Navigating the Question editor

There are two ways to create a quiz. You can either organize your quizzes to belong to a certain Unit or Lesson. This is perfect if you want your students to see in which Lessons it is associated with. Or, create a quiz that they can access together with all the other quizzes inside your course.

Steps 1 to 6 will show you how to create a Quiz inside a Unit or Lesson.

1. Go to the specific Unit or Lesson where you want to place your quiz.

2. Click Create New. You will see the different types of content that you can create inside your Unit or Lesson.

3. Choose Quiz.

4. Enter the name of your Quiz. You can name your quiz after its focus topic. This is a required field. The system will not let you save an unnamed Quiz.

5. Next is writing a description of your quiz. The description is visible to your learners even before they start answering it. You can give your students some instructions on how to prepare for the quiz using that description. You can tell them which Lessons they should have read first before answering the quiz. You can also ask them to prepare tools or materials they might need, say a calculator and some scratch papers.

6. Then click create and insert.

7. Now click Go to Quiz. Here’s where you can start setting up your quiz!

Alternatively, if you prefer to see all the quizzes together, you can try this.

1. Go to the course offering page and go to Quizzes.

2. You will be redirected to the Manage Quizzes page. To create a new quiz, press the New Quiz button. You will be redirected to the New Quiz page.

In this way, you’ll be able to see if your quizzes are starting to become repetitive and predictable. Remember that variety facilitates more student engagement!

From the quizzes page, you’ll see a total of 6 tabs namely Properties, Restrictions, Assessment, Objectives, Submission Views and Report Set Ups. Click on the Properties Tab to set up your quiz before Adding New Quiz Questions or Importing Questions through a CSV file. The Properties tab is where you can set the name of the quiz, add categories, and create and edit questions.

Adding New Quiz Questions

If you want to know how to set up your quiz before Adding New Quiz Questions, check out the Navigating the Question Editor section in this Starter Pack.

1. When you are in Edit Quiz, go to the properties tab

2. Click the Add/ Edit Questions button. You will be redirected to a new tab where you’ll see the option to either Add questions or Import questions.

3. Choose Add. In this option, you can add questions individually. A popup will appear.

4. Click the New Question button which will lead you to different question types. Click the question type you want to use.

5. Once you’ve selected a question type, you will be redirected to a page where you can edit the question. On the left, you can edit the question type, text, answers, and points. Once you’re done setting up the question, press the Save button.

6. You will see a preview of the questions you created. Feel free to add new questions. Once you’re done, press the Back to Settings for <Quiz Name> button on the upper left.

7. You can save and close the quiz by pressing the Save and Close button. Once you’ve pressed Save and Close, you can see all of the quizzes you’ve created.

Here’s a quick video tutorial on how to edit the CSV template for quizzes: Editing CSV Template for Quiz Questions