MESHA Science is a 40-minute online assessment that students complete in class on Edrolo, with no marking for teachers. It shows you what your students know and where they need support, and should feel like a normal lesson with no extra workload.
How does the assessment run?
- It runs in a single 40-minute sitting.
- It's delivered online through Edrolo (unless your school has specified for an offline assessment)
- There are 11 stimuli (short passages, diagrams or data sets), each with 2 or 3 multiple-choice questions.
- There's no marking required.
- Insights are ready 10 days after the assessment window finishes.
What do students need for the assessment?
Students only need to bring:
- A charged laptop;
- A pencil & eraser; and
- Blank scrap paper.
For more details, including a script to follow for the assessment day, click here.
How do students access the assessment?
Once have created an assessment sitting, the assessment opens automatically in Edrolo at the scheduled time.
- At the start of the lesson, sign in (log in) to Edrolo.
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On the left-hand side menu, click the Assessments button.
Students may also be prompted with a pop-up or banner that directs them to the Assessments page. - Once available, click the the View Assessment button. This button will not be available until the assessment time.
- Once ready to start, click the Start now button in the top-right of the screen.
How do students login to Edrolo?
There are three ways that students will be able to login to Edrolo, dependent on your school's individual setup.
We have created Student Experience Slides that you can present to students prior to the MESHA assessment to explain and guide them through the whole process.
- For schools with Single Sign On (SSO) click here.
- For schools with Edrolo Login (existing users) click here.
- For schools with Standardised Password access click here.
1) Single Sign On (SSO)
SSO uses your school's existing login credentials, with no new password setup required. You can read more about SSO for Edrolo here.
To login via SSO:
- Go to the Edrolo login page: https://edrolo.com.au/account/login/
- Enter your school account email address.
- Login via your school's portal.
If you need to set or reset your password, do it through your school account, not through Edrolo.
2) Edrolo Login (existing users)
If your students already use Edrolo, they are able to access MESHA via their standard login process. You can read more about logging into Edrolo here.
3) Standardised Password (new users)
If your students do not use Edrolo and your school does not have SSO, your school may be configured with a temporary standardised password. This will be emailed to your school prior to the MESHA assessment window.
Before the assessment sitting
- Check your class list allocated to the sitting. If a student is missing or shouldn't be there, ask your school's Edrolo administrator to update the class in Admin Hub. They can follow How to add or remove students from a class.
- Check the date and time of your sitting. Click Assessments, then View assessment next to your MESHA assessment.
- Brief your students on what to bring and how the assessment works.
- Make sure you can sign in to Edrolo yourself.
After the assessment
Once all students have submitted, there's nothing more to do. You don't need to mark anything or follow up. Initial results can be viewed immediately after the assessment and your insights report will be ready 10 days after the assessment window. To find it, see How to find your MESHA report?
Related resources
- How do I prepare students for the MESHA Science assessment? (link once published)
- What should I do if something goes wrong during a MESHA assessment? (link once published)
- How do I edit a MESHA assessment sitting? (link once published)
- How do I tell parents and carers about the MESHA assessment? (link once published)
- Edrolo Help Centre
Still having trouble?
Send us an email with:
- Your school name.
- Your name and the email address you use for Edrolo.
- Your class and the date of your MESHA sitting.
- What you're trying to do and what's happening instead.
- A screenshot of any error message.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at help@edrolo.com.au and our friendly Customer Care team will be happy to help.