Quizzes help part 1

Quiz is a type of examination consisting of several questions. Quizzes can be used as intermediate or final tests in the learning process. This section of the User Guide describes how to create and manage quizzes.

Working with quizzes can be divided into three steps:

First you should create categories to which a quiz will belong.
Then you should add a quiz and specify its general properties.
And at last you should add questions for the newly created quiz.

Find below detailed information on quiz categories, quizzes and quiz questions.

Quiz Categories List

For organization purposes quizzes and quiz questions are grouped by category:

When you add a quiz, you should specify a category under which the newly added quiz will be stored. Later on you can easily find the necessary quiz by referring to a corresponding category.
Question categories give additional information on the question type.

To work with categories:

Enter the course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Click the Categories list icon () at the top of the list to show all categories:

Fig. ‘List of Quiz Categories’

Use the menu at the top of the list to manage categories in the following way:

Icon	Name	Step
	Categories List	Click the Categories list icon to display a list of available categories.
	Quiz Management	Click the Quiz Management icon to display a list of quizzes.
	Reports	Click the Reports icon to display a list of quiz reports.
	Certificates	Click the Certificates icon to display a list of quiz certificates.
	New Category	Click the New category icon to add a new quiz category.
	Edit Category	To make changes to a certain category, select a check box next to the category that you want to modify and click the Edit category icon.
	Delete Category	Select check boxes next to categories that you want to delete and click the Delete category icon (use the Category name check box to select all entries in the list). Note: If you try to delete a category that contains belonging quizzes, the category will be removed, while quizzes will still be stored in the system.

Tip: To provide better viewing representation, you can sort out the list of categories. Using the Display # list at the top of the page define how many categories should be shown per page.

Creating Categories

To add a quiz or question category:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Click the Categories list icon () to show all categories.

Fig. ‘Creating a Quiz Category’

At the top of the list click the New category icon (). The following form will be displayed:
In the Enter name field specify the name of the category.
With the help of the Category type radio buttons specify whether the category will contain quizzes or quiz questions.
In the Description field enter description of the category if necessary. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the description. The category description will be displayed as a hint when you hover the mouse cursor over a category name in the list.
When finished, click the Save category icon () at the top of the form to add the new quiz category. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

Editing Quiz Categories

To modify properties of a quiz category that already exists in the system:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Click the Categories list icon () to show all quiz categories.
Select a check box next to the category that you want to modify and click the Edit category icon ().
Use the displayed form to modify quiz category properties as described in the Creating Categories topic.
When finished, save changes.

List of Quizzes

To work with the list of quizzes, enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon ( quiz icon ) in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for a given course:

Fig. ‘List of Quizzes’

Use the icons at the top of the list to manage quizzes in the following way:

Icon	Name	Step
	--	The same as in the Quiz Categories List topic.
	New quiz	Click the New quiz icon to add a new quiz.
	Edit quiz	To make changes to a certain quiz, select a check box next to the quiz that you want to modify and click the Edit quiz icon.
	Delete quiz	Select check boxes next to quizzes that you want to delete and click the Delete quiz icon (use the Name check box to select all entries in the list). Selected quizzes will be deleted along with their report statistics.
	Copy quiz	Select a check box next to the quiz that you want to copy and click the Copy quiz icon. From the list select a category to which the copied quiz will belong and click Copy quiz.
	Move quiz	Select a check box next to the quiz that you want to move to another category and click the Move quiz icon. From the displayed list select a category to which the quiz should belong and click Move quiz.

Tip: To provide better viewing representation, you can sort out the list of quizzes: Use the Display # list at the top of the page to define how many quizzes should be shown per page. Use the Filter by category list to display only those quizzes that belong to a certain category.

Creating Quizzes

When adding a quiz, you need to specify general properties of a new quiz. Later on you will need to add quiz questions.

