How do I add a quiz to Content? 

To create tests, you can use Quizzes: you can create formative assessments and have them evaluated automatically. For summative assessments, use Remindo (or Caracal). 

Navigate to ‘Tools’ in the course navigation bar. Click on ‘Quizzes’.You will land on the quiz start page. Click on ‘New quiz’.Enter a title for the quiz under ‘Quiz Title’. Under the ‘Grade Out Of’ option, you can decide whether to assign a graded assessment to the quiz. In this example, it is set to ‘Not in Grade Book’, meaning the ‘Grade Out Of’ equals the total points of all questions in the quiz. If you click the arrow next to ‘Not in Grade Book’, you can choose ‘Edit or Link to Existing’ or ‘Add to Grade Book’. These options allow you to make adjustments to the point distribution. In that case, the ‘Grade Out Of’ equals the maximum number of points set for that grade item.Optionally, enter a description of the quiz in the HTML box under ‘Description’.(Optional) Click on ‘Availability Dates & Conditions’.Here you can set a start and end date, add or remove ‘Release Conditions’, enable ‘Manage Special Access’ for students who need extra time, add a password so that only those with the password can access the quiz, and click on ‘Manage IP Restrictions’ to grant access only to students with a specific IP address.(Optional) Click on ‘Timing & Display’.Here you can set how much time students have for the quiz under ‘Set Time Limits’. If you enable this, you can then decide whether the quiz timer starts when the student begins the quiz or when a shared start time is reached, and whether the quiz is automatically submitted when a student exceeds the time limit. 

You can also configure ‘Paging’ to determine whether students see all questions at once or one at a time. Under ‘Shuffle Quiz’, you can set whether questions appear in a random order for each student. 

Under ‘Display’, you can decide whether students can use hints. (Hints must be created per question but need to be enabled here if you want to use them. This is useful, for example, when importing questions with hints). 

Additionally, you can disable Brightspace’s email and messaging functionalities while students are taking the quiz. 

Under ‘Header and Footer’, any content added will be displayed at the top and bottom of the quiz.(Optional) Click on ‘Attempts & Completion’.Here you can choose how many times a student can take the quiz under ‘Manage Attempts’. 

Under ‘Notification Email’, you can enter an email address if you want to receive notifications for each attempt.(Optional) Click on ‘Evaluation & Feedback’.Here you can choose to automatically publish quiz results when a student completes the quiz (this is only possible if the quiz does not contain open-ended questions), and sync the quiz with the Grade Book (this is only possible if the quiz is already linked to the Grade Book).You can also decide whether students can see their grades upon completing the quiz by enabling ‘Attempt Grade’. 

Under ‘and’, you can use the dropdown menu to choose whether students can see the following:

• ‘No Questions’: No questions are shown.
• ‘Incorrect questions only, with correct answers’: Only the incorrect questions are shown, with the correct answers included.
• ‘Incorrect questions only, without correct answers’: Only the incorrect questions are shown, without the correct answers.
• ‘All questions, with correct answers’: All questions are shown, including the ones answered correctly.
• ‘All questions, without correct answers’: All questions are shown, without the correct answers.

Adding a Question 

There are two ways to add questions: via ‘Add Existing’ or ‘Create New’. If you want to add existing questions, click on ‘Add Existing’, then there are two options available. 

Via ‘Upload a File’ or ‘Browse from your Question Library’. But note, the last option is only available if these questions have already been added to the Brightspace course.To successfully upload a file, it must follow a (recommended) CSV template. You can download a sample on the upload page. 

Once the file is ready, simply click on ‘Browse Files’ to add the file and then click on ‘Upload’.When you want to add questions via the Question Library, you will arrive at this screen.Here, you can search for a specific question, filter by question type, and sort questions alphabetically or by points. 

Once you have found the questions you want to add, check the boxes next to them and click on ‘Import’. 

You can then decide where the question will be placed in the question list using ‘Move to’: at the top, at the bottom, or in a specific section.Under ‘Create New’, you can: create a new question by clicking on ‘New Question’. Click on ‘Section’ to add a section to the quiz. Click on ‘Question Pool’ to add a question pool.For each question, multiple settings can be adjusted. We demonstrate this with a multiple-choice question, as shown below. Keep in mind that similar options are also available for other types of questions. On the left side, you will see the question settings, and on the right side, you will see a preview of the question. At the top, you can select or change the question type. In the ‘Question Text’ field, you can type the question text and add images if needed. Next, enter the answers under ‘Answers’ and mark the correct answer by selecting the circle next to it. At the bottom of the answers, you can add an extra answer by clicking on ‘Add Answer’. By checking ‘Randomise answer order’, the answer order will be randomized. At the bottom, you can set the number of points for the question under ‘Points’.Click on ‘Options’ to view additional settings for creating a question.Here you can add default feedback per answer under ‘Add Feedback’ or add a hint under ‘Add Hint’. If hints are not enabled, a short notification will appear letting you know that hints are turned off. You can enable hints by going to the management tab of the quiz and checking the box for Allow hints, under Timing & Display. You can add a short description under ‘Add Short Description’ and assign custom percentage weights to answers under ‘Add Custom Weights’. Lastly, you can enable enumeration for the answer choices under ‘Add Enumeration’. 

If you click the arrow next to ‘Save’, you have the option to save and duplicate the question by selecting ‘Save and Copy’. This can be useful if the next question is similar and requires the same settings.After adding the first question, you will see the following screen:Continue adding more questions, sections, or question pools by clicking on ‘Add Existing’ or ‘Create New’. Finally, on the right side, you will see the total number of points in the quiz under ‘Total Points’. If you select one or more questions by clicking the checkboxes on the left, the screen below will appear. This allows you to move a set of questions up or down or place them into a predefined section using ‘Move to’.

Question Pool 

In Brightspace, it is possible to create a quiz where each student receives a randomized set of questions. Make sure you have already set up a Question Pool in the Question Library before creating the quiz. For instructions and information on the Question Library, see How do I use the Question Library?

One of the options under ‘Create New’ is the Question Pool. Click on ‘Question Pool’. Then, add a name for the question pool. Set the number of questions a student must answer. Set the points awarded for each correctly answered question.  

Note: Every question in the Question Pool is worth the same number of points, regardless of the settings for individual questions.Click on ‘Browse Question Library’.Select the question you want to add to the Question Pool or the previously created section and click on ‘Import’.Click on ‘Save’. Click on ‘Add’ to add more questions or question pools. Once you have added all questions, click on ‘Save and Close’ to return to the quiz start page.