Tips and Troubleshooting Quizzes

Create Quiz Categories

Step 1 

Select Quizzes from your course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the Edit Categories button.

Step 3 

Select the Add Category button.

Step 4 

Give your category a name by entering text in the Name field.

Step 5 

Use the Sort Order menus to put your categories in your desired order.

Step 6 

Select the Save and Close button.

Regrade a Quiz Question

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the quiz's Action Menu icon and select Grade.

Step 3 

Select the Questions tab.

Step 4

Select Update All Attempts.

Step 5 

Select the question you want to regrade.

Step 6 

Below Grading Type, select the round radio button for one of the following options: 

• Select Give to all attempts ___ points if you want to give everyone who took the quiz points for this question and enter the number of points in the empty field.

  

• Select Give to attempts with answer ___ points if you want to give points to everyone who gave a particular answer. Use the drop-down menu to choose the answer, and enter the number of points in the empty field.

  

Step 7 

Select the Save button.

Step 8 

Select the Yes button in the confirmation window.

Step 9 

Select the Go Back to Questions button.

Step 10

Select the Close button when finished.

Submit a Student’s “Quiz Attempt in Progress”

Sometimes, students do not successfully submit their quizzes. They may miss a click or, depending on the quiz settings, run out of time and lose the ability to submit. For the quiz to be graded, it has to be submitted. The solution is for the instructor to submit the quiz on behalf of the student.

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the quiz's Action Menu icon and select Grade.

Step 3

Select Show Search Options (if they do not already appear below the Search field).

Step 4

In the "Restrict to" dropdown menu, select Users with attempts in progress.

Step 5

Select the search icon (magnifying glass in the "Search " field).

Step 6

Select the Enter Quiz as User icon.

Step 7

In the confirmation window, select the Yes button.

Step 8

Scroll to the bottom of the page again and select Submit Quiz.

Reset a Student’s Quiz Attempt

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the quiz's Action Menu icon and select Grade.

Step 3

Select the checkbox next to the attempt(s) you want to delete, then select Reset (trash can icon).

Step 4

In the confirmation window, select the Yes button.

Restore a Deleted Quiz Attempt

Use the Quiz Attempt Log to restore a student's deleted quiz attempt.

Step 1 

Select the quiz's Action Menu icon. Select Attempt Logs.

Step 2 

Select the Quiz Attempt Deleted tab.

Step 3 

Select Restore.

Send Scores to the Grade Book Automatically

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the quiz name.

Step 3 

Select the Evaluation and Feedback section.

Step 4 

• If you want D2L to grade the quiz for you, select Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion;
• If you want the grade to transfer to the grade book and your quiz is linked to a grade item, select the Automatically update evaluations in grade book when published.

Send Scores to the Grade Book by Publishing Manually

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2

Select the quiz's Action Menu icon and select Grade.

Step 3

Set the per page field to a high enough number that all students display on one screen.

Step 4

Select the checkbox to select all; all students on this screen should now have a checkmark.

Step 5

Select the Publish Feedback button.

Save or Print Quiz Questions & Answers

There is no text export feature for quiz questions or the question library. Still, you can follow these steps to get a quiz question preview (including correct answers) to copy and paste into a file (such as a Word document) for saving or printing purposes.

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the name of the Quiz that contains the questions you want to save. 

Step 3 

Select the Evaluation & Feedback section. 

Step 4 

Under "When published, display to learners," select All questions, with correct answers in the dropdown menu.

Step 5 

Select the checkbox next to Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion.

Step 6 

Select the Save button.

Step 7 

Select the Preview button (left side of the screen, in the Questions bar).

Step 8 

Select the Start Quiz! button.

Step 9 

Scroll to the end of the quiz, select the Submit Quiz button.

Step 10 

Select Submit Quiz again, ignoring any warnings.

Step 11 

Select all questions and answers on the screen (CTRL+A or CMD+A on a Mac).

Step 12 

Copy the selected text (CTRL+C or CMD+C on a Mac).

Step 13 

Paste the text into a Word document.

Save or Print a Quiz

There is no text export feature for quiz questions or the question library, but you can follow these steps to get a quiz question preview that you can copy and paste into a file (such as a Word document) for saving or printing purposes.

Step 1 

Select Quizzes in the course navbar.

Step 2 

Select the title of the Quiz that contains the questions you want to save. 

Step 3 

Make sure all questions are visible on the same page.

Step 4 

Select Preview (left side of the screen, in the Questions bar).

Step 5 

Select all questions and answers on the screen (CTRL+A or CMD+A on a Mac).

Step 6 

Copy the selected text (CTRL+C or CMD+C on a Mac) OR print the selected text to a PDF (CTRL+P or CMD+P on a Mac).

Step 7 

If copying, paste the text into a Word document (CTRL+V or CMD+V on a Mac).

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