Sessions

What are Sessions?

In the Cambridge English Test Portal, tests are arranged into Sessions.  A session will be for one particular test and contains the details of the candidates who have been entered for that test.

You will need to create a session in order to make entries and run tests.  Each session is for one test type only, I.e Reading and Listening or Writing or Speaking.  If you wish to enter candidates for all skills, you will need to create a separate session for each test.

Session and Entry Deadlines

For all tests (Reading and Listening, Speaking and Writing) you can create a session at any time, immediately add entries, and run the test.

How to add a session: 

1. Log into the Cambridge English Test Portal

URL: https://www.metritests.com/metrica

2. Click Sessions

3. Click Add Session

4. Complete the Basic Settings, ensuring the correct details are selected

Speaking Sessions had a 2 day deadline and duration prior to 17th January 2020.  To create a new session without those deadlines, please ensure you select the Group called either "Linguaskill General Speaking" or "Linguaskill Business Speaking"

5. Complete the Advanced Settings and click Create Session

Time Limit - The 85 minute time limit can be set for Reading and Listening tests.  This means the test will end after 85 minutes, but if the candidate has not answered enough questions they will not receive a score. 

Results - Enabling Results for candidates will mean they can see their own results when logging into Metrica.  If you disable this, you will need to provide the results to the candidates.

6. The session will now appear in the session list and is ready to use.

Interactive Tutorial:

Once you have created sessions you can start making entries. Instructions for making entries can be found here.