Online Quizzes

Please sign in to myblueeagles.com and open your site manager.

Why make quizzes online with the school’s web-site?• Students can easily find and take them.• The web-site has some good tools for compiling

results electronically.• The web-site can provide continuity between

classrooms – students will see the same format.• Teachers of the same subject can easily use the

same quizzes.

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Why online?• Students can take an "open internet" quiz• Grading is done automatically without

shuffling papers• Students can take the quiz outside of

class and receive instant feedback• It is easy to compare performance across

sections• You can easily keep an electronic record

of the quiz responses and results

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Challenges• Technology issues are a possibility• Teacher feedback to students is less

comprehensive• Short answer responses are more difficult to

grade than on paper.• Quiz setup takes time / there is a learning curve• Keeping students on task can be difficult

But online is still worth doing in many cases!

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“Best fit” situations for online quizzes/surveys

• Electronic student iPad / Computer sign out.

• Introductory student surveys / other surveys

• Short True/False, Matching, Multiple Choice quizzes.

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Example:On your iPad (or a student one from the cart) please go to www.myblueeagles.com and find Andy Eberly under staff pages.

Click the “Computer / iPad sign out” on the left and sign out your ipad.

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Example:From this electronic sign out, a teacher can have an electronic comprehensive list of every computer and iPad every student used all year. No more paper sign out!

In a perfect world, we would never need to reference it.

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Here is the general process for creating the electronic sign-out (or any survey/quiz):

Sign in to www.myblueeagles.com and open Site Manager1. Create the quiz/survey2. Link the quiz/survey to your web-site for

students to access3. After finished, process the results (and

possibly make the quiz/survey inactive).

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Step 1: Create the Quiz/Survey• Click “Forms & Surveys"

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Step 1: Create the Quiz/Survey• Click “New Form / Survey” and name

it “Computer and iPad Sign out.”

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Step 1: Create the Quiz/Survey• Click "Options" to set the end date

and then activate it with the inactive/active button.

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Step 1: Create the Quiz/Survey• Click on the survey and then “Insert”

to enter the questions.

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Step 1: Create the Quiz/Survey

• In the "choose an item type" drop-down are numerous question types.

• You will enter in questions one at a time (this can be time-consuming).

• Check the "Required" box for each question. This will make it so students cannot skip questions.

• You can enter open-ended questions, multiple choice, etc.

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Step 1: Create the Quiz/SurveyCreate these questions, making each required. To make it faster, you can copy questions.

1. What is your first name? (Open-Ended One Line)

2. What is your last name? (Open-Ended One Line)

3. Which computer lab are you using? (make this one a "choice - option buttons" question and type in the computer lab options)

4. What is your computer or iPad number? (Open-Ended One Line)

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Step 2: Link the Quiz/Survey to your web-site• Now you have created the survey

(close it). Move on to Step 2: Link the Quiz/Survey to your web-site.

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Step 2: Link the Quiz/Survey to your web-site• Click “Section Workspace” under your

name and then “New Page”

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Step 2: Link the Quiz/Survey to your web-site• Scroll down, choose "Flex Page" and

name it "Computer and iPad sign-out" then hit save.

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Step 2: Link the Quiz/Survey to your web-site• Click on the page you just created, type in

"Click Here to sign out your computer or iPad", highlight "Click Here" and click the form link button.

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Step 2: Link the Quiz/Survey to your web-site• Find the survey you created, hit save and

you're there. You have completed Step 2.

• Before you can process any results, you need someone to take your survey. Have someone go to your web-site and click the link to sign out a computer or iPad.

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Step 3: Process the resultsClick on Forms/Surveys again and then the Reports tab.

Click Export Data, select "Export Data to Excel" scroll down and click the green "Export Data"

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Overall Process

Create your own quiz by following the same procedure:1. Create the survey under "Forms & Surveys“. Name it,

Activate it, set the date range, and add all the questions and set point values for correct answers.

2. Go back to "Section Workspace" and create a flex editor app to link it up to your web-site. Type in what the link will say and then link it using the “Insert Form Link” button.

3. After your students take the quiz, go back to "Forms & Surveys" click "Reports" and export your grades to an excel file. In excel you can sort students and count points.

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Overall Process

You can access an instructional video on the S drive showing this same process. Look for it under “Eberly’s Files”

There are other useful options you can take advantage of under export such as “Include unique response ID” and “Display sum total of point values column.”