Overview The Quiz Tool Overview Question Library Question Library Managing Questions and Sections(Folders) in the Question Library Creating Quiz Sections Creating Quiz Questions Importing Quiz Questions from a very specific Text File format Importing Questions from Respondus or Basic Course Import Random Question Sets Quiz Tabs Properties Restrictions Special Access Attempts Submission Views Reports Adding Questions and Setting up the Quiz Bonus Questions Grading a Quiz Grading Grading by Attempt Re-grading a Quiz Question Resetting a Student's Quiz Attempt

Question Types Common Features Among All Question Types True or False Multiple Choice Multi-Select Long Answer Short Answer Multiple Short Answers Fill In the Blanks Matching Ordering Arithmetic Significant Figures Text Information Item Image Information Item Statistics Viewing Course and Quiz Statistics Exporting Quiz Statistics Using Excel to Analyze Exports Viewing Quiz Reports Options Copying a Quiz Re-Order Quizzes Deleting a Quiz Previewing a Quiz

About the Quizzes Tool

The Quizzes tool allows you to create a variety of assessments for your students. While labeled Quizzes, this tool can be used for exams, surveys, self assessments, and/or homework assignments. The Quizzes tool can be used to create the following types of questions: multiple-choice, true/false, arithmetic (including specifying ranges of numbers with significant figures), fill-in-the-blank, multi-select, matching, ordering, and long and short answers. Many of these questions can be graded automatically and then automatically entered into the Grades tool. Quizzes can be released conditionally based on date and time.

NOTE: Editing quiz questions after students have begun taking the Quiz may result in students not being able to complete it if they are caught between old and new Quiz versions. In addition, Quiz statistics will be inaccurate.

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Quiz Overview:

There are several steps involved in creating a Quiz for your course. Each step is described in greater detail in the sections that follow.

1. Create your Quiz questions. You can create questions in either the Question Library, or directly in the Quiz.
   • While it is also possible to create Quiz questions from within a Quiz rather than in the Question Library, it is strongly recommended that you create all of your questions in the Question Library and then import them to your Quizzes. This will allow you to reuse questions in multiple Quizzes, self assessments and surveys.
   • Use the Question Library to insert questions into a randomizing section. Random sections pull their questions from the Question Library. When creating a Quiz, you can specify a list of questions from which the D2L system will randomly choose questions for each student that takes the Quiz.
   • Many of the questions types can be graded automatically and transferred into the Grades tool.
2. Create a Quiz by: (A) establishing a Quiz name and general properties, (B) establishing the Quiz restrictions, (C) establishing the number of Quiz attempts, (D) adding questions to your Quiz, (E) setting up a Quiz layout (optional), and (F) establishing the Quiz reports (optional).
   • Quizzes can be released conditionally based on date and time.

3. Preview the Quiz.

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Question Library

The Question Library is a central repository for your Quiz questions. When you create questions in the Question Library you can reuse them in any number of Quizzes and organize the questions according to quiz or theme. Using the Question Library feature helps you to avoid tedious re-entry of questions.

To access the Question Library from the main Quizzes page, click the Question Library icon under Quizzes Areas.

There are three ways to populate your Question Library with Quiz questions:

1. Create questions within the Question Library or from within a Quiz (see Question Types).
2. Import questions using D2L's text format file (see Importing Questions from a Text File).
3. Import questions using Respondus software or basic course import (see Importing Quiz Questions from Respondus.)

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Creating and Managing Questions and Sections (Folders) in the Question Library

Overview:

Sections are like file folders in your Question Library. They help you to organize your questions. You might choose to create a "multiple choice" Section that includes all of your multiple choice questions or a Section containing all questions related to a specific topic such as a book chapter.

Sections are also helpful when you are creating a Quiz. Instead of importing questions one at a time, you can import an entire section of questions into a Quiz at once.

To create a New Section in the Question Library:

1. Select Section from the Create New drop-down list and click CREATE NEW.

2. Name the Section.

You have the option of adding: a) a message to your students, b) private comments to your fellow instructors, and c) an image that may be displayed to your students.

Display Options allow you to control showing the section name, inserting a line break after section name, or displaying message and image.

 

To create a New Question in the Question Library:

If you would like to know how each question type works before choosing a question type please refer to Question Types.

1. From the Question Library page select the applicable question type from the Create New drop-down list and click CREATE NEW.

The following options are displayed at the top of the Question Library page after you have created sections or questions:

• Create New - see Creating Quiz Sections / Creating Quiz Questions
• Import - use to import questions from an existing quiz or text file
• Move - (appears when you have added and selected questions/sections)
• Delete - (appears when you have added and selected questions/sections)
• Order - (appears when you have added and selected questions/sections)
• Edit Values - use to quickly edit the points and the difficulty level of questions
• Display Options -used to control what you are seeing on this page

To change the position of an item in the Question Library list:

1. Click the Order icon at the top of the page.



The Order page displays with your list of questions and sections.

2. Select a Question or Section by using the checkboxes located to the left of each item and use the up and down arrows on the right side of the screen to move the selected items to the desired position in the list. Repeat this step for each item until you have achieved the desired order. Remember to uncheck your selections once they are in the correct order, especially if you are adjusting multiple items.
3. Click Save at the top-right of the screen.

To Move a Question inside another Section:

1. From the Question Library check the box beside one or more questions.
2. Click on the Move icon.



The Move Objects page displays with a list of Sections in your Question Library.



3. Click on the name of the Section you want to move the Question(s) into. Clicking on the name of the Section you want to move the Question(s) into will automatically move the Question(s), there is nothing to save.

To Delete a Question or Section:

1. From the Question Library check the box beside the Question(s) or Section(s) you would like to Delete.
2. Click the Delete icon.



3. The Confirmation window will ask you to confirm the Delete, click Delete if you are sure you would like to Delete the item otherwise click Cancel.

You can edit the appearance of the Question Library using the Display Options link:

1. Click Display Options in the top-left corner of the Question Library.



The Display Options window displays.



