- Creating a Quiz
- Setting Up a Quiz for Automatic Grading
- Adding Questions to your Quiz
- Creating Randomized Quizzes
- Adding a Quiz Submission View
- Related Support Pages
Desire2Learn (D2L) Brightspace’s Quiz tool allows instructors to create tests and exams for online assessment. You have the option to add a range of question types to your quizzes, including multiple choice, matching, short answer, true/false, and more. Quiz questions are stored in the Brightspace Question Library. The question library allows for randomization and shuffling within quizzes. Once you have created a quiz activity for your course, you are able to add questions and preview your quiz before making it available to students.
For more quiz instructions and video tutorials, see D2L Brightspace Quiz Documentation
Creating a Quiz
For an overview of how to create a quiz in Brightspace, watch the Create New Quiz D2L video tutorial.
Note: For quiz grade items that are connected to the gradebook, you will need to hide the grade item from the students until you are ready to release the grades. See Showing/Hiding Grades for instructions on how to hide grade items.
TIP: We strongly recommend creating your questions in the Question Library before you create your quiz. Quiz questions can be stored in the Question Library for re-use in multiple quizzes or in other types of assessments, such as self-assessments for student practice and studying. You can create your quiz questions in a Question Library section that can be easily imported into your quiz. Follow the instructions linked below from the Using the Question Library page to create a quiz question section: |
To Create a Quiz
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, select Tools.
- Select Quizzes from the drop-down menu.
- Under the Manage Quizzes tab, select New Quiz.
- On the New Quiz page, enter your quiz details under the following headings:
- General
- Enter a name for your quiz.
- Under Category you have the option to categorize your quiz. Associating a category with a quiz allows quizzes to be grouped by category in the quiz list page.
- To categorize your quiz in an existing category, select the category from the drop-down menu.
- To create a new category, click Add category and enter a category name.
- Quiz Questions
- To add questions to your quiz, click Add/Edit Questions. You will see the following options:
- Add – create a new question, question section, or question pool.
- To add questions to your quiz, click Add/Edit Questions. You will see the following options:
- General
WARNING!: We strongly recommend creating your questions in the Question Library before you create your quiz. Quiz questions can be stored in the Question Library for re-use in multiple quizzes or in other types of assessments, such as self-assessments for student practice and studying. You can create your quiz questions in a Question Library section that can be easily imported into your quiz. |
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- Import – add questions from the Question library or upload a file.
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- Once you have added questions to your quiz, the following options will appear:
- Questions per page – When used, this parameter will control how many questions are placed on a page for presentation purposes; otherwise the entire quiz will appear on the same page.
- Paging – When this option is enabled, users taking the quiz will only be able to move forward through pages. They will not be allowed to move to a previous page once they have left it.
- Shuffle questions at the quiz level – This will shuffle your quiz questions.
- Once you have added questions to your quiz, the following options will appear:
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- Under the Restrictions tab, you have the following options:
- Hide from Users – This option is selected by default so your quiz is hidden while you are setting it up.
- Due Date – The due date indicates the quiz deadline to students. If a quiz is submitted after the due date, the submission will be flagged as late. Brightspace quizzes do not require a Due Date. Start and End Dates are recommended for determining the timeframe in which students can take the quiz.
- Availability
- Start and End Dates – Start/End dates determine the timeframe in which students can take the quiz.
- Select the Has Start Date checkbox to set a Start Date for the quiz, then enter the date and time.
- Select the Has End Date checkbox to set an End Date for the quiz, and enter the date and time.
- Start and End Dates – Start/End dates determine the timeframe in which students can take the quiz.
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- If a due date was set, click Display in Calendar to make the due date visible to students in the course calendar.
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- Release Conditions – See the Creating Release Conditions page for instructions.
- Timing – This option allows you to choose between No Time Limit, Recommended Time Limit and an Enforced Time Limit.
- The No Time Limit option is selected by default. Students have unlimited time to complete the quiz, and there is no clock / timer while taking the quiz. (Start, End, and Due Dates for the quiz are still respected.)
- Select Recommended Time Limit and enter the number of minutes to indicate how long it should take to complete the quiz while still allowing the student as much time as they need. (Start, End, and Due Dates, as well as Accommodations are still respected.)
- To set a time limit for students to complete the quiz, select Enforced Time Limit.
