LMS Quizzes (timer or no timer) as off-campus digital open book exams

Adding questions and content to your exam quiz

With the quiz created via the automated integration with the Exams Office as above and following the required checks you need to make to those settings, you will finally need to set up the questions to be added to the quiz.

• Option one: Create questions directly in the exam quiz

  To enter quiz questions directly into the quiz:

  1. Click on Quizzes in the subject menu.
  2. Click on the exam quiz.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Click on the Questions tab at the top.
  5. Click + New Question.
  6. From the drop-down next to Question, select the type of question you wish to create.
  7. Update the pts: box with the points value of the question.
  8. Write your question in the Question Text box, including adding any links, files, images or media needed for the question.
  9. Follow the steps to create the question type you have selected. See this guide for a description of each question type.
     • Note: As this is an exam, entering feedback to students is not needed.
  10. IMPORTANT: Click Update Question. A common error is to miss this step, if you do you will lose your work.
  11. Click + New Question to create your next question and repeat until all the question are created.
  12. Click Save when you are finished.
• Option two: Create questions in a Question Bank (recommended)

  It is recommended that you consider using a Question Bank as this helps with management and movement of the questions for an exam as a group should that be needed.

  1. You can do this by clicking on Quizzes in the subject menu, then clicking on the vertical ellipses (three dot) menu in the top right of the Quizzes page.
  2. From here, select Manage Question Banks, then +Add Question Bank.
  3. Enter a name for the question bank, for example Exam SM2 2023, and press Return on your keyboard to save.
  4. Now click on the name of the question bank that you have just created and click the +Add a Question button on the right.
  5. From the drop-down next to Question, select the type of question you wish to create.
  6. Update the pts: box with the points value of the question.
  7. Write your question in the Question Text box, including adding any links, files, images or media needed for the question.
  8. Follow the steps to create the question type you have selected. See this guide for a description of each question type.
     • Note: As this is an exam, entering feedback to students is not needed.
  9. IMPORTANT: Click Update Question – a common error is to miss this step, if you do you will lose your work.
  10. Click + New Question to create your next question and repeat until all the question are created.
  11. Once you have added all your questions to the question bank, attach it to the quiz. See How do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank?

  NOTE: To ensure that students' accessibility needs are met:

  • Provide students with Word format documents. Avoid PDF files.
  • Ensure any images you add to the quiz have alt text added to them. For more information see how do I manage alt text?
• Option three: Process for creating quiz questions amongst a restricted group (not viewable by all staff or tutors in the subject)

  If there are multiple staff members in a subject and you wish to limit the number of staff who can see the exam before it is released to students, we suggest the following workflow:

  1. First set up an example online exam quiz in your Playpen subject.
  2. Add the exam questions to a private Question Bank. You can do this by clicking on Quizzes in the subject menu, then clicking on the vertical ellipses (three dot) menu in the top right of the quizzes page.
  3. From here, select Manage Question Banks, then +Add Question Bank.
  4. Enter a name for the question bank, for example Exam SM2 2023, and press Return on your keyboard to save.
  5. In the Manage question bank page, bookmark the question bank by clicking on the bookmark icon.
  6. Now click on the name of the question bank that you have just created, and click the Add a Question button.
  7. From the drop-down next to Question, select the type of question you wish to create.
  8. Update the pts: box with the points value of the question.
  9. Write your question in the Question Text box, including adding any links, files, images or media needed for the question.
  10. Follow the steps to create the question type you have selected. See this guide for a description of each question type.
      • Note: As this is an exam, entering feedback to students is not needed.
  11. IMPORTANT: Click Update Question – a common error is to miss this step, if you do you will lose your work.
  12. Click + New Question to create your next question and repeat until all the question are created.
  13. Once you have added all your questions to the question bank, attach it to the quiz in your Playpen subject.
  14. Add your exam collaborators to your Playpen subject to work on/verify the questions. See how do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank?
  15. Your quiz can be built in your subject LMS site from the bookmarked question bank closer to the exam time.

  The below guides may assist with this process:

  • Import quiz tool information (for quizzes with no question banks)
  • Copying quizzes to other LMS subjects

  If you have created a complex quiz with multiple question banks, please contact Exams Support for assistance with moving your quiz from your Playpen subject to the quiz exam shell.

  NOTE: To ensure that students' accessibility needs are met:

  • Provide students with Word format documents. Avoid PDF files.
  • Ensure any images you add to the quiz have alt text added to them. For more information see how do I manage alt text?