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Quizzes and Quiz Settings
You can use quizzes to evaluate student understanding of material. Learn quizzes consist of a Quiz activity that contain one or more questions from your course’s Question bank. The Quiz activity allows you to administer a wide range of questions within a specific layout and order and the quiz activity allows you to provide different kinds of feedback based on how a student performs on the quiz. We invite you to think creatively about using the quiz activity as it is a very powerful activity that can meet many teaching needs, from simple, multiple-choice knowledge tests to complex, self-assessment tasks with detailed feedback.
Timing
Open the quiz and Close the quiz: Specify starting and ending dates/times for the Quiz. To use these settings, select the Enable checkbox next to each setting. The date settings will become editable. By default the open date and close date are not set and the quiz will be available immediately and indefinitely.
Time limit: Enable this option to limit how long each student will have to complete the Quiz once they begin an attempt. By default students have an unlimited time in which to complete a Quiz attempt. If a time limit is set, when a student starts an attempt a timer appears in the Quiz navigation block and begins counting down.
When time expires: If you have set a time limit there are three options as to what will happen when the time limit is up. Choose the one you need from the dropdown menu:
- Open attempts are submitted automatically (This is the default).
- There is a grace period when open attempts can be submitted, but no more questions answered.
- Attempts must be submitted before time expires, or they are not counted.
Note:
We recommend the default setting “Open attempts are submitted automatically” . If there is a power outage, issues with the internet, or the student forgets to click the Submit button the quiz will submit itself and the students attempt will not be lost. Please see User overrides to allow extra time for students with accommodation requests.
Grade
Grade category: If you are organizing your gradebook with Categories, select the category for the quiz. (Categories must first be added in the gradebook.)
Attempts allowed: Specify how many attempts an individual student can make on the quiz. By default, only one attempt is allowed.
Grading method: If multiple attempts are allowed, specify how students will be graded: Highest grade, Average, First attempt, or Last attempt.
Note:
Setting the maximum grade is done on the Edit quiz page.
Layout
New page: For longer quizzes it makes sense to stretch the quiz over several pages by limiting the number of questions per page. When adding questions to the quiz, page breaks will automatically be inserted according to the setting you choose here. However, you will also be able to move page breaks around by hand later on the editing page. We do not recommend the option Never, all questions on one page as the quiz saves wh