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Create Quiz

The Quiz Tool allows you to create quizzes and exams in VIULearn. Depending on the question types you choose, your quizzes can be self-marking, or require you to go over student submissions and grade them. VIULearn Quizzes are powerful tools with a variety of settings. For a comprehensive overview of all of the settings in the Quiz tool, watch the video on the Quiz Overview page. This page will focus on the basic steps for setting up a quiz once you have already created quiz questions in the Question Library.

  1. Select Assessment and Quizzes from the course navigation bar. 

  2. Click the blue New Quiz button.

  3. Give your quiz a name.

  4. If you wish to create a Grade Item for this quiz in the Grades tool or if you wish to attach this quiz to a Grade Item that you have already created in the Grades tool, click the Not in Grade Book button and select Edit or Link to Existing from the dropdown menu. Once you have finished setting up the grade item, click the blue OK button to confirm your changes.

  5. If you wish, you can assign a Due Date for the quiz by clicking the Due Date input field and selecting a date from the pop up calendar.

  6. If you wish, you can add a description to your quiz outlining to students the expectations of the quiz by typing into the Description input field.

  7. Click either the Add Existing button or Create New button to bring questions into the quiz. We recommend creating your questions in the Question Library first. These instructions will assume you have already created questions in the Question Library.

  8. Click Existing Questions and then Question Library from the dropdown menu.
  9. Click the checkboxes next to the sections and/or questions you wish to import into the quiz. Once you have selected all your sections and/or questions, Click the blue Import button.

  10. You can also create Question Pools which will allow you to present a selection of random questions from a question bank by clicking Create New > Question Pool. You can find more information about Questions Pools and how to create them on the Randomizing Quiz Questions page on our website.

  11. Edit any other settings underneath the Availability Dates & Conditions, Timing & Display, Attempts & Completion, and Evaluation & Feedback headings.

  12. Underneath the Availability Dates & Conditions heading you can:
    • Set a start date and end date for the quiz.
    • Attach Release Conditions. 
    • Set up special access for learners who need accommodations.
    • Create a password for the quiz
    • Create and manage IP Restrictions.

  13. Underneath the Timing & Display heading you can:
    • Set and modify the time limit for the quiz.
    • Choose how questions will be displayed in the quiz. By default, all questions will appear on the same page.
    • Shuffle questions so that they appear in a random order.
    • Allow students to view the hints that you have created.
    • Disable email, instant messages, and alerts within Brightspace. This is enabled by default.
    • Create a Header and Footer. This Header and Footer will appear at the top and bottom of every page on the quiz.

  14. Underneath the Attempts & Completion heading you can:
    • Set and modify the time limit for the quiz.
    • Choose how many attempts students will receive on the quiz. By default, students only get 1 attempt at the quiz.
    • Assign the quiz to a category or create a new category.
    • Insert a notification email address. Doing so will allow you to receive email notifications each time a student submits an attempt at the quiz.

  15. Underneath the Evaluation & Feedback heading you can:
    • Choose to allow quiz attempts to be automatically published upon completion. By default, this setting is enabled.
    • Allow quiz results to be synched to the grade book upon publishing. By default, this setting is enabled if you have associated the quiz with a grade item.
    • Allow students to see their overall attempt grade upon publishing the results. This is enabled by default.
    • Allow students to review the questions on the quiz upon publishing the results. This is disabled by default.
    • Customize Quiz Result Displays. This will allow you to set up additional submission views which will allow you to change what students can see on the results page.


  16. Once you have finished setting up your quiz, click Save and Close.

You can adjust any of the settings used in creating your quiz at any time by editing the quiz.

  1. Select Assessment and then Quizzes from the course navigation bar. 

  2. Click on the name of the quiz you want to edit. 

  3. Adjust any desired settings.

  4. When you are finished making changes, click Save and Close

Help students easily find quizzes at the point in the course when you want them to complete the quiz by adding the quiz to Content. 

  1. Click Content from the course navigation bar. 

  2. Select the Module or Sub-Module that you want the quiz to be located in.

  3. Use the grey Existing Activities button and choose Quizzes from the dropdown menu.

  4. Select your quiz from the list by clicking directly on it.

  5. The quiz will appear at the bottom of the Module or Sub-Module.