Quizzes & Exams

Use the Quiz Editor to create any number of auto-corrected quizzes and exams for your courses. Customized responses can be displayed to trainees with links back to relevant material.

You have a number of options when setting up your quizzes. Use the links below to find out more.

Steps to add a quiz

  1. Setup the Quiz
    • Click Edit Content.
    • Click the section name where you want to add the quiz, and select Add > Quiz from the menu.
    • Complete the Quiz Settings form.
  2. Add Quiz Questions/Answers. Choose from the following options:
    • Add questions using the Editor. See question types.
    • Upload questions from a text file. After uploading your questions you can add customized explanations related to each response in the Explanation text box below the response.
  3. Please note that trainees earn partial credit for correct responses on the matching question type.

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Add questions using the editor

To add the first question to your quiz, click the 'add the first question' link, and select a question type from the menu.

To add additional questions to your quiz:

  1. Click the question above where you want to add another question.
  2. Choose Add Question > Question Type from the menu.
    The following question types are supported:
    - Multiple Choice - single answer
    - Mullitple Choice - choose all that apply
    - True/False
    - Fill in the Blank
    - Matching
    - Sequencing
  3. Enter the question into the text box. Specify a reference page that trainees can review if they answer the question incorrectly. Select the reference page from the drop-down list.
  4. You can shuffle the answers to this question by clicking Shuffle Responses > Yes. This means the answers will be displayed in random order.
  5. Enter the possible responses. When you enter the correct response, click the correct.gif icon to mark it.
  6. You can enter a customized explanation for each response. The explanation will be displayed to trainees who have selected this response on the quiz. This can explain the nuances that make one answer correct, and another, closely related answer, incorrect.
  7. Click Spell Check to check the question and answers you just entered for spelling errors.
  8. Click Add Question.

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Upload questions from a text file

After uploading your questions you can add customized explanations related to each response in the Explanation text box below the response.

Quiz Upload Guidelines:

  • The Questions file must be a plain text file. (Not MS Word)
  • Each question and each response must begin on its own line but may span multiple lines.
  • Do not include question or response numbering. This is automatically added.

See additional guidelines for true/false, multiple choice (choose 1 or all-that-apply), fill-in-the-blank, matching, and sequencing questions.

Multiple Choice (True/False, Choose One or Choose All that Apply) Question Guidelines

  • Questions must begin with Q:, followed by the question text.
  • Each response must begin with R: or *R: (asterisk indicates correct response) followed by answer text.
  • Do no include numbering.

Sample:

Q:Magma that has erupted is called lava.
*R:True
R:False

Q:Pyroclastic flows are:
R:slow moving.
*R:fast moving.
*R:extremely hot.
R:are composed of light particles and gases.

Fill-in-the-Blank Question Guidelines

  • Questions must begin with QF:, followed by question text.
  • To include a response box inline with the question text, enter a vertical bar character | in the appropriate location. If no vertical bar is entered, a response box will appear below the question. To include a vertical bar in the question, typ '$#124;".
  • Correct responses must begin with R:, followed by the response text.

Sample:

QF:| is one of the three planets closest to the sun.
R:Mercury
R:Venus
R:Earth

Matching Question Guidelines

  • Questions must begin with QM:, followed by the question text.
  • Each matching response pair must begin with R:, followed by the left matching text then a <TAB> character then the right matching text.
  • There must be at least two matching response pairs.

Sample:

QM:Match the river to the continent.
R:AfricaNile
R:AsiaYangtze
R:South AmericaAmazon

Sequence Question Guidelines

  • Questions must begin with QS:, followed by the question text.
  • Each response must begin with R:, followed by the response text.
  • Enter the responses in the correct order.
  • There must be at least two sequence responses.

Sample:

QS:Put the days of the week in order.
R:Sunday
R:Monday
R:Tuesday
R:Wednesday
R:Thursday
R:Friday
R:Saturday

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Copy questions

  1. Click a question in your quiz. Select Copy Questions from the menu.
  2. You see all of the quiz questions in the course. Select the questions you’d like to copy using the checkbox to the left of the question. Or, to select all questions, click Select All.
  3. Click Copy Selected Questions.
  4. You can now reorder, edit or delete the questions from the quiz.

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Make a quiz required

This setting applies only to non-sequential courses.

  1. Click Edit Content.
  2. Click the quiz name and select Settings from the menu.
  3. Scroll down to the Required setting. Click the yes radio button.

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Set a time limit

Specify the time limit for a quiz on the 'Quiz Settings' page.

Time Limit: specify the maximum amount of time a trainee has to complete this quiz. After the Time Limit is exceeded, no further responses are accepted. Note that trainees are given partial credit for correct responses on timed quizzes that span multiple pages.

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Add an image to a question

  1. Cut and paste the following HTML snippet into the quiz question text box. 
    <img src="myImage.gif">
  2. Then change the src="myImage.gif" to the name of your image.  Your image can be any browser support type: .gif, .png, .jpg, .bmp
  3. Click Add Question.
  4. On the next page, click Browse to find the image on your desktop computer. Click Upload Files.

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Add video to a question

  1. Insert the following html snippet into the quiz question box.

    <object id="video" width="192" height="160">
    <param name="console" value="VideoPlayer">
    <param name="controls" value="videoWindow">
    <param name="autoplay" value="true">
    <param name="src" value="video.wmv">
    <embed name="video" width="192" height="160" 
    src="video.wmv"     
    console="VideoPlayer"
    controls="videoWindow"
    autoplay="true"
    controller="true"
    cache="true">
    </embed></object>
  2. Then change video.wmv to your video filename. You can re-size the dimension of the video window by changing the width and height attributes.
  3. On the next page, click Browse to locate the video on your desktop computer. Then click Upload Files.

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Add audio to a question

  1. Insert the following html snippet into the quiz question text box.

    <object id="audio" width="0" height="0">
    <param name="console" value="AudioPlayer">
    <param name="controls" value="audioWindow">
    <param name="autostart" value="true">
    <param name="src" value="audio.wav">
    <embed name="audio" width="0" height="0"
    src="audio.wav"
    console="AudioPlayer"
    controls="audioWindow"
    autostart="true">
    </embed></object>
  2. Then change audio.wav to your audio filename.
  3. On the next page, click Browse to find the audio file on your desktop computer. Click Upload Files.

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Show trainees correct answers when grading a quiz

On the Quiz Settings page, under Advanced Settings: Always Display Graded Responses: select Yes.

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