To create a new quiz and specify its properties:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Click the Add Quiz icon () at the top of the quizzes list. The following form will be displayed:

creating a quiz

Fig. ‘Creating a Quiz’

The form has three tabs:

Parameters: use this tab to define general quiz parameters.
Question Pool: use this tab to add questions to the quiz from the Question Pool.
Feedbacks: use this tab to create messages that will be shown after Students answer quiz questions or complete the quiz.

Parameters

Open the Parameters tab to work with general quiz properties. In the displayed form fill out the following fields:

Field	Step
Enter name	Enter the name of the newly added quiz
Category	Select a category to which the quiz will belong.
Certificate	Select a certificate that will become available to a Student if s/he passes the quiz (select No Certificate if no certificate should be available when a Student passes the quiz).
Time limit (min)	Specify the period (in minutes) within which Students should complete the quiz.
Attempt separation (min)	Specify the period (in minutes) that should pass before Students can do the same quiz once again.
Passing score (%)	Specify the passing score (in percents).
Description	Enter quiz description text. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the description. The description text will be displayed when Students start the quiz.
Show in Gradebook	Select the check box if you want the quiz results to be displayed in the Gradebook.
Randomize questions	Select the check box if you want to randomize questions in the quiz.
Enable quiz review	Select the check box if you want to allow Students to review the quiz questions.
Allow user to email results to	From the drop-down list select the necessary option: - disable this option if you want to prohibit sending quiz results by e-mail; - to author email if you want to allow sending quiz results at quiz author’s e-mail address; - to learner email if you want to allow sending quiz results at the e-mail address of the Student who does the quiz.
Enable user to print result	Select the check box if you want to allow printing quiz results when the quiz is finished.
Enable slide panel (results panel)	Select the check box if you want to enable a side panel (results panel) for the quiz. If you select the check box, the system will display the Contents icon in the top right corner of the quiz page (the icon refers to the page with quiz results).

Question Pool

It is not necessary to add unique questions to each new quiz manually: the system allows you to pull questions out of the Question Pool automatically. To add questions for the quiz from the pool, open the Question Pool tab:

Fig. ‘Creating a Quiz. Question Pool’

You can choose whether to pull random questions from the Question Pool or take a certain number of questions from each question category:

To pull questions at random, select the By questions radio button. In the text field on the right enter the number of questions that should be taken from the Pool.
To pull questions by category, select the By category radio button. In the text fields on the right enter the number of questions that should be taken from each category correspondingly.

Feedback

When Students answer quiz questions, the system may display success or failure messages. Additionally result messages can be displayed when the Student completes the quiz. To work with question and quiz messages, open the Feedback tab:

Fig. ‘Creating a Quiz. Feedback’

In the displayed form fill out the following fields:

Field	Step
Disable question feedbacks	Select this check box if you want to disable messages that are shown when Students answer quiz questions.
When the answer is correct, display	Enter the message that will be displayed on the screen if a Student enters a correct answer (this message will be applied to all quiz questions). Tip Use HTML tags for additional formatting, for example, <b>correct</b> answer.
When the answer is incorrect, display	Enter the message that will be displayed on the screen if a Student enters a wrong answer (this message will be applied to all quiz questions). Tip Use HTML tags for additional formatting, for example, <b>incorrect</b> answer.
Display this message if the user passes	Enter the message that will be displayed on the screen if a Student passes the quiz. Tip Use HTML tags for additional formatting, for example, <b>Success!</b> You have passed!
Display this message if the user fails	Enter the message that will be displayed on the screen if a Student fails the quiz. Tip Use HTML tags for additional formatting, for example, <b>Unfortunately you have failed</b> Try again later.

When finished, click the Save quiz icon () at the top of the form to add the new quiz. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

Note: When a new quiz is added, its status is automatically set to Unpublished ( unpublish icon

). To make the newly added quiz visible and accessible by Students, go to the list of quizzes and click the Unpublished icon next to the necessary quiz to change the status to Published ( publish icon

Editing Quizzes

To modify properties of a quiz that already exists in the system:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Select a check box next to the quiz that you want to modify and click the Edit quiz icon () at the top of the quizzes list.
Use the displayed form to modify quiz properties as described in the Creating Quizzes topic.
When finished, save changes.

