FAQ: Quizzes

Why can't my students access a quiz?

If you have created more than one release condition for the quiz, your students will need to satisfy each of the conditions before they can access the quiz.

To view the current release conditions for a quiz, click Quizzes in the NavBar, click on the quiz name to open it, select the Restrictions tab, and look at your settings under Availability, Additional Release Conditions and Special Release Conditions.

4 April 2007

Why can't my students see their quiz feedback?

ICON won’t release feedback—or mark a quiz as graded—unless the following options have been selected:

• On the quiz's Properties tab: Allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion
• On the quiz's Submission View tab: Show Questions? Yes and Show question answers must be checked.

Unfortunately, selecting these options after students have already taken the quiz will not release the feedback to these students—or mark the quiz as graded—unless you also do the following:

1. Open the Quiz tool and click the Grade Quiz icon to the right of the quiz name.
2. Select the checkboxes beside the earlier quiz attempts.
3. Click Update.

18 July 2007

Why can't I randomize question selection in my quiz?

In order to for your questions to be randomized, you must import them from the Question Library into a random section folder in the quiz.

If there are already copies of your questions in the Question Library, you can delete them from your quiz and then import them from the Question Library to a random section folder in your quiz.

If there are no copies of your questions in the Question Library, you can import your questions into the Question Library from your quiz. Once your questions are in the Question Library, you can delete them from your quiz and then go to your quiz and import them to a random section folder.

For instructions on importing questions to a random section folder, see the Online Help section Randomizing Question / Selection Order.

18 September 2008

Can a quiz question be worth zero points?

No, ICON insists on assigning a point value to all quiz questions. Only surveys can have questions with no point values.

29 March 2007

Can I give hints in quiz questions?

You add the hints when you are creating or editing your questions (click Expand question hints to see a textbox. You can decide whether or not to enable these hints when you’re adding the questions to a quiz (see the Online Help section Creating Quizzes - Displaying / Hiding Question Hints).

6 November 2007

Can I try out my quiz before releasing it to students?

Yes, you can answer questions, submit the quiz, and view any results reports you have set up:

1. Click Quizzes in the NavBar.
2. Click on the Quiz name to open it.
3. Click the Preview icon (top right).

5 September 2007

Can I view everyone's response to an essay question before awarding points?

You can see a listing of all student responses to a long-answer before the quiz has been graded. Here's how:

1. Click Quizzes in the NavBar
2. Click Grade Quiz to the right of the quiz name.
3. Click the Questions tab.
4. Click on the question name.

23 May 2008

Can I prevent students from printing quiz questions in ICON?

You can set ICON to dis-allow Right-Click (Windows) or Control-Click (Mac):

1. Open your quiz and click the Properties tab.
2. Click Expand optional advanced properties.
3. Click in the do not allow usage of right-click when taking the quiz box and save the quiz.

However, students may still find alternative ways to print the quiz, e.g., by printing the entire screen, or copying and pasting.

You can make this inconvenient in two ways: place one question on each page of the quiz and present the answers to multiple choice questions in dropdown menus.

To display one question at a time:

1. Open a new or existing quiz
2. Click the Layout/Questions tab
3. Enter a 1 in the Place – questions per page box
4. Click Go.

To use dropdown menus with a multiple-choice question, create or edit the question (from within the quiz or Question Library) and select Dropdown under Enumeration.

29 March 2007

The time limits I set for my quiz are not being enforced. Why?

Time limit settings for quizzes are not enforced unless the Enforced checkbox is checked. (You’ll find the Enforced checkbox under Timing on the Restrictions tab.)

When the Enforced box is checked, all the settings under Timing are also enforced; these include the Time Limit, Grace Period, and Late Submission settings.

Late Submissions Settings:

• Allow Normal Submissions - students will be able to submit the quiz (but not begin it) after the allotted time period; no points will be deducted.
• Use Late Limit of x minutes - students will be able to submit the quiz after x minutes but will get a 0, which the instructor can override. ICON will keep unsaved answers for the instructor to view.
• Auto-Submit When Attempt Exceeds Time Limit - ICON will keep only those answers already saved by the end of the time limit. If the student takes no action (to save answer or submit) after the time limit expires, the quiz will be displayed as "in progress" and no score will be given.

For more on Timing options, see the Online Help Section Setting a Time Limit, Grace Period, Etc.

10 September 2008

Can I override my quiz availability settings for students who want to make up a quiz or for students who have special needs?

You can set up a special availability period for selected individuals to make up a quiz. You can also set up special restrictions that apply only to certain students (e.g., to give a student with special needs more time to complete a quiz). For instructions, see the Online Help section Overriding Availability and/or Timing Restrictions.

5 September 2007

Can I release quiz feedback for a limited period?

Yes. Here’s how:

1. Open the quiz and click the Submission Views tab
2. Click Add Additional View.
3. In the Default View section, select No under Show Questions?
4. Under View Restrictions set the date and time you want to make feedback available to students who have submitted graded attempts.
5. Scroll up to the top and click Save Quiz.

29 March 2007

Can I change a correct answer in a quiz that some students have already taken?

Yes, but if you do, your change will apply to only those students who have not yet taken the quiz. To give proper credit to those students who have already taken the quiz, you can manually add points for the actual correct answer and take away points for the answer that was mistakenly designated as correct. You’ll find step-by-step instructions in the Online Help section Changing the “Correct” Answer after a Quiz is Released.

29 March 2007

A multi-select question in my quiz has two correct answers, each worth half credit. Yet students who chose only one of them got 3/4 credit. Why?

The Right Answer grading option for the Multi-Select quiz question type is problematic. Students not only receive credit for selecting right answers, but they also receive credit for not selecting wrong answers. If your Multi-Select question has two correct answers and two wrong ones, the student who chooses one correct answer and nothing else receives credit for selecting the correct answer plus credit for not selecting the two wrong answers, therefore earning 3/4 of the points allotted to that question. Unfortunately, the only time students won't get credit for not selecting wrong answers is if they don't select anything at all!

5 September 2007