MindTickle — Quiz & Assessment

Overview

Create quizzes and assessments, grade submissions, and track scores across your sales enablement programs in MindTickle. Use this workflow when building certification exams, knowledge checks after training modules, or competency assessments that feed into rep readiness scores. This is the secondary workflow — for training content and course management, see mindtickle-core-workflow-a.

Instructions

Step 1: Create a Quiz with Question Bank

const quiz = await client.assessments.create({
  title: 'Q2 Product Knowledge Certification',
  module_id: 'mod_product_q2',
  passing_score: 80,
  time_limit_minutes: 30,
  max_attempts: 2,
  questions: [
    { type: 'multiple_choice', text: 'What is the primary use case for Feature X?',
      options: ['Analytics', 'Automation', 'Security', 'Compliance'],
      correct: 1, points: 10 },
    { type: 'true_false', text: 'Feature Y supports SSO out of the box.',
      correct: true, points: 5 },
    { type: 'open_ended', text: 'Describe how you would position Feature X to a CFO.',
      points: 20, rubric: 'Must mention ROI, time savings, and compliance' },
  ],
});
console.log(`Quiz ${quiz.id} created — ${quiz.questions.length} questions, pass=${quiz.passing_score}%`);

Step 2: Assign Quiz to a Team

const assignment = await client.assessments.assign(quiz.id, {
  team_ids: ['team_sales_west', 'team_sales_east'],
  due_date: '2026-04-20',
  reminder_days: [7, 3, 1],
  notify: true,
});
console.log(`Assigned to ${assignment.total_reps} reps, due ${assignment.due_date}`);

Step 3: Grade Submissions and Review Scores

const submissions = await client.assessments.submissions(quiz.id, {
  status: 'completed',
  sort: 'score_desc',
});
submissions.items.forEach(s =>
  console.log(`${s.rep_name}: ${s.score}% (${s.passed ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL'}) — attempt ${s.attempt}/${quiz.max_attempts}`)
);
const pending = submissions.items.filter(s => s.pending_review);
for (const sub of pending) {
  await client.assessments.grade(quiz.id, sub.id, {
    question_scores: [{ question_id: 'q3', score: 15, feedback: 'Missed compliance angle' }],
  });
}

Step 4: Export Score Analytics

const analytics = await client.assessments.analytics(quiz.id, {
  group_by: 'team',
  metrics: ['avg_score', 'pass_rate', 'avg_completion_time'],
});
analytics.teams.forEach(t =>
  console.log(`${t.team_name}: avg=${t.avg_score}%, pass_rate=${t.pass_rate}%, avg_time=${t.avg_minutes}m`)
);

Error Handling

Issue	Cause	Fix
`401 Unauthorized`	Invalid or expired API token	Regenerate token in MindTickle admin
`404 Assessment not found`	Wrong quiz ID or deleted assessment	Verify with `client.assessments.list()`
`422 Invalid question format`	Missing required fields in question object	Include `type`, `text`, `correct`, and `points`
`409 Already submitted`	Rep exceeded max_attempts	Increase `max_attempts` or reset submission
`403 Assignment restricted`	Team not in the module's audience	Add team to module audience first

Output

A successful workflow creates a timed quiz with mixed question types, assigns it to sales teams with automated reminders, grades submissions, and produces team-level analytics showing pass rates, scores, and question difficulty breakdowns.

Resources

MindTickle Platform Integrations

Next Steps

See mindtickle-sdk-patterns for authentication and webhook configuration.