2. Select a Header Display type from the drop-down list. This feature controls how the links along the top of the Question Library are displayed.
   • Text and Icons: show both the text and icons for each link
   • Text Only: shows only the text for each link
   • Icons Only: shows only the icons for each link

3. If you do not want to see the area on the left of the Question Library that shows a list of sections in your library, uncheck Show Sections Sidebar.
4. Check View action in Popup if you want questions to open in a new window when you click on them, rather than opening in the main Question Library page.

Also, from the main Question Library page, you have the following options:

• Select the View icon located to the right a Question to see how it will appear in a Quiz, how it will be marked, feedback comments, and where this Question is used.



• Click the Edit icon located to the right of a Question or click on the Question title to make changes to the Question.
• Click the Edit icon located to the right of a Section to make changes to the Section.
• Click Edit Values to change the points and difficulty values for your Questions. Click Save to update your changes.

 

 

Note: The Difficulty level feature allows instructors to visually organize and compare questions. For example, after assigning a specific Difficulty value to a number of Questions you can sort and view the Questions by their assigned Difficulty value to ensure consistency. It has no influence on which Questions will be used in a Random Section within the Quiz.

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Creating Quiz Sections

You can create Quiz Sections to organize your Questions into folders. This can be done in the Question Library or during the creation of a new Quiz. Both of these areas are identical in functionality, however one creates Sections within the Question Library, while the other creates Sections within a Quiz.

Example Scenario: You want to create a Quiz in which the first five Questions all refer to the same diagram, and you want to repeat the diagram before each Question. To do this you can create a Section that contains the first five Questions, add the image (as in Step 6 below), and set the Display Options for the Section to "Display message and image" and select "repeat section message and image before each question." Note: that this will also repeat any text in the Message field before all of the Questions.

To create a Section within an existing Quiz or when creating a new Quiz:

1. On the Edit page of an existing Quiz or in the New page for a new Quiz, click on the Layout/Question tab.



2. Click Add/Edit Questions.



3. From the Create New drop-down list select Section and click CREATE NEW. The New Section page displays.
4. Type the name of your section in the Section Name field.
5. Type a message (optional). This message can be displayed to students at the beginning of the Section if you include the Section in a Quiz.
6. Type private comments (optional). These comments are for your personal use and view only.
7. Add an image to the Section (optional). This image can be used at the beginning of the Section or repeated before each Question in the Section.



8. Set your Display Options:

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   • Check the box beside 'show section name' to have the Section name displayed in Quizzes that contain this Section.
   • Check the box beside 'insert a line break after section name' to insert some extra space below the Section name when displayed in a Quiz.
   • Check the box beside 'display message and image' to display text you typed in the Message text box (Step 5 above) and the image you specified in (step 7 above) in your Quiz.
     • Select 'display section message and image once' to display these items once at the beginning of the Section, or
     • Select 'repeat section message and image before each question' to repeat both the message and image before each Question in the Section.
   • Click 'Expand section feedback' to add feedback to the Section. This feature allows you to leave feedback for an entire Section when grading the Quiz.
10. Click Save.

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Creating Quiz Questions

You can create Quiz Questions two ways:

1. Select the Question Library icon on the main Quizzes page.
2. From within a Quiz, select the Layout/Questions tab and then click Add/Edit Questions.

 

To start creating Quiz Questions, select the applicable question type from the Create New drop-down list and click CREATE NEW.


Note: It is strongly recommended that you create all your Quiz Questions within the Question Library. This gives you the ability to reuse questions in various Quizzes and to create random sections within Quizzes. For detailed instructions on each question type see Question Types.

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Importing Quiz Questions from a very specific Text File format

Quiz questions can be created offline using Desire2Learn's text format file. The formatting is very specific and if you build the file without first seeing the sample then you will most likely need to adjust your file.

If you have already created your Questions offline using this template, and would like to populate your Questions into the Question Library:

1. Select the Quizzes link on your course home navigation bar.
2. Click on the Question Library icon on the Quizzes main page.
3. From with the Question Library, select Import.
   



4. In the Import Source box drop-down list select 'From a Desire2Learn Text Format File'.



5. Click Browse and select the file you want upload to the Question Library. Click Open.
6. Click Save.

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Importing Questions from Respondus or Basic Course Import

Respondus is a software application commonly used to create questions offline. When using this software to import your questions into D2L, the following tips may be useful to you:

1. Within the Respondus application, and before either opening an existing quiz or starting a new one, ensure that the "IMS QTI Personality" is selected from the Current Personality drop-down list under the Start tab in Respondus.
2. If you are attempting to convert an existing Respondus file from WebCT or Blackboard, you will need to convert it to QTI before importing it into D2L. It is recommended that you save this new file under a new file name if you wish to keep the quiz file under the original personality for future use.
3. Save your changes.
4. Login to Desire2Learn and go to your course.
5. Click on the Edit Course link on your course home navigation bar. This will take you to the Course Admin Tools page.
6. Select Import/Export/Copy Components link.



7. Choose Import Components from a file. Click Browse and retrieve the QTI file you created in Respondus.
8. Click Next.



9. The system will read the file, click Next when it is done preprocessing.
10. Select the parts you want to import or you may choose Select All and click Next.
11. Check the box labeled 'Import Metadata' and click Next. It will then import the file. Click Next when it finishes. Please be patient as this process can take a little time.
12. Return to the Quiz tool and examine the results of your import.

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Random Question Sets

Overview

Inserting a random section into a quiz ensures that each user will receive a unique set of questions. The random section pulls from a designated pool of questions stored in the Question Library. It is important to note that you can only import questions that have already been created elsewhere into a random section; you cannot create questions within the random section, nor can you move questions into this section.

After selecting the questions from the Question Library, you can specify how many questions from the random question pool each student should see. The random section will then randomly select this number of questions for each student that takes the Quiz. This feature guarantees that each student will receive a unique Quiz with different questions.

There are no limit to the number or type of Questions in a random Quiz, hoever you must create a Quiz before adding a random set of questions. Since random sections can only contain Questions from the Question Library, it is important that you create Questions in the Question Library before creating a Quiz. You can import questions from a Quiz into the Question Library if you first created them in a Quiz. You can then import the Questions into the random section folder of the Quiz.

