Assigning and Evaluating Student Self-Record Sessions in SimCapture

Unlock new capabilities for skills assessment in your classroom by assigning and evaluating student self-recorded sessions with SimCapture.

Written by Jeri Ellis

Updated at July 24th, 2025

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Things to Know Before You Begin Supported Browsers Assigning a Self-Record Evaluation Scheduling a Self-Record Event Adding an Instructor Evaluation Adding Annotations Final Steps

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This article will guide System Administrator users through the process of assigning and evaluating student self-record sessions in SimCapture.

Things to Know Before You Begin

A self-record evaluation must exist for a scenario before it can be assigned or evaluated.
- Learn how to create an evaluation

Self-record evaluations can be assigned in three ways:

Select the name of the course you want to work in.
Select the name of the scenario.
- Learn how to create a scenario
Go to the Evaluation pod and select the name of the evaluation.
Select See scorer assignments.
Select an individual student or all students and select Assign.
Choose:
- Assign Participants to Self-Score, or
- Select a peer or course contributor from the dropdown.
Select Save.

Go to the Course Agenda pod and select Go to full agenda.
Select Assign Self-Record Scenario.
Enter the required scenario, set the release time and date, and assign to:
- All course participants, or
- Selected users (Retract time/date is optional)
Select Save.
Return to the Agenda page, select Release Scores, select your options, and select Save.

Students can now submit their self-recordings.

Select the Sessions tab and select the self-record session.
Open the blue sidebar on the right and select the checkmark icon to access the Evaluations tab.
Select Participant Evaluation, choose the student's name, and select Complete Evaluation.
Navigate through the checklist. Select Save to save progress and continue reviewing the video.

You can add annotations in two ways:

These annotations are visible to students during reflection.

Select Save and Submit when your evaluation is complete.
Depending on score release settings, students will immediately be able to review:
- The evaluation
- Their recording
- Instructor annotations

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