- What is TestInvite?
- Build Your First Test
- Run Your First Assessment
- Taking the Assessment
- Viewing the Results
- Question Bank Overview
- Common Question Features
- Question Types
- Creating Questions
- Organizing Questions
- Content Blocks
- Roles & Access
- Media Library
- Import & Export
- Question Submissions
- Question Bank Schema
- Browsing Questions
- Cloning Questions
- Bulk Updating Questions
- Tests Overview
- My Tests
- Creating a Test
- The Test Editor
- Test Settings
- Sections & Pages
- Adding Questions
- Page Builders
- Test Profile
- Reporting
- Test Papers
- Analytics
- Publishing a Test
- Test Library
- Marketplace
- Tasks Overview
- Creating a Task
- Task Dashboard
- Steps
- Task Settings
- Candidates
- Test Sessions
- Sent Mails
- Proctoring
- Analytics
Publishing a Test
How to link a test to a task so candidates can access it — creating tasks from the editor and understanding the test-to-task relationship.
A test on its own is not accessible to candidates. To make a test available for taking, you link it to a Task. The task controls who can take the test, when, under what conditions, and what candidates see before and after. This is what “publishing” a test means in TestInvite.
Publish Test — The Shortcut
At the bottom of the test editor navigation panel there is a Publish Test button. Clicking it opens a task creation dialog with this test already added as a step — so you can go straight from building a test to configuring how candidates will take it, without manually navigating to the Tasks section.
The dialog walks you through the full task configuration: folder, candidate registration method, scheduling, proctoring, and so on. Once you save, the new task is created and the test is already wired in as a step.
"Publish Test" does not change the test's state — there is no draft/published toggle on a test itself. What it does is create a Task that references this test. The test stays fully editable regardless.
Viewing Linked Tasks
The publishing panel also lists all tasks that currently reference this test. You can navigate to any linked task directly from here.
Multiple Tasks, One Test
A single test can be linked to as many tasks as you need. Common examples:
- A private task for invited candidates with a fixed deadline and proctoring enabled
- An open task for self-registration with a rolling access window and no proctoring
- A practice task where results are immediately shared and candidates can retake the test
All tasks share the same test definition — the same questions, structure, and scoring. Changes to the test affect all linked tasks. If you need different question sets for different tasks, create separate tests.
Related Tasks in My Tests
The Related Tasks column in the My Tests list shows which tasks reference each test. Clicking a task chip navigates directly to that task.
Once a task is active and candidates have started taking the test, be careful about structural changes — adding or removing questions mid-session can affect in-progress assessments.