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Changing Quiz Settings

Changing Quiz Settings

Configure settings for retakes, shuffling questions, and displaying answers for quizzes
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Written by Gary Gould
Updated over a week ago
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Set Quiz Settings to Display or Hide Answers

You can adjust the settings on a quiz assignment so that your students will either see the correct answers as they take the test (the default setting for check understanding quizzes) or have the correct answers hidden from students (the default setting for Unit Tests and Final Exams).

To configure quiz question display settings:

  1. Click the configure gear icon from the assignment page

  2. Click Quiz Settings

  3. Select your options and Save!

box highlights quiz results display heading in configure menu

Available Settings

These settings are available for all quiz types.

  • Indicate Correct/Incorrect - After submitting, students will only see an indication of if they answered correctly or incorrectly on each question

  • Show Correct Answer - After submitting, students will also see the correct answers for any missed question

  • Also show results after each answered question - Students will see the correct answer to each question as they answer them

Shuffle Quiz Questions

This setting will shuffle the order in which students see quiz questions. As a teacher, quiz questions will not be shuffled when you preview the quiz.

To configure shuffle settings:

  1. Click the configure gear icon from the assignment page

  2. Click Quiz Settings

  3. Toggle Shuffle Quiz Questions to On and Save!

box highlights check box for Shuffle Quiz Questions setting

Quiz Retake Settings

This setting will allow students to retake a quiz a set number of times. To see how this will appear for students, check out this article.

To configure quiz retake settings:

  1. Click the configure gear icon from the assignment page

  2. Click Quiz Settings

  3. Set the number of retakes and Save!

Under Quiz Settings tab, box highlights number of Quiz Attempts allowed

Adjust Settings for all Quizzes in a Section or Course

It's possible to change the settings for all of the quizzes in a Section at once. You can:

  • Change how incorrect / correct answers are displayed

  • Modify how incorrect / correct results are displayed for each type of quiz (Check for Understanding, the Final Quiz, etc)

  • Change the default number of retakes students get when taking a quiz

  • Apply the Shuffle Questions setting by module, lesson, or assignment.

To go to the Quiz Settings Page click on Course Settings > Quiz Settings:

Image showing Course Settings drop down menu and Quiz Settings selection
Image of section level Quiz Settings page

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