Adding a Test/Survey

Adding a Test/Survey

To add a quiz:
1. Click the "Add Content" button
2. Select "Add Test".



3. Enter a name for the quiz.
4. Enter the quiz description.

Teachers are now required to select the appropriate grading category when creating an assignment or test in the LMS. This eliminates the process of configuring grades at the end of the term by category.
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5. Click the "Save and Select Questions" button.
6. Click the "Show Advanced Settings" button to add extra details to the quiz (clicking in a field shows a description of what that item does):
  1. Time limit - a time limit can be set for the overall test or per question. Once you select the time limit for overall test you will be prompted to enter the length of time in minutes 
  2. Repetitions - the student can e allowed zero or no repetitions.
  3. Maintain history - the option can be set to maintain a test history or not.
  4. Mastery Score - the minimum score for mastery 
  5. Test Password - this is a password that is entered for the student to complete the test
  6. Request personal info - this is used if some student data is to be collected.
  7. Action to do if the test is passed - what happens if the user passes a test 
  8. Action to do if the test is not passed - what happens if the user does not pass a test
  9. Traversal method - how the user will move through the test. 
  10. Completion - what happens when the user completes the test
  11. Shuffle - whether the questions or the answers should be shuffled with each attempt.
  12. Display - select whether the test number and weighting should be shown as well as whether the test starts immediately or with a splash screen.
  13. Test Mode - this can be used to change a test to a self-assessment or a normal test.
  14. Date available from and when it is to end 



7. Click the "Save and Add Questions" button.

8. To add new questions, select Add question dropdown button and select the question type:
  1. Empty spaces
  2. Free text/ File upload
  3. Free text with keywords
  4. Multiple choices – Single answer
  5. Multiple choices – Many answers
  6. Match
  7. True/False 
  8. Drag and drop
  9. Matrix
  10. Hotspot
  11. Fuzzy correctness
  12. Ordering
  13. Randomized
9. To add existing questions, select Show questions from dropdown button and select the lesson:
  1. This Lesson- shows all the questions created in that course.
  2. All Lessons- shows all existing questions.
10. To add them to the test, under the Use column, click the button beside the question to be assigned, and select "No" to change it to "Yes".

11. To add specific questions based on certain criteria (questions, time, difficulty, type, based on units), click Select by criteria button 

12. Enter criteria and click Assign questions button. (Clicking this button will remove all the questions already assigned to add these criteria specific questions. To keep questions that were previously selected, click the arrow beside the button and click Keep questions and assign new button).

13. Once multiple questions are added the order of the questions can be changed by clicking Set questions order button.

14. Click the course you want to move.

15. Drag it to the space you want it to appear in.

16. Click Save and Close.

The questions are added to the test once the button under the Use column is blue and says “Yes”.

17. Certain operations can be done on the questions before or after they are added, from the Operations column:
  1. Preview
  2. Edit
  3. Copy
  4. Delete
18. Click View test button to preview the test.

19. When previewing the test, it can be edited by clicking the Edit unit button, or by clicking the arrow beside that button. The dropdown shows multiple options including deleting the test.


21. To view quiz submissions, click the name of the quiz. 

 

22. Click reports for a full summary of completed tests. 




To add a survey:
1. Click the "Add Content" button.
2. Select "Add Survey".



3. Enter the name of the survey.
4.  Enter a description.


7. Choose whether a message alone is shown after submission or whether the questions given answers are shown.
8. Enter the message if necessary.
9. Select how the questions should be traversed (Hover over each option to get a description).
10. Select how the questions should be displayed (Hover over each option to get a description)
11. Click Save and select questions.


12. Add questions as how they would be added in a test, however, there are only four question types in a survey:
➤ Free text/ File upload
➤ Multiple choices – Single answer
➤ Multiple choices – Many answers
➤ Matrix
The questions are added to the survey once the button under the Use column is blue and says “Yes”.

13. Certain operations can be done on the questions before or after they are added:
➤ Preview
➤ Edit
➤ Copy
➤ Delete
14. Click View survey button to preview the survey.

15.  When previewing the survey, it can be edited by clicking the Edit unit button, or by clicking the arrow beside that button.




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