Copying Quizzes

If you add a new quiz, you do not have to create it from scratch. The system allows you to copy quizzes that already exist in the system and modify them as required. It is possible to copy one or several quizzes at once.

To copy one or several quizzes:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Select a check box next to the quiz (or several quizzes) that you want to copy and click the Copy quiz icon () at the top of the quizzes list. The system will display a list of quizzes that you want to copy:

Fig. ‘Copying Quizzes’

From the Copy (Move) to Category list select the category under which the quiz(zes) should appear.
Click the Copy quiz () icon at the top of the list to apply modifications; click Back () to discard changes.

Copied quizzes will have the following type of name Copy of . The quiz copy will have the same questions as the original quiz.

Moving Quizzes

When you create a new quiz, it is necessary to specify a category under which it will be added. When the quiz is created, you can move it to another category. To do so:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Select a check box next to the quiz (or several quizzes) that you want to move to another category and click the Move quiz icon () at the top of the quizzes list. The system will display a list of quizzes that you want to move:

Fig. ‘Moving Quizzes’

From the Copy (Move) to Category list select the category under which the quiz(zes) should appear.
Click the Move quiz () icon at the top of the list to apply modifications; click Back () to discard changes.

Quiz Questions

Each quiz contains a list of questions that should be answered by Students when they do the quiz. To view the list of quiz questions:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Select the necessary quiz from the list and click its name link. The system will display a list of questions for the selected quiz:

Fig. ‘List of Quiz Questions’

Use the icons at the top of the list to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Step
	--	The same as in the Quiz Categories List topic.
	Copy question	Select check boxes next to the questions that you want to copy and click the Copy question icon. From the list select a quiz to which the copied questions will belong and click Copy quiz.
	Move question	Select check boxes next to the questions that you want to move to another quiz and click the Move question icon. From the list select a quiz to which the questions should belong and click Move question.
	Delete question	Select check boxes next to questions that you want to delete and click the Delete question icon (use the Name check box to select all entries in the list).
	Preview question	Select a check box next to the question that you want to preview and click the Preview question icon. The selected question will be opened in a new window.
	Edit question	Select a check box next to the question that you want to modify and click the Edit question icon.
	New question	To add a new quiz, select the necessary question type from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon.

Tip: To provide better viewing representation, you can sort out the list of quiz questions:
- Use the Display #list at the top of the page to define how many questions should be shown per page.
- From the Filter list select a quiz whose questions should be displayed below or define questions of what type should be included into the list.

Creating Quiz Questions

After you have created a new quiz and specified its properties, you need to add questions that should be answered by Students when they do the quiz. To add a new question to the quiz:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the necessary quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select the required question type from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). A form for adding a corresponding quiz question will be displayed.
Open the Parameters tab and specify general question parameters (these parameters depend on the selected question type; view below a detailed description of each question type).
Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that will be displayed when Students answer the question.

Fig. ‘Creating Quiz Questions. Feedbacks’

Fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Disable question feedbacks	Select this check box if you want to disable messages that are shown when Students answer the question.
When the answer is correct, display	Enter the message that will be displayed on the screen if a Student enters a correct answer. Tip Use HTML tags for additional formatting, for example, <b>correct</b> answer.
When the answer is incorrect, display	Enter the message that will be displayed on the screen if a Student enters a wrong answer. Tip Use HTML tags for additional formatting, for example, <b>incorrect</b> answer.

Save changes.

Currently the system allows you to select between 7 types of questions:

Multiple Choice Question,
Multiple Response Question,
True/False Question,
Matching Drag and Drop Question,
Matching Drop-Down Question,
Fill in the Blank Question,
Surveys Question,
Hotspot Question.

Find below a detailed description of how to create each type of quiz questions.