Creating a Random Section Folder

1. Select the Quiz you would like to add Random Section and Questions to.
2. Select the Layout/Questions tab.



3. Click Add/Edit Questions.



4. From the Create New drop-down list, choose Random Section and click CREATE NEW.



5. Enter a Section Name (for example, "random short answers").
6. If you would like you can add a message to be displayed with the section (for example "The next five questions will involve the Biology and Chemistry unit").



7. Check the Display Options you would like and click Save. If you need more information about Display Options please see Creating Quiz Sections as the Display Options are the same for both.
8. A purple folder displays in the list of questions/sections for your Quiz. Click on the folder you just created so that you are now inside of it.



9. Click the Import button.
10. Choose the section you want to import Questions from in the Source Section drop-down list, or choose 'Collection Root' to view a list of all Questions in the Question Library.



11. Check the Questions you want to include in the Random Section. You can automatically select all the Questions in one section by checking the box beside the desired folder.



12. Click Save.
13. At the top of the page, type the number of Questions you want each student to see from the Random Section and assign a point value for the Questions.



14. Click Save.

Note: All Questions in one Random Section must have the same point value. A Question can only exist once in the Quiz so if you have a Question that is in the Quiz and you want it in the Random Section you must first go to the Question Library and import it into the Question Library, then go back to the Quiz and delete the Question. Lastly, go into the Random Section and import it from the Question Library into the Random Section folder.

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Properties

The Quiz Properties tab will display by default when you create or edit a Quiz.

1. Enter a name for your Quiz in the Name field.
2. As an option, you can create categories to group your Quizzes together. You can add a category or select them from the Category drop-down list .
3. If you would like this Quiz to be linked to a Grade item, select the item from the drop-down list or create a new grade item by clicking the 'add grade item' link.
4. If you choose to use the grade item select the box next to 'Automatic Grade: allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion'. Even if you do not want students to see anything upon completion, make sure to check this box. Checking this box will make your life easier. The Submissions View tab controls what students see.
5. Select the box next to Auto Export to Grade to have the score automatically moved to the Grades tool. If this is not done prior to the Quiz being taken by students the Quiz is still auto scored, but it will sit in the Grade Quiz area until you come in after the fact and tell the system what to do with the scores (release to students through Submission Views or send to the Grade book).



6. Optional Advanced Properties:
   
   • Check Hints to enable question hints. The actual hints must be set up within each question by the instructor.
   • Enter your email address in the Notification Email field if you would like to be notified when a participant submits a Quiz. You can use your D2L address or an external email address.
   • Check Disable Pager Access and Right-Click to prevent users from utilizing these features that can enable cheating while students are taking the quiz.
7. In the Expand Messages area, enter a message that will be displayed to users prior to Quiz availability on the main Quiz page.
8. Enter text in the Introduction Message field to display a message to users immediately before they start the Quiz.



9. If you would like to add a page header and/or footer, enter the text into the proper fields.



10. Click Save.

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Restrictions

Use the options located under the Restrictions tab to set up the availability and timing of your Quiz.

1. Click on the Restrictions tab.



2. In the Availability section, you can set the Status and Quiz start and end dates. Users can only see Quizzes that have been set to Active status. If you are using start and end dates make sure the Quiz is set to Active so when the start date begins the Quiz will be available.
3. Choose a start date using the drop-down lists or the calendar icon. If you do not want your Quiz to have a specific start date, choose no set start date.
4. Choose an end date using the drop-down lists or the calendar icon. If you do not want your Quiz to have a specific end date, choose no set end date. Note: If a student starts the Quiz before the end date then they may be able to submit the Quiz after the end date has occurred. See Late Submissions for more information on this.
5. Add release conditions in the Additional Release Conditions area (if applicable, Release Conditions allow you to set requirements that students must meet before they can view the Quiz). Click on Create and Attach to build a new condition for the course or Attach Existing if the Condition has already been used somewhere else in the course such as Content or Discussions.

Example: You could create a release condition that requires students to view a certain content topic before they can view the Quiz or achieve a certain score on a previous grade item. For more information see Conditional Release.



6. Use the Timing section to set a time limit for your Quiz by typing the applicable number of minutes in the Time Limit field. The default time limit is 120 minutes.
7. Choose to enforce the time limit or show a clock by checking the corresponding boxes.
8. Type a Grace Period in the text field. This value determines how many minutes the user has after the Time Limit has expired to submit their Quiz before it is flagged as late.
9. Late Submissions:
   • Select 'Allow Normal Submissions' to let users submit Quizzes even if the Time Limit and Grace Period have expired. Submissions after the Grace Period will be flagged as late, but will still be auto graded if this is how you set up the Properties Tab.
   • If you select 'Use Late Limit' and select an amount of time, users are given a grade of zero if they submit the Quiz after the Time Limit+ Grace Period + late limit period. You can then go to Grade Quiz, find the student's Attempt, click it and then click Re-Calculate to allow for the Quiz to be graded and the results to be kept.

   • Select 'Auto-Submit Attempt' to have the system force the student to submit a quiz after the specified Time Limit and Grace Period have expired. A student may continue working, but any attempts to save will produce a message stating that they have exceeded the time limit and therefore must submit the quiz. Any answers which were saved before the time ran out will be graded.

   

10. Click Save.

Note: When the 'Auto-Submit Attempt' option is active, the system submits all questions saved before the Time Limit plus the Grace Period has expired. However, any questions that have not been saved before this Time Limit has expired, even if they have been answered, will not be graded. Participants need to save their answers before the Time Limit expires.

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Special Access

Use the Advanced Availability feature to override the availability and timing settings of a Quiz for specified individuals. Advanced Availability is found on the Restrictions tab of a Quiz at the bottom of the page.

Example in Action: Special Access accommodates students with special testing needs or students that deserve a make up.

• Increase the Quiz time limit for special-needs users.
• Allow individual users to have different start and end dates.
• Change the Quiz availability dates for a make-up Quiz.

