Add and Edit Quiz Questions

NOTE: The following question types now automatically filters out JavaScript and non-standard HTML: Likert, Ordering, Matching, Fill in the Blanks, Short Answer, Multi-Short Answer, Arithmetic, and Significant Figures. For existing questions containing JavaScript and non-standard HTML, the questions continue to display as intended until an instructor edits and saves the questions, which removes the JavaScript and non-standard HTML. D2L recommends reviewing all question types containing JavaScript and non-standard HTML and modifying as needed, ensuring that the questions display as intended for learners. 

To get questions added to your quiz, you can create new questions within a quiz or import questions from the Question Library. The most effective practice is to create questions in the Question Library. (See Use the Question Library to do this.) Organizing your Question Library Sections into chapters, modules, or topics will help you create Question Pools (a randomized set of questions) and Quiz Sections (allowing randomized question order within the section).

Question Pools

If you would like your students to be served a randomized set of questions from a bigger collection (for example, each student gets 10 random questions from a pool of 30), you need to create a question pool. See Create a Question Pool.

Randomize Quiz Questions

To randomize the questions on your quiz, you have the option to shuffle the quiz at the quiz level. You can also randomize quizzes within a section. See Randomize Quiz Questions.

Add Quiz Questions

  • On the Edit Quiz page, click [Create New] and then select New Question.
    Identifies Add/Edit Questions button

  • Select the Question Type.

    Identifies Add/Edit Questions button 

  • If you see the following image, it means that you have existing student attempts. You should grade all attempts before editing the quiz. The edits will not become part of the quiz until it is reset or copied to another course.

    Shows warning dialog box about editing a quiz with attempts.

  • Complete the options for your question type.

    Identifies question text field and Indicates answer options for Multiple Choice question
    • Enter the question text. When you put your cursor into the text box, a toolbar will pop up on the right side of the text box.
    • Enter your question answers. If you need more answer possibilities, click [Add Answer].
    • Click the circle next to the correct answer.
    • Click the text box next to "Randomize answers for each student" if you would like the answers to the question randomized each time the question is displayed.
    • Enter the number of points you want the question to be worth (this can always be changed on the quiz).
    • You can see a preview of the question on the right of your screen.
    • Click the [Save] to save your question and return to the Add/Edit Questions screen.

  • There are some advanced options that you can select from the [Options] dropdown above the Question Text box.

    Indicates Options dropdown
    • [Add Feedback] will allow you to add feedback for each answer, and for the question overall.
    • [Add Hint] will allow you to add a hint for the question.
    • [Add Short Description] allows you to a title description to the question.
    • [Add Custom Weights] will allow you give students weighted credit for each answer.
    • [Add Enumeration] will allow you to add your desired enumeration to the answer choices.

Create a New Section 

NOTE: Sections are OPTIONAL, however they are very useful if you want to shuffle questions within a section (Ex: you can create a section for each chapter in your Final Exam), or if you wish to separate different question types.

  1. Click on [Create New] and choose [Section].

    Identifies Section link
  2. Complete the section fields. You can choose to [Hide Section Title from students] on this screen, you can also choose to [Shuffle questions in this section]. You will see a preview of what the section header will look like on the right side of your screen.

    Shows New Section properties screen
  3. Click [Save] to save your section, and you will be returned to the Add/Edit Questions screen for your quiz.

Create a Question Pool

  1.  Click [Create New] and choose [Question Pool].

    Identifies Question Pool
  2. Fill in the title of the Question Pool, enter the number of questions to select on each quiz, and how many points you want each question to be worth.

    Shows Question Pool fields and Identifies Browse Question Library button
  3. Click [Browse Question Library] to add questions to the Question Pool.

  4. Choose the questions you would like to add to your Question Pool, then click [Add].

    Identifies Add button
  5. It is possible to add questions from other quizzes to the question pool. On the [Source: Question Library] field choose the desired quiz from the dropdown menu and select the desired questions.

