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Publishing a Quiz

In this article, you will learn how to publish a quiz.
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Shreya Kulkarni
4 Sep, 2023 - Updated 7 months ago
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Introduction

What is a Quiz?

A Quiz is a set of questions that you create for a course. It is a comprehensive assessment that includes questions based on the overall course content - course introduction, concepts, and exercises for a course. 

You can have only one quiz for a course. You need to activate a quiz for the quiz to be available for a course on the LMS Portal. 

 
 

Quiz questions:

  • Are of two types:
    • Random - LMS autoselects the specified number of questions from the Questions module.
    • Fixed - You can select questions from the Questions module.
  • Have automated weightage % and maximum score allotted.
  • Need to be added in the Questions module.

For a quiz:

  • You can set:
    • A minimum pass percentage.
    • The number of times students can attempt it (retries).
    • The wait time between every retry.
  • Once students submit answers for it in the LMS Portal, you can:
    • View responses for it
    • Review submitted answers
    • Allot scores for students' answers individually

In this section, you will learn how to:

  • Create a quiz
  • Activate a quiz for a course
  • Review quiz responses
  • Review and allot scores for a quiz

Adding a Quiz to a Course 

In this section, let us learn how to create a quiz

Follow these steps to create a quiz:

  1. Log in to your CRM account.
  1. Click the Main Menu.
  1. Go to LMS.
  2. Click Quiz. The Quiz List View opens.
  1. Click + Add Quiz.
  2. Enter or select the following information in the Basic Information section:
  1. Name - Name of the quiz.
  2. Assigned To - Owner of the quiz.
  3. Description - Description of the quiz.
  4. Quiz Type - Select one of the following options:
    1. Fixed - If you want to select questions of your choice for the quiz. If you select Fixed, you will have to go to the Summary View of the quiz record to select questions of your choice. To learn how to select questions for quiz type fixed, click here.
    2. Random - Select the Number of Questions that you want the system to select. 
      1. Note: Selecting Random auto selects and publishes questions only linked to the course and concept that you have chosen for the quiz. Only questions with Scope Quiz and Exercise & Quiz will be auto-selected. To learn how to add questions and link them to a quiz, click here.
  5. Pass Percentage - The minimum pass percentage for students to pass the quiz.
  1. Shuffle - Checkbox this if you want questions to be shuffled and displayed for the quiz each time a student attempts it in the LMS Portal.
  1. Course - Select or create a course you are creating the quiz for.
  2. Wait Between Retries - The duration students should wait before they can re-attempt the quiz.
  3. Retries -The number of times students can re-attempt the quiz.
  4. Time Limit - The duration to complete the quiz.
  5. Show Response - Enable to sow responses after the quiz.
  1. Click Save.

After successfully adding a quiz, you will see a success message on the top right corner of the screen.

Publishing a quiz

Once you create a quiz, you will have to activate it to publish it for a course in the course’s One View. 

Note:

  • You can add questions and create a quiz, but it won’t be available for students till it is activated. 
  • You can always add and publish a quiz for a course at a later date and not simultaneously. 
  • The quizzes you create for a course are displayed under the course’s One View > Quiz.
 

Follow these steps to publish a quiz:

  1. Log in to your CRM account.
  1. Click the Main Menu.
  1. Go to LMS.
  2. Click Courses.
  3. Select a course for which you want to publish the quiz. You will be directed to the Summary View.
  1. Click the Quiz Status dropdown on the required quiz record in the One View. 
  2. Click Active to activate it. 

After successful activation, you will see a success message on the top right corner of the screen.

Responses, Review, and Score Allocation for quiz questions

Once you publish a quiz question and students submit answers for it in the LMS Portal, you can do the following for it in the Summary View of the quiz record.

  1. View Responses
  2. Review
  3. Allot Scores 
 

Note:

If you are an instructor, you will receive a desktop and email notification when students, in the LMS Portal, complete a quiz for a course.

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