Because the Quiz can only appear one way to students, they will see it with the regular Restrictions unless they are specifically chosen to have Special Access. Under Advanced Availability if you choose to 'Allow only users with special access to see this quiz', then only students with Special Access see this Quiz. If you choose the default option then all students see the Quiz with either regular Restrictions or with over riding Special Access if they were chosen to receive Special Access.

1. Click on the Restrictions tab.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and under Advanced Availability select the option which matches the special access option you would like.



3. Click the Add Users to Special Access button. The Special Access Properties page displays.



4. Fill out this screen the same way you did for the rest of the class.
5. Ensure the box beside 'Assign special time limit' is checked.
6. Check the boxes beside the students you want to assign special access to in the user list. You can also sort your students by Sections and Groups and then assign Special Access to an entire section. For example, set a different due date for each section based on the day the section has their lab.
7. Click Save. The Special Access Properties page closes and your new special access item appears under Advanced Availability in the Restrictions tab.

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Attempts

Here you can specify Attempts Allowed and Overall Grade Calculation:

1. Click on the Attempts tab.
2. Choose the number of Attempts Allowed from the drop-down list.
3. Choose an Overall Grade Calculation from the drop-down list.
4. Click Save.

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Submission Views

Overview

Use the Submission Views tab to define what information students will see after they submit the Quiz attempt.

Example in Action: Do you want the students to see what they got wrong immediately after the Quiz is submitted, should it display the correct answers, or should it contain the student's responses?

1. Click the Submission Views tab within a Quiz.
2. Click on the Default View link or the Add Additional View button.



3. In the Add Additional View window type a Name and in both the Default View and Additional View window type a Message to display to students. The instructions below are the same for both the Default View link and the Add Additional View button.
4. Add AdditonalView window
   
   

5. If you would like to show students their questions after they submit their Quiz, beside Show Questions? click 'Yes' and choose an option from the Show Questions list:
   • Show questions answered incorrectly: Only shows students questions that they answered incorrectly.
   • Show questions answered correctly: Only shows students questions that they answered correctly.
   • Show all questions without user responses: Shows all of the quiz questions the student did not answer.
   • Show all questions with user responses: Shows all of the quiz questions to the student that they answered.
   • Show question answers: Shows the answers next to each question that appears. Answers will not appear for questions that are not displayed.

   If you do not want to show any questions to students after they submit their Quiz, leave the button 'No' marked.

6. If you do not want to show students their score for the attempt then uncheck the box beside Score.
7. If you would like to display the class average and /or score distribution to students after they submit their Quiz then check the appropriate box next to Statistics. If you are using more than one Submission View then the newest view will supercede the other views.
8. Click  Save View.
9. Click Go Back to Submission Views so that you can continue setting up the Quiz.

If you are using multiple attempts or if you want to release the information after the Quiz period is over then you can click Add Additional View and apply a date restriction to the Submission View. This will allow the Default View to be in affect until the date for the Additional View has occurred. You can also change the default Submission View after the Quiz period is over.

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Reports

Reports allow you to gather information on how students have performed on your Quiz. Reports are different from Quiz statistics because they allow you to collect more types of information and are printable.

1. Click on the Reports Setup tab.



2. Click Add Report to create a new report, or click on the name of an existing report to edit it. The New Quiz Report page displays.



3. Type a Report Name.
4. Select the Report Type you want to create:
   • Question Statistics: An "overall" report, showing the class average, score distribution, and the percentage of correct responses for each question.
   • Question Details: A more segmented report showing a breakdown of all the responses received for each question and the average grade received on each question.
   • User Statistics: provides class average and score distribution information to help you see how your class performed as a whole.
   • Attempt Details: allows you to view each user's actual quiz.

5. In the Release area, select 'immediately' to release the report now, or select the radio button next to the date drop-down lists and choose the appropriate date and time to release the report later.
6. In the Release Report To area, check the boxes beside the roles you want to release the report to. For example, checking the box beside Instructors would allow all instructors in your course to see the report or checking Students would release the report to all students. If you want to release it to TAs, please check all boxes with the word TA in it as we use several different kinds of TAs.



You can choose whether or not to allow students to see this information or just instructors and your TAs by choosing the appropriate Privilege Roles.

7. Click Save Report.

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Adding Questions and Setting up the Quiz Layout

To add or remove Questions or Sections to your Quiz:

1. Click on the Layout/Questions tab within a Quiz.



2. Click the Add/Edit Questions button.



3. Create Sections for your Quiz by choosing Section from the Create New drop-down list and click CREATE NEW. Refer to Creating Quiz Sections for details.

Import Questions

1. Import Questions from your Question Library by clicking the Import button.



2. Choose Question Library in the Source Collection drop-down list. In the Source Section drop-down list, choose Collection Root to show all of the Questions and Sections in your Question Library, or choose a specific Section. Questions from your Question Library will display on the page. Check the boxes beside the Questions or Sections you want to import and click Save.

Create Questions

Create Questions in your Quiz as described in the  Creating Quiz Questions. For  information on the different types of Questions, please see Common Features Among All Question Types located below.

Editing Quiz Layout

1. Go to the Layout/Questions tab for your Quiz.
2. You can set how many Questions will be displayed per page by typing the number in the 'Place Questions Per Page' text box and click Go.



3. To manually insert a page break in the Quiz, click on the small gray arrow between the Questions where you want the page break to be. The gray arrow and line will turn blue, indicating the page break. The arrow is extremely small and is on the gray lines between each Question on the most left end point of the line. If you rest your mouse on this point, your mouse will change from the arrow into a hand that signifies a link.



Tip: Using a small number of questions per page reduces page load time.

4. Click Save Quiz.

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Bonus Questions

You can create Bonus Quiz Questions, from the Layout/Questions tab while editing your Quiz, or from the Add/Edit Questions page. Follow the instructions below:

1. From the Layout/Questions tab click the Edit Values button . From the Add/Edit Questions page click the Edit Values icon .
2. Check the boxes in the Bonus column beside the Questions you would like to assign a Bonus value .
3. Click Save. The selected Questions will now display a green checkmark in the Bonus column.

