# Assessments that don't include every question in a course **URL:** \ **Category:** All-New Evolve - Feedback\ **Tags:** assessment, featurerequest\ **Created:** [February 13, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055 "2026-02-13T10:48:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam\_Burrough](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/sam_burrough/32/48_2.png) [@Sam\_Burrough](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Sam_Burrough)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/1 "2026-02-13T10:48:47Z")
Just got my hands on New Evolve and it looks great. Feels more like a modern web design tool than an e-learning tool - which I like. Especially like that there is something akin to an undo button! One thing I noticed is that if you want to include an assessment, the only option seems to be to include every question in a course. That’s going to be a pretty big issue because many courses will use exploratory or low-stakes questions for most of the course and then have a separate set of assessment questions. In Old Evolve you can specify which questions are part of the assessment. Are there plans to bring that feature into new Evolve? (Or have I just not found that setting yet?) ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Leathes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/matt_leathes/32/586_2.png) [@Matt\_Leathes](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Matt_Leathes)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/2 "2026-02-13T17:59:44Z")
> [@Sam\_Burrough](#): > > That’s going to be a pretty big issue because many courses will use exploratory or low-stakes questions For ‘exploratory’ questions (we’re calling them ‘ungraded’) that’s functionality we’ll be releasing next week. They won’t be included in the assessment - given that they have no ‘right’ answer. As for being able to choose which (non-exploratory) questions are included, I’ll raise that as a feature request. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Leathes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/matt_leathes/32/586_2.png) [@Matt\_Leathes](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Matt_Leathes)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/3 "2026-02-13T18:01:38Z")
> [@Sam\_Burrough](#): > > Especially like that there is something akin to an undo button! Not sure if you spotted this but every time you make a ‘destructive’ change to a course (like delete an element, section etc) Evolve automatically makes a backup for you… and you can manually create backups whenever you need too. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Burrough](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/sam_burrough/32/48_2.png) [@Sam\_Burrough](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Sam_Burrough)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/4 "2026-02-15T12:44:45Z")
Say WHAT NOW!!? I knew about setting up auto-backups, but I thought they were daily backups rather than intelligent ones. Good to know - thanks Matt! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Burrough](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/sam_burrough/32/48_2.png) [@Sam\_Burrough](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Sam_Burrough)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/5 "2026-02-15T12:46:17Z")
That sounds good - I will check it out once it’s released. Thanks Matt ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Leathes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/matt_leathes/32/586_2.png) [@Matt\_Leathes](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Matt_Leathes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/6 "2026-02-16T10:49:06Z")
> [@Sam\_Burrough](#): > > Say WHAT NOW!!? > I knew about setting up auto-backups, but I thought they were daily backups rather than intelligent ones. Yeah, this seemed like the better option to go with for new Evolve. Bear in mind they are only kept for 30 days, though. If you want a long-term copy of an auto-backup you can just rename it and it becomes a ‘manual’ backup. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Leathes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/matt_leathes/32/586_2.png) [@Matt\_Leathes](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Matt_Leathes)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/7 "2026-02-17T19:06:46Z")
> [@Matt\_Leathes](#): > > For ‘exploratory’ questions (we’re calling them ‘ungraded’) that’s functionality we’ll be releasing next week This has been released today. In the Multiple Choice/Response Question element go to Settings \> Ungraded. When enabled, you’ll have the option to set ‘Ungraded’ feedback (feedback text/image that’s shown regardless of what answer the user chooses). ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Burrough](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/sam_burrough/32/48_2.png) [@Sam\_Burrough](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Sam_Burrough)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/assessments-that-dont-include-every-question-in-a-course/4055/8 "2026-02-18T07:53:48Z")
Thanks Matt - I will give it a go!