- Enter the number of minutes students are allowed to complete the quiz.
- Enter a Grace Period. The grace period is the amount of time students have to submit after the time limit before the submission is marked as late. This additional time may be helpful for students experiencing internet connection issues.
- Select one of the following grace period options:
- Allow the student to continue working. The student can make changes and submit after the grace period. The quiz will be flagged as late.
- Prevent the student from making further changes. The student will not be able to make changes once the grace period is over and can only submit.
- Allow the student to continue working, but automatically score the attempt as zero after an extended deadline – The student can continue to make changes and submit after the grace period but the quiz attempt will automatically be given a zero.
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- Under the Assessment tab, you have the following options:
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- Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion. When this setting enabled, learners will be able to view their evaluated attempt immediately upon submission. “Submission Views” settings control what is displayed to learners, e.g., whether correct answers are shown.
NOTE: Questions that cannot be evaluated by the system (e.g., written response questions) will be scored as zero until manually evaluated. We do not recommend enabling the Auto-Publish setting when there are questions that require manual grading since the quiz grade initially released to the student would be incomplete and may cause confusion. When grading is complete, quizzes can be manually published from the Grade page for the quiz. |
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- Synchronize to Grade Book. Automatically update evaluations in grade book when published. With this setting enabled, the learner’s overall grade and overall feedback will be automatically published to the grade book once it has been evaluated.
NOTE: This setting requires the quiz to be linked to the grade book. For more information, refer to our instructions on how to link a quiz to a Grade Item. When the Auto-Publish and Synchronize settings are both enabled, the quiz grade and feedback are released to the student in the Quizzes tool and the Gradebook as soon as they submit their quiz. To prevent students from seeing their quiz grade before you are ready:
See our support site on Showing/Hiding Grades for instructions on how to hide grade items. |
- Click Save and close to return to your Manage Quizzes page, or click Save to remain on the quiz editing page.
To Link a Quiz to a Grade Item
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, click Tools.
- In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes. You will be taken to the Manage Quizzes page.
- Locate an existing quiz or create a new quiz.
- To edit an existing quiz: Click the arrow
next to the quiz you want to connect to a grade item and select Edit Quiz.
- To create a new quiz: Click the New Button and select New quiz.
- To edit an existing quiz: Click the arrow
- Click the Assessment tab.
- Do one of the following:
- Select a grade item from the drop-down menu.
- Click add grade item to create a new grade item (see instructions below).
- Click Save and Close when you are finished editing your settings.
To Create a New Grade Item Within a Quiz
- Under the Assessment tab, click Add Grade Item.
- Enter the name of the Quiz in the Name field.
- Enter a Short Name (abbreviated item name) for the gradebook, if needed.
- If you have set up categories in your gradebook, select a grade category from the drop-down menu.
- Enter the maximum points (your grading range) students can receive for the assignment.
- Enter the weight (%) that you want the grade item to contribute to the category or final grade.
- The default grading scheme (how student’s will view their grades) is Percentage. To adjust how grades will be displayed, click the Grade Scheme drop-down menu and select one of the options (e.g. Pass/Fail, Letter Grades)
- Click Save.
Setting Up a Quiz for Automatic Grading
A quiz can be configured for automatic grading by auto-publishing the feedback and auto-exporting the grades.
NOTE: This setting should only be enabled for quizzes that contain questions that can be auto-graded (Multiple Choice, True/False, etc.). Some question types, such as Written Response, require manual grading. |
To Set Up a Quiz for Automatic Grading
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, click Tools.
- In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes. You will be taken to the Manage Quizzes page.
- Locate an existing quiz or create a new quiz.
- To edit an existing quiz: Click the arrow
next to the quiz you want to connect to a grade item and select Edit Quiz.
- To create a new quiz: Click the New Button and select New quiz.
- To edit an existing quiz: Click the arrow
- Click the Assessment tab.
- Click the checkbox next to Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion.
NOTE: When this option is enabled, learners will be able to view the evaluated attempt immediately upon submission. The “Submission Views” tab controls what is displayed to learners (e.g., whether correct answers are shown). - Click the checkbox next to Automatically update evaluations in grade book when published.
