Creating a Quiz in Brightspace

Use a quiz for graded exams and checks for understanding that Brightspace can score. This article covers building and publishing the quiz itself.

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Create a Quiz

  1. Click Exams / Quizzes in the course navigation bar
The course navigation bar. Callout 1 marks Exams / Quizzes.
  1. Click the New Quiz button
The Manage Quizzes tab. Callout 2 marks the New Quiz button.
  1. Enter a name in Quiz Title
  2. In Grade Out Of, enter the point total, then click the grade book button and choose Edit or Link to Existing
  3. Enter a Due Date. Add Start and End dates under Availability if the quiz should only be open during a window
The top of the quiz editor. Callouts 3 to 5 mark the fields named in steps 3 to 5.
  1. Add questions with Create New, or Add Existing to pull from the Question Library
The Questions area of the quiz editor. Callout 6 marks the Add Existing button with its menu open.
  1. Review the right panel: Availability Dates & Conditions, Timing & Display, Attempts & Completion, and Evaluation & Feedback (by default students see a score but not which questions they missed)
The quiz editor’s right panel. Callout 7 marks its four settings sections.
  1. For proctored exams, open the LockDown Browser tab on the Exams / Quizzes page and enable it for this quiz; see Adding Respondus LockDown Browser
The LockDown Browser settings for an exam. Callout 8 marks the option to require LockDown Browser.
  1. Switch the visibility toggle to Visible, then click Save and Close
The bar at the bottom of the quiz editor. Callout 9 marks the Visible toggle, next to Save and Close.
  1. Click the quiz’s dropdown arrow and choose Preview to take it yourself
 A quiz’s menu. Callout 10 marks the Preview option.

Accommodations

To give one student extended time or different dates, use Special Access under Availability; see Providing Special Access for an Exam/Quiz.

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