An online assessment AI helper for visual and timed questions

An online assessment AI helper is a workspace for understanding a test question and checking your reasoning when outside tools are allowed. Acedly's Assessment Assistant accepts a user-triggered screen capture, uploaded screenshots, or pasted text. It keeps the prompt, images, analysis, and follow-up discussion under the current question, so a second problem starts with its own context.

For a coding test, that means you can put the statement, constraints, starter code, and a visible failing result in one place before asking for an approach. For a mixed assessment, you can use the same workflow for a chart, case prompt, or multiple-choice question. The assistant does not connect to the test platform, read hidden test cases, or submit answers for you. It is most useful in permitted practice and in assessments whose rules expressly allow AI support.

Online assessments are often visual. The task may be split between a prompt, a diagram, starter code, a table, and hidden or visible test results. Copying only one paragraph into a chatbot drops the surrounding evidence and increases the chance of a confident but irrelevant response.

Assessment Assistant treats screenshots and prompt text as first-class question context. A candidate can keep several images attached to one question, add a short instruction, analyze the combined context, and return later without mixing it with the next task.

Start a new assessment question, then use the desktop capture, upload one or more images, or paste the prompt. The current desktop action captures the full screen rather than opening a region-crop tool, so close unrelated windows and remove personal information before capturing. Add text when the image alone does not explain what you want reviewed. You can begin without a microphone; voice input is optional for transcript-based follow-ups.

Choose the assessment type in setup. For an algorithm problem, use the LeetCode option and set the programming language in your AI settings when relevant. Keep the prompt, screenshots, and response under the same question. If a new visible test result changes the task, attach it to that question and re-analyze instead of creating an unrelated conversation.

Imagine a permitted practice test with a problem statement in the browser, starter code in an editor, and a failing visible test below it. A screenshot of only the problem title is insufficient: the input limits, expected output, and failing case may be elsewhere on the screen. Capture the complete page if readable, or upload separate readable images for the statement, constraints, and test output. Acedly groups those images with the active question.

In Prompt Context, add a short instruction such as: 'Use Python 3. Restate the input and output, identify the edge case shown by this test, propose an approach, and explain time and space complexity.' Review the analysis, implement and run the code yourself, then attach the new visible result if a test still fails. Use Re-analyze on the same question so the revised response can consider both the original task and the new evidence.

The setup is not limited to coding. Select the option that matches the material you are practicing, then use the question workspace to hold the evidence for each task. The assessment type steers the context; it does not grant access to information the test does not show. Reference materials can be added when the rules allow them, while microphone input remains optional.

Keep each new problem separate in Question History. That is useful when a timed assessment switches from a coding question to a chart or case: the screenshots and follow-ups for one task remain available without contaminating the next answer.

Assessment Assistant is a platform-agnostic screenshot and prompt workspace, not a native integration that changes an assessment platform. On HackerRank, Codility, Codewars, or a LeetCode-style employer test, the useful input is the same: the complete prompt, the selected programming language, the relevant starter code, and the latest visible test result.

Platform names do not change the employer's rules. Some practice environments allow outside tools while many live hiring assessments prohibit them. Use these workflows for permitted practice or only when the assessment policy expressly allows assistance, and never treat a generated response as a substitute for running and explaining the code yourself.

An answer that sounds confident may still miss a condition that was cropped out of the image or misread from a diagram. Before submitting a coding solution, restate the required input and output, compare the approach with the stated limits, run the visible examples, and add your own boundary cases. The workspace helps you organize the reasoning; correctness still depends on testing the work you submit.

For a chart or aptitude question, identify the exact row, axis, unit, or qualifier that supports the answer. For a case study, separate facts shown in the prompt from assumptions you introduced. If the assistant refers to a number that is not visible in the source material, revisit the screenshot rather than treating the generated statement as evidence.

A full-screen capture can make small text hard to read. Close unrelated windows before capturing, enlarge the relevant part of the assessment where possible, or upload a separate clear image of the missing area. Remove screenshots that contain irrelevant or sensitive material. If the prompt is selectable, pasting the exact text alongside the image can preserve symbols and numeric limits that image recognition may miss.

If the first response answers the wrong task, check that you are on the correct question in Question History, then add the missing constraint to Prompt Context and re-analyze. If capture is unavailable, upload an image or paste the prompt instead. Repeating the same request without correcting the input is unlikely to fix a missing line of the original problem.

A timed test is the wrong place to discover that a screenshot is unreadable or that the desktop shortcut is not configured. Run a permitted sample task first. Confirm that capture works, that text remains legible after upload, that the correct programming language is selected, and that you know how to create and switch between questions.

Keep a fallback path as well. The workspace accepts uploaded images and pasted prompt text, so a capture issue does not have to end the session. Clear inputs and a small number of relevant screenshots generally produce better analysis than a full-screen image containing unrelated content.

Many hiring assessments explicitly prohibit outside assistance, screen capture, or AI tools. Acedly does not change those rules. Check the employer and platform policy before using any assistant, and use the workflow for practice or for assessments that expressly allow supporting tools.