Create a Quiz in D2L Brightspace

Quizzes

You can create an exam that contains the questions with a key.  Students take the quiz, which is automatically scored against the key you provide.

Create a new quiz

1. Navigate to the Quizzes tool.
2. Click the New Quiz button.
3. Enter a Name for the quiz.
4. Set the quiz due date. Under Availability Dates & Conditions, set the quiz start date and/or end date.
   • Optional: Under Availability Dates & Conditions, click Manage Special Access to set up special access for one or more students. Click Add Users to Special Access. Adjust the settings for the quiz, select the students to allow special access to the quiz, and click Save. Click Save and Close on special access screen.
5. To associate the quiz with the grade book, click add to grade book to create a new one (or select a Edit or Link to Existing to select an existing one).
6. Then, do any of the following:
   • To create a new quiz question, click Create New and select the question type.
   • To create a new section (or folder) to organize questions, click Create New > Section.
   • To create a question pool, click Create New > Question Pool.
   • To import questions from a zip or csv formatted file, click Add Existing > Upload a File. Click Browse Files, upload the zip or csv file, and then click Import All.
7. Under Attempts & Completion, do any of the following:
   • Keep the Auto-publish checkbox selected to allow students to see their scores and feedback immediately after they submit the quiz, or unselect (clear) the Auto-publish checkbox to first adjust scores or grade written response questions, and then later release scores and feedback to students with a manual process.
   • Select the Synchronize to grade book on publish to automatically push the quiz scores to the grade book.
8. Under Timing & Display > Manage Timing, set the time limit and select what should happen if the time limit is exceeded using Timer Settings.
9. When ready to show the quiz in the list, select the Hidden button to make it visible to students.
10. Click Save and Close.

Restore a quiz

Accidentally delete a quiz? You can restore it from the Quizzes tool!

1. On the Manage Quizzes page, select More Actions > Restore.
   
2. Click Restore for the quiz you want to restore.
   
3. The quiz and any student attempts at the quiz are restored in the Quizzes tool.  

Related Resources

In the MediaSpace video playlist, learn more about:

• Quiz layout and question randomization
• Restrict student access to a quiz
• Disable features when students take a quiz
• Display quiz results to students
• Provide feedback to students in quizzes
• Online quizzing scoring tools