First insert a score that contains only intervals. You may create and upload a pre-made Music XML file (see instructions here) or you can generate an interval exercise using Harmonia’s Interval Generator.

To add a score using the Interval Score Generator, select “Generate Score” from the Insert menu and choose Interval Generator. (Note: the Insert menu is only visible when signed in with a teacher account. Contact us if you are an instructor and would like a teacher account.) Using the Interval Generator Editor on the right, configure the exercise to your liking.

• Select the number of staves: choose from notating the intervals on a single staff or on a grand staff.
• Select the allowable clefs. Decide if you want clefs to appear in each measure, or only one at the beginning of each score.
• Determine the type of accidentals (if any) to be allowed.
• Configure the allowable intervals. Select among unisons through tenths, and diminished (d), minor (m), major (M), perfect (P), or augmented (A) intervals.
• Select the number of intervals per score to generate using the number slider.
• When configured to the desired specifications, click the Generate button.

Once the score is generated, check the analysis and decide if any changes should be made to the score. Move any note and change intervals as desired before turning the score into an assessment. Note that any desired changes must be made to a score before it is turned into an assessment.

Creating an interval composition exercise

Once a score and theory line are ready, select “Convert Score to Assessment” from the Teacher menu. Select the desired assessment type (in this case, “Interval Composition”) from the pulldown menu and then configure the score by clicking on the Assessment tab in the Music panel on the right. (Click the Controls icon at the upper right to hide or show this panel as you work.)

• The Music Editor sidebar displays different options now that the notation is an Assessment. To make an assignment allowing students to compose intervals ABOVE the lower pitches, click on any of the top pitches of the interval notation and select "Convert Voice" in the sidebar. (Conversely, to allow students to compose intervals BELOW the lower pitches, click on any bottom pitch.)
• This converts the top "voice" into draggable rests. Draggable rests become pitches when a student moves them; the pitches act like "answer spaces" for notations when a student completes an assignment. In the notation below see how the top pitches are displayed as rests.
• To lock the bottom pitches and to prevent students from editing them, click on any pitch on the bottom staff, then click the "Lock Voice" button in the sidebar. The pitches will become grey when locked, and the notation will look like this:
• Save the document by navigating to the File menu and clicking the "Save" command.
• The automatic grading feature only works if the document is uploaded to an online course for download through the Harmonia Cloud menu. To do so follow the instructions on this page.

Creating an interval analysis exercise

To create an interval analysis exercise, select “Convert Score to Assessment” from the Teacher menu. Select “Interval Analysis” from the pulldown menu and configure the score by clicking on the Assessment tab in the Music panel on the right.

• Once turned into an assessment, the pitches on the staff are automatically greyed out and locked so they cannot be altered/edited by students. The interval labels are now hidden in the theory line and replaced by green boxes, where students will fill in answers. In the Music Editor on the right, teachers can configure the assessment in a variety of ways.
• The Theory Line controls are available for all analysis assessments. To use these buttons, first click on a boxed theory-line entry on the score to configure. These buttons provide the following functionality:
• Show Answer Displays the analysis symbol (answer) a student would otherwise provide and makes that symbol inactive and ungraded in an assessment.
• Clear Answer If the entry currently shows the answer, the Clear Answer button will replace it with an empty entry, and that entry will become active and gradable in the assessment.
• Hide Entry Makes the selected entry in the theory line invisible and ungraded in the assessment. Note that a hidden entry will appear as an entry with a dotted border for teachers, but when a student views the assessment, a blank space will appear in that position.
• Unhide Entry If the selected entry is currently hidden, the Unhide Entry will make it visible and active in the assessment.Save the document by navigating to the File menu and clicking the "Save" command.
• The automatic grading feature only works if you upload this assignment to your online class and download the assignment through the cloud menu. To do so follow the instructions on this page.

The Grading Editor

Before saving and adding an assessment to your Harmonia course, check the grading scheme to make sure it corresponds to your grading needs. Harmonia currently offers Additive Grading, in which the total points achieved in the assessment is calculated as the sum of all item point values minus their individual error deductions. Look to future releases for Subtractive Grading to be offered as an additional grading choice.

To make any changes to points values, click on the Error Deductions... box. Depending on the assessment type, specific possible errors will be available for editing in a pop-up window. Use the pre-set deductions or make your own changes.