NOTE: To enable this setting, the quiz must be linked to the grade book. For instructions, see the Linking a Quiz to a Grade Item section of this page. NOTE: For quiz grade items that are connected to the gradebook, you will need to hide the grade item from the students until you are ready to release the grades. See Showing/Hiding Grades for instructions on how to hide grade items. - Click Save and Close when you are finished editing your settings.
To Add a Quiz to a Module/Submodule
NOTE: If you have created a quiz via the Tools menu in your course navbar, it will not appear in the content area of your course unless you add the existing quiz to a module or submodule. |
- Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, click Content.
- In the left sidebar under Table of Contents, click on the module/week section where you’d like to add the Quiz (Week 1 is an example of a module in the image below). Alternatively, you can scroll down the Table of Contents page to locate the module/sub-module you want to add a quiz to. For instructions on how to add a new module or sub-module to your course, see the Adding Modules and Sub-modules page.
- Click Existing Activities, then select Quizzes in the drop-down menu.
- In the Add Activity pop-up window, select the quiz you want to add to the module/submodule.
NOTE: The quiz will now appear as a link in your module or sub-module. |
Adding Questions to your Quiz
As a best practice, quiz questions should be created and organized in the Question Library. Questions that are stored in the Question Library can be easily imported into a Brightspace quiz and re-used in multiple quizzes.
To create quiz questions in Brightspace, the following steps are recommended:
- Add a section to your Question Library to organize your questions in a folder.
- Create or Import your quiz questions into the section.
- Import the questions from your Question Library section into your quiz.
Question Types Available in Brightspace
→Checkout D2L’s instructions and video tutorials for each specific question type
The table below is from the Brightspace Community
Question Type | Description | Grading and Features | D2L Video Tutorial |
True/False (T/F) | True or false is a type of question where the question-creator indicates whether a statement is truthful or not. | Automatic | Question Library- Creating True or False Questions |
Multiple Choice (MCQ) | Multiple choice questions give users multiple possible answers to a question and asks them to select the correct or best answer | Automatic | Question Library – Creating Multiple Choice Questions |
Multi-Select (MS) | Multi-select is a type of question where the user selects one or more correct answers from a group of possible answers. | Automatic | Question Library – Creating Multi-Select Questions |
Written Response (WR) | In Brightspace Learning Environment, written response (formerly know as long answer) is a type of question that is more than a few words long. It is an open-ended text response. You can allow learners to upload files to this question type, as well. | Manual, Allows files to be uploaded | Question Library – Creating Long Answer Questions |
Short-Answer (SA) | A short answer question is a type of question where the user responds to a prompt with a short, one or two-word text response. Traditionally, many people think of a short answer question as a sentence or two in length, but for the short answer question type in Brightspace Learning Environment, it can be automatically graded, and for this reason, is shorter. | Automatic | Question Library – Creating Short Answer Questions |
Multi-Short Answer (MSA) | Like the short answer question, multi-short answer is a few short-word text responses. It is well-suited for situations that require an answer in the form of a list | Automatic | Question Library – Creating Multi Short Answer Questions |
Fill in the blanks (FIB) | A fill in the blanks question is a question type where the user has to insert the correct response into a blank space in order to complete a sentence. You can have more than one blank in this question type, and it can be automatically graded. | Automatic | Question Library – Create Complex Fill in the Blanks Questions |
Matching (MAT) | Matching questions ask users to pair correct items together for points. For example, users may be asked to match a term to its proper definition or a date to its event. | Automatic | Question Library – Create a Matching Question |
Ordering (LA) | An ordering question is a type of question where the user places the answers in the correct order. | Automatic | Question Library – Creating Ordering Questions |
Arithmetic Questions (2+2) | An arithmetic question is a question type in which numbers can be randomly chosen for each variable. The numbers used for each variable in the question are based on specific number ranges. | Automatic, Allows files to be attached | Question Library – Create an Arithmetic Question |
Significant Figures (x10) | The significant figures question type is most applicable to science and math related questions. Users are able to enter their answers in scientific notation format. | Automatic, Allows files to be attached | Question Library – Create a Significant Figures Question |
Likert Question (LIK) | The likert question is unique to the Survey tool. Likert questions are a way to gather feedback by creating questions with answers based on one of the six scales available. | Used in Surveys only, Ungraded | Question Library – Creating Likert Questions |
To Add new Questions to a Quiz
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- Locate your quiz in one of the following ways:
- In the navbar, click Tools and select Quizzes in the drop-down menu. Find your quiz on the Manage Quizzes page.
