Randomizing Quiz Questions & Answers
Normally you would simply add questions individually, but if you add all your quiz questions to a question set and arrange the question set to choose all the questions in a set, it will randomize the entire quiz for each student. You can also create multiple question alternates from a single question to further randomize the questions.

Below are instructions on adding a question set and question alternates:

Adding Question Sets to Quizzes or Surveys
A question set is a group of individual questions from which a random selection is presented to students. Use question sets to prevent answer-sharing between students.

Example: Specify a set of four questions from which one is randomly selected and presented to students when they take the quiz. If you use a number of question sets throughout the quiz, no two students will receive the same quiz.

Notes:

•  If a quiz already has questions, you will need to remove them and re-add them as a question set in order to be able randomize them.

• You can create a question set from an individual question by adding alternate questions.

• Once a quiz or survey has been taken by students, questions cannot be added to or deleted from the quiz or survey.

1. From the Course Menu, click Quiz. The Quizzes/Surveys screen appears.
2. Locate the quiz or survey to which you want to add a question set and click its title. The Quiz Editor or Survey Editor screen appears.
3. Under Options, click Add question set. The Question Browser pop-up window appears.
4. Select the questions you want to add as a set:
   • To add existing questions:
     1. Locate the category containing the questions you want to add as a set and click its title. The category expands.
     2. Next to the questions you want to include in the question set, select the check box.
   • To create questions and add them as a set:
     1. Under Create Question, from the Question type drop-down list, select the type of question you want to create.
     2. Click Create. The Question pop-up window for the selected question type appears.
     3. Enter the question information and click Save. The Question Browser pop-up window appears.
     4. Repeat steps a to c until you have created all the questions you want to add as a set.
     5. Locate the category to which you saved the questions and click its title. The category expands.
     6. Next to the questions you want to include in the question set, select the check box.
5. Click Add selected. The Quiz Editor or Survey Editor screen appears and the selected questions are added as a set.

Adding Question Alternates
You can create a question set from an individual question by adding alternate questions. You can also add more questions to a question set by adding question alternates.

Note: Once a quiz or survey has been taken by students, questions cannot be added to or deleted from the quiz or survey.

1. From the Course Menu, click Quiz. The Quizzes/Surveys screen appears.
2. Locate the quiz or survey to which you want to add a question alternate and click its title. The Quiz Editor or Survey Editor screen appears.
3. Next to the question to which you want to add an alternate, select the check box.
4. Under Options, click Add question alternates. The Question Browser pop-up window appears.
5. Select the questions you want to add as alternates:
   • To add existing questions:
     1. Locate the category containing the questions you want to add as a set and click its title. The category expands.
     2. Next to the questions you want to include in the question set, select the check box.
   • To create questions and add them as a set:
     1. Under Create Question, from the Question type drop-down list, select the type of question you want to create.
     2. Click Create. The Question pop-up window for the selected question type appears.
     3. Enter the question information and click Save. The Question Browser pop-up window appears.
     4. Repeat steps a to c until you have created all the questions you want to add as a set.
     5. Locate the category to which you saved the questions and click its title. The category expands.
     6. Next to the questions you want to include in the question set, select the check box.
6. Click Add selected. The Quiz Editor or Survey Editor screen appears and the selected questions are added as alternates, creating a question set.

Randomizing Quiz Answers
You can randomize the order that answers are presented in a given question. However, this can only be done one question at a time.

1. From the Designer View, click on the Quiz Icon
2. Click on the title of the quiz you wish to edit
3. Click on the title of the question in which you wish to randomize the answers
4. Under Settings and next to Answer order, select Randomized
5. Click Save

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Last updated: 02/05/07