Quiz/Survey Management

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Click on the Quiz icon in your course and be sure that you are in Designer View to access the Quiz Editor.

What is the difference between a quiz and survey?

  • The most significant difference is that a survey does not display the student's name next to his/her submissions. The set up procedure is the same.

Note: It is recommended that questions be added to the database before adding a quiz/survey.


Adding a Quiz/Survey

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  1. Click on Create Quiz/Survey button on the right.
  2. Enter the title of your quiz/survey (i.e. Quiz 1 or Exam 1)
  3. Using a template will take an exact copy of an existing quiz/survey (with questions) and duplicate it.
  4. Click Create.




Using the Quiz Editor

To Access the Quiz Editor:

  1. Click on the Radio Button next to the Quiz you want to edit.
  2. Click on Edit from the right.

When in the Quiz Editor, you can perform the following tasks:


Adding Questions to A Quiz/Survey

Option Function
Add Questions Selecting this option will allow you to add questions and arrange them in sequential order.

Add question set

Using these selections will enable WebCT to RANDOMIZE the delivery of the questions to students.

You can add several question sets to a quiz.

Tip: By adding a question set containing more questions than is delivered, there is a possibility that some questions may be given to some students, but not others. (e.g. If adding a question set of 20, you can set it so that WebCT will randomly pull 10 out of the 20 questions per student.)
Add question alternates Use this option to add questions to an existing question set.

Directions For Adding Questions or Question Set

  1. Click on the Add question or Add question set button
  • This will take you into your Question Database.

To Select Questions from Database:

  1. Check the boxes next to the questions you'd like to add. (Checking the box next to the folder will select all questions within that folder)
  2. Click Add selected button.

(red * indicates questions that have already been added to the quiz/survey; these questions cannot be added again)

Working with Questions

  1. Enter the number of points each question is worth.
  2. For question sets - select the # of questions to be delivered to each student from the set. Selecting the maximum # will deliver all questions to the students, but in a random order.
  3. Click Update Total.

Add question alternates

  1. Check the box next to the question set.
  2. Click on Add question alternates button.
  3. Select questions from database.
  4. Click Add selected

Remove question
(question will be removed from the quiz/survey only, not deleted from your database)

  1. Check the box next to the individual question.
  2. Click on Remove question button.

Once you have completed these steps, you can now set the criteria for your quiz.


Quiz Settings

  1. In the same window (Quiz Editor), click on Edit quiz settings button.
    If you are starting from the quiz listing page, select the radio button next to the quiz you are working with and click on the Edit button, then click on Edit quiz settings.

    You will be directed to the quiz settings page. See table below.
Basic Settings
Quiz Title

Enter title in field or leave as is
Question titles (click box if you would like students to see the question titles you have created)
Question Delivery Select how you would like questions delivered to students when taking the quiz.
Quiz Duration

Amount of time students are given to complete the quiz.

Select 'Disallow answer submission...' if you would like the WebCT to disable answer submission when the time limit has exceeded.
As long as the student saved his/her answers, it will keep track of their answers up to the time limit given.
Attempts Allowed Select the # of attempts each student has to take the exam.
Attempts Separation

If allowed to take the quiz/survey more than once, set the time limit between each attempt.

If allowed to take only once, keep blank.
 
Availability (specific times and dates in which the quiz is available to students)
 
Available is After

Beginning Date of quiz availability.

By clicking on the 'Allow Access Now' button, the current date and time will automatically be inserted.
Available Until

Ending date of quiz availability.

By clicking on the 'Deny Access Now' button, the current date and time will automatically be inserted.
Selective Release

Note: This criteria is used for release of the quiz to specific students. (situations such as make up exams, etc.) If you are releasing the quiz to ALL students, leave this section blank.

Select either Release to OR Release based on to set criteria.

Release to
  1. Click on the Select button
  2. Click boxes next to students' names.
  3. Click Update.
Release based on

Use pull down menu to select criteria to base release on. (Leave blank if releasing for make up exam)
Hide Click the box to hide the quiz from students not meeting the selective release criteria.
Security
 This field is usually left blank as students can only access the quiz if they login to their WebCT account and it is difficult to track each students' IP mask.
Submission
 
Submission Message

Enter a message you would like students to see once they have submitted their quiz.

This field may be left blank.
Results
 
Student Score Use pull down menu to indicate which score to use in cases of multiple attempts.
Student Score Release

Select the release of scores:

  1. Releases score immediately (for multiple choice quizzes)
  2. Releases score once you go in to manually grade submissions (for essay quizzes)
  3. Does not release score until you, as designer, set it to release.
Student results display

Click boxes to place check marks next to the selections you would like students to see when they view the results of their quizzes/surveys.

Click Update Button.

 

 


Previewing Quiz

  1. In the Quiz Editor window, click on the Preview Quiz button at the right.

    If you are starting from the list of quizzes/exams, click on the quiz title     (i.e. click on Exam 1 to set quiz criteria for Exam 1) to access the Quiz Editor.

    This is how students will see the quiz when they take it. As a designer, you cannot take the quiz.

 

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