- In the navbar, click Content and select the module or submodule that holds your quiz.
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next to the quiz you want to add questions to.
- In the drop-down menu, select Edit.
- Under the Quiz Questions heading, click Add/Edit Questions.
- Click the Add button.
- Select New Question, then select a question type from the menu. →Click here to view D2L’s instructions and video tutorials for each specific question type
- Enter the required and optional fields for your selected question type, which may include one or more of the following:
- Question Text: This is the text that is displayed to students.
- Points: The default is 1 point for certain question types. This is the point value for your quiz question.
- Answers: This is where you enter the answers for a multiple choice question, or select true or false for a true or false question.
- When you are finished entering your question details, click Save.
To Import Questions from the Question Library
NOTE: Create your questions in a Question Library section folder before importing your questions into a quiz. Follow the instructions linked below: |
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- Click on your course under My Courses.
- Find your course using the Course Selector Icon in the mini-navbar
- Locate your quiz in one of the following ways:
- In the navbar, click Tools and select Quizzes in the drop-down menu. Find your quiz on the Manage Quizzes page.
- In the navbar, click Content and select the module or submodule that holds your quiz.
- Click on the arrow
next to the quiz you want to add questions to.
- In the drop-down menu, select Edit.
- Under the Quiz Questions heading, click Add/Edit Questions.
- Click the Import button.
- Select Browse Question Library.
- Click the checkbox next to the section or question(s) you want to import.
TIP: Click the arrow next to a section name to view and select/deselect individual questions within a section. You can preview a question by clicking the magnifying glass icon
- Click Import, or select the drop-down arrow to select one of the following import options:
- Import to bottom of Quiz
- Import to top of Quiz
- Import to Section
You will now see a list of all imported questions. Click the move icon to reorder your questions. To return to your quiz editing page, click Back to Settings for (quiz name).
To Create Question Sections
Quiz sections can be created to organize question groups in your quiz, or to shuffle a specific set of questions.
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, click Tools, then select Quizzes in the drop-down menu. Find your quiz on the Manage Quizzes page.
- Click on the quiz you want to add a section to.
- Click the Add/Edit Questions button.
- Click Add, then select Section from the drop-down menu.
- Enter a section title and a description (optional). Customize the following settings:
- Hide Section Title from learners: Select this box to hide the section title from students as they take the quiz.
- Hide Section Text from learners: Select this box to hide the text entered in the “Section Text” text box.
- Shuffle questions in this section: Select this box to shuffle the order of the questions within the section. This will not shuffle sub-sections.
- Click Save.
- You will now see your section on your quiz page. You can drag and drop a question into the section using the move icon
To Add Page Breaks
For longer quizzes, you can add Page Breaks to control how many questions are displayed per page. When a student advances to a new page of the quiz, all answers are saved automatically.
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On your Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on your course under My Courses.
- Click the Course selector icon
, then select your course from the menu.
- Locate your quiz in one of the following ways:
- In the navbar, click Tools and select Quizzes in the drop-down menu. Find your quiz on the Manage Quizzes page.
- In the navbar, click Content and select the module or submodule that holds your quiz.
- Locate the quiz you want to edit and click the arrow
next to the quiz name.
- In the drop-down menu, select Edit.
- Scroll down to the list of questions under the Quiz Questions heading, then add a page break in one of the following ways:
- Click the page break bar (grey line) between the the questions.
- Enter the number of Questions per page, then click Apply.
- Click the page break bar (grey line) between the the questions.
- Page breaks will now be indicated with a blue line. To remove a page break, click the blue line.
- Click Save and Close when you are finished making changes.
Creating Randomized Quizzes
You can shuffle a quiz at the quiz level, or you can create a Question Pool to create a randomized question set.
- Question Pool – Create a set of questions within a larger question pool so that each student will receive a different version of the quiz. The greater the difference between the number of questions in the question pool and the number of questions on the quiz, the greater the chance that each student will get different questions.
- Shuffle Questions – Any quiz can be shuffled at the quiz level. When a quiz is shuffled, the questions will be reordered for each student’s quiz attempt.
