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D2L QuickGuide: Quizzes
Overview
The quizzes tool allows you to create, manage, and grade online quizzes. Desire2Learn allows for quiz questions that can be
graded automatically, like multiple-choice questions, and more qualitative questions, like long-answer questions.
How to Access Quizzes
1. Click on Edit Course in the Navigation bar.
2. Click on
Quizzes, under Assessment.
In This Guide
Creating Quizzes
Grading Quizzes
Creating Quizzes
Create or Edit a Quiz
Click New Quiz to create a new quiz (Figure 1).
To edit a quiz, click the dropdown list beside the
quiz’s name and select Edit.
Figure 1
Note: You can also “bulk” edit some settings from
this screen. Select the checkboxes beside the
quizzes to edit, then click the
top of the list.
Edit icon at the
Create Quiz Questions
1. Click the Layout/Questions tab.
2. Click Add/Edit Questions.
3. On the next screen click the New tab
(Figure 2).
4. Click the type of question you want to use
from the menu (Figure 2).
5. Fill out all of the required fields for the
question type you selected.
Note: Required fields have a red asterisk.
6. Click Save and New to continue adding
the same type of question, or Save if you
are finished.
7. Continue adding question types and
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Figure 2
questions as needed.
Note: To organize your quiz by sections (optional),
click Section from the menu (Figure 11). You can
add multiple sections by repeating this step. Create
sections first, then select a section from your list to
begin creating questions in it.
Figure 3
8. Click Done Editing Questions (top right)
when you are finished.
9. Click Save to save the Quiz.
Import Questions from the Question
Library (optional)
Note: To learn how to create questions in the
Question Library, see D2L QuickGuide: Question
Library
If you have created questions in the Question
Library that you would like to import into your quiz,
follow the instructions below.
1. Click the Layout/Questions tab.
2. Click Add/Edit Questions.
3. Click Import (Figure 3).
4. From the Import Source, select From an
Existing Collection (Figure 4).
5. From the Source Collection, select
Question Library.
6. From the Source Section, under Collection
Root, select the set of questions you wish to
import.
7. Under Source Collection, select the specific
questions you wish to import.
8. Click Save. The questions you selected will
now be available in your quiz.
Figure 4
Setting Questions per Page
1. On the Layout/Questions tab, under
Questions Per Page, type in the number of
questions you want to appear on each
screen as the student takes the quiz (Figure
5).
2. Click Go.
Figure 5
To prevent students from moving back through the
quiz, click the Prevent moving backward through
pages box.
Set Quiz Properties
1. Enter a name for your quiz in the “Name”
field.
2. Select from these optional quiz properties:
• You can create categories to group your
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quizzes together by adding categories
and then selecting them from the
“Category” drop-down list.
If you want this quiz to be linked to a
grade item, select the item from the
“Grade Item” drop-down list (if you’ve
already set up the gradebook in D2L)
or create a new grade item by clicking
add grade item (Figure 6). Refer to the
Grades QuickGuide for details on
creating grade items.
Select the checkbox next to “Auto
Export to Grades” to have the grade
automatically appear in the gradebook.
(Figure 7).
Select the checkbox next to “Automatic
Grade” to allow the quiz attempt to be
automatically graded immediately after
the student has submitted the quiz. The
displayed score is limited by what the
system can auto-grade (Figure 7).
If necessary, click “Expand Optional
Advanced Properties.”
If you created hints in the quiz
questions, select “allow hints.”
If you would like to receive an email
each time a quiz is completed, enter
your email address in the “Notification
Email” field.
To disable access to right-click options
(such as copy and paste), select the box
to “Disable Right-Click.”
To disable access to the Pager (instant
messenger) during the quiz, select the
box for “Disable Pager and Alerts.”
(Figure 8)
If necessary, click “Expand Messages.”
Provide a description for the quiz in
the “Description” field (optional).
Once you click in the empty text box,
you will see the HTML Editor and be
able to use the advanced formatting
options.
Enter text in the “Introduction
Message” field to display any
information students need to know
(optional). This is displayed to students
before they start the quiz.
Select “on” to display the Description
and/or Introduction messages to
students (Figure 9).
If necessary, click “Expand page
header/footer.”
Use the Page Header/Footer fields to
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display permanent text above (header)
or below (footer) questions on a quiz
page, while students are taking a quiz.
3. Click Save to save your changes. Click
Save and Close to save changes and exit
the quiz.
Figure 9
Set Quiz Restrictions
Use the options located under the Restrictions tab
to set the availability and timing of your quiz.
1. Click the Restrictions tab.
2. In the “Availability” section, set the quiz
start and end dates. You will set the Status
to “Active” at the end.
3. Select “Display in Calendar” to add the quiz
to the course calendar (Figure 10).
Note: Once a quiz is set to “Active,” students will
be able to see it. Also, once it is Active, you will be
able to select “Display in Calendar.”
Figure 10
4. In the “Timing” section, set a time limit for
your quiz by entering the number of
minutes in the Time Limit field. The default
time limit is 120 minutes.
5. Choose to enforce the time limit or show a
clock by selecting the corresponding boxes.
Note: The “time clock” option does not stop the
quiz, only the “enforced” option does. If no box is
selected, student have indefinite access to saving and
submitting answers, until the End Date expires.
6. Enter a Grace Period. This value
determines how many minutes the user has
after the time limit has expired to submit
their quiz before it is flagged as late.
Students have the opportunity to change
their responses during this time.
7. Select options for Late Submissions (Figure
11):
• Select “Allow for normal submissions”
to let users submit quizzes even if the
time limit and grace period have
expired. Submissions after the grace
period are flagged as late.