Note: The Bonus value will be equal to the point value assigned to that Quiz Question. If you are connecting the Quiz to a Grade Item in the Grades tool, you will need to make sure the Grade Item can exceed the point total if you want a student to get over 100% for the Quiz in the Grades tool. In the Grades tool you will need to check a box on the Grade Items propertys screen beside 'Allow to exceed'.

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Common Features Among All Question Types

The following features apply to all Question types in the Quizzes tool:

1. All Questions are built according to one of these two methods:
   • a) Choose the New icon in the Manage Quizzes page.
   • b) Create a Quiz Name.
   • c) Click on the Layout/Questions tab.
   • d) Click the Add/Edit Questions button.
   • e) Click the drop-down menu beside Create New and choose the Question type you want.
   • f) Click CREATE NEW.

   Or

   • a) Choose the Question Library icon in the Mange Quizzes page.
   • b) In the Question Library click the drop-down menu beside Create New and choose the Question type you want.
   • c) Click CREATE NEW.

2. All Question types have an optional Title field. If you do not enter a title, the system will take the first 20 characters from the Question text and enter it as the Title. The Title is only displayed in the Quiz tool and not to students taking the Quiz. It can be useful to place a number in the Title box to help you stay organized when creating the Questions.
3. Difficulty Level is for Instructors only. It allows you to see what kind of questions you have already built.



4. If you would like Question Feedback displayed to the users, enter your feedback in the Question Feedback area under the 'Expand question feedback' link.



5. To display hints, click the 'Expand question hints' link. Enter the text in the Question Hint text box.



If you are using hints on the Quiz you will need to enable hints in the Properties tab by clicking the 'Expand optional advanced properties' and checking the box to the right of Hints.



If the Questions you are building utilize the same Question text or set of answers then after you build one Question you can click Save and Copy, make the appropriate edits and repeat the steps until you have built all of the Questions.

You have access to the HTML Editor and spell check, and Preview. Remember to Save each Question when you are done building it and you can hit Save and New if you want another Question of the same type.

 

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True or False

1. Select True or False Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select True or False Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the Question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the Question text to locate a course image in the course files or one from your computer.
4. Use the drop-down list under Options to choose an Enumeration style.
5. Choose a display Style. We recommend Vertical.



6. Set the Weight of each option in the text box. For example, you may want to type 100 in the text box beside the correct option. Associating an option with 100 simply means if a student were to choose that option, they would receive full points for that question. Each option box can have a different Weight if you want to give partial credit. You can also type in Feedback that students will see if the Submission View has been enabled.

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Multiple Choice

1. Select Multipe Choice Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Multiple Choice Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your Question Text in the text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use the Add a File button or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or from your computer.
4. Use the drop-down list under Options to choose an enumeration style.
5. Choose a display Style to set how answer choices appear to students. We recommend Vertical.



6. Type in the Question options (answer choices) in the text boxes. If you wish to add more options, click the Add Option button. You can put a number from 1-99 in the Add Option box to quickly add more Option boxes.
7. Set the Weight of each option in the text box. For example, you may want to type 100 in the text box beside the correct option. Associating an option with 100 simply means if a student were to choose that option, they would receive full points for that Question. Each option box can have a different Weight if you want to give partial credit. You must type in your own Weight in the text box.

Optional: If you would like to randomize the question options, check the box beside Randomize Options. Randomizing the options ensures that each student will receive Answer options in a different order. To randomize Questions, please see Random Question Sets. You can also type in Feedback that students will see if the Submission View has been enabled.

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Multi-Select

Use Multi-Select Questions to have students identify several answers out of a list of possible answers. For example "Identify all of the prime numbers in the following list: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15."

1. Select Multi-Select Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Multi-Select Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Use the drop-down list to choose an Enumeration.
5. Choose a display Style. We recommend Vertical.
6. Check the box beside Randomize options, if you would like to randomize your answer options.
7. Beside Grading select how you would like the Questions to be graded.
   • All or nothing: Students receive full points for the question only if they select all of the correct answers and none of the incorrect answers. Students receive zero points if they miss any correct answers or select any incorrect answers.
   • Right minus wrong: Students receive points equal to the number of right answers they choose minus the number of incorrect answers they choose. For example, if each answer is worth one point and a student selects 3 correct answers and 1 incorrect answer, they will receive 2 points for the question (3 minus 1).

     Note: To determine how much each answer is worth, the system takes the total number of points that the question is worth and divides it by the number of correct answers. For example, if a question is worth 4 points and has two correct answers, each correct answer will be worth 2 points, and each incorrect answer will be worth -2 points (students receive a minimum of zero on a question: they cannot receive a negative mark).

   • Right answers: Students receive points for each correct answer they select and for incorrect answers they leave blank. Incorrect answers selected and correct answers left blank are ignored.



8. Type the answer options in the Value text boxes. Click Add Option to add more answer options, or click the garbage can icon to delete extra options.
9. Check the boxes in the Correct column beside each of the correct answer options.

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Long Answer

1. Select Long Answer Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Long Answer Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. To set the size of the Input Box, select the number of rows and columns. We recommend large numbers to give students as much room as possible.
5. Text entered in the Initial Text box will be displayed to users in the text box before they type their answer.
6. Text entered in the Answer Key box will be displayed to instructors or other users that grade Quizzes in the Grade Quiz area.

Allowing students to use the HTML Editor will give them spell check and several other features. Students can also copy and paste from Microsoft Word into the boxes so that they can use a spell checker they are more familiar with.

Note: Long answer Questions can not be auto graded. If you are using Questions that can be auto-graded with Long Answer QuestionsQuiz. and you do allow attempt score to be seen immediately upon completion, the score will be misleading to students immediately following the submitting of the Example: 40 Multiple Choice (MC) questions each worth one point, 3 Long Answer (LA) questions worth 20 points each. If a student gets 39 out of 40 MC correct, the score will show 39 out of 100 upon completion of the exam. The best thing to do is allow this to happen but explain the results in your Submission View.

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Short Answer

1. Select Short Answer Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Short Answer Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Choose the size of the input box by using the drop-down lists to the left of Blank #1 beside rows and columns.
5. Click the Add Answer icon if there is more than one correct answer.
6. Type the Answer in the text field and choose the Weight.



