Quizzes in ICON

What is Possible with ICON’s Quiz Tool?

Warning: Change in Quiz tool path. The path to the Quiz tool has changed, which shouldn't cause a problem if you used the Quicklink function in a built-in html editor to create the links (in the Content area, a homepage widget, etc.). But if you made links to quizzes by copying the url, you may find that they fail. You can replace the links with the new path using the Quicklink function. Contact icon-support@uiowa.edu if you have questions or need help with this.

• Create quiz questions, choosing from ten different types.
• Include images and links in your quiz questions.
• Display text or an image for use with multiple questions.
• Designate items as Bonus questions.
• Create random question sets so each student has different questions or a different question order.
• Import questions from WebCT, a text file, and Respondus Basic (or other quiz creation software).
• Specify when, for how long, and to whom a quiz will be available, enforce the time limit, display a clock, and/or specify a grace period.
• Override availability restrictions to allow for make-up quizzes or students with special needs.
• During a quiz, disable printing or paging, prevent students from moving backward, make questions mandatory, disable opening other applications (including browsers) or accessing open applications.
• Have ICON automatically grade quizzes and display the results to students.
• Compensate for faulty questions by awarding the entire class extra points after quizzes have been submitted.
• View compiled class responses to a long-answer question before scoring the question.
• Customize reports on student performance and item results.
• Try out a quiz as a student and view any student reports you may have set up for that quiz.

Note: Icon has a Self-Assessment tool, which allows students to test their knowledge without being evaluated by you. See Self Assessment Tool.

23 August 2007

Creating Questions in ICON

ICON’s creators recommend that you create all your questions from within the Question Library and then import them into the quiz, survey, or self-assessment.  This approach allows you to re-use the same questions in multiple assessements and/or to randomize questions in your assessments.

When creating quiz questions, you can use ICON's built-in html editor to add images or add links content files, to other areas of your ICON course, or to external urls.

To create a question from within the Question Library:

1. Click Quizzes (or Surveys or Self Assessments ) in the NavBar at top. (Note: The Surveys and Self Assessment tools are not included in the default template NavBar. For instructions on how to add these links, see Changing the NavBar and Course Homepage.)
2. Click  Question Library.
3. Select the question type from the Create New droplist and click Go.
4. If you wish to enter text or a graphic to be displayed before several related questions, select Text Information Item or Image Information Item. 
5. Choose one of the following questions types and continue with the instructions for that type.
• Likert (available only with the Survey tool) - Can include multiple questions, each linked to same opinion scale.
• Multiple Choice - Answer choices can be randomized.
• True or False
• Long Answer - Must be graded manually.
• Short Answer - ICON compares student answers with those entered beforehand by instructor. Can include multiple answer boxes, with a specific answer required for each box.
• Multi-Short Answer - Like Short Answer, except a variety of answers may be acceptable in all the answer boxes provided by the instructor (e.g., the question "Name three state capitals." would allow any one of 51 possibilities in each of three answer boxes).
• Arithmetic - For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your specified range.
• Significant Figures Question - Similar to Arithmetic questions type, but allows students to enter their answers in scientific notation format. The questions are then graded based on what students entered as their significant digits.
• Fill in the Blanks - Can include multiple blanks, inserted at any point in the sentence.
• Multi-Select Question - Students choose more than one answer.
• Matching
• Ordering

Note: ICON does not mark student answers as correct or incorrect on Self-Assessments. The only feedback students will receive is the text you enter as feedback, either for the different answer alternatives or for the question as a whole.

Likert (Available Only with Survey and Self-Assessment tools)

The popular Likert item, widely used for surveys, can include multiple questions, each linked to the same opinion scale. There are seven built-in opinion scales to choose from, along with an optional N/A response.

You can use a Likert item alone or with other item types, including other Likert questions (when the same survey calls for different scales).

To create a Likert question:

1. In the Survey tool Question Library, choose Likert Question (LIK) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Type the introductory text that will proceed the statement(s) you want students to evaluate. Notice the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites (in the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon).

