{"id":23980,"date":"2023-02-21T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T18:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=23980"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:56:22","slug":"brightspace-quizzes","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/article\/brightspace-quizzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace – Quizzes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Brightspace, the quiz tool is used for quizzes, tests, and exams. This page for instructors explains how to set up a quiz, add questions, choose settings, present it to students, and more.<\/p>\n

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First Steps<\/h2>\n
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  1. On the green navbar, click Course Tools<\/strong> and select\u00a0Quizzes<\/strong>.\"\"<\/a>\n
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  2. On the Manage Quizzes<\/strong> page, click New Quiz<\/strong>.\"\"<\/a>\n
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  3. Enter the Name<\/strong> for your quiz.<\/li>\n
  4. In the Grade Out Of<\/strong> section, you can choose to Edit or Link to Existing,<\/strong> which links the quiz to an existing grade item (column) in the Grade Book, or you can choose to Add to Grade Book <\/strong>to create a new grade item in the Grade Book. (However, since each question you’ll be adding has a point value, if you like, you can wait to enter the total points possible until after you’ve added questions.)<\/li>\n
  5. Important:<\/strong> Select the Due Date<\/strong>. Due dates throughout Brightspace are useful because they’re automatically entered on students’ calendars. Students can also download the Pulse app on their mobile devices and set their notifications to remind them about due dates.<\/li>\n
  6. Entering a quiz description is optional.\"Brightspace<\/a>\n
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    These are the basic first steps to setting up Quizzes. To add questions and choose appropriate settings, see the next sections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Create and Manage Questions<\/h2>\n
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    You have the option to either create questions within the quiz or in the Question Library. If you create them in sections within the question library, you have the option to reuse them and, more importantly, create group sets for randomization so each student gets a unique quiz.<\/p>\n

    Create Questions in the Question Library<\/h3>\n
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    1. Click on the Question Library tab at top of main quiz landing page.<\/li>\n
    2. Click “New” and select Section. (Sections are essentially folders.)<\/em> You may want sections about specific types of question topics. Or you may want to make a section for each quiz so you have the option to pull from them randomly when creating exams.<\/li>\n
    3. Once the section is created, click on it to enter it, and click “New” to select the question type.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Available Question types<\/h3>\n

      These question types link out to the D2L community definitions. If the page doesn’t load properly to display your question, just click refresh on your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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