Assessment is a scientific measure for assessing learning abilities of students. It measures
students understanding of concepts and/or procedures by having to show what students
have learned. Data are continuously gathered, analyzed and used for decision making at
the program and department level assessment. In addition, assessment of program
learning outcomes are among critical components of an overall program review,
evaluation and continuous improvement. Assessment of student outcomes and the
individual course learning outcomes are among critical components of an overall
program review, evaluation and continuous improvement. Faculty tend to seek the least
time consuming, yet valid and meaningful ways to prepare for and collect data for
assessment purposes. A common approach for applying assessment in a course is to
employ embedded questions in the assignments, quizzes, lab exercises or/and exams. The
purpose of these questions is to directly address a particular course learning outcome
that in turn is linked to a program learning outcome. This practice is often used to
evaluate the effectiveness of a course as well as to identify any need for course
modifications and improvements. When assessment is in the form of a test, then the
administration, collection and the final aggregate report generation becomes a times
consuming task that often introduces delays in planning. In this paper we present a webbased
software tool that is primarily designed and developed for automating the course
assessment process. It automates the test creation, grading and the final report
generation that can help save time, reduce errors and produce variety of report
summaries for better decision making.