The quiz activity in TU Graz TeachCenter (Exam)

• Activate the editing mode using the slider at the top right.
• Click on the plus icon wherever you want to add the activity, then Activity or resource.

  

• Select Quiz.
  

  

• Enter a title for the quiz.

Now you can select the settings for your test:

• Open the quiz and close the quiz defines when the test is available to students.
  Students will see the activity before, but cannot open/start it.
• The Time limit defines how much time students have to complete the test.
  Example: Students have 1 hour in the span of 24 hours to take the quiz.

  

• When time expires, have open quiz attempts be submitted automatically so that no one forgets to submit.
• In the Grade section, Grade to pass determines the minimum value required to pass (only relevant for how the results are displayed).
• In Attempts allowed, you can enter how often students are allowed to take the exam.
  For mock exams and self-assessments, it might be useful to give students more than one attempt.

  

• In Review options, you can define what information is visible to students at which point.
  Immediately after the attempt applies to the time immediately after submitting.
  Later, while the quiz is still open settings apply until the quiz close date that has been set.
  After the quiz is closed settings apply after the quiz close date has passed.
  For an exam, it makes sense to uncheck all the boxes except "attempt". However, after grading, check the "marks" checkbox again that your students can see their own points.
  

  

  
  

• Cilck Save and Display.

You have created an empty test. Now you need to add questions.

You can create questions directly in a quiz. However, it is easier for later management to create the questions in the course question bank and add them to the quiz in a next step. We will therefore show this way.

Create categories in the question bank (optional)

• Go to the course page, then More > Question bank at the top

  

• Select Categories from the dropdown.

  

• Click Add a category. Choose a name for it. Please note: Make sure the category is created at the correct "level" (e.g. at course level, not quiz level – this will ensure easier management later on).
• Return to Questions using the drop-down menu.
• Select the desired category in the filter and click on Create a new question below the filter.
  

  

   

• Select Multiple Choice and Add.

  

Settings of a single or multiple choice question

• Question name: choose a meaningful title for the question (only visible to teachers)
• Question text: Write the question that students will see.
• One or multiple answers?
  For single-choice questions, select one answer only
  For multiple-choice question, select multiple answers

  

• In the Answers section, write the possible answers in Choice. You do not have to fill in all the options. If there are further possible answers, click on Blanks for 3 more choices.
• Grade: The grading is different for single and multiple choice questions.
  For single-choice questions, select 100% for the correct answer and None for the wrong answer(s).
  For multiple-choice questions, select percentages that add up to 100% for the correct answers, and negative percentages for the wrong answers (selecting None would allow students to select wrong answers without penalty!).
• Finally, click on Save changes.

Add as many questions as you like.

Additional settings in the question bank:

You can mark questions as Draft or Ready.

Questions have versions. Each edit creates a new version. This can be helpful to have an overview of changes. By default, a test always uses the latest version; however, you can use a specific version of the question as well. To see all the versions of a question, click on Edit > History.

In the last step, you now need to include the questions you have created in the question bank in the empty quiz you have created before.

• Open the empty quiz you have created before.
• Click on the Questions tab or on the Add question button.
• Click Add at the lower right and select + from question bank.

  

• Select the questions. You can also filter for categories.
• Finally, click on Add selected questions to the quiz.

In this overview, you can also add sections, arrange the questions differently, change the numbers of the questions and quickly edit the total points. See also settings for grading a test.

• Open the quiz
• Click on Preview quiz.
  As a teacher, you can only preview the exam and your grades are not saved. The preview can be repeated as often as you like.

You can also change your role by clicking on your name on the top right > Switch role to... > Student. Then you will see the exam from a student's point of view.

Students with a disability or illness are entitled to an extended exam time depending on their situation. In the TeachCenter, you can simply overwrite the end of a quiz for individual students.

• Open the quiz.
• Go to More > Overrides.

  

• Add User Override.
• Search for the name of the student who should get an extended test time.
• Change the quiz closure and/or time limit accordingly. Note: the quiz closure is the latest submission time and the exam will be submitted at this point, even if the students would have more time according to the "time limit".
• Click on Save.

In the following overview, you can still edit (gear icon) or delete (recycle bin) the user override.