Using randomised questions in TeachCenter quizzes

Random questions are not a question type, but a way to randomly select questions from a question bank, i.e. a category, and add them to a quiz .

This means that students are likely to be presented with different questions in their quiz attempts. The same applies if more than one attempt is allowed in a test: In this case, the questions are randomly selected for each test attempt.

Random questions in a test are scored one point by default.

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Creating a question bank and using random questions from in a quiz

Creating categories

First, you need to create a category in your question bank. The random questions will be picked from this category.

To do so, go to More > Question bank in the course main menu at the top.
Finding the question bank from the main menu

To add a new category, select Categories from the drop-down menu. You will see a list of already existing categories, if there are any. Click Create new category. Name the category, optionally add a description, and click on Add category.
Add category button

Add a new category

Once you have created a category, it will appear in the Categories list.

Adding questions to a category

To create questions, choose Questions from the drop-down menu. Select the category for which you want to create a new question and click Create a new question.
Create a new question in the respective category

Now create questions in different formats as usual. More information on creating questions can be found in the user guide on the quiz activity. The questions will appear in the chosen category. You can repeat this process as often as you like.

Of course, the question bank, including the categories and assigned questions, is always available in your TeachCenter course and can be reused for other tests.

How to add random questions to a quiz

First, you have to create a quiz activity in TeachCenter or TeachCenter Exam. How to do this is also explained in the user guide on the quiz activity.
Go to the page where you can add questions to a quiz.
Click on Add > a random question.

Adding a random question to a quiz

Choose your previously created Category and the number of random questions of this category that you want to include in the test.
Please note: You cannot add more random questions than total questions in the category. The number of questions in a category is shown as a number next to the category name.

Add random question from your category

After random questions have been inserted into your test, you can recognise them by the dice next to the questions.
Dice indicate a random question

Please note: Random questions have a standard 1 point. Each student will now see new random questions in every quiz attempt.

Help & Contact

Further help on exams (e.g., the quiz activity or importing materials and question banks to another course) can be found in our User Guides for Exams.

For questions on TeachCenter / TeachCenter Exam: tc@tugraz.at

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