10.15.4. How to Use and Configure Quizzes

How to Use Quizzes

① Set up the quiz module.

② Set up the quiz.

③ Once the setup is complete, add questions to the quiz. After the questions have been added, students will take the quiz.

Quiz Settings

<General>

• Name: Enter the title of the quiz.
• Description: Enter a description of the quiz.

<Timing>

• Open the quiz: Specify a date and time, and check "Yes" to make the quiz available starting at that time.
• Close the quiz: Specify a date and time, and check "Yes" to allow students to take the quiz until that date and time.
• Time Limit: When you set a time limit, a timer will appear, and you will only be able to answer questions within that time limit.
• When time expires: You can choose from the following options.
  • Open attempts are submitted automatically.
  • 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.

<Grade>

• Grade Category: You can categorize grades. To configure this setting, you must first set up "Grade categories" in the gradebook.
• Grade to pass: Determines the minimum score required to pass. Passing scores are highlighted in green, and failing scores are highlighted in red.
• Attempts allowed: You can set the number of attempts from 1 to 10, or to unlimited.
• Grading method: Select one of the following four options: highest score, average score, first attempt, or most recent attempt.

<Layout>

• New Page: You can specify how many questions should appear on each page. You can choose from "None (display all questions on one page)" or select an option ranging from "Every question" to "Every 50 questions."
• Navigation Method: You can choose whether to have users take the quizzes in sequence. Once this setting is enabled, users will no longer be able to go back to the previous page or skip ahead.

<Question Behavior>

• Shuffle within questions: If set to "Yes" the questions within the quiz will be shuffled and displayed in random order.
• question action
  • Adaptive Mode: You can check your answer after each question and proceed to the next page once you’ve answered correctly.
  • Manual grading: Used for essay questions. If necessary, you can choose to manually grade all questions within the test.
  • Immediate Feedback: Use this option if you want feedback to appear after each question.
  • Deffered Feedback: Use this option if you want students to submit all quizzes after entering their answers for each question, but before receiving a grade or feedback.
  • Interactive with multiple tries: Use this option to provide students with immediate feedback and allow them to attempt the next question—which carries fewer points—if they are unable to answer correctly on the first try.
  • What is CBM?
    This is a feature that allows students to select the level of confidence they have in their answers before submitting them.

<Review Options> Configure display settings for correct answers, scores, feedback, and more.

• During the attempt
• Immediately after the attempt
• Later, while the quiz is still open
• After the quiz is closed

You can configure which items are displayed at each of these points in time.

<Appearance>

• Show the user's picture: Specify whether to display the user's profile photo on the grade sheet.
• Decimal places in grades: Specify how many decimal places to display for the overall quiz grade.
• Decimal places in marks for questions: Specify the number of decimal places to display when showing individual question scores.

<Extra restrictions on attempts>

• Require password: You can set this option so that students cannot take the test unless they enter the password specified by the teacher.
• Require network address: You can restrict access to quizzes from specific subnets on the LAN or from the Internet using partial or full IP addresses separated by commas. This feature is useful for administering quizzes that are accessible only to students in specific classrooms.
• Enforced delay between 1st and 2nd attempts: If enabled, you cannot take the second attempt until the specified amount of time has elapsed after completing the first attempt.
• Enforced delay between later attempts: If enabled, you will not be able to take the test again until the specified amount of time has elapsed after your second or subsequent attempt.
• Browser Security: During exams, you can use JavaScript to administer quizzes. This prevents students from copying and pasting the question screen.

<Overall Feedback>

You can display different feedback based on the overall score of the quiz. Specify the score at which the feedback changes in the "Score Threshold" section. Additionally, you can configure feedback for individual questions on the question editing page.

<Common Module Settings>

• Availability: Set to show or hide.
• ID Number: Set an identifier for this activity so that it can be referenced when calculating grades.
• Force language: Specify the languages that can be used in the answer.
• Include in course content download: Specify whether to include the module's content in the course content download.
• Group Mode: You can choose from three options: "No group" "Private Group" (visible only within the group), and "Public Group" (visible to other groups as well).

<Restrict access>

You can restrict access to activities. The following restrictions can be configured:

• Activity Completion: To access this, you must complete the activity for the specified module. (See the "Completion conditions" section.)
• Date: Access will be restricted until the specified date.
• Grade: You will be able to access this content once you reach the specified score for the designated activity.
• User Profile: Only students who meet the criteria in the user profile will be able to access it.
• Group: Only members of the specified group can access this.
• Other courses: You can access these courses after completing other courses.
• Restriction Set: Combine multiple constraints to create constraint patterns.

<Completion Conditions>

Configure whether to enable the activity completion feature. You can choose whether students manually mark the activity as complete or whether it is marked as complete when specific conditions are met. By combining this setting with access restrictions, you can encourage students to progress through the module in stages.

<Competencies>

You can assign competencies to modules. Competencies refer to a list of items necessary to achieve learning objectives. To use this feature, an administrator must enable competencies site-wide and configure the settings.

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