Assessments can also be requested by the instructor for individual students or for entire courses. For example, the instructor, department, or college may wish to have "midterm" assessments under supervision to guarantee sound results. ALEKS allows the instructor to schedule the assessment for a particular date and time (See Sec. 6.5.1). Students logging on to ALEKS within the time period specified for the assessment will automatically enter Assessment Mode.

The instructor simply announces the assessment for a certain time and place. Just prior to this time the instructor prompts the course assessment in the Instructor Module (See Secs. 7.9--7.10). The next time students log on they will automatically enter the assessment. Note that a requested assessment "resets the clock" for automatic assessments, so that students will not be assessed with undue frequency. Also, among the options for a requested assessment is one to prevent automatic assessments within a certain number of days prior to the requested assessment (See Sec. 6.5.1).