4. To include an image in your introductory text, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager, or click Upload Image to upload one from your computer.
5. Select the opinion scale, keeping in mind it will be applied to all statements you include in this Likert question.
6. By default, Icon gives you two spaces for adding statements. Enter a statement in the Questions textbox. Students will evaluate that statement by selecting one of the options included in the applied scale.
7. Click  Add item to enter additional statements.
8. Click the Remove trash icon for any option textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the Likert question).
9. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
10. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
11. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
12. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Multiple Choice

1. In the Question Library, select Multiple Choice Question (MC) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question; notice the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites (in the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon).

5. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
6. Choose the Enumeration (none, letters, numbers) and Style (layout for answer alternatives).
7. To order the answer choices differently on each student’s test, click the Randomize options box (optional).
8. Type your answer options in the textboxes; notice the optional html editor and spell checker icons.
9. Select or type weight for each answer option (e.g., 100% for the best choice; 80% for a nearly correct answers, 0 for incorrect responses).
10. Click  Add option to enter additional answer choices.
11. Click the Remove trash icon for any option textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
12. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
13. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
14. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
15. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

True or False

1. In the Question Library, select True or False Question (T/F) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
6. Choose the desired Enumeration (none, letters, numbers) and Style (layout for answer alternatives).
7. Select the weights for the True and False answer options (e.g., 100% for the correct response, 0 for the incorrect response).
8. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
9. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
10. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
11. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Long Answer

1. From the Question Library, select Long Answer Question (LA) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. Select the number of rows and columns for the answer input box.
6. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
7. In the Initial Text textbox, enter any text that precedes the student’s answer.
8. In the Answer Key box, enter a model answer (for graders only; students can’t see this.  To make a model answer visible to students you, would need to enter it as feedback.)
9. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
10. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
11. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
12. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Short Answer

1. In the Question Library, select Short Answer Question (SA) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. Select the number of rows and columns for the answer input box.
6. In the add answer textboxes, enter the pool of answers you will accept in any one of the Input boxes. If you need more answer textboxes, enter the number you want to add and click Add Answer. ICON will compare the student’s entries with the pool of acceptable answers you provide in the answer boxes. If you want ICON to look for capitalization, select case sensitive; if not, select case insensitive. Alternatively, you can enter a regular expression—programming that tells ICON to allow different spellings, etc., for an answer alternative (for help creating a regular expression, email icon-support@uiowa.edu).
7. Enter or select a weight (percentage awarded) for each acceptable answer alternative (e.g., the preferred answer may earn 100% while the second-best may earn 80%.) 
8. Click the Remove trash icon for any answer textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
9. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
10. Enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
11. To enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
12. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
13. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Multi-Short Answer

Example: With this question type, you could create a question such as "Name three state capitals" and create three input boxes and 51 possible answers; students could enter any one of the answers in any input box. (The Multi-Short Answer question differs from the Short Answer question in that the latter also allows for multiple answers but requires a specfic answer for each box.)

1. In the Question Library, select Multi-Short Answer Question (MSA) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question in the Question text box. You can also use the optional html editor () or spell checker () or click In HTML and enter your own html.

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. Select the number of input boxes and their size (number of rows and columns).
6. In the add answer textboxes, enter the pool of answers you will accept in any one of the Input boxes. If you need more answer textboxes, enter the number you want to add and click Add Answer. ICON will compare the student’s entries with the pool of acceptable answers you provide in the answer boxes. If you want ICON to look for capitalization, select case sensitive; if not, select case insensitive. Alternatively, you can enter a regular expression, programming that tells ICON to allow different spellings, etc., for an answer alternative (for help creating a regular expression, email icon-support@uiowa.edu).
7. Click the Remove trash icon for any answer textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
8. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
9. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
10. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
11. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
12. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Arithmetic

1. In the Question Library, select Arithmetic Question (2 + 2) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter the number of points the question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker (). Surround variables with curly braces.  For example: “ 2 trains are traveling away from each other at {x} miles per hour and {y} miles per hour respectively.  How far apart are they in 15 minutes?”