Multiple Choice questions

The multiple choice question is represented as a question itself and a group of radio buttons with answer options. Only one option is correct.

multiple choice question

Fig. ‘Multiple Choice Question’

To add a multiple choice question:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the required quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select Multiple Choice from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). The following form will be displayed:

Fig. ‘Adding a Multiple Choice Question’

Open the Parameters tab and fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Question text	Enter text of the question. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the question.
Quiz	Select under which quiz the question will appear.
Category	If necessary, select a category to which the question should belong.
Points	Specify how many points Students will get for the correct answer to this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Attempts	Specify how many attempts Students will have for answering this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Ordering	With the help of the drop-down list set the order for the question (the order, in which it should appear among other quiz questions). Note: This option will be available only after you save the question.
Question Options	- In the Question Options section define possible answer options. Enter each new option into the text field at the bottom of the page and click Add option. Repeat the same to add other answer options. - Use the Move Up () and Move Down () icons to change the order of answer options in the list. - Use the Delete icon () to delete answer options. - When all answer options are added, select a check box next to the option that represents the correct answer (you can select only one option).

Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that should be displayed when Students answer the question (read the Creating Quiz Questions for details).
When finished, click the Apply icon () at the top of the form to save changes and stay on the same page; click Save question () to save changes and navigate to the list of quiz questions. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

Multiple Response Questions

The multiple response question is represented as a question itself and a group of check boxes with answer options. Here several options can be correct at the same time.

multiple response

Fig. ‘Multiple Response Question’

To add a multiple response question:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the required quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select Multiple Response from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). The following form will be displayed:

Fig. ‘Adding a Multiple Response Question’

Fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Question text	Enter text of the question. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the question.
Quiz	Select under which quiz the question will appear.
Category	If necessary, select a category to which the question should belong.
Points	Specify how many points Students will get for the correct answer to this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Attempts	Specify how many attempts Students will have for answering this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Ordering	With the help of the drop-down list set the order for the question (the order, in which it should appear among other quiz questions). Note: This option will be available only after you save the question.
Question Options	- In the Question Options section define possible answer options. Enter each new option into the text field at the bottom of the page and click Add option. Repeat the same to add other answer options. - Use the Move Up () and Move Down () icons to change the order of answer options in the list. - Use the Delete icon () to delete answer options. - When all answer options are added, select a check box next to the option that represents the correct answer (you can select only one option).

Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that should be displayed when Students answer the question (read the Creating Quiz Questions for details).
When finished, click the Apply icon () at the top of the form to save changes and stay on the same page; click Save question () to save changes and navigate to the list of quiz questions. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

True/False Questions

The true/ false question is represented as a question itself and two radio buttons with answer options: true and false. Students can select only one answer option.

true false question

Fig. ‘True/False Question’

To add a true/false question:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the required quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select True/ False from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). The following form will be displayed:

Fig. ‘Adding a True/False Question’

Fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Question text	Enter text of the question. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the question.
Quiz	Select under which quiz the question will appear.
Category	If necessary, select a category to which the question should belong.
Points	Specify how many points Students will get for the correct answer to this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Attempts	Specify how many attempts Students will have for answering this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Ordering	With the help of the drop-down list set the order for the question (the order, in which it should appear among other quiz questions). Note: This option will be available only after you save the question.

Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that should be displayed when Students answer the question (read the Creating Quiz Questions for details).
When finished, click the Apply icon () at the top of the form to save changes and stay on the same page; click Save question () to save changes and navigate to the list of quiz questions. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

Matching Drag and Drop Questions

The matching drag and drop question is represented as a group of questions and a group of answer options. Students should match questions with the correct answers by dragging and dropping answers onto the questions.

d&d question

Fig. ‘Matching Drag and Drop Question’

To add a matching drag and drop question:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the required quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select Matching Drag and Drop from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). The following form will be displayed:

Fig. ‘Adding a Matching Drag and Drop Question’

Fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Question text	Enter text of the question. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the question.
Quiz	Select under which quiz the question will appear.
Category	If necessary, select a category to which the question should belong.
Points	Specify how many points Students will get for the correct answer to this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Attempts	Specify how many attempts Students will have for answering this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Ordering	With the help of the drop-down list set the order for the question (the order, in which it should appear among other quiz questions). Note: This option will be available only after you save the question.
Question Options	- In the Question Options section define possible answer options. Enter each new option into the text field at the bottom of the page and click Add option. Repeat the same to add other answer options. - Use the Move Up () and Move Down () icons to change the order of answer options in the list. - Use the Delete icon () to delete answer options. - When all answer options are added, select a check box next to the option that represents the correct answer (you can select only one option).

Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that should be displayed when Students answer the question (read the Creating Quiz Questions for details).
When finished, click the Apply icon () at the top of the form to save changes and stay on the same page; click Save question () to save changes and navigate to the list of quiz questions. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

Matching Drop-Down Questions

The matching drop-down question is represented as a group of questions and a group of drop-down lists with answer options. Students should select the correct answer option next to the corresponding question.

drop-down question

Fig. ‘Matching Drop-Down Question’

To add a matching drop-down question:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the required quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select Matching Drop-Down from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). The following form will be displayed:

Fig. ‘Adding a Matching Drop-Down Question’

Fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Question text	Enter text of the question. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the question.
Quiz	Select under which quiz the question will appear.
Category	If necessary, select a category to which the question should belong.
Points	Specify how many points Students will get for the correct answer to this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Attempts	Specify how many attempts Students will have for answering this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Ordering	With the help of the drop-down list set the order for the question (the order, in which it should appear among other quiz questions). Note: This option will be available only after you save the question.
Question Options	- In the Question Options section define possible answer options. Enter each new option into the text field at the bottom of the page and click Add option. Repeat the same to add other answer options. - Use the Move Up () and Move Down () icons to change the order of answer options in the list. - Use the Delete icon () to delete answer options. - When all answer options are added, select a check box next to the option that represents the correct answer (you can select only one option).

Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that should be displayed when Students answer the question (read the Creating Quiz Questions for details).
When finished, click the Apply icon () at the top of the form to save changes and stay on the same page; click Save question () to save changes and navigate to the list of quiz questions. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

Fill in the Blank Questions

The fill in the blank question is represented as a question and an empty text field. Students should enter the correct answer into the text field.

Fig. ‘Fill in the Blank Question’

To add a fill in the blank question:

Enter the necessary course and click the Quizzes icon () in the top course menu. The system will display a list of quizzes for the given course.
Choose the required quiz from the list and click its name link. The list of questions for the selected quiz will be shown.
Select Fill in the Blank from the Select Question type list and click the New question icon (). The following form will be displayed:

Fig. ‘Adding a Fill in the Blank Question’

Fill out the form fields as described in the table below:

Field	Step
Question text	Enter text of the question. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the question.
Quiz	Select under which quiz the question will appear.
Category	If necessary, select a category to which the question should belong.
Points	Specify how many points Students will get for the correct answer to this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Attempts	Specify how many attempts Students will have for answering this question. Enter whole numbers only.
Ordering	With the help of the drop-down list set the order for the question (the order, in which it should appear among other quiz questions). Note: This option will be available only after you save the question.
Question Options	- In the Question Options section define possible answer options. Enter each new option into the text field at the bottom of the page and click Add option. Repeat the same to add other answer options. - Use the Move Up () and Move Down () icons to change the order of answer options in the list. - Use the Delete icon () to delete answer options. - When all answer options are added, select a check box next to the option that represents the correct answer (you can select only one option). Tip: For each question there may be several correct answer variants: different in spelling or formulating. Define as many correct answer variants as possible in the Question Options section.

Open the Feedbacks tab to customize messages that should be displayed when Students answer the question (read the Creating Quiz Questions for details).
When finished, click the Apply icon () at the top of the form to save changes and stay on the same page; click Save question () to save changes and navigate to the list of quiz questions. Click Back () to discard changes and close the form.

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