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How do I manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes?

You can adjust delivery settings for a quiz in New Quizzes. These options adjust the way that a quiz is delivered to students.

To edit the point total, assignment group, due date, availability dates, and the individual students and course sections who will receive the quiz, edit the quiz from the Assignments page.

00:07: How do I manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes?

00:11: To manage settings for a quiz, find the quiz

00:13: you want to open. To open the Build page,

00:16: click the Options icon and then click the Build link.

00:20: To create a new quiz, click the Add Quiz button.

00:24: Click the Settings tab.

00:27: If students have already submitted the quiz, a warning message will appear on

00:31: the Delivery Settings page.

00:33: To shuffle the order questions are displayed to students, click the Shuffle Questions

00:38: button. If this setting is turned off, questions will display in the

00:42: order you designate in the quiz.

00:44: To shuffle the order answers are displayed to students for multiple choice,

00:48: multiple answer, and matching quiz questions, click the Shuffle Answers

00:52: button. If this setting is turned off, answers will display in the order

00:56: you designate in the quiz questions.

00:59: To display one question at a time to students, click the One Question

01:03: at A Time button. To allow students to backtrack to previous questions

01:08: in a quiz, click the Allow Backtracking checkbox. Allow Backtracking

01:12: is enabled by default.

01:14: To require students to enter an access code to take a quiz,

01:17: click the Require a student access code button. Then enter the access

01:22: code in the Password field.

01:24: To view a masked access code, click the Show access code checkbox.

01:30: To set a time limit for a quiz, click the Time Limit button.

01:33: Then enter the time limit using the Hours and Minutes fields.

01:38: To monitor if students access the quiz from multiple devices or browsers,

01:42: click the Detect Multiple Sessions toggle on. When this

01:46: setting is enabled, students receive a notification if they attempt to continue

01:50: a quiz in a different session from where they started.

01:53: To filter IP addresses for the quiz, click the Filter IP Addresses

01:58: button. Then, instructors can filter IP address by entering custom

02:02: group ranges or select from existing named group ranges.

02:07: To enable an on-screen calculator for the entire quiz,

02:10: click the Allow Calculator button. Select either the Basic

02:14: or Scientific calculator option. The Basic calculator only

02:19: displays numbers and basic mathematical functions such as addition,

02:23: subtraction, multiplication, division. The Scientific calculator

02:27: displays more options for advanced calculations.

02:32: To allow students to clear a multiple choice answer,

02:34: click the Allow clearing selection (Multiple Choice) button.

02:38: If this setting is turned on, students can clear their answer to a multiple choice

02:42: question after they've made a selection and leave the question unanswered.

02:47: To show custom feedback with results, click the Show custom feedback with results

02:51: button

02:53: To add feedback, use the Rich Content Editor to create customized

02:57: feedback

02:58: To preview the custom feedback, click the Preview Feedback button.

03:03: When the Disable Document Uploads quiz setting is enabled, students will

03:08: not be able to use the Insert Media and Insert Document options in the Rich

03:12: Content Editor.

03:14: To allow multiple attempts for a quiz. Click the allow multiple attempts button to

03:18: assign which score to keep for student grades.

03:20: Select the option in the score to keep drop-down menu, you can choose to keep the

03:24: highest score, average, score, latest score, or first score.

03:29: By default, students will be allowed unlimited attempts

03:32: when the Allow multiple attempts option is enabled. To set a

03:36: limited number of attempts, select the Limited option. Then select the number

03:40: of attempts you want to allow.

03:43: To set a waiting period between attempts, click the Require time between attempts

03:47: checkbox. Then select the days, hours, and minutes to require

03:51: students to wait before they can begin a new attempt.

03:55: To allow students to build on their last attempt by letting them reattempt

03:59: incorrectly answered questions, click the Enable build on last attempt

04:03: checkbox.

04:05: To restrict students from viewing quiz results, click the Hide results from students

04:09: button.

04:11: This guide covered how to manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes.

Open Quiz

To manage settings for a quiz, find the quiz you want to open [1].

To open the Build page, click the Options icon [2] and then click the Build link [3].

To create a new quiz, click the Add Quiz button [4].

Open Settings

Click the Settings tab.

