When creating a quiz it is important to remember there are two main parts; creating the quiz ‘front cover’ and the questions themselves – which are stored in the question bank. This article will show you how to create categories in the question bank (to keep it more organised) and some broad instructions for creating questions. It will also show you how to add questions to the quiz.
We recommend Creating a Quiz first then proceeding with these instructions.
Contents
1) Create a category for the questions you will be creating by selecting 'question bank' and then 'categories'
2) You will then be taken to the add a category page. Type a name (and description if necessary) for this category of questions and click add category.
Creating Questions
1) Create a question by selecting the drop down for ‘question bank’ and then select ‘questions’
2) On the next page select the ‘create a new question’ button
3) Select the question type you want, a short description of each is provided. For more information on each type click here
4) For all question types you can select which category you want the question to be added to in the question bank
5) You can then enter a question name, this will not be shown to students but should help identify the question for you.
6) Enter the question text to describe it for students
7) You should also be sure to give a grade for the correct answer. Further instructions on creating specific type of questions can be found here.
8) Once a question has been created, you can preview it by selecting the magnifying glass, The other symbols are for copying, deleting, editing and changing labels on questions.
Adding Questions To Your Quiz
1) Create your quiz first if you haven't already
2) To add your questions to your quiz, first navigate to the your quiz page
3) Select 'edit quiz' from the administration tab
4) Select the ‘add’ drop down button and select 'from question bank'. To select randomly refer to Creating a Randomised Quiz
5) Select the category from which you want to select questions from
6) Add multiple questions by: You can then select multiple questions by selecting the check boxes then the ‘add selected questions to the quiz’
Or add one at a time by clicking the ‘+’ sign on the left of the quiz question
Reordering / Editing a Quiz
1) You can also edit the quiz once it is populated with questions by going to 'edit quiz' when on the quiz page
2) The page break button adds page breaks
3) There is a drag and drop button to reorder questions as well
For information on importing questions click here and for exporting click here
Quiz Statistics Report
Once your quiz has been completed by students you can also access a more in-depth statistics report.
1) This can be done by first navigating to the quiz page then in the Quiz Administration box selecting 'Results' and then 'Statistics.
2) Select where you want the statistics calculated from on the drop down menu and then click show report
3) A report similar to this should be produced
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