Taking Quiz as Test Student

Question

Is there a way to take a quiz as a test student without publishing the quiz?

I would like to test the quiz prior to assigning it to students, or making it visible for them. But, once I take the quiz as a test student, I am not able to unpublish it.

Thoughts?

ElRabe · Accepted Answer

Hi, @BrookeGates! Since Student View is a feature that lets you see the course from a student's perspective, the quiz must be published before you can use it. If you submitted the quiz as the Test Student while in Student View, you can click Reset Student to remove the activity from the records.

If you created a quiz using New Quizzes, you can preview and test it while it's still in Draft status. Please refer to this guide for more information: How do I preview a quiz in New Quizzes?

NoahBoswell · Accepted Answer

Hey @BrookeGates !

@ElRabe is correct. However, if you want to test the exam without publishing it for all students, here are a couple of ideas:
1. If you have access to a Sandbox course (or can create one or request one), you can build your Quiz in there, publish it and then once you know it's correct you can copy it over to your actual course.
2. Create a new section and name it 'testing' or something easily identifiable, if possible, and don't assign any students to it. You can then add your student's section to the exam when it's time for them to take it.
3. Require a quiz access code. You can enable a quiz access code so even if it's published, the student still won't be able to take it until they have the access code from you and types it in. Since you would know the access code before hand, you can still access the exam in test student by entering the access code.

Do any of these sound like possible solutions for you?

Best!
Noah