There are four stages to creating a quiz within Blended Teaching. Follow these steps to build your first quiz:
Create a Quiz
Build a Quiz
Settings
Make it Available
1. Create a Quiz
All creation and management of quizzes is done in the Assessments tab of the Control Center.
To create your quiz:
Go to the Assessments tab in the Control Center.
Click the blue + Create assessment button and choose the type of assessment.
Add your quiz Title. This is a required field and will be seen by students.
Set the Points, Time limit and Attempts, then set your dates and times (see below).
Click the green Save button.
You now have a draft quiz. It will appear as Draft in your Assessments tab, but it will not be available to students until you add instructions and questions, and publish it.
1.1. Selecting an Assessment Type
You choose the type when you click + Create assessment. The most common types are:
Quiz. A typical graded quiz. You set the number of points available. Results count towards your students’ grades, and appear in the Blended Teaching Gradebook.
Exam. A graded, high-stakes assessment covering multiple modules.
Practice quiz. Same experience for students as a graded quiz, but with no points. Results do not appear in the Gradebook, though you can still view them.
Mock exam and Knowledge check. Ungraded: a timed rehearsal under exam conditions, and a short check that lives on a page.
1.2. Setting Dates
There are three dates to set:
Start Date. When students can first access the quiz. Prior to this, they cannot start.
Due Date. The date by which students must complete the quiz for it to be considered on time.
End Date. The final date students can access the quiz. If this is later than the Due Date, attempts after the Due Date will be marked late. After the End Date, students cannot access the quiz.
Tip: In many cases, the Due Date and End Date are set to the same time.
More information on settings dates is available here.
2. Build a Quiz
Now you can progress to building your quiz. This is split into three stages:
Access the Build page
Create Instructions
Add questions
2.1. Access the Build page
There are two ways to access the build page for a quiz.
Through the Draft Quiz
Through the Assessments tab
2.1.1. Through the Draft Quiz
When you are inside the draft quiz:
Open your draft quiz.
Click the Build tab.
2.1.2. Through the Assessments Tab
To access the Build page for a quiz, go to the Assessments tab.
To access the Build page:
Go to the Assessments tab.
Find the quiz, click the three dots on the right-hand side, and select Build from the drop-down menu.
2.2. Write Instructions
At the top of the Build page is the Instructions for the quiz. These will be seen by students when they start the quiz.
Note: The system automatically informs students of the number of questions, points, attempts, and time available, so your instructions can focus on other details.
In the Build page:
Find the Instructions section at the top and click the pencil icon on its right.
Add in your quiz Instructions. These will be seen by students when they start the quiz.
Note that the system will automatically inform students of:
Number of questions
Number of points
Number of attempts
Quiz time (if timed)
Click Save.
2.3. Add Questions
There are 2 methods for adding questions:
Adding Individual Questions
Adding a Pool
2.3.1. Adding Individual Questions
To add individual questions, you have two options. Either by creating them yourself, or selecting them from Question Banks.
To learn more about creating questions and adding them to your quiz, click here.
To learn more about adding in questions from Question Banks, click here.
2.3.2. Adding a Pool
Pools are a powerful, and recommended way for building quizzes. You can add as many pools as you like to an individual quiz.
To learn more about Pools, including creating and using them, click here.
To add a Pool of questions that you have already created:
In the Build page, click Add from Question Bank.
Find the relevant bank.
Click the Pools tab.
Select the pool and click the blue + button.
Your pool is now added to the quiz. You don’t need to save.
3. Settings
The Settings are designed to give you a fine degree of control over the quiz experience for students. These include:
Attempt Settings
Quiz Behavior
Results Display
Proctoring
File Uploads
To access Settings for a quiz, go to the Setup tab of the quiz.
To find Settings for a quiz:
Go to the Assessments tab in the Control Center.
Find your quiz, click the three dots on the right, and select Setup.
3.1 Attempt Settings
The Attempt Settings section allows you to decide how many attempts a student should have, and what happens if you choose multiple attempts.
Default is one attempt. To allow more:
Select Allow multiple quiz attempts.
Set Max Attempts (2–5 attempts, or unlimited).
Set a Waiting Period (minutes between attempts).
Choose Score to Keep (Highest, Average, or Latest).
3.2 Quiz Behavior
In the Quiz Behavior section you can select between the following:
Apply Time Limit: Tick it and enter a time to enforce a limit.
Shuffle Question Order: Randomizes question order per student.
Shuffle Answer Order: Randomizes answer options for multiple-choice questions.
Allow Backtracking: Lets students revisit earlier questions before submitting.
3.3 Results Display
The Results Display section Controls the level of feedback students see between attempts, after the final attempt, and after the End Date.
To learn more about the Results Display settings, click here.
3.4 Proctoring
Choose a proctoring tool to use with the quiz.
To learn more about Proctoring settings, click here.
3.5 File Uploads
The File Uploads section allows students to upload a file at the end of the quiz. Uploaded files are available in the Moderate area.
This feature is usually used with assignments, not standard quizzes.
4. Make it Available
Once you’ve built your quiz and configured settings, complete three steps to make it live for students:
Publish
Add to Course Structure
Link in to the LMS
4.1 Publish
Let's start by Publishing the quiz you have built.
Publishing makes the quiz visible in your Control Center and Gradebook (if graded), but not yet accessible to students.
To publish a draft Quiz.
Go to the Assessments tab.
Click the quiz name.
Click the three dots at the top right of the quiz and select Publish.
4.2 Add to Course Structure
You can add your quiz at either:
Chapter level – for quizzes covering a single chapter.
Module level – for quizzes spanning multiple chapters.
4.2.1. Within a Chapter
Adding a quiz within a Chapter is ideal if your quiz evaluates content from a single Chapter.
To add a Chapter level quiz into the Course Structure:
Go to the Course Structure tab.
Expand the relevant module.
Click the three dots next to the chapter and choose Edit Contents.
Open the section where you want the quiz.
Click Add activity, choose Graded quiz, then Use an assessment.
Select your quiz, tick Publish immediately, and click Add Quiz.
Your quiz is now live for students in Canvas or Blackboard. 🎉
This quiz is now live for your students in Canvas or Blackboard. Nicely done! There are no further steps required. 🙌
4.2.2. Within a Module
Adding a quiz within a Module is ideal if your quiz evaluates content from multiple Chapters.
To add a Module level quiz into the Course Structure:
Go to the Course Structure tab.
Click the + on the right of the relevant module.
Choose Add Assessment, then Quiz from This Course.
Select your quiz, tick Publish immediately, and click Add assessment.
This adds the quiz as a new chapter, but it must be linked in your LMS before students can see it.
This quiz is not yet available to students. Complete the next step to make your module level quiz available in Canvas or Blackboard.
4.3. Link in to the LMS
If your quiz is at the Module level, you must link the new chapter in Canvas or Blackboard.
To learn how to link in a new chapter to Canvas or Blackboard, click here.