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Quiz: Create a Quiz

Katia Gass
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Quizzes are interactive assignments or tests that students take directly within the platform rather than submitting their work as an attachment. 

Quiz Glossary

To get the most out of Quizzes, there is some terminology that is helpful to get familiar with. To help with that, let's start with a few definitions: 

Quiz – an individual test with an open and close date. It can be ungraded, graded manually, or graded automatically. Each quiz would normally consist of numerous individual Items.

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Item – an individual task built from Questions and/or Features. Each Item can consist of numerous elements. Items are automatically saved in the Item bank, which means that they can be later used in other Quizzes. An Item might be used to:

  • Combine related Questions;
  • Combine a video/audio Feature with an associated Question; or
  • Support the Question with rulers, protractors, calculators, etc.

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Questions – there are 55 Question types available within Aula, including but not limited to: multiple choice, fill in the blanks, classify, highlight, match, etc. Questions can be manually or automatically scored.

Features – supporting materials and tools used to give context and assist with Questions. This includes shared passages, video, audio, and interactive math tools.

Create a Quiz

  1. Head to Journey  > Assignments.
  2. Click Create Assignment and choose Quizzes from the dropdown menu.
  3. Add the following:
    • Title
    • Description
    • Open Date
    • Due Date (also choose whether to close the quiz on the due date)
    • Grade Type
    • Hide or show the assignment
  4. Confirm with Next.
  5. Click View Assignment to start editing the contents of your quiz.

At this point, you will find yourself in the quiz editor itself. From here you will have two options:

  • Create Item – When you'd like to start creating your quiz Items from scratch.
  • Add from Item bank – When you already have relevant Items available in your Item bank.

Please ensure your quiz is created correctly. Once the first submission to a quiz has been made, editing a quiz will cause errors in the student's grade. Therefore, we do not recommend editing a quiz after the first submission. 

 

Create a New Item

To create a new Item for your quiz, follow these steps:

  1. Click on Create Item.
  2. Give an item a title. This is a description that will be visible at the top.
  3. Click Add new and choose either a Question or a Feature. Click on the relevant tab below to see the next steps.

No matter what Question you'd like to add, there will likely be a relevant option available as we offer over 50 different question types. Here's how to add your Question:

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    1. Click on the category of your choice in the menu to your left. Or, look up the Question type using the search bar at the top.
    2. Once complete, add your Question and responses if needed. The advanced editor will allow you to add formatting and embed images.
    3. Scroll down to define correct answers.
    4. At the bottom, you'll be able to choose other settings such as Shuffling options or allowing Multiple responses.
    5. If you click on on the More options drop-down, you will see some advanced settings such as Practice usage and Auto scoring.
    6. When you're ready, click on Save Item at the top of the screen.

Tips:

  • Scroll back up and click on the “i” button to see Authoring Help which details all available options.
  • Click on Preview at the top of the screen to view what your students will be able to see. Click on Edit to switch back to the editing mode.

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Features will allow you to add any supporting materials that might help students with answering questions. This is where you'll be able to add audio or video players, as well as math tools.

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  1. Click on Add New > Features. 
  2. Choose a relevant Feature to add it.
  3. Most Features will either be pre-defined and won't require an action from your side, or they will allow you to drag and drop resources onto the page. If you need assistance, scroll to the top and click on the “i” button to see Authoring Help which details all available options.
  4. Once complete, click on Save item.

Tip: If you'd like to add an image, you can either use a Passage Feature or simply add it to your Question using the image option in the editor.

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Passage Feature

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Question editor

After you save your Questions and Features, you'll be taken back to the Item where you'll be able to move, edit, and delete existing elements. You can also add more by clicking on the + button at the bottom.

Set a Maximum Score

Setting a maximum score happens during the quiz creation process.

  1. When creating a question within a quiz item, expand the More Options section.
  2. Under Scoring, enter a numerical value in the Max score box.
  3. Save your item.

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Maximum score not set

If a maximum score has not been set, you will see the following error message:

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You will need to review the questions that do not have a maximum score set and click Edit quiz on this error message. You will need to edit the relevant questions to include a maximum score and save your changes. Once this is done, you can go back to the grading window.

 

Add from Item Bank & Finish Quiz to Preview

FAQs

Q: Can I add different variants of the same question?

A: Yes! Head here to learn more.

Q: Can I add automated feedback for each response that a student selects?

A: Yes! To do it, click on More options at the bottom of the question editing window, and scroll down to Distractors. The order of your distractors should match the order of the options at the top of the page. This is available for Multiple Choice, Cloze with drop down, Cloze with drag & drop, and Cloze with text questions.

Q: I can't seem to remove the last remaining element (Question/Feature) from my Item. Why?

A: It's not possible for Items to be empty. You may notice that only giving a new Item a title and exiting it, will make it disappear. When trying to remove the last element in an existing Item, it will persist once you click back into it. To remove the last obsolete element in an Item, you'll first need to add a new one. 

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