Checklist for Launching a Quiz

The following are some properties you should check before launching your quiz in your course.

  • Communicate about Quizzes with Students – Review this page for suggestions of ways to communicate with your students about the Quiz, including policies for your Syllabus, defining cheating, and communicating expectations before the quiz.
  • Check Quiz Settings (See Create a Quiz page for details about each task below)
    • Quiz Name – Is the name consistent between your syllabus, quiz title/name, and the gradebook?
    • Add a Quiz Description – The description is shown before quiz availability and may include basic information such as the types of questions or the content (chapters 1-3, for example) the quiz is covering.
    • Set/confirm dates – Due Dates, Availability Start Date, and Availability End Date
    • Visibility – Set the quiz to visible
    • Create Release Conditions (optional)
    • Setup Special Access for users who have accommodations or need an alternative due date/time.
    • Add a password (optional) for the quiz
    • Set Timing preferences (time limits, grace periods, and exceeded time behavior)
    • Set paging preferences (page breaks and ability to go back to previously pages)
    • Set quiz question shuffling preferences
    • Set preferences for displaying hints and/or alerts
    • Add a header or footer to the quiz (optional)
    • Set Number of Attempts and overall grade calculation
    • Set the Notification email (optional)
  • Check Grades Settings (See the Associate a quiz with a grade item page)
    • Associate the quiz to the gradebook item
    • Set preferences for auto-grading and publishing of grades
    • Set preferences for what students see upon submission of the quiz
  • Check Grade Item (See the Edit a Grade item page)
    • In the Grades tool: Quiz Grade Item – Is the name consistent between your syllabus, quiz title/name, and the gradebook?