To Create a Question Pool
Create a Question Pool to create a randomized question set within a quiz. Question pools can be drawn from question libraries and/or from questions that are in other quizzes in the course. See the Using the Question Library page for instructions on how to add questions to the Question Library
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- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, click Tools, then select Quizzes in the drop-down menu.
- Locate an existing quiz on your Manage Quizzes page or click New Quiz.
- Click the Add/Edit Questions button.
- Click Add, then select Question Pool from the drop-down menu.
- Enter a Question Pool title.
- Enter the Number of Questions to select.
- Enter the Points per Question.
- Click Browse Question Library.
- Select the questions you want to import, then click Import.
- You will now see a list of your selected questions and a preview on the right side of the page.
TIP: Click the Refresh button to shuffle the preview.
- Click Save.
To Shuffle a Quiz
Follow the instructions below to shuffle questions at the quiz level.
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On your Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on your course under My Courses.
- Click the Course selector icon
, then select your course from the menu.
- Locate your quiz in one of the following ways:
- In the navbar, click Tools and select Quizzes in the drop-down menu. Find your quiz on the Manage Quizzes page.
- In the navbar, click Content and select the module or submodule that holds your quiz.
- Click on the arrow
next to the quiz you want to add questions to.
- In the drop-down menu, select Edit Quiz.
- Under the Quiz Questions heading, select the Shuffle questions at the quiz level checkbox.
- Click Save and Close to return to your Manage Quizzes page, or click Save to continue editing your quiz settings.
To Preview a Quiz
Video Tutorial: Preview a Quiz as a Student
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
- In the navbar, click Tools.
- In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes.
- Click on the arrow
next to the quiz you want to preview.
- In the drop-down menu, select Preview.
- Click Start Quiz! to begin previewing your quiz.
To Make Your Quiz Visible to Students
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
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- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
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- In the navbar, click Tools.
- In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes.
- Click on the arrow
next to the quiz you want to make visible. Quizzes that are hidden from students are indicated with a crossed out eye icon
- In the drop-down menu, select Make Visible to Users.
To Submit Quiz Attempts in Progress
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
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- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
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- In the navbar, click Tools.
- In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes.
- Click the arrow
next to the quiz name.
- Select Grade from the drop-down menu.
- Under the Users tab, click Show Search Options.
- From the Restrict to drop-down menu, select Users with attempts in progress.
- Scroll back to the search field and click the magnifying glass icon
- Scroll down to view the filtered list of students with attempts in progress.
- Click the Enter quiz as user icon next to the in-progress quiz attempt you want to submit.
- You will be prompted to confirm that you want to enter the quiz as a user. Click Confirm.
- Click Submit to submit the quiz as that user.
- You will see a Quiz Submission Confirmation page. Click Submit Quiz.
Adding a Quiz Submission View
Submission views are what students see when they complete a quiz. The default submission view in Brightspace displays the quiz score to students. The default view can be edited, or you can create a new submission view to customize what students will see once a quiz has been submitted.
To Add a Quiz Submission View
- Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
- On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
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- Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Click the Course Selector Grid
and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
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- In the navbar, click Tools.
- In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes.
- Click the quiz you want to set a submission view for. You will be taken to the Edit Quiz page.
- Click the Submission Views tab.
- Click the Add Additional View button.
- On the Add View page, enter the following:
- Enter a name for the submission view (Post-Test Submission View for example).
- Enter a message for students (optional).
- Set the date and time when this Submission View (feedback) will be viewable for students.
- Scroll down to View Details:
- Under Show Questions?, select Yes.
- Select Show all questions with user responses. All quiz questions and learner responses are displayed in the submission view when this option is selected.
- Select Show Question Answers to display the answers next to each question that appears.
- Select Show Question Score and Out of Score to display a student’s score for each question and the value of each question
- To display the standards associated to quiz questions and the evaluation a student received on them, select the Show standards checkbox (optional).
- Under Statistics, you can select either of the following optional settings:
- Show class average – This allows learners to view the class average for the quiz.
- Show score distribution – This allows learners to view the distribution of scores.
- Click Save.
- You will be taken back to the Submission Views page where you can see that the new view has been added.
When students review their attempt on the quiz and see your feedback, they will see the questions they received on this quiz, their answers as well as any feedback you and your TA Team have provided.
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