Quizzes: Create a quiz

Overview

Brightspace's Quizzes tool is a powerful feature for creating, administering, and grading online tests, exams, and quizzes. It offers a variety of options for instructors to assess student learning in both formative (for practice and feedback) and summative (for grading) ways.

Instructions

1. From Course Tools, click Quizzes.
   
2. Click New Quiz.
   
3. Complete
   1. Quiz Title - name of the quiz
   2. Grade Out Of
      1. Points will auto-fill based on the total question points. Point value can be edited after all questions are entered.
      2. Grade book options:
         • Not in Grade Book - quiz is not linked to Grades
         • Edit or Link to Existing - if quiz column is already in Grades
         • Add to Grade Book - will create a new column in Grades
         • Due Date - click the calendar to add due date
   3. Description - information about the quiz, optional
      
   4. Questions
      • Add Existing
        • Upload a File
        • Browse Question Library
        • Import from Learning Repository
          
      • Create New
        • New Question - question types: Multiple Choice, True or False, Fill in the Blanks, Multi-Select, Matching, Ordering, Written Response, Short Answer, Arithmetic, Significant Figures, Multi-Short Answer
        • Section - heading 
        • Question Pool - randomly pool selected questions from the Question Library
          
   5. Availability Dates & Conditions, click the chevron to expand.
      • Start Date / End Date - quiz is active during these dates.
      • Release Conditions - advance function to restrict students access to the quiz until they complete a pre-condition.
      • Special Access - reopen quiz for a student(s); for time accommodations use the Accommodation option on Roster.
        
   6. Timing & Display, click the chevron to expand.
      • Set time limit 
        • click box to enter in minutes
      • Paging 
        • All questions displayed together
        • 1 question per page
        • 5 questions per page
        • 10 questions per page
        • Add page break after each section
      • Shuffle Quiz
        • Click box to randomizes the question order
      • Display
        • Allow hints
        • Hide question point value
        • DO NOT use Disable Email, Instant Messages, and Alerts within Brightspace as this is a global setting that disables notices from other courses until the quiz is submitted.
          
   7. Attempts & Completion, click the chevron to expand.​​​​​​​
      • Attempts - Default is one 
        • Click Manage Attempts to update
          
   8. Evaluation & Feedback, click the chevron to expand.​​​​​​​
      • Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion - deselect for essay questions
      • When published, display to learners:
        • Attempt grade and No questions is the default - students see their grade only
        • Customize Quiz Results Displays - allows you to set up additional displays - typically used to provide more feedback after the quiz closes.
          
   9. Click Save and Close
      • Note: quiz must be set to visible for student access
        

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