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. In the Variables section, enter the variable name, minimum value, maximum value, decimal places, and steps. For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your maximum and minimum range at in increments you specify in the Steps textbox.  For example, if the minimum is 100, the maximum is 200, and the step is five, the pool of available variables would include 105, 110, 115, etc.). 
6. Click the Remove trash icon for any variable textboxes you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
7. Enter your formula, e.g., ({x}+{y})/4. Notice that all variables are enclosed in curly braces. Click the question mark to view some supported functions. Try out your formula by clicking the Test button.
8. In the Answer Precision field, enter the number of decimal places the answer must be accurate to.
9. Enter a tolerance value (in units or percent, e.g., answer can be off by 5% or 5 units).
10. Enter the Unit the answer must be written in (optional, e.g., mph). 
11. Select case sensitive if your answer is case sensitive. 
12. In the Worth box, choose a value to award for entering the correct unit (also optional).
13. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
14. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
15. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
16. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
17. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Significant Figures Question

1. In the Question Library, select Significant Figures (x10) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter the number of points the question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().  Enclose variables in curly braces, e.g., “ 2 trains are traveling away from each other at {x} miles per hour and {y} miles per hour respectively.  How far apart are they in 15 minutes?”
5. In the Variables section, define the variables you used in your question.  Enter the variable name (e.g., “x”), minimum and maximum values (type the exponent in the box to the upper right of “x10”), and steps (increments ICON will use when randomly selecting values). For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your maximum and minimum range at in increments you specify in the Steps textbox.  For example, if the minimum is 100, the maximum is 200, and the step is 5, ICON might randomly select 105, 110, 115, etc., up to 200).

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)  

6. Click the Remove trash icon for any variable textboxes you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
7. Enter your formula, and try it out by clicking the Test button.
8. Enter a tolerance value (in units or percent, e.g., student answer can be off by 5% or 5 units).
9. Select the number of significant figures in the student’s answer (that is, the number of digits students should enter in the non-exponent field).  If you want to assign a portion of points for the correct significant figure and the remaining portion for the correct unit (e.g., 70% for the correct figure and 30% for the correct unit), choose a percentage value from the dropdown list.
10. Enter the Unit the answer must be written in (e.g., mph; this is optional).  Select case sensitive if your answer is case sensitive.  In the Worth box, choose a value to award for entering the correct unit (also optional).
11. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
12. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
13. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
14. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
15. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Fill in the Blanks

1. In the Question Library, select Fill in the Blanks Question (FIB) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
5. In the first Text: box, enter the text that precedes the answer. 
6. Enter or select the blank size.
7. In the Answer box, enter the correct answer. (ICON will make a character-by-character comparison).
8. Enter the weight the answer is worth (weights do not need to total 100) .
9. If more than one answer variation is acceptable (e.g., boxer and pugilist), click Add Answer and enter the variation.  (If that answer is second-best, you may wish to assign a lesser weight, e.g., 80%.)
10. Click the Remove trash icon to get rid of the second Text: box (if you don’t remove an unused textbox, ICON will insist that you enter some text when you try to save the question).    
11. In the second Text: box, enter the text, if any, that follows your answer(s).
12. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
13. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
14. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
15. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Multi-Select Question

Important Note: If your multi-select question includes more incorrect answer alternatives than correct ones, students may receive some undeserved points when they fail to select all the correct alternatives. This is a bug.

