Edit Quiz - Attempts & Completion

Attempts

On new or existing quizzes, you can allow students more quiz attempts (up to 10, or an unlimited number) and calculate a grade based on their highest attempt, lowest attempt, first attempt, last attempt, or the average of all attempts. You can also put restrictions on whether students are allowed to take further attempts based on the grades made on the previous attempts.

  1. From the Edit Quiz page, click on the [Attempts & Completion] panel to expand it.

    Quiz editor page showing the settings sidebar, with the Attempts & Completion section highlighted to adjust allowed attempts.

  2. With the panel expanded, click [Manage Attempts].

    Attempts & Completion settings panel displaying the allowed attempts summary, with the Manage Attempts link highlighted.

  3. You can customize A) Attempts Allowed and B) Overall Grade Calculation here.

    Indicates Attempts AAttempts settings panel showing a dropdown to set the number of allowed attempts and an expanded Overall Grade Calculation menu with grading options listed.
  4. As long as the Attempts Allowed box is set to be 2 or more, the Retake Incorrect Questions Only checkbox would then be displayed. Check the [On new attempts, only allow answers for previously incorrect questions] if applicable. You can then set Attempt Conditions further if necessary by clicking on [+ Attempt Conditions].

    Attempts settings panel showing the Retake Incorrect Questions Only option enabled and the Attempt Conditions link highlighted.

  5. Under Attempt Conditions, you can set a range of percentage values between 0% to 100%. These conditions would then need to be fulfilled in order for the student to qualify for another attempt.

    Attempt Conditions panel showing fields to set minimum and maximum score percentages required on a prior attempt to unlock subsequent attempts.

  6. Click [OK] when you have finished configuring your attempt settings.

Category

Under Category, click the [dropdown menu] to add or remove the quiz from a category. You can also create a [New category] here.

Attempts & Completion settings panel showing the Category dropdown expanded, with category options displayed for assigning the item to a quiz category.

Notification Email

Below Category is Notification Email. Here you can add one or more emails (separated by a comma) to receive a notification each time a student attempts a quiz.

Attempts & Completion settings panel showing the Notification Email field, where email addresses can be entered to receive quiz attempt notifications.