Creating Quizzes in Western Online

 Table of Contents

The Question Library 2

Creating Questions in the Question Library 2

Creating a Quiz 3

Properties (this is also where you will add your questions) 3

Restrictions 5

Assessment 6

Objectives 7

Submission Views 7

Reports Setup 9

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The Question LibraryIt is recommended that you first create your questions in the questions library. Then you can import the questions into a quiz or multiple quizzes. With the questions in your question library you can delete

questions from a quiz and still have a copy in the library for future use.

Creating Questions in the Question Library• Click Assessments in the nav bar and choose Quizzes.

• Click Question Library at the top.• Click New and choose Section. This will essentially create a folder.

• Give it a name and click Save at the bottom. Use naming conventions that make sense. For

example, Quiz 1 or Chapter 1.• Click on the section that you just created to go into it.

• Click New and choose a question type (i.e. Multiple Choice).

• Fill in question details and click Save. Depending on what question type you choose will depend on the details you have to fill out. Just remember that for correct answers on multiple choice

and true/false questions have to be set to 100%.• Repeat for all questions.

• Click Done Editing Questions on the upper right.

Now that you have your questions all created in your question library you can build your quiz. To begin, in the Manage Quizzes section click New Quiz and go through the tabs to build out the quiz.

Note: No need to save after making a change in a tab. Simply moving from one tab to the next will save what you have done. You’ll just need to click Save and Close when you have finished.

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Creating a Quiz

Properties (this is also where you will add your questions)• Give the quiz a name (recommended to name it the same as the section you created in the

question library).

• Quiz Questions - Here is where you will import your questions that you created in the Question Library. You can simply import the questions in, or you can create a Random Section

folder so the questions are randomized.

To just import the questions do the following:

- Click the Add/Edit Questions button. - Click Import.

- Leave the Import Source drop down set to From an Existing Collection.

- Choose Question Library from the Source Collection drop down menu. - Choose the section you created in the question library from the Source Section drop

down menu.

- The questions will appear below. Place a check next to all question you want to use.

- Click Save. - Click Done Editing Questions.

To create a Random Section do the following: - Click the Add/Edit Questions button.

- Click New and choose Random Section.

- Give it a name.- Click Save.

- Click the random section you just created to go into it.- Click Import.

- Choose the section you created in the question library from the Source Section drop

down menu.- The questions will appear below. Place a check next to all question you want to use.

- Click Save.

- Type the number of question you want the students to receive in the Questions per attempt: area.

- Type in the number of points per question in the Points each: area. - Click Done Editing Questions on the upper right.

• Description - The description is shown before quiz availability.

• Introduction - The introduction is shown at quiz commencement.• Page Header - The page header is shown at the top of every page.

• Page Footer - The page footer is shown at the top of every page.• Click Save and Close.

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Restrictions• Choose Active from the Status drop down menu.

• Fill in Has Start Date and Has End Date (optional)• Fill in Time Limit info

• Check Show Clock.

• Put in Grace Period time.

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Assessment• Click the add grade item link.

• In the pop up window that appears give the grade item the same name as the quiz.• Type in the Max Points.

• Click Save to close grade item window.

• Put a check next to allow automatic export to grades.• Also put a check next to allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon

completion.

• Choose Unlimited from the Attempts Allowed drop down menu (or you can give them multiple attempts).

• Choose Highest Attempt in the Overall Grade Calculation drop down menu.

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ObjectivesLearning objectives can be created using the Competencies tool. Access the Competencies tool by

clicking Grade Tools and choosing Competencies. Once You create the learning objectives you can use the Objectives tab to add them to your quiz by clicking the Associate Learning Objectives

button.

Submission ViewsBy default, students do not see what questions they got wrong or right. You have to tell the system to release that info. You can have it released as soon as they submit, or you can set a date for the info to be

released. To have it released as soon as they submit the quiz, do the following:

• Click the Default View link.• Choose Yes under View Details.

• Choose Show all questions with user responses.

• Check Show question answers.• Check Show question score and out of score.

• Click Save.

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To have the info released at a certain date do the following:

• Click the Add Additional View button.• Give the view a name.

• Set the date in which you want it to be released.

• If you want the view to be limited, click the checkbox for Limit the amount of time (in Minutes) for which this view is available after the quiz is submitted and enter a

time.• Choose Yes under View Details.

• Choose Show all questions with user responses.

• Check Show question answers.• Check Show question score and out of score.

• Click Save.

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Reports SetupThere are five types of reports you can create for your quiz.

• Question Statistics• Question Details

• Users Statistics• Attempt Details

• User Attempts

To create a report, do the following:

• Click the Add Report button.

• Type in a name for the report.• Choose the report type.

• Choose to release the report immediately or on a certain date.

• Choose who you want to release the report to.

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To view a report, do the following:

• Click Assessments in the nav bar and choose Quizzes.• Click the drop arrow for the quiz you want to view the report for and choose Reports.

• Click the title of the report to go into it.• Choose a date range for the report.

• Click Generate CVS Report for a spreadsheet version or Generate HTML Report to view the report as a webpage.

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