FAQ: D2L Quizzes

By default, the quiz is set to hidden upon creation.

There are a couple of ways to make it visible for students.

• Toggle to Visible (located at the bottom of the quiz creation page).
• Click the Make Visible to Users found under the drop-down list for that quiz in Manage Quizzes.  

Note:  Before making visible, enter the availability start and end dates located in Availability Dates & Conditions. 

Yes, in the personal menu, a student can set up notifications to receive an email or text for a quiz due date or end date that is two days away.

You can copy and paste questions in the question type in D2L.  Be sure to choose “Remove Formatting” when prompted to use the system’s font style and size.  It is possible to import textbook publisher packages if it is IMS QTI compliant.  Otherwise, there are some options to format your Word quiz questions to a compliant format that D2L will accept.  Below are a couple of options to help with generating a compliant file:

Respondus 4.0 has a free month trial to provide a way to convert a Word document to a formatted text file. 

Algonquin College has a free quiz question generator to create a .csv file.

Note: All questions must follow proper formatting.

Preview the quiz and use your browser's print feature. Another option is to copy and paste the questions into a Word document.

No, there is no way to specify number of minutes per question.  There is a way to enforce time by checking Set time limit in Timing & Display. For additional options, select Timer Settings. 

Yes. The default is set to automatically submit the quiz attempt when the time limit expires. This option can be changed in Timing & Display > Timer Settings to either:

• Flag as "exceeded time limit" and allow the learner to continue working; or
• Do nothing: the time limit is not enforced.

If the accommodations is to apply for the entire term, it is suggested to set it up in the Classlist by selecting Edit Accommodations from the drop-down menu by the student's name.

If the accommodations is only for a one time occurrence. Navigate to Quizzes and in the Edit Quiz page, expand Availability Dates & Conditions to select Manage Special Access. The default should already have the following radio button selected: Allow selected users special access to this quiz.  Click Add Users to Special Access.  It is possible to set a new due date, availability dates, override time limit and attempts.  Then, select the users you would like this to apply to and select Save found at the bottom of the page. 

There is another way to discourage cheating.  In Timing & Display, check some or all of the following options:

• Shuffle questions and sections within the quiz. Does not cascade to subsections. This will randomize the questions, so each student is not receiving the same ordered quiz questions. 
• Prevent going back to previous pages. Use the drop-down menu to select the paging options of:
  • Use legacy paging
  • 1 question per page
  • 5 questions per page
  • 10 questions per page
  • Add page break after each section
•  Create a unique quiz for each student by creating a Question Pool by pulling questions from a large library of questions. 

You will need to access the LockDown Browser dashboard to enable or require LockDown Browser and/or Monitor. If the course site was copied to a new site, the settings will need to be re-enabled for Monitor. Review your Advanced Settings to determine if you need to adjust those settings as well.

View this site for more information.

In the Edit Quiz page, select the checkbox next to the bonus question(s).  Select Toggle Bonus from the More Actions menu.

Note: In the Grades tool, edit the Final or Adjusted Calculated Grade to Can Exceed as well as that quiz grade item found in the Properties tab.

It is not possible to make changes to the current scales listed.

Click the drop-down menu next to the quiz name and select Preview. 

The preferred browser is Firefox.  Mac Users: To access LockDown dashboard when using Safari: Click Safari menu > Preferences > Privacy button > Uncheck box for Prevent cross-site tracking.

Yes, the written response question type is for essay type responses.  The question needs to be manually graded.  The short answer type question is a one word or phrase response that can be auto corrected.  There are two options on how points are assigned to blanks: must answer all correctly or receive part marks.

Entering a due date flags the submission late and populates the calendar to show upcoming events.  The students can access the test between the start and end dates.  The end date/time is the last opportunity the student can access the test.  If enforced time is set, the student receives the full time enforced no matter when the student starts the test during the availability dates (start and end dates).

No.  Deleting questions in the question library will not remove the question in the exams or quizzes.

The student should contact the IT Services TechSquadfor support.

Assessment (main navbar) > Quizzes, click drop-down menu next to the name of the quiz to select Grade.  Click on the attempt link to access the student’s quiz.  At the top of the page, click Quizzes Event Log.

Assessments (main navbar) > Quizzes, click drop-down menu next to the name of the quiz to select Attempt Logs.

Edit Course (main navbar) > Class Progress, select a student and then Quizzes on the left side panel.  Select the drop-down menu next to Details to see the list of attempts.

Unless you prefer to update each student’s quiz individually, do not make changes to a quiz in progress. Once the quiz is complete, select Grade from the drop-down menu and select the Questions tab to select Update All Attempts.  Select the question you plan to give points back to and enter the points in the text box for Give to all attempts selection. Click Save.

Assessments (main navbar) > Quizzes, select the name of the quiz or Edit from the drop-down menu to navigate to Edit Quizzes page.  After, Add to Grade Book is selected for Not in Grade Book, the default is set to automatically export to the grade book. If you would like to change this setting, navigate to Evaluation & Feedback, to deselect the 'Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion' and 'Synchronize to grade book' on publish is set by default.

Click Assessments (main navbar) > Quizzes to find the Manage Quizzes page.  Click the drop-down menu next to the quiz and select Grade.  Click the attempt link to access the quiz and provide attempt feedback along with the score.

See the Quizzes guide for further details.

In Quizzes, select Grade from the drop-down menu and select the Questions tab to select Update All Attempts.  Select the question you plan to give points back to and enter the points in the text box for Give to all attempts selection or select the second option (Give to attempts with answer) to provide a certain number of points to those who answered a particular way.  Click Save.

By default, the students will not be able to view the quiz after submitting.  Use Add Additional View found in Evaluation & Feedback > Customize Quiz Results Displays of Edit Quizzes page.  You can customize what parts of the quiz the students can view.  For example, you can show all questions with user responses and correct answers or just the questions answered incorrectly. 

Once the setup is complete, students will be able to navigate to Assessments (main navbar) > Quizzes > Submissions (found under the drop-down list of the quiz).

To view class quiz data: Assessments (main navbar) > Quizzes > Statistics tab.  The quiz average is found on the right-side column.  Click on quiz name to find tabs for user statistics, question statistics and question details.  It is possible to export to CSV or Excel spreadsheet.

To view individual quiz data:  Assessments (main navbar) > Quizzes, click drop-down menu next to the name of the quiz to select Grade.  Click on the attempt link to access the student’s quiz.  At the top of the page, click Quizzes Event Log.