Quizzes
What is a Quiz?
Quizzes are assessed modules used to test a learner's knowledge within a Course.
A Quiz contains questions that are either automatically graded by Shapeshift or manually graded by an administrator.
Quizzes can be added to a Course curriculum alongside Lessons, SCORM content, Surveys and other supported module types.
Passing a Quiz
Each Quiz can have a configurable passing score.
A learner must achieve the required passing score for the Quiz to be completed. If they submit an attempt but do not achieve the passing score, the Quiz remains incomplete and must be attempted again where further attempts are available.
When the learner passes, their Quiz and Course progress are updated accordingly.
Automatically graded questions
Most question types can be graded automatically based on the correct answers configured in the CMS.
Automatically graded question types include:
- Boolean
- Single Choice
- Multiple Choice
- Fill in the Blank
- Drag to Order
- Matching Order
These allow the learner's result to be calculated immediately when their attempt is submitted.
Manually graded questions
Quizzes can also contain questions that require an administrator to review the learner's response.
These include:
- Text responses
- File Uploads
Where a Quiz contains manually graded questions, the learner's final result cannot be determined until the required responses have been reviewed and graded.
Retake limits
Quizzes can optionally limit the number of attempts available to a learner.
If no retake limit is configured, learners can continue attempting the Quiz until they achieve the required passing score.
Where a limit is configured, the learner can only make the permitted number of attempts.
Time limits
Quizzes can optionally have a time limit.
Once a timed attempt begins, the learner has the configured amount of time to complete the Quiz. When the time expires, the attempt is ended and submitted based on the answers provided.
Question Banks
Quizzes can use Question Banks to select questions from a larger pool rather than presenting every question in the bank.
When a Question Bank is added to a Quiz, you can configure how many questions should be presented to the learner. Questions are then selected randomly from that bank for each attempt.
This allows different learners, or different attempts by the same learner, to receive different combinations of questions while being assessed against the same subject area.
Question Banks and individual questions can be managed separately from the Quiz itself and are covered in more detail in the question authoring documentation.
Quizzes within Courses
If a Course uses linear progression, the learner must pass the Quiz before they can progress to the next module.
If the Course allows free progression, other available modules can still be accessed, but the Quiz must ultimately be passed for its completion requirement to be satisfied.