• If you select “Use Late Limit” and an
amount of time, students are given a
zero if they submit the quiz after the
time limit, grace period, and late limit
period. You must also select
“enforced” with this option.
• Select “Auto-Submit Attempt” to have
all options except “Submit” locked
after the specified time limit and grace
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period have expired. You must also
select “enforced” with this option.
8. Click Save to save your changes. Click
Save and Close to save changes and exit
the quiz.
Set Special Access
Use the Special Access feature to override the
availability and timing settings of a quiz for specific
students who may need extra time to complete the
quiz. Special access is set up in the “Restrictions”
tab of a quiz. It is found under the heading
“Advanced Availability.” Click the Restrictions tab.
1. Under “Advanced Availability,” select one
of two options:
• “Allow selected users special access to
this quiz”: to set alternative dates/times
for certain students.
• “Allow only users with special access to
see this quiz”: to release the quiz to
only certain students.
2. Click the Add Users to Special Access
button.
3. Select the checkboxes beside any of the
special access types, and enter information
in the appropriate fields (Figure 12).
4. Select the checkboxes beside the students
you want to give special access.
5. Click Add Special Access.
Figure 12
You might have different students with unique
requirements for Special Access. For instance, one
student might need double time for the quiz and
one might need time-and-a-half. In this case, enter
each student and their requirements separately.
Set Quiz Attempts
Settings in the “Attempts” tab control how many
times students can take the quiz which attempt or
attempts are used in grading.
1. Click the Attempts tab.
2. Choose the number of attempts allowed
from the drop-down list.
3. Choose which attempt is included in the
grade calculation from the “Overall Grade
Calculation” drop-down list. The attempt
graded can be the highest, lowest, first, last,
or an average of all attempts (Figure 13).
4. Click Save to save your changes. Click
Save and Close to save changes and exit
the quiz.
Figure 13
Set Submission Views
You can control what results students see for their
quizzes and when they see them by setting
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Submission Views.
The “Default View” the students see is set to:
• Release results immediately
• Show all of the questions with the student’s
response
• Show the correct answers
• Show no statistics
To change the default view:
1. Click the “Default View” link.
2. Under “View Properties,” enter any
changes to the message students see upon
submission, in the Message box (Figure 14).
3. Under “View Details,” select if you’d like to
show the questions or not. If you select
“Yes,” then choose from the following
options:
• “Show questions answered incorrectly”:
will show only the questions the
student missed.
• “Show questions answered correctly”:
will show only the questions the
student answered right.
• “Show all questions without user
responses”: will show all of the quiz
questions without indicating what the
student’s answer was.
• “Show all questions with user
responses”: will show all of the quiz
questions and indicate what the
student’s answer was.
4. Select the “Show question answers”
checkbox if you’ve like to show the correct
answers.
5. Select the “Show question score and out of
score” to show the student what their
scores were on each question.
6. Select the “Show attempt score and overall
attempt score” to show the student what
their overall score was.
7. Click Save.
Figure 14
Note: You can set more than one view. Use the
“Add Additional View” button to create a view in
addition to the Default View. For example, you can
set the Default View to show nothing but the
overall score. Then, set an Additional View to show
more detailed results once the quiz dates close to all
students.
The Final (and Very Important!) Step
Once you have completed the setup of your quiz,
return to the Properties tab. Set the Status to
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Active. Students will now be able to see and
complete the quiz, at the Start Date and time.
Note: In the blue navigation bar, you’ll see a small
“Quizzes” icon. This is for students to check their
quiz results only. They are NOT to access and
complete quizzes from here, as it causes an issue.
Figure 15
Grading Quizzes
From the main “Quizzes” page, click the dropdown
arrow beside the quiz you want to grade and select
“Grade.” You have two options for grading quizzes:
• Grade by Attempts – grade the entire quiz
attempt for one student at a time
• Grade by Questions – grade one question
for all students at the same time
Select the appropriate tab to grade by attempt or by
question (Figure 15).
Figure 16
Grading by Attempt
1. Click the Attempt tab.
2. Click the quiz attempt you want to grade
(Figure 16).
3. The student’s entire quiz is displayed,
including question data, the student’s
answers, and the correct answers. If a
student’s answer is correct, it appears with a
check mark. If it is wrong, an X is displayed
and a blue arrow indicates the correct
answer. (Figure 17)
4. Most questions can be automatically graded,
but some quiz questions must be graded
manually, such as the long- and shortanswer questions. You can manually grade
those questions here by entering the score
in the appropriate box.
5. Overall quiz feedback can be left for the
student by entering comments in the
“Attempt Comments” field.
6. After you have finished manually grading
the quiz, click Save to save the new score
or Save and Close to save the score and
exit that attempt.
Figure 17
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Grading by Question
You have two options for grading in the Questions
tab (Figure 18):
• Grade Individual Responses: grade each
question attempt per student.
• Update All Attempts: grade all responses to a
question at once. This is most useful when you
have a faulty question and need to manually
update the scores students received for the
error.
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Figure 19
1. Click the Questions tab.
2. If you choose “Grade Individual
Responses,” you can also select options for
Blind Marking, which removes identifying
student information, and to View Graded
Responses (Figure 19).
a. Click the question you want to grade.
b. Grade the response for each student
shown.
c. Click Save. You will see the next
student.
d. When finished, click “Go Back to
Questions.”
3. If you choose “Update All Attempts,” you
will be able to either give all students points
for the question or give points for those
who gave a certain answer (Figure 20).
a. You will first see a chart of the
percentage of students giving each
answer.
b. Then choose your Grading Type
c. The first option allows you to give all
students the number of points you
enter.
d. The second option allows you to enter
a number of points to give students
who gave the chosen answer option.
3. Click Save. You will see the next question.
4. When finished, click “Go Back to
Questions.”
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