View Warning Message

If students have viewed, attempted, or submitted the quiz, a warning message will appear on the Delivery Settings page.

Shuffle Questions

To shuffle the order questions are displayed to students, click the Shuffle Questions button. If this setting is turned off, questions will display in the order you designate in the quiz.

Note: Item bank questions that have been added in a group will continue to be randomized within that group whether this setting is turned on or off.

Shuffle Answers

To shuffle the order answers are displayed to students for multiple choice, multiple answer, and matching quiz questions, click the Shuffle Answers button. If this setting is turned off, answers will display in the order you designate in the quiz questions.

Note: Shuffling answers does not guarantee the order is displayed differently to every student. Some students will receive the same answer order, depending on the number of answers for each question.

Display One Question at a Time

To display one question at a time to students, click the One Question at A Time button [1]. To allow students to backtrack to previous questions in a quiz, click the Allow Backtracking checkbox [2]. Allow Backtracking is enabled by default.

Require Student Access Code

To require students to enter an access code to take a quiz, click the Require a student access code button [1]. Then enter the access code in the Password field [2]. To view a masked access code, click the Show access code checkbox [3].

Set Time Limit

To set a time limit for a quiz, click the Time Limit button [1]. Then enter the time limit using the Hours and Minutes fields [2].

Note: In progress quizzes automatically submit when the Availability date and time passes, even if there is time remaining.

Detect Multiple Sessions

To monitor if students access the quiz from multiple devices or browsers, click the Detect Multiple Sessions toggle on. When this setting is enabled, students receive a notification if they attempt to continue a quiz in a different session from where they started.

Notes:

You must have the View multi-session information permission to view data.
All multi-session activity is recorded and can be viewed by admins in the Activity Log and Moderate page.

Filter IP Addresses

To filter IP addresses for the quiz, click the Filter IP Addresses button [1]. Then, instructors can filter IP address by entering custom group ranges [2] or select from existing named group ranges [3].

Allow On-Screen Calculator

To enable an on-screen calculator for the entire quiz, click the Allow Calculator button [1]. Select either the Basic or Scientific calculator option [2]. The Basic calculator only displays numbers and basic mathematical functions (add, subtract, multiply, divide). The Scientific calculator displays more options for advanced calculations.

Note: If the on-screen calculator is enabled at both the individual question level and in the Quiz Settings, it will display within the question instead of at the top of the page.

Allow Clearing Selection for Multiple Choice Questions

To allow students to clear a multiple choice answer, click the Allow clearing selection (Multiple Choice) button. If this setting is turned on, students can clear their answer to a multiple choice question after they have made a selection and leave the question unanswered.

Show Custom Feedback with Results

To show custom feedback with results, click the Show custom feedback with results button [1].

To add feedback, use the Rich Content Editor to create customized feedback [2].

To preview the custom feedback, click the Preview Feedback button [3].

Disable Document Uploads

When the Disable Document Uploads quiz setting is enabled, students will not be able to use the Insert Media and Insert Document options in the Rich Content Editor.

Note: This setting is disabled by default.

Allow Multiple Attempts

To allow multiple attempts for a quiz, click the Allow multiple attempts button [1]. To assign which score to keep for student grades, select the option in the Score to keep drop-down menu [2]. You can choose to keep the highest score, average score, latest score, or first score.

Note: The Late Submission Policy is not supported when using multiple attempts in New Quizzes.

Set Limited Attempts

By default, students will be allowed unlimited attempts when the Allow multiple attempts option is enabled. To set a limited number of attempts, select the Limited option [1]. Then select the number of attempts you want to allow [2].

Set Waiting Period

To set a waiting period between attempts, click the Require time between attempts checkbox [1]. Then select the days [2], hours [3], and minutes [4] to require students to wait before they can begin a new attempt.

Build on Last Attempt

To allow students to build on their last attempt by letting them reattempt incorrectly answered questions, click the Enable build on last attempt checkbox.

Hide Student Results

To restrict students from viewing quiz results, click the Hide results from students button.

Note: Students can still see their quiz grades in the Gradebook when the Hide results from students option is enabled. To completely hide grades from students, you need to enable a Manual posting policy in the Gradebook.

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