Quiz Statistics, Logs & Reports

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Access User, Question, and Question Details Stats

Access Class Attempt Logs

Access Individual Student’s Log

Setup Quiz Reports

View Quiz Reports

Access User, Question, and Question Details Stats

These display the score distribution, class average, and each participant's grade on a quiz.

Note

Quiz statistics are not computed for questions in a Question Pool.

Step 1                     

Select Quizzes from the course navbar.

Step 2                     

Click on the Statistics tab.

Statistics button

Step 3                     

Click on the name of the quiz you wish to view.

Step 4                     

Click on one of the tabs:

User, Question, Question Details Stats tabs

  • User Stats: These display the score distribution, class average, and each participant's grade on a quiz.

Note 

All participants who completed an attempt at the quiz are listed in this section. Use the Search For box if you would like to search for a specific participant.

  • Question Stats: These display the score distribution, average score, standard deviation, discrimination index, and point biserial on a question.

Note 

To view a particular question, click on the name in the Question column.

  • Question Details: These display each question, the correct answer, the percentage of times each answer was selected, and the average grade, standard deviation, point biserial, and discrimination index.

Note 

Standard deviation, point biserial, and discrimination index statistics are not available at the question level when your quiz contains a [LINK: Question Pool].

Access Class Attempt Logs

Track when students started a quiz, how many attempts they took per quiz, and who has deleted a student's quiz attempt. You can also track IP addresses and when answers are saved without having to go into each individual student's log (see section 6 below).

Step 1  

Next to the Quiz, click the Actions Menu icon and select Attempt Logs.

Attempt Logs button

Step 2 

Click on the tabs to see when each student entered the quiz, completed it, deleted a quiz attempt, or who restored a deleted quiz attempt. 

Quiz Statistics tabs

Step 3

Select Detailed to see all this information simultaneously, plus student IP Addresses and when each answer was saved.

Detailed stats tab

Access Individual Student’s Log

Brightspace keeps a log of every student's activity in a quiz. Whenever a student enters a quiz, saves an answer, changes pages, and so forth, an entry is made into that student's individual Quiz Log.

Step 1                               

Click the Quizzes tab in the course navbar. 

Step 2                               

Click the quiz's Action menu icon and select Grade.

Grade button

Step 3                   

Click the Attempt # beneath a student's name to open their quiz attempt.

Attempt 1 button

Step 4          

Click on the Quizzes Event Log.

Quizzes Event Log button

Setup Quiz Reports

Note 

Quiz Reports in Brightspace provide the same data as Quiz Statistics. The only reason to use Quiz Reports is that reports can be setup to release to other users enrolled in the Brightspace site (e.g., Students). Instructors can get the same data via Quiz Statistics.

Step 1                     

Select Quizzes from the course navbar.

Step 2                     

Click on the Action Menu of the desired quiz and choose Setup Reports.

Step 3                      

Choose Add Report.

Step 4                      

Give the report a title.

Step 5                      

Select the radio button for the singular dataset you want to include in the report:

  • Question Statistics
  • Question Details
  • User Statistics
  • Attempt Details
  • User Attempts

Note 

Use the checkboxes to refine the data included within the desired dataset. The Question Mark icon tells more information about the particular data points. Remember: you may only choose one (1) dataset per report.

Step 6                      

Give the report a title.

Step 7                      

Select the radio button of an option to Release the report:

  • Immediately
  • Specified Date and Time (via the date and time input fields)

Step 8                      

Under Release Report To, select the checkbox(es) for the individual roles you wish to be able to access the report.

Note 

If you provide access to a dataset via Reports, all users with that role will be able to access the report. Be sure to be aware not to release student data covered by FERPA to other students.

Step 9                      

Select Save.

View Quiz Reports

Step 1                     

Select Quizzes from the course navbar.

Step 2                     

Click on the Action Menu of the desired quiz and choose View Reports.

Step 3                     

From the Report List, select the report you wish to view by selecting the hyperlink of that report.

Step 4                     

Use From & To date inputs to select the range of attempt dates to search.

Step 5                     

Choose how you wish to access your report by selecting the desired button for:

  • Generate CSV
  • Generate Excel
  • Generate HTML

Step 6                     

Select Done when finished.

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