# Required System Settings Configuration

To effectively use the Assessment & Evaluation module, a staff:admin or medtech:admin user will need to configure **assessment response categories** in [System Settings](https://docs.elentra.org/learn-elentra-me/systemsetup/assessment-response-categories). Assessment response categories are the terms available when users build items or create scales to apply to rubric items in the Assessment & Evaluation module. Some examples are low performance, medium performance, and high performance, or needs improvement, meets expectations, and exceeds expectations.

Note that **assessment characteristics** (also in System Settings), are used in the the **Gradebook module** to define assessment types like written exam, test, quiz, project, etc. You do not need to build a list of assessment characteristics to use the Assessment & Evaluation module.