7. Continue adding all accepted Answers and Weights. For example, you may want to type 100 in the text box beside the correct option. Associating an option with 100 simply means if a student were to choose that option, they would receive full points for that question. Each option box can have a different Weight if you want to give partial credit.

Note: We do not recommend auto grading Short Answer Questions as it can be very difficult to match your answers with what students write. Also, if you allow attempt score to be seen immediately upon completion, the score will be misleading to students immediately following the submitting of the Quiz. Example: 40 Multiple Choice (MC) questions each worth one point, 3 Short Answer (SA) questions worth 20 points each. If a student gets 39 out of 40 MC correct, the score will show 39 out of 100 upon completion of the exam. The best thing to do is allow this to happen but explain the results in your Submission View.

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Multiple Short Answers

1. Select Multi-Short Answer Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Multi-Short Answer Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Choose the size of the input box by using the drop-down lists beside rows and columns.
5. Click the Add Answer icon if there is more than three correct answers.
6. Type the answer in the text field and choose the weight.
7. Continue adding all accepted Answers and Weights. For example, you may want to type 100 in the text box beside the correct option. Associating an option with 100 simply means if a student were to choose that option, they would receive full points for that question. Each option box can have a different weight if you want to give partial credit.



Note: The button Check Answers is used to validate acceptable syntaxes of the answers. Follow this link for more information about using Regular Expressions.

8. Click Preview to view your question. Click Save to save the question and return to the main page or click Save & New to continue creating short answer questions.

Note: We do not recommend auto grading Short Answer Questions as it can be very difficult to match your answers with what students write. Also, if you allow attempt score to be seen immediately upon completion, the score will be misleading to students immediately following the submitting of the Quiz. Example: 40 Multiple Choice (MC) questions each worth one point, 3 Short Answer(SA) questions worth 20 points each. If a student gets 39 out of 40 MC correct, the score will show 39 out of 100 upon completion of the exam. The best thing to do is allow this to happen but explain the results in your Submission View.

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Fill In the Blanks

1. Select Fill in the Blanks Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Fill in the Blanks Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. If you would like you can enter a Title.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Enter the question text in the Text box under the heading Question Text or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.




5. Choose your Blank size in the drop-down list.
6. Enter the answer text in the Blank #1 Answer field.




7. Enter the continuation of the fill in the blank question under the second Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.



8. If you wish to add more text and blank options, click the Add Text or Add Blank headings.
9. If you would like to make more than one option correct, you can use D2L's Regular Expressions.  A few examples of Regular Expressions: 
   • Entering "[C|c]at" (without the quotation marks) would make both "Cat" and "cat" correct.
   • Entering "[soccer|football]" (without the quotation marks) would make both "soccer" and "football" correct.

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Matching

1. Select Matching Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Matching Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Type the question choices in the Choice text boxes. If you wish to add more choices, click Add Choice.
5. Choose a Grading format:
   • Equally Weighted: students recieve points only for those questions they answer correctly.
   • All or nothing: student must have all the possible correct answers or else they receive no points.
   • Right minus wrong: the number of right answers chosen is subtracted from the number of wrong answers chosen to get an overall score for the question.



6. Type the matches in the Matches text boxes. If you wish to add more matches, increase the number in the box beside Add Match.
7. Use the drop-down list beside a Match to select the corresponding Choice number. This will create matched pairs and account for the randomizing of answers.

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Ordering

1. Select Ordering Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Ordering Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Choose a Grading format:
   • Equally weighted
   • All or nothing: students must have all the possible correct answers or else they receive no marks.
   • Right minus wrong: the number of wrong answers chosen is subtracted from the number of right answers chosen to get an overall grade for the question.

5. Type in the question text in the text boxes under the Value heading. If you wish to add more questions, click Add Item.
6. Choose the correct order by using the drop-down lists under the Correct Order heading.

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Arithmetic

The Arithmetic Question type is a great way to present unique Questions to each student. Numbers can be randomly chosen for each variable in the Question based on specified number ranges.

1. Select Arithmetic Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Arithmetic Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.

Example in Action: "2 trains are traveling away from each other at {x} miles per hour and {y} miles per hour respectively. How far apart are they after 15 minutes?"

3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. Type the formula that you use to calculate the correct answer in the Formula field. Make sure that you enclose all variables in curly braces. Example: ({x}+{y})/4.
   The following constants are supportd:
   • PI - 3.14159 (accurate to 50 decimal places)
   • e - 2.71828 (accurate to 50 decimal places)



The following functions are supported in the Formula field:

	Sign/Function	Description
	+,-,*,/,\,^,%	Basic mathematical operators
	{x}^{y}	x to the power of y
	abs({n})	Absolute value of n
	cos({n})	The cosine of n (in radians)
	sin({n})	The sine of n (in radians)
	sqr({n})	The square root of n
	tan({n})	The tangent of n (in radians)
	log({n})	The log base 10 of n
	ln({n})	The log base e of n
	atan({n})	The inverse tangent of n
	sec({n})	The secant of n
	cosec({n})	The cosecant of n
	cotan({n})	The cotangent of n
	factorial	Factorials
	exp	The power of natural log (e)

 

5. In the Variables section, define all of the Variables you used in the Question Text (you may need to scroll down to see this).
   • a. Type the name of your variable (for example, x) in the Name column.
   • b. Type the minimum value for the variable in the Min column.
   • c. Type the maximum value for the variable in the Max column.
   • d. Select the applicable number of decimal places for the variable in the Decimal Places drop-down list.
   • e. In the Step field, type the increment that the system should use when choosing random numbers from the range you specified in the Min and Max fields.

Example: If you create variable X with Min=100, Max=200 and Step=5, the system will only choose values for X that are increments of 5 above 100 (105, 110, 115, etc., up to 200) when generating questions.



