The quiz activity in TU Graz TeachCenter (Exam)

• Activate the editing mode by using the slider at the top right of the course.
• In the desired section, click on Add an activity or resource.
• Select Quiz in the pop-up.

  

• Write a title for the quiz and if necessary add a description for your students.

Now you can select the settings for your test:

• Under Timing, you can specify the time window in which the quiz should be carried out (Open the quiz & Close the quiz) and define the overall duration of the quiz. (Time limit)

  

• In the Grade section, under Grade to pass, you can determine the minimum value required to pass. Also under Attempts allowed, you can enter how often the students are allowed to take the exam.

  

• In the section Review options, you can define what information students can see when they review a quiz attempt or look at the quiz reports. Immediately after the attempt settings apply for the first two minutes after Submit all and finish is clicked. Later, while the quiz is still open settings apply after this, and before the quiz close date. After the quiz is closed settings apply after the quiz close date has passed. If the quiz does not have a close date, this state is never reached.
  For a course assessment, it makes sense to uncheck all the boxes except "The attempt". However, after the assessment, turn the "marks" checkmark back on so that your students can see their own points.

  

• When you are finished, click on Save and Display.

You have created a test, but now you need to add questions.

You can create questions directly in a quiz activity. However, it is easier for later administration to create the questions in the question bank of the course and add them to the quiz in a next step.

Create categories in the question bank (optional)

• In the course, click More > Question bank at the top.
• If you want to organise your questions into categories, create these categories first by clicking on Questions on the top left and selecting Categories in the drop-down list.

  

• Click on Add category and add a name for the category. When you have created your categories, you can go back to Questions using the drop-down list.
• Select the desired category and click on Create a new question.

  

• Select Multiple Choice from the pop-up window and click on Add.

  

Settings of a single choice question

• Question name: choose a meaningful title for the question (participants cannot see it)
• Write the text for your question in Question text.
• Question status: Select whether the questions is only a draft or whether is is ready to be used.
• Select the item One answer only under One or more answers?

  

• In the Answers section, type the possible answers under Choice. Please note that you do not have to fill in all the options. If there are further possible answers click on Blanks for 3 more choices.
• Grade:
  For the correct answer select 100% from the drop-down menu
  For the wrong answers: select None from the drop-down menu
• Finally, click on Save changes.

Add any other questions to the question bank. After you have created a question in the question bank, you can save the question as Ready or Draft. This is also possible in the settings of the question.

Questions also have versions (visible in the next figure as v1 and v2). This can be helpful if several teachers in a course are in charge of the question bank. In the question bank, you can select for each individual question that you always want to use the latest version (Always latest).

If you want to view the original question or all versions of the question, go to the drop-down list Edit > History.

• In the last step, you now need to merge the questions from the question collection and the (empty) test activity you created earlier.

You can create questions directly in a quiz activity. However, it is easier for later administration to create the questions in the question bank of the course and add them to the quiz in a next step.

Create categories in the question bank (optional)

• In the course, click More > Question bank at the top.
• If you want to organise your questions into categories, create these categories first by clicking on Questions on the top left and selecting Categories in the drop-down list.

  

• Click on Add category and add a name for the category. When you have created your categories, you can go back to Questions using the drop-down list.
• Select the desired category and click on Create a new question.

  

• Select Multiple Choice from the pop-up window and click on Add.

Settings of a multiple choice question

• Question name: choose a meaningful title for the question (participants cannot see it)
• Write the text for your question in Question text.
• Question status: Select whether the questions is only a draft or whether is is ready to be used.
• Select the item Multiple answers allowed under One or more answers?

  

• In the Answers section, type the possible answers under Choice. Please note that you do not have to filled in all the options. If there are further possible answers click on Blanks for 3 more choices.
• Grade:
  For the correct answers: select a percentage  in the drop-down menu so that the sum of all correct answers is 100%. The percentages can be distributed differently over the response options.
  For the wrong answers: you can also select a negative percentage in the drop-down menu. (A total of -100% is also possible here. There cannot be negative points).
• Finally, click on Save changes.

• Open the exam.
• Click on the Questions tab or on the Add question button.
• Click on Add on the right and select + from question bank.

  

• Select the questions by ticking the white box.
• Finally, click on Add selected questions to the quiz.

You can also add sections in the exam questions overview, arrange the questions differently, and quickly edit the total points. For more information on how to assign and distribute points, see the user guide for grading in the TU Graz TeachCenter.

• Open the exam
• Click on Preview quiz.
  As a teacher, you can only preview the exam and your scores 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.

• To do this, click on the quiz.
• Click on More > Overrides.
• Click on the Add User Override button.

  

• 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 actual last 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.