1. In the Question Library, select Multi-Select Question (M-S) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
6. Choose the Enumeration (none, letters, numbers) and Style (layout for answer alternatives).
7. To allocate points, choose from the following:
   • All or Nothing - To earn points, students must select all the right answers and none of the wrong answers.
   • Right Minus Wrong - Students are penalized for not selecting a right answer as well as for selecting a wrong answer. The system multiplies the number of points possible by the percentage of correct responses.
   • Right Answers. Students receive credit for not selecting wrong answers, but they are not penalized for selecting wrong answers (this is a bug). For example, if a multiple 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 75% of the points allotted to that question. The only time students won't get credit for not selecting wrong answers is if they don't select anything at all.
8. To order the answer choices differently on each student’s test, click the Randomize options box (optional).
9. Type your answer options in the textboxes; notice the optional html editor and spell checker icons.  Click the Correct box next to each right answer.
10. Select the weight for each answer option (e.g., 100% for the best choice; 80% for a nearly correct answers, 0 for incorrect responses).
11. To enter additional answer choices, type a number in the Add Option box and click  Add Option. As noted above, due to a bug in ICON, if your question includes more incorrect answer alternatives than correct ones, students may receive some undeserved points when they fail to select all the correct alternatives.
12. Click the Remove trash icon for any option textbox you don’t need (if you don’t remove unused textboxes, ICON will insist that you “enter some text” before you can save the question).
13. Click  Add Feedback to provide feedback for individual answer options. Feedback is optional unless you are using this question in a self assessment. Since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive.
14. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
15. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
16. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
17. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Matching

1. In the Question Library, select Matching Question (MAT) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
6. To allocate points, choose All or Nothing , Right Minus Wrong (the system divides the total number of points possible by the number of correct answers), or Right Answer (students receive credit for right answers while wrong answers are ignored). 
7. Enter the choices and matches and then use the droplist beside each match to select the correct choice number.
8. To add more choices, type the number needed in the Add Choice textbox and then click Add Choice.  Do the same for an equal number of additional matches.
9. Click  remove for any Choice or Match textbox you don’t need (if you don’t remove unused textboxes, ICON will insist that you “enter some text” before you can save the question).
10. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
11. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
12. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
13. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Ordering

1. In the Question Library, select Ordering Question (ORD) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
2. Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
3. Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
4. Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Note: ICON's built-in HTML editor offers various formatting options. It also allows you to add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites. (In the HTML popup window, click the Insert QuickLink icon.)

5. To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
6. To allocate points, choose All or Nothing, Right Minus Wrong (the system divides the total number of points possible by the number of correct answers), or Right Answer (students receive credit for right answers while wrong answers are ignored). 
7. Enter the items to be ordered. To add more items, type the number needed in the Add Item textbox and then click Add Item.
8. For each item, select the correct order from the dropdown list.  The items will be randomized in the quiz or survey.
9. Click the Remove trash icon for any items you don’t need (if you don’t remove unused textboxes, ICON will insist that you “enter some text” before you can save the question).
10. To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
11. Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
12. Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
13. Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

6 December 2007

Importing Quiz Questions from a Text File

You can create questions offline using ICON’s question formatting template and then upload your questions into ICON.

To download ICON’s question formatting template:

1. Click Quizzes in the navigation bar at top.
2. Click Question Library.
3. Click  Import.
4. Select From a Desire2Learn Text Format File from the droplist.
5. Click CSV Sample File to download this template.
6. Open this file from within Microsoft Excel.

To upload a completed question file:

1. Click Quizzes in the navigation bar at top.
2. Click Question Library.
3. Click  Import.
4. Select From a Desire2Learn Text Format File from the droplist.
5. Click Browse, select your completed question .csv file and click Open.
6. Click Save.

27 October 2005

Importing Quiz Questions Created in Respondus Basic

First you’ll create your questions in Respondus:

1. Open Respondus and select QTI Personality from the Current Personality droplist.
2. Create and save your Respondus file.

Now you’ll import your file into ICON:

3. Open your ICON course and click Content in the NavBar.
4. From the menu at right, select Import Course.
5. Browse your desktop for the zip file and open it.  The filename will appear in the ICON textbox.  Click Next.
6. When the preprocessing is complete, click Next again.
7. Select the applicable materials and import options and click Next.
8. When the import is complete, click Next again.
9. You will see Import Notes about quiz questions that require your attention; you may wish to print this page for later reference.
10. Click Return.

Finally, you’ll go into ICON’s Quizzes, Surveys, or Question Library areas and see your imported data.