6. Click Add Variable to add more variables or the garbage can icon under Remove to delete extra variables.
7. Click the Test button to test your formula. A new page will display containing an example of your formula.
8. Select a number from the Answer Precision drop-down list to define the number of decimal places student answers must be accurate to.
9. Type a Tolerance value and choose either 'units' or 'percent' to define how accurate students must be when answering the Question. For example, a Tolerance of 3% would allow students to be off by 3%, or a Tolerance of 5 units would allow students to be off by 5 units in their answers (units are defined in the field below).
10. Type the unit that the answer to the Question should be in (if any) in the Units field (for example, MPH, meters, inches, etc.).
    • Check the case sensitive box if the unit is case sensitive.
    • If you wish to assign points to students for using the correct unit in their answer, choose a percentage value from the Worth drop-down list.

Example: If 50% is chosen in the Worth drop-down list, the student would receive 50% of the points for the Question for answering with the correct value, and would receive the other 50% if they answered using the correct unit. Note that if you have selected the case sensitive option, students must type the unit in the proper letter case to have their answer considered correct.

Note: If you do not care what unit students put in, you can leave the Units box blank and at zero percentage points.This means that a student will only see one text box for them to type the answer. If they include the units in the answer, it will be marked wrong because the system is only matching the number. Alternatively, if you put the correct unit, but leave the worth at zero percent, the student will get all or nothing credit for the question based only on the number. They will still see two text boxes however, only the number text box will be graded and counted for points.

11. Click Preview to view your question. Click Save to save the question and return to the main page or click Save & New to continue creating Arithmetic questions.

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Significant Figures

The Significant Figures Question type is most applicable to science and math related courses. This Question type is similar to Arithmetic Questions type, but allows students to enter their answers in scientific notation format. The Question are then graded based on what students entered as their significant digits.

Example: A student might submit an answer of 1.9 x 104. In this example, "1.9" are the significant digits.

1. Select Significant Figures Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current Quiz click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Significant Figures Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.

Example: Answer the following: {x} x {y} =

3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.
4. In the Variables section, define all of the Variables you used in the Question Text (you may need to scroll down to see this).
   • Type the name of your variable (for example, "x") in the Name column.
   • Type the minimum value for the variable in the Min column.
   • Type the maximum value for the variable in the Max column.
   • In the Step field, type the increment that the system should use when choosing random numbers from the range you specified in the Min and Max fields.

   Example: If you create variable X with Min=100, Max=200 and Step=5, the system will only choose values for X that are increments of 5 above 100 (105, 110, 115, etc., up to 200) when generating questions.

   Note: The Min, Max, and Step values must all be entered in scientific notation. Enter the significant digit(s) in the first text box, and the exponent in the second text box that is to the upper-right of "x10".
   

5. Type the formula you use to calculate the correct answer in the Formula text box. Refer to step 7 in the Arithmetic Question instructions for a list of supported functions.



6. Click Test to ensure that your formula has been entered properly. The system will provide a test case of the equation in a new page.
7. Select either 'units' or 'percent' beside Tolerance, and type the applicable value in the corresponding text field.

Example: a tolerance of 3% would allow students to be off by 3%, or a tolerance of 1.2 x 102 units would allow students to be off by that much in their answers.

8. Choose the number of Significant Figures that the system should accept in students' answers from the Significant Figures drop-down list (this is the number of digits that will be accepted in the non-exponent field).
9. Choose a percentage value from the Deduct drop-down list if you want to assign only a certain portion of marks for this question for entering the correct significant digit(s).

Example: You might choose to assign 70% of the points for this question for getting the Significant Figures correct, and 30% for getting the unit correct.

10. If your question uses a certain kind of unit (for example, MPH, mm, etc.), type the unit in the Units text box.
    • a. Check Case Sensitive if the unit is case sensitive.
    • b. If you wish to assign points to students for using the correct unit in their answer, choose a percentage value from the Worth drop-down list.

    Example: If 30% is chosen in the Worth drop-down list, a student would receive 30% of the points for the question for using the correct unit, and the remaining 70% would be earned by answering with the correct significant figure(s).

11. Click Preview to view your question. Click Save to save the question and return to the main page or click Save and New to continue creating Significant Figures Questions.

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Text Information Item

Use this feature to create a question consisting of text only. You can use it to provide supplementary information on a Quiz. For example, if you are basing several questions on a case study, instead of inserting the case study into each Question you can create a Text Information item in which your related Questions will appear directly underneath the Text Information item.

Enter your information text in the Question Text box and click Save.

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Image Information Item

Use this feature to create a question consisting of an image only. You can use it to provide supplementary information on a Quiz. For example, if you have a diagram you would like to refer to in several of your survey questions, instead of inserting the diagram into each Question, you can create and Image Information item in which all of your related Questions will appear directly underneath the Image Information item.

1. Use the Add a File button to locate an image on your computer, in your course offering files, in your locker or in the group locker.
2. Enter a Caption to appear below the image.
3. Click Preview to preview the image.
4. Click Save, or Save & New to continue creating questions.

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Re-Grading

From the Manage Quizzes page, click the Grade Quiz icon beside the applicable Quiz name. You are presented with three options for re-grading quizzes:

• Grading by Users
• Grading by individual Attempts
• Grading by Questions (item analysis)

The options are displayed in tabs. The only difference between Users and Attempts is some of the sorting criteria that you can use to view the scores.

From the Manage Quizzes page, click the Grade Quiz icon beside the applicable Quiz name. Click the Display Options link (NOTE: If there is no quiz attempt, this option will not be available) located aunder the Users or Attempts tab to select the appropriate boxes to change the following Quiz Display Options:

• ID- displays the participants' IDs beside their name
• Quiz Score- displays the grade beside the participants' names
• Percent- displays the percent beside the participants' names
• Completed- displays date and time the quiz was completed
• Allow Reset- allows you to reset participants' grades - if you check the box next to the student's attempt number and then click the trash can, it will delete a student's attempt. (This will let the student sign in again and retake the quiz. However, there will no longer be a record of the student taking the quiz. Make sure you are deleting the CORRECT student's Attempt. )

Search criteria you use will dictate whether or not you view by Users or Attempts.

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Re-grading a Quiz Question

Grading by type allows instructors to easily correct mistakes that may have occurred during the initial setup of Quiz Questions by overriding the original grades. For example, perhaps an error was made when creating a Multiple Choice Question and students who completed the Quiz received a grade value 0 for a Question which they really should have received a grade value of 1 for. Grading by type will allow you to override grades for all users at once, instead of individually updating each Quiz attempt. You can also enter additional comments that will be displayed to users when they view their Quiz report.

