Tandem Tertiary
Platform Documentation
Getting Started
  • Welcome to Tandem
  • Your First Assessment
Managing Your Courses
  • Creating a Course
  • Inviting Students & Staff
  • Understanding User Roles
Building Your Question Bank
  • Question Builder
  • Guiding Principles
  • Organising with Tags
Creating & Delivering Assessments
  • Assessment Settings
  • Assessment Overrides
Grading & Analysing Results
  • The Grading Workflow
  • Understanding Insights
Your Experience
  • Sharing Feedback

Assessment Overrides

Overrides allow you to account for unexpected events, such as granting an extension for special considerations or implementing different exam scenarios for ELP students.

Creating an override

Creating an override is a two-step process: defining a preset and then applying it to specific students or assessments.

1. Create a preset

Navigate to the Presets tab. This view displays all configurations you have saved for the course. Click Create Preset to open the sidebar.

Override presets tab showing existing configurations
The Presets tab allows you to manage different override types

In the creation sidebar, give your preset a clear name (e.g. "Extra Time 50%") and define the adjustment parameters such as extra duration or shifted open/close times.

Sidebar form for creating a new preset
Defining the parameters for a new override preset

2. Apply the preset

Switch back to the Active Overrides tab. This table shows every override currently in effect for your students. To apply your new preset, click Apply Preset and select the students and assessment(s) you wish to modify.

Active overrides tab showing current student modifications
Monitor and manage applied overrides in the Active Overrides tab

A confirmation pop-up will appear. Review your selection and confirm to instantly apply the changes.

Selection pop-up for applying an override preset
Applying a preset to selected students