bank in TomaBank.
Set the rules
Marks, attempts, timing, feedback release, and which integrity measures apply, all on the assessment itself.
Publish it
Live in Tomax or inside the LMS. Low-stakes work needs no approval; high-stakes papers route to the reviewer.
Question Types
Ask the question the subject needs
Multiple choice
AutoSingle or multiple response, with distractor analysis after the sitting.
True / false
AutoThe simplest check, with optional negative marking.
Matching
AutoPair terms, definitions, or images, scored per correct pair.
Numeric
AutoAnswers accepted within a tolerance you set, with units.
Fill in the blank
AutoAccepted forms and synonyms defined at authoring time.
Short answer
HumanA sentence or two, marked against criteria with a comment bank.
Essay
HumanLong-form writing with a rubric alongside in the marking view.
Structured question
MixedMulti-part items where some parts score automatically and some do not.
File upload
HumanDocuments, images, or datasets submitted as the answer.
Coding
MixedCode answered in the client, with test cases run automatically.
Audio response
HumanSpoken answers, used for language exams and Smart Defense prompts.
Hotspot
AutoIdentify a region on a diagram, image, or scan.
Scoring rules set once, applied to everyone
How an item is worth marks is part of the item, not something a marker decides later. That is what makes marking consistent and results defensible.
- Marks and weighting per item and per section
- Partial credit, and negative marking where policy allows
- Rubrics attached to written items, visible to markers and returnable to students
- Accepted answers, tolerances, and synonyms defined at authoring time
- Feedback written once at authoring and released automatically after submission
Nothing you write is spent
Items written in Studio go into TomaBank. A question drafted for a formative quiz can be pulled into next year’s final paper, scrambled and secured, without being rewritten.
Personal bank
Your own items, private until you choose to share them.
Institutional bank
Curated, approved items available across the department.
Versioning
Edit an item without breaking the sittings that already used it.
Performance history
See how an item behaved before you put it in a real paper.
Autonomy for the lecturer, oversight for the institution
The reason formative assessment dies is that everything routes through an administrator. The reason high-stakes exams need care is that nothing should. Studio draws the line by stakes.
The lecturer publishes directly
Low stakes
- Create and publish without an admin request
- Unlimited attempts and instant feedback if you want them
- Results visible to the lecturer immediately
- Ungraded or lightly weighted, at your discretion
Approval and custody apply
High stakes
- Named review and approval before the paper is sealed
- The approved version locked as the single source
- Scrambling, lockdown, and identity checks applied by policy
- Every edit and approval on the audit record
Where it sits in the platform
TomaEtest
The online exam suite Studio sits inside, alongside Monitor and the Vix client.
Explore SolutionFormative Assessment
What lecturers do with this tool week to week, and what comes back.
Explore PlatformTomaVix
The umbrella that puts authored papers on the same record as delivery and marking.
ExploreCommon questions
No. The same tool authors a weekly quiz and a final exam. What changes is the rules attached to it: approval, scrambling, lockdown, and custody apply to high-stakes papers and not to low-stakes ones.
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