Desire2Learn 10 Essential Skills Workshop
Practice Exercise - Quizzes
Creating & Managing Quizzes
Part 1 – Using the Question Library
1. Click on Assessments,
Quizzes on the course
menu.
2. Click on Question Library.
3. Click on the drop box arrow
next to: New and select
Section.
4. Under Section Name: type in Practice. You can include a
message to the
students or make
private comments
about the exam.
5. You are also given
options to display the section name. We will leave this for the
moment.
6. Click Save at the bottom of this section. You are now returned
to the Question Library section.
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Part 2 – Creating Different Types of Questions
1. Click on the Practice folder you just created.
2. Under New, Select True or False.
3. You can give your question a title or it will
pick up a title from the quiz question. Let’s
call it Ch1Q1-Definition.
4. We will leave the Points value at 1 and the
Difficulty at 1.
5. Click in the HTML Editor Box next to Questions
Text. Type in Solitaire is a game played on the
computer only.
6. Under Options, change the enumeration to
small letters. Leave the style as vertical.
7. As our answer is False, click in the box
next to False (has a 0 there now) and type
in 100 for the Weight.
8. Scroll down to Question Feedback and
click in the HTML Editor and type in
Solitaire can be played with cards or on
computer.
9. Click Preview at the bottom of the page so
you can see how your question will look on the exam. Click Done to go
back to your questions. Click Save. You
are now returned to the Question Library,
Practice Folder.
10. Click New: Ordering Question.
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11. For the Title, enter Ch1Q2-order from sun.
12. Click in the HTML editor and type: Put the following in
order of their position from the sun.
13. Click Equally Weighted.
14. Below the first option, click the
HTML editor and type Mercury and
the Correct Order should be 1.
15. Below the second option, type
Venus, for the third option – Earth,
and for the fourth option – Mars
16. Because we have entered them in the right order, the Correct Order column
is right. Otherwise we would have to make sure that the Correct Order
column has the answers in the right order.
17. Click Preview to view the question. Click Done. Then click Save. Then
click on the Ordering Question again.
18. You can include an image or graphic with your test questions by clicking
Image: Add a File and either uploading a file from your computer or from
the course files. Click Browse, make sure My Computer is selected on the
left hand side, then Pictures, Sample Pictures. Click on any picture, click
Open, Upload. Scroll down and Preview. Click Done and Save
19. Click New: Multiple Choice.
20. For the Question title, type in Ch1Q3-Business
21. Click in the HTML Editor and type Business Students must take which of the
following courses:
22. Change the Enumeration to small letters, select horizontal for the style, and
click in the box next to Randomize
options.
23. For each option type in: Accounting,
Bridge Building, Health Practices, Typing.
As the correct answer is Accounting, click
in the Weight(%) box and type in 100.
24. Click Preview to view your question, then click Done and then click Save.
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25. We will create a matching question now. Click New: Matching Question
and Go.
26. For the Title: type in Ch1Q4 –characteristics and for the Question Text,
type in Match the correct planet with a characteristic.
27. Choose Equally Weighted.
28. We want to have 7 choices and there are
currently only 2. So click in the box next
to Add Choice and type in 5 and click the
green plus sign
next to Add Choice.
29. Under the options, type in Neptune,
Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter and
Pluto, each in a separate box.
30. Under Matches, click in the box next to Add Match, and type in 2 and click
the the green plus sign
next to Add
Match.
31. Click in the first HTML box, and type in
Furthest Planet, in the second box type in
Hottest Planet, then type in Red Planet, in
the next box and for the last match, type in
Planet with most rings & subrings.
32. We have to make sure that each match is
matched with the right choice. Under
Correct Choice, make sure that the
Furthest planet is matched with Neptune above which is Number one, and
so on. Here are the matches:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Neptune – Furtherst planet
Venus – Hottest planet
Mars – Red planet
Saturn – Planet with most rings
33. Click Preview, you’ll see the choices and the 4 matches. Click Done and
Save.
34. We’ll create one more question. This time a Long Answer Question.
35. Select Long Answer from Create New. Type in Ch1Q4-Confederation. In
the HTML text, type in Explain Confederation in Newfoundland and
Labrador.
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36. Under Options, change the Input Box Rows
to 25 and Columns to 80. Click Preview,
then Done and Save.
Part 3 – Creating a Quiz
1. Click Done on the right hand side. Click
NewQuiz to create a new quiz.
2. Type in Quiz 1 for the Name. Next to
Category, click add category. Type in
Chapter Quizzes and Save at the bottom of the
page.
3. Click Add/Edit Questions.
4. We will create a random quiz so under New, select
Random Section. Type in Random Questions and click
Save.
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5. Click on the new folder called Random Questions
(Has a slightly purple folder next to it).
on the left hand side.
6. Click Import, under Source Section, click on Practice.
7. Under Source Collection
you will see your practice
and all the questions you
created earlier.
below,
folder
8. Select the first four
questions by clicking in the box to the left of each
question. Then click Save.
9. You are now back in the quiz and at the top of
the questions, you will see Questions per
attempt: Change the 0 to 3 and the worth of
each question to 5. Click Save.
10. Click on the Quiz 1 folder on the left hand
side again.
11. We’ll add the Long Answer as not
randomized. On the left hand side, click on the
first option – Quiz 1.
12. Click Import. Under Source Collection, select Question Library. Under
Source Section. Click on Practice.
13. Under Source Collection below, you will see your practice folder and all the
questions you created earlier.
14. Click in the box to the left of the LA Question and click Save. You will be
brought back to your quiz. Notice that this single question is outside the
Random Folder.
15. On the right hand side above the questions, click Done Editing Questions on
the right hand side. Scroll down and click Save.
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16. Click the down arrow next to
the Quiz name at the top of
the page (next to Edit Quiz)
and select Preview, then Start
Quiz to view your quiz and
OK. Scroll to view all the
questions. Notice that only 3
of the 4 randomized questions show up. Click Exit Preview. You will be
taken back to the Quiz List in
Manage Quizzes.
17. Click on your Quiz again.
Now click on Restrictions tab
at the top. You can set start
and end dates here. And set
Respondus Lockdown as a
security measure. You can also
add a password to the quiz.
You can also set the time limit,
grace time, etc. We will skip
all that for the moment. Under
Status, change it to Active.
Click Save again.
18. Click on the Assessments tab at the top of the
page. Under Grade Item, click Add Grade
item.
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19. Type in Quizzes, make sure that the maximum points
is 10 and the weight is 10. Click Save.
20. Click Auto Export to Grades and click Save.
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