To regrade a question:

1. Go to Quizzes and click the Grade Quiz icon to the right of the quiz you'd like to regrade.
2. Click the Questions tab.
3. Select Update All Attempts.
4. Click the question you'd like to regrade.
5. Under Grading Type, select how you would like to regrade the question. You can either give all attempts a specific number of points, or you can give attempts with a particular answer a specific number of points.
6. Click the Save button.

Note: Any modifications made to the grading of the quiz question will be logged. The log will document the date, time, username, and action taken for each change to Quiz grading.

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Viewing Course and Quiz Statistics

In this view, you will see a list of Quizzes for the course. The average grade for each quiz is shown to the right of the Quiz name.

1. From the Manage Quizzes page, click the Course Statistics icon . The Course Statistics page displays with the average grade for each Quiz.



2. Click on a Quiz name to view the individual Quiz statistics.
   • The User Stats tab shows the Class Average, a rough score distribution in bar graph format, and the final score of each student's attempts. The final score is dependent upon the choices you made in the Attempts tab of the Quiz's properties.
   • The Question Stats tab shows the average score on each question.
   • The Question Details tab shows the break downs of answers for each Question (graphs are created if available for that Question type).

Note: The system will export the statistics from the tab you are currently viewing (for example, User Stats).

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Exporting Quiz Statistics and Scores

Quiz statistics can be exported to a CVS file and opened with applications such as Microsoft Excel. There are four kinds of Quiz Exports you can use:

1. User Stats - display the final score the student earned
2. Question Stats - display the average score on the question
3. Question Details - display the number of students that chose each response on a given question
4. Student Attempts - displays a line/row of Excel for each question for each student. This can become very large with just a few students. If you have more than 500 Attempts for a quiz with 20 Questions, then this file may be too large for Excel.

The first three kinds of Exports are accessed through the Course Statistics page. The tab you are on when you click Export to CSV file is the CSV file that will be generated.

The fourth kind of Quiz Export is accessed through the Grade Quiz feature, where you would need to click the Export To CSV file button. This will generate a CSV file that has a row for each student's answer to each Question on each Attempt the student submitted. That is, a Quiz with 10 Questions answered by 20 Students and having 2 Attempts per student results in a file with 400 rows.

Note: If any of your students' names contain Jr., II, or III then there may be extra columns for these students in the Excel file. You can use Excel's Data Sort to quickly identify these students and fix the data accordingly.

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Using Excel to Analyze Exports

Once you saved your CSV Export file to your computer, you may be lucky enough to open it immediately and have all the information in the correct columns, but depending on how your browser is set, you may need to import it into a blank Excel file. The following steps are to import the CSV Export file into a blank Excel file. The following steps may be different if you are using Office 2007.

1. Open a Blank Excel file.
2. Go to Data Menu and choose Import External Data and Import Data.

3. Change the File Type to All Files.

4. Now, locate your file in your computer and then click the Open button .
5. Choose Delimited and Next.

6. Choose Comma and Next.

7. Choose General and Finish.

8. Choose OK.

These eight steps will allow you to Open the Export file in Excel so that you can analyze and create graphs in any way that you want. The Student Attempt Export file may be too large for Excel and require the use of Access and Importing External Data into a New Table.

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Viewing Quiz Reports

You must set up Quiz Reports in the Reports Setup tab of the appropriate Quiz before you can view it. Refer to setting up Quiz Reports for details.

To view Quiz Reports:

1. Click the name of the appropriate quiz on the Manage Quizzes page.
2. Click the Reports icon



3. Click the name of the Report you want to view or export.

The Generate Report page displays:



In the Generate Report page:

4. Check the From box and choose the applicable date from the drop-down list if you want the report to only include Quizzes submitted on and after a certain date.
5. Check the To box and choose the applicable date from the drop-down lists if you want the report to only include Quizzes submitted on or before a certain date.
6. Click Generate CSV Report or Generate HTML Report, depending on how you would like to view the report.

   The report displays:

7. Click the Export to CSV file button to save the report as a .csv file on your computer and import the file into Excel.
8. Click the Print Report button to print the report.

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Copying a Quiz

To copy an existing quiz, click the Quizzes link in your course NavBar to access the Manage Quizzes page:

1. Click the Copy icon . The Manage Quizzes - Copy page displays.
2. Select the applicable quiz from the Quiz to Copy drop-down list.



3. Type a New Quiz Name.
4. Choose a status from the New Quiz Status drop-down list.
5. Select 'Edit quiz after copy completes' to be taken directly to the Edit Quiz area after creating your copy.
6. Click Save.

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Re-Order Quizzes

To change the order that your Quizzes are listed on your Manage Quizzes page:

1. Click the Re-Order icon
2. Select the appropriate check boxes next to the Quiz names and click the up or down arrows to move it through the list of Quizzes.



3. Repeat the previous step for each Quiz until you have reached the desired order.
4. Click Save.

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Deleting a Quiz

On the Manage Quizzes page:

1. Click the Delete icon
2. Check the boxes beside the Quizzes you want to delete.
3. Click the Delete Selected button.

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Previewing a Quiz

Click the Preview icon to the right of a Quiz in the Manage Quizzes page to see the Quiz as users would see it. If you have set up a Random Quiz, the Questions will be randomly drawn. As an instructor, you can go through all the steps of answering the Questions, submitting the Quiz, seeing the Submission View and finally viewing the Reports you have setup and released.

Note: It is always a good idea to Preview a Quiz before you release it to students.

Viewing a Previewed Attempt

1. Click Preview.
2. Click Start Quiz! and confirm that you are about to begin the Quiz.
3. Take the Quiz as your students would and then click Submit Quiz.
4. On Quiz Submission confirmation screen, check the box next to “Allow this preview attempt to be graded in the Grades Quiz area.”



5. Submit Quiz Attempt.
6. Under Restrict to: “Users who have previewed attempts.” Find your name and click on your attempt.

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