Quiz Settings

You may find a quiz template within your DEV shell in the Quiz menu. If present, this template can be copied by selecting the downward facing arrow next to its title and then selecting copy. This template will have some of the following settings enabled already (though it’s still important to verify them).

• Name
  • Use the lesson number, Quiz/Test, and then the title (ex: “1.1 Quiz: Title” for Module or Unit 1, Lesson 1)

• Grade Out Of
  • Select “Not in Grade Book” to add a grade to the quiz.
  • Select “Edit or Link to Existing.”
    • If the grade item has already been created in the grade book, select “Link to an existing grade item” and select the appropriate grade item.
    • If the grade item has not been created in the grade book, select “Create and link to a new grade item.”
      • The title of the grade item will match the title given to the quiz.
      • Choose Grade Category: Category: Choose the unit the assessment belongs to.
  • Set the total points in the box directly under “Grade Out Of,” which will become editable after you’ve select “In Grade Book” from the “Not in Grade Book” dropdown menu.
• Due Date
  • Do not set a due date.

• Description
  • Select the Description textbox, and then select the “Fullscreen” icon in the HTML editor pop-up menu in order to access all necessary style features.
  • Select Format drop-down menu to Apply heading style formats.
    • Use font color MV Blue = 135e6f for listing the # of Points on the first line.
    • Any other headings in the Instructions are also set to H3 – Heading Level 3), font = Black (#202122).
    • All other paragraph or list fonts should be black color (#202122).
    • NOTE: D2L’s default (recommended) font-family is Lato, font-size 22.8px for H3 and 19px for paragraphs, font-color = hex value: #202122 with 12% lightness (a variation of Gluon Grey) unless otherwise specified via the color picker or html hex code.
  • Paste in the quiz description.
    • Do not copy hard-coded font stylings from other word processors (e.g., Microsoft Word, Google Docs) or from other sources (e.g., webpages) without stripping the fonts via Paste Special (Ctrl+Shift+V) or by first pasting it into a text editor (e.g., NotePad), or by pasting it directly into the full html editor </> in Brightspace and then using the Brightspace HTML editor menu to reformat the text.
    • Note: You do not need to include anything about timing or number of submissions as BS automatically inserts this information based on the settings.
• Add the question pools to the quiz by the Create New button.
  • Create New > Question Pool > Title the Pool, insert the number of questions to select, and how many points per question.
  • Select Browse Question Library and select the corresponding questions for the pool and then insert. Save, then select Back to Settings.
  • Verify questions attached and total points (located to the right of “Create New”).
  • Multi-Select Question Type Settings
    • All or Nothing: Learners earn full points only when all correct answers are selected and all incorrect answers are left blank. Learners cannot earn partial points.
    • Correct Selections: Points are evenly distributed across all answers. Learners earn partial points for each answer correctly selected and left blank.
      • Existing courses most likely have been defaulted to this setting.
    • Correct Answers, Limited Selections: Points are evenly distributed across correct answers only. The number of selections allowed is limited to the number of correct answers. Learners earn partial points for each correct answer selected.
    • Right Minus Wrong Select: Points are evenly distributed across all answers. Learners earn partial points for each answer correctly selected and left blank. Learners lose points for answers incorrectly selected or left blank. Learners cannot receive less than 0 points.
• Availability Dates & Conditions
  • Do NOT set any availability dates or release conditions or special access
    • An exception for use of release conditions pertains to SLS approved use of release conditions to hide select assignments from students other than those enrolled in a Group (e.g., PAP group in Sem 2 AP courses; accommodated assignment made available only to those students with special access in relation to approved IEP or 504 accommodations)
  • Do NOT set Special Access
• Timing & Display
  • Timing > Timer Settings:
    • Set time limit = Checked
    • Time Limit = 60 min for Quiz, 90 min for unit test, 120 min for exam
    • Timer Settings > Quiz Start = Asynchronous: Timer Starts when the learner launches the quiz
    • When The Time Limit Expires: Automatically submit the quiz attempt >OK
  • Paging > Use legacy paging (default)
  • Prevent going back to previous pages = Leave Unchecked (default)
  • Shuffle Quiz = Leave Unchecked (default)
  • Display = Leave as default settings
  • Header and Footer = none (leave as default settings)
• Attempts & Completion
  • Attempts > Manage Attempts
    • Typically this is limited to 1 for unit tests and final exams
    • Some classes permit 2 or more attempts on lesson level quizzes, if the quiz draws randomly from question libraries that have at least 1:2 ratio of quiz questions to number of quiz items available and does not contain WR items
    • Pre-Test or Practice Quizzes can have unlimited attempts, so long as the question item types are all auto-scored (i.e., no WR items)
    • Overall Grade Calculation = Highest Attempt (default)
    • Retake Incorrect Questions Only = Leave Unchecked (default)
  • Category
    • Add quizzes/tests into unit categories (ex. Unit 1, Unit 2, etc)
  • Notification Email = Leave Blank (default)
• Evaluation & Feedback
  • Check Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion = Yes
    • Note 1: Do not check this first box if the quiz has any written response questions, as WR items require manual teacher grading
    • Note 2: In math and science courses, do not check this first box if the quiz has any of the following item types:
      • Written Response (WR) – i.e., Long Answer in the Brightspace database
      • Short Answer (SA)
      • Fill in the Blanks (FIB)
      • It should also be considered whether Multi-Short Answer (MSA) should be sent to Quick Eval for instructor review before publishing grades to the gradebook.
      • *Note: SA, FIB, MSA will still be autoscored by Brightspace when this box is unchecked, however the scores will not appear in the gradebook until the instructor reviews and publishes them from Quick Eval
  • Synchronize to gradebook on publish = Yes
    • Always check the 2nd checkbox, regardless of whether the first checkbox is left checked or unchecked
  • When published, display to learners:
    • Attempt grade = Yes (Check) and
    • Incorrect questions only, without correct answers
• If you’ve built a new quiz in the Quizzes area of the DEV shell, then add your quiz to the Lesson Content.
  • Lessons > Select the unit > Select Add Existing > Quizzes > Select Existing Quiz > drag and drop the quiz to the correct order within the unit and verify that it is set as visible to users.

• Brightspace: Create and configure a quiz
• Style Guide: Importing Test Questions