Build a Quiz
Write questions once, and let them mark themselves. Students answer online and get their score the moment they hand in.
No marking afterwards — every question is scored automatically
Questions join a bank you can reuse in later quizzes
Each student gets the questions in a different order
What You'll Need
A class you teach
How to Create the Quiz
Click Learning in the menu, then click your class.
Open the Quizzes tab.
Click Add Quiz.
Enter a Name.
Set a Time limit if you want one. Leave it empty for an untimed quiz.
Click Save.
How to Add Questions
Click the quiz to open the builder.
From the bank — pick one under Pick a question from the bank, set what it is worth here, and click Add.
A new one — click Write a new question, then:
Enter the Question.
Choose the Kind (see the table below).
Set the Points it is worth.
Type the answers, and mark the correct one with the circle beside it.
Click Add answer for more options.
Click Save.
The Four Kinds
True / False
One of two
Full points for the right one
Single choice
One option
Full points for the right one
Multiple choice
Any number of options
Full points only if the selection matches exactly
Numeric
A number typed in
Compared as a number, so .5, 0.50 and 0,5 all count
For a Numeric question, the accepted values are the answers you mark as correct.
How to Post It to the Class
A quiz is not visible to students until an assignment links it.
Open the Assignments tab.
Click Add Assignment.
Fill in the name, activity and instructions as usual.
Choose your quiz under Quiz.
Set Available from and Closes — the quiz's own timer is how long a sitting lasts; these dates are when the quiz is open at all.
Click Save.
What to Do If...
Save refuses with "Mark the correct answer"
Every question needs one correct answer marked, including True / False.
The quiz is not in the Quiz list when creating an assignment
Each quiz can be posted by one assignment only. If it is already linked, it will not appear again — make a copy, or edit the existing assignment.
A student says they cannot start it
Check the assignment's Available from and Closes. Students also get one sitting per quiz, so a student who has already submitted cannot retake it.
Removing a question deleted it from another quiz
It did not. Delete on the builder removes the question from this quiz; the bank question itself stays.
Tips
💡 Points are set per quiz, so the same bank question can be worth 1 point in a warm-up and 5 in an exam.
💡 The order you see is the authored order — each student gets the paper shuffled, so nobody can copy an answer sheet by position.
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