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About the Quiz Tool

The quiz tool is where your instructor will post questions for you to answer. They can count as quizzes, surveys(not anonymous), extra credit, and homework assignments.


Getting into a Quiz

From your Course Homepage, select the Quizzes link in the navigation bar.

The Quizzing home displays:

A list of the quizzes your instructor has made available to you is displayed on the Quizzing Home page. To the right of each quiz the system indicates how many attempts you have used and then how many attempts your instructor has allowed for the specific quiz. Becareful, your instructor may have decided to average all your attempts and not take the best score.

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Taking a quiz

  1. Click the quiz name to begin the quiz.
  2. Make sure to read the area of the screen labeled "Quiz Specifics" to learn about quiz availability, how it will be graded, and any custom instructions the instructor has provided.
  3. Click the START QUIZ! link . This will launch a popup window. Click OK to begin the quiz. The initial quiz window displays:

    Initial Quiz Window

  4. Follow the instructions that are on screen, make sure to answer every question and save your choices after completing each question.
  5. Click save button to save each question as you complete them.
  6. Click save all questions button after completing your quiz.
  7. When you have completed your quiz, saved all your answers and want to submit the quiz and confirm your submission click submit quiz button . If the time limit has passed, you will be asked to submit your quiz.
  8. After clicking Go To Sumbit Quiz you will see a link to any questions that you did not answer. If there are none click Submit again and a pop-up will ask if you are sure. Click Okay and you are done.

    Important note If the "Auto-Submit Attempt" option is still active, all the questions you save before the time limit expires will be submitted. However, any questions that you have not saved before the time limit has expired, even if they have been answered, will not be submitted. You must ensure that you are saving your answers before the time limit expires.

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Going back and looking at questions that have already been answered

Once you have saved a question, it is logged in the Quiz Info box as a hyperlink

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Select a link to go back and view the answer during the quiz process. There is also an icon below the question number link that indicates if the question has been saved.

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View the graded quiz and and information the instructor has chosen to release

  1. From the Course Home page click Quizzes in the NavBar.
  2. Click on the quiz you wish to view.
  3. Click on the word Submissions at the top of the page
  4. Click on the attempt that you wish to examine.

It is up to your instructor to choose what to release. Some instructors will release all questions, others will only release the questions you answered incorrectly, and others will never release any of the questions. If you have questions then please contact your instructor.

  • You can also view your grades (when posted by the instructor) by selecting the Grades link on your Course Home navigation bar, if the instructor has connected the Quiz tool to the Grade tool.

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