    Identifies Add button
  6. When you return to the question pool screen, make sure all the options are filled in and then click [Save]

Importing Quiz Questions

  1. Click [Add Existing] on the Edit Quiz page.

  2. Choose from the following selections: [Upload a File], [Browse Question Library] or [Import from Learning Repository].

Import Questions by Uploading a File

NOTE: The Import Zipped Content procedure described in the link is a preferred method of importing zip files.

  1. Click [Add Existing] and select [Upload a File].

  2. Click [Browse Files] or drag and drop the file in the drop zone. This option supports importing ZIP files or specifically formatted CSV files.

     Shows Upload a file search dialog box

  3. Once the file has been successfully uploaded, you will see a green checkmark.

    Shows Upload complete confirmation screen
  4. Click [Import All], or click [Review] to individually select questions to import.

NOTE: For individualized help with importing or creating questions, contact your local LSC-Online representative. See Meet Your LSC-Online Representative for contact information.

Import Questions by Browsing the Question Library

  1. Click [Add Existing] and select [Browse Question Library].

    Identifies Browse Question Library link

    NOTE: When you import questions from the Question Library, your quiz will contain a copy of the questions, not the original questions.

  2. Select the quiz questions to include in the import and click [Import] to place the questions at the bottom of the quiz. You can also click the arrow beside Import to select where the questions will be added.

    Indicates Import button
  3. You can also import questions from other quizzes or surveys in the course. In the [Source: Question Library] drop-down list, select the source where the existing questions reside.

    Identifies Question Library Source Collection options

  4. In the Source [Filter] dropdown list, choose [Filter by] and check the box next to the type of questions you would like to import (e.g., True or False, Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answer or Multi-Select).

  5. In the Sort dropdown list, select the option you want to sort by.

    Indicates Filter and Sort options
  6. Select the questions you want to import, then click [Add].  

Import Questions from Learning Repository

  1. Click [Add Existing] and select [Import from Learning Repository].

    identifies Import from Learning Repository option
  2. Search the online repository for questions to import.

    Shows Search page for Learning Repository

  3. Select a quiz under Category.

  4. Click [Select] to import from Question Library.

    Identifies Select option for search results from Learning Repository    

Preview the Quiz from Add/Edit Questions

To preview the quiz, click on [Preview] on the quiz editing page. The quiz preview will open in a new browser tab.

Quiz preview link.

NOTE: The following question types now automatically filters out JavaScript and non-standard HTML: Likert, Ordering, Matching, Fill in the Blanks, Short Answer, Multi-Short Answer, Arithmetic, and Significant Figures. For existing questions containing JavaScript and non-standard HTML, the questions continue to display as intended until an instructor edits and saves the questions, which removes the JavaScript and non-standard HTML. 

D2L recommends reviewing all question types containing JavaScript and non-standard HTML and modifying as needed, ensuring that the questions display as intended for learners.

Toggle a Quiz Question as Bonus

  1. Go to the [Course Activities] menu in the navbar and select [Quizzes].

  2. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the title of the quiz.

  3. Select the questions you want to set as bonus, then click [More Actions] and select [Toggle Bonus].

    Identifies Add/Edit Questions button on Properties tab. 

  4. The label BONUS will appear under the question points.

    Identifies Select questions and Edit Values option on Add/Edit Questions page. 

    NOTE: Randomly drawn questions from a Question Pool cannot be marked as bonus. The bonus value is equal to the points value assigned to the quiz question.

Toggle a Quiz Question as Mandatory

  1. Go to the [Course Activities] menu in the navbar and select [Quizzes].

  2. On the Manage Quizzes page, click the title of the quiz.

  3. Select the questions you want to set as mandatory, click [More Actions] then select [Toggle Mandatory].

    Identifies Add/Edit Questions button on Properties tab. 

  4. The label Mandatory will appear below the listed question.

    Identifies Select questions and Edit Values option on Add/Edit Questions page.