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Quizzes



Generating a new quiz involves a two-step procedure. Initially, you create the quiz activity and configure its options, outlining the guidelines for engaging with the quiz. Subsequently, you incorporate questions into the quiz. This section outlines the configurable options for the quiz activity. The subsequent page elucidates the process of configuring questions for the quiz. All settings may be expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.

General



Insert a title (which students will click to enter the quiz) and provide a description (for eg, what this quiz is about, instructions for students, any multimedia or may be any supporting material) of the required actions.


Timing

  • Open the Quiz
    You have the option to set specific times during which the quiz is accessible for participants to attempt. 
    Prior to the opening time, the quiz remains inaccessible to students. While they can view the quiz introduction, the questions themselves remain hidden.
    Quizzes with future start times display both the open and close dates to students.

  • Close the Quiz
    After the closing time, students cannot initiate new attempts. Responses submitted after the quiz closing date are saved but remain ungraded.
    Even after closure, students can still access the quiz description and review their attempts.

  • Time Limit

    By default, quizzes have no time limit, allowing students ample time for completion. If you choose to set a time limit, several measures are implemented to encourage completion within that timeframe:

    • A navigation block displays a quiz timer.
    • Upon timer expiration, the quiz is automatically submitted with the filled-in answers up to that point.
    • If a student attempts to exceed the allocated time through cheating, no marks are awarded for answers entered after the time limit.

  • When time expires
    You have three choices regarding the outcome when the time limit elapses. Simply make your selection from the dropdown menu:

    1. Automatically submit open attempts (This is the default setting).
    2. Allow a grace period for submitting open attempts but prohibit answering additional questions (this option enables you to activate the "Submission grace period" checkbox. You can then define a specific timeframe within which learners can still submit the quiz after the designated time has passed.
    3. Mandate submission before the time expires; otherwise, the attempts will not be considered.



Grade

  • Grade Category
    If your gradebook includes categories, choose the specific category in which you want the quiz to be placed.
  • Grade to Pass
    you can establish the minimum grade required to pass the quiz. This setting may be linked to Activity completion, ensuring that students cannot proceed to a subsequent activity until they have successfully passed the quiz.

  • Attempts allowed
    Students can be granted the option for multiple quiz attempts. Allowing this flexibility can transform the quiz experience into a more educational activity rather than a mere assessment.


Layout

  • New Page 

    • To optimize longer quizzes, it's practical to distribute the quiz across multiple pages by restricting the number of questions on each page. As you incorporate questions into the quiz, page breaks will be automatically inserted based on your chosen settings. Additionally, you retain the flexibility to manually adjust the placement of page breaks later on the editing page.

    Navigation Method (accessible by selecting "Show More")
    Opt for Sequential over Free if you prefer to compel students to advance through questions in a specific order, preventing them from revisiting previous questions or jumping ahead to later ones.



Question Behavior

Shuffle Within Questions - applies to multiple choice, matching, cloze questions with drop-down lists, etc. Answer options are displayed in a different order for a question each time it is offered (example: student 1 - options A, B, C, D; student 2 - options B, A, D, C; student 3 - options D, B, C, A; etc.). 

Note: cannot use "all/none of the above" or "A and B are correct" type options; can use "all/none of these".

How Questions Behave - determines when students get feedback for the questions they answer.  To see the options, click the blue question mark

Each Attempt Builds on the Last (Attempts Allowed must be set to 2 or more) - if the quiz questions are not being pulled randomly, this allows students to repeat a quiz or continue it if the quiz was interrupted without loosing their previous responses.

Note:  if Deferred Feedback is set, students will not see which questions they have already answered when they get their additional attempt(s).

Review Options


During the Attempt - the attempt itself is always seen, but how much else can be made available to students during a quiz attempt is determined largely by the How Questions Behave settings under Question Behaviour.

Immediately After the Attempt - applies to the 2 minutes directly after a student submits a quiz attempt. 

Later, While the Quiz is Still Open - applies to the time between a quiz attempt being submitted and the close date and time specified under the Timing.

After the Quiz is Closed - applies to the time after the close date and time specified under the Timing.


If ticked,
  • The Attempt - provides access to the quiz questions and students' own specific answers, but the students cannot change their answers, though they can share both their answers and the questions.
  • Whether correct - identifies which questions a student answered correctly and which have been answered incorrectly.
  • Marks - the mark for any self-marking question
  • Specific feedback - not all questions have an option for specific feedback, but some such as multiple choice questions do.  The feedback received by a student is dependent on the answer they selected:
                                            
  • General feedback - seen by all students regardless of the answer selected.  Useful for providing a full answer or links to additional information.
  • Right answer - shows the correct answer.
  • Overall feedback - shows overall feedback if any has been set.

Appearance




Show the User's Picture - images currently used on COTROnline are added by students themselves, so there is no guarantee that the picture displayed is the student in question.  Recommend using MS Teams and an official piece of government photo identification such as a driver's license or passport.

Decimal Places in Grades / Decimal Places in Question Grades - affects how grades display for a quiz, but not overall grade calculation.

Show Blocks During Quiz Attempts - whether or not quiz blocks are displayed for students.
Set to Yes (left image) and No (right image):
example of quiz blocks Quiz block display set to no


Safe Exam Browser - DO NOT use.  Not supported on college computers.  Use Respondus instead.


Extra Restrictions on Attempts

Require Password - useful when exam is invigilated or in conjunction with group or user overrides.

Require Network Address - DO NOT use. Creates conflicts due to how college IP addresses are assigned and lack of consistency for remote students.

Enforce Delay - provides the ability to force students to go review materials between attempts.

Browser Security - DO NOT use.  Not supported on college computers and creates conflict on remote computers.  Use Respondus instead.

Allow Quiz to be Attempted Offline Using the Mobile App - DO NOT use.  Not currently supported.




Similarly explore rest of the setting (common module setting, Restrict Access, Activity Completion, Complentencies) as these are similar to other activities.

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