Creating Quizzes
Quizzes
Quizzes are assignments that can be used to challenge student understanding and assess comprehension of course material. The quiz tool is used to create and administer online quizzes and surveys. Quizzes can also be used to conduct and moderate exams and assessments, both graded and ungraded.
There are four different types of quizzes:
- Graded quiz, the most common quiz and rewards students points based on their quiz responses.
- Practice quiz, a learning tool to see how well users understand course material without providing a grade.
- Graded survey, rewards students with points for completing a survey but grading is not based on right or wrong answers.
- Ungraded survey, obtains opinions or other information without providing a grade.
Creating a Quiz and Entering Quiz Details
To create a quiz, click on Quizzes in the left hand navigation bar, and then click on the + Quiz button at the top of the screen.
On this page type a name for the quiz and any quiz instructions. Quiz instructions are available to students both before and during the quiz. If you have the quiz set to show one question at a time, the instructions will show on every page.
Additional options include:
- Quiz Type (practice quiz, graded quiz, graded survey, ungraded survey)
- Assignment Group (select the right group for gradebook weighting purposes)
- Shuffle Answers (shuffles the order of answers for multiple choice questions)
- Time Limit (in minute increments - 2 hours would be 120 minutes)
- Allow Multiple Attempts (options include which score is recorded, and how many attempts are allowed)
- Let Students See Their Quiz Responses (set student review options, including availability)
- Show one question at a time (if checked, displays quiz instructions and one question per page)
- Quiz Restrictions (allows a access code (password) to be set, and/or an allowed IP range)
- Assign to (can be set for the entire class, a sub-set (group), or an individual)
- Due (due date for the quiz)
- Available from...Until (set an availability window for the activity if desired)
Click Save to save your quiz settings.
Alternatively, view the following video to learn how to set graded quiz options for your quizzes in Bruin Learn.
Create or Choose the Questions
The quiz you’ve created is only a framework for the questions you want to ask. In this step, you can create the questions individually or select questions from a question bank that you have previously created.
Questions are divided into Questions, and Question Banks (a collection of questions, organized by learning objective, etc.) Questions may also be randomly added to the quiz from a single question bank if desired.
To add a new question, click on New Question on the bottom of the screen, and choose the question type desired.
For information on how to create a specific question type, see...
- How Do I Create a Multiple Choice Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a True/False Question?
- How Do I Create a Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a Multiple Answers Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a Multiple Dropdown Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a Matching Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a Numerical Answer Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a Simple Formula Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create an Essay Quiz Question?
- How Do I Create a File Upload Quiz Question?
- How do I create a Text (no question) quiz question?
To use existing questions, select Find Quiz Question on the bottom of the screen, and either select the question desired, or click on View Course Question Banks to see all available questions for your course.
Save, Preview, and Publish the Quiz
When you are finished, click Save. Once the quiz is saved, you can use the Preview button to view the quiz as the students will see it. Click the Submit button to return to the quiz details page.
When you are satisfied that the quiz is ready, you must publish it to make it available to your students. On the quiz details page, click on the Publish button or on the Quizzes page, click on the circle with the line through it next to the name of the quiz. Published activities will display a green circle with a check mark.
Editing a Quiz
All aspects of a quiz may be edited at any time, including the test parameters, description, point value, or even an individual question. Ideally any changes are made prior to the quiz being published, but in cases where that is not possible, it can be done.
Note that if students have already attempted it prior to any editing, those students will not see the changes, including adding or deleting questions. If you change the point value of the quiz, their grade in the Gradebook will not update. See grading a quiz for regrading or fudge point adjustments.
To edit a quiz, click on the Quizzes link in the course navigation. Locate the quiz in question, click on the Settings icon, and then Edit.
When you are finished, you may Notify users this quiz has changed by checking the box before you click Save. Students will always receive notification if you change the due date regardless.
'New Quizzes' in Bruin Learn
New Quizzes is the second-generation quiz engine and assessment tool that natively integrates into Canvas/Bruin Learn. Since New Quizzes is relatively new, it is not the default quiz engine in Bruin Learn, though it can be enabled for instructors to use. More information on New Quizzes can be found in the New Quizzes Resource Hub.