How to Prepare, Build, Assign, and Print Evaluations in SimCapture Enterprise

Empower your simulation program with effective evaluation management

Updated at July 23rd, 2025

Table of Contents

Things to Know Before You Begin Preparing and Building an Evaluation Adding Evaluations to Scenarios Assigning Evaluations: Types & Timing Exam EMR Evaluations Printing Evaluations Need Help?

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This guide walks you through everything you need to know about preparing, building, assigning, and printing evaluations in SimCapture Enterprise.

Things to Know Before You Begin

This functionality is only available to Administrative users with the appropriate permissions.
Evaluations are tied to Scenarios and can be configured in multiple formats depending on your training goals.

Preparing and Building an Evaluation

Navigate to the Scenario:
Configure Evaluation Type:

For detailed steps on building evaluations, see: SimCapture Cloud Enterprise: How to Build an Evaluation

Adding Evaluations to Scenarios

In the Evaluation field, select Click to add Evaluation or Click to add another Evaluation.
Choose to Create a New Evaluation or Copy an Existing Evaluation.
Enter a Private Title and set Availability (if applicable).
Select Save to access the Evaluation Preview.
In the preview, select Add Questions to build your evaluation.
Select Save when finished.

Assigning Evaluations: Types & Timing

SimCapture supports five types of evaluations. Here’s how each is assigned:

1. Before Session

Auto-assigned based on participant reservation.
Released X days before the session and retracted at session start time.

2. Administrator

Can be completed anytime during or after the session.
Multiple admins can evaluate the same session.
Can be for individuals or teams.

3. After Session

Auto-assigned upon session completion.
Available in the learner’s portfolio and retracted X days after the session ends.

4. Reflection

Completed by learners during debrief.
Requires the session to be released from the Course Agenda page.

5. Standalone

Not tied to a session.
Can be assigned anytime and may include a scoring rubric.

For more info, see: SimCapture Enterprise: How to Create and Assign a Standalone Evaluation

Exam EMR Evaluations

Used in Standardized Patient (SP) scenarios.
Accessed via the Control/Exam interface.
Can be pre-filled by instructors to simulate EMR documentation.

For more info, see: SimCapture Enterprise with Exam System: How to Set Up Exam Flows and Use EMR Forms

Printing Evaluations

Print Any Evaluation (Blank, In-Progress, or Completed)

Select the Evaluation Name.
Select Print.
Choose your print options.
Select Print again. You’ll see: "A PDF file is being generated for this evaluation template. The download will start when it is ready."
Select Done to download the PDF.

Print Completed or In-Progress Evaluations

Select See completed and in-progress evaluations.
Select Print and select your options from the Print Evaluation Template area.
Wait for the PDF to generate and download.

Need Help?

If you encounter issues or have questions about evaluation setup, contact your SimCapture administrator or reach out to Laerdal support.

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