Create a test or quiz

1.

Click on Tests & Quizzes in the left navigation menu.

 

 

2.

You will be in the Assessments area. To start with, we will use the Default Template. Templates will be discussed in more detail in the Test Templates section. So for now, give your test a title and click the Create button.

 

Note that new tests are created in the Core Assessments area. After you have released a test to students (in the Settings area), it will appear in the Published Assessments area.

Once a test has been published, the only thing you can modify is the delivery date setting. You cannot remove a published test but you can retract it to make it inactive. �

General Test Creation Information

Question 1: True False

1.

From the Add Question: drop down box, choose a question type. There are several choices. For now, choose True-False.

2.

The resulting page has a series of questions to answer. Make your choices:

  • How many points this question is worth
  • Type the question in the box provided. You can format the text as desired and add images
  • Select the correct answer
  • If desired, you can require students to justify their selection by requiring rationale.
  • Assign this question to a part. Each test starts out with only one part. You may categorize your questions into parts, for example, all T/F questions in part 1, all multiple choice in part 2, essay in part 3, etc. Or not. For our first example, all questions will be part 1.
  • If this is a great question that you want to save, assign it to a Question Pool. (This feature will be discussed in the Question Pools section.)

 
  • If you want to give students feedback on their answers, you have the option of filling out boxes with correct answer feedback, and incorrect answer feedback. This is a great opportunity to steer students in the right direction by providing feedback on where to look to get the correct answers in the book. However, it is very time-consuming to do this for all of your questions.
  • When all the choices have been made, click on Save to finish or Cancel to delete the question.

 

Question 2: Multiple Choice

1.

From the Add Question: drop down box, choose a question type. For now, choose Multiple-Choice.

 

 

2.

The resulting page has a series of questions to answer. Make your choices:

  • How many points this question is worth
  • Type the question in the box provided. You can format the text as desired and add images
  • Choose if there is a single correct answer, or multiple correct answers
  • There are four boxes to fill in answers (A-D). You can add more if you want when you get past D. Put correct and incorrect answers in each box. Mark the correct answer box by clicking in the radio button next to the correct answer. You can put in feedback for each answer and/or feedback at the end of the queation.
  • If you need more answer boxes, select how many more from the Insert Additional Answers drop-down box.

 

  • Answers can be randomized, which means that they will show up in a different order for each student.
  • If desired, you can require students to justify their selection by requiring rationale.
  • Assign this question to a part. Each test starts out with only one part. You may categorize your questions into parts, for example, all T/F questions in part 1, all multiple choice in part 2, essay in part 3, etc. Or not. For our first example, all questions will be part 1.
  • If this is a great question that you want to save, assign it to a Question Pool. (This feature will be discussed later.)
  • If you want to give students feedback on their answers, you have the option of filling out boxes with correct answer feedback, and incorrect answer feedback. This is a great opportunity to steer students in the right direction by providing feedback on where to look to get the correct answers in the book. However, it is very time-consuming to do this for all of your questions.
  • When all the choices have been made, click on Save to finish or Cancel to delete the question.
  • If you need to remove one of the answer boxes, click on the Remove link affiliated with that box.

 

3. You will be able to preview your questions after each addition.

Question 3: Matching

Matching questions sometimes are difficult to understand at first. Users get confused because for each pair, there are four white boxes to type into.

This is the CORRECT procedure:

In first box, type the first half of the pair.

In the second box, type the match to the first box.

If you want to use answer-level feedback, fill in the other two boxes, otherwise scroll down and click on Save Pairing.

 

 

 

After clicking on Save Pairing, that pair will appear above the boxes you filled in. Continue in this manner until you have added all the pairs you want to match. Notice that there is no way to have one more answer than question to confuse the students (unlike a paper test). When you've added enough matches, scroll past the boxes you previously filled in with matches to circle #4 and continue with the rest of the question-creation . . . adding question-level feedback, and save the question.

Continue creating questions as desired. Other question types (fill-in-the-blank, short answer/essay, etc.) are created very much the same way as the examples above. Simply fill in all the boxes you want. Decide if feedback is desirable, etc.

While you are working on a test, it remains in the Core Assessments area. It has not yet been published and is not yet available to students. Once a test has been published, it can never be "unpublished." It can be made inactive, but it never goes away!

5/20/06