11. Click Quizzes or Surveys in the NavBar.  Imported evaluations will be listed.
12. From within the Quizzes or Surveys area, click Question Library to see the imported questions there.

27 October 2005

Creating Quizzes

In this part:

• Adding a New Quiz
• Associating a Quiz with a Gradebook Item
• Disabling Paging and/or Printing During a Quiz
• Displaying / Hiding Question Hints
• Adding a Quiz Description, Introduction, Header, or Footer
• Restricting Availability Dates and Times
• Restricting Access Based on Group Membership or Completion of Online Task
• Requiring a Quiz Password or Special Machine Connection (IP)
• Setting a Time Limit, Grace Period, Etc.
• Overriding Availability and/or Timing Restrictions
• Allowing Multiple Attempts
• Tailoring Student Feedback
• Customizing Reports on Quiz Results
• Adding Questions to the Quiz and Designating Bonus Questions
• Randomizing Question Selection / Order
• Previewing a Quiz

Adding a New Quiz

1. Click Quiz in the navigation bar at top.
2. Click  New Quiz.
3. Click the Properties tab.
4. Enter a name for your quiz and select or enter a category, if applicable.
5. Click Save Quiz.

You have just entered the minimum information required to save a quiz. Now you’re ready to enter additional settings and then add your questions, as described in the following sections.

Associating a Quiz with a Gradebook Item

To create a column in your gradebook so ICON can automatically enter the score:

1. Click the quiz Properties tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Click add grade item.
3. In the New Grade Item popup window, enter a gradebook item name and a short name to display in the menu at left.
4. Select a parent category (optional).
5. Select what stats, if any, will be visible to students.
6. Enter the maximum score, weight, and whether this is a bonus item. (NOTE: If the grade item and the quiz have different out-of scores, the out-of-score for the quiz will be converted to the out-of score for the grade item.)
7. Click Add.
8. Back on the Properties panel, check whether you want ICON to automatically export the grade to the gradebook and whether you want students to see the score immediately upon submission. (NOTE: The option allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion also determines whether a quiz attempt will be graded by the system. A user will not be able to see the score or any feedback until their attempt has been graded. This way, the instructor may control the release of feedback on a student-by-student basis by leaving this box unchecked and grading individual attempts at the "Grade Quiz" page.)
9. Click Save Quiz.

Disabling Pager Access and/or Printing During a Quiz

To disable paging or printing:

1. Click the quiz Properties tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Under Optional Advanced Properties, select (or de-select) the following:
   • Disable right click – Students cannot download or print the quiz.
   • Disable pager access – Students cannot send or receive pager messages during quiz.

Students may find alternative ways to print the quiz, e.g., by printing the entire screen.You can make this inconvenient in two ways: 1) place one question on each page of the quiz and 2) 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.

Displaying / Hiding Question Hints

If you added hints when creating individual questions, you may or may not wish to display these hints in this particular quiz.

1. Click the quiz Properties tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Under Optional Advanced Properties, select or de-select Allow hints.

Adding a Quiz Description, Introduction, Header, or Footer

1. On the quiz Properties panel, enter a description and/or introduction message (optional).
2. To display a header or footer, click the relevant option and enter your text.
3. Click Save Quiz (top right)

Restricting Availability Dates and Times

1. Click the quiz Restrictions tab (if this tab is not displayed, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. To make the quiz available now, select Active from the Status droplist. Or you can enter start and/or end dates.

   Important: End dates and times are not enforced unless the Enforced box under Timing is also checked (scroll down to see this box). If the Enforced box is not checked, students will be able to begin their attempt during the alloted time period, leave their attempt before completing it, and return to the attempt after the time period is over. If this box is checked, then all the settings under Timing are also enforced. Allow Normal Submissions allows students to submit the quiz (but not begin it) after the allotted time period. Auto-Submit When Attempt Exceeds Time Limit means the quiz will be automatically submitted at the end of the time period, but unsaved answers will not be saved. For more about these Timing options, wee Setting a Time Timit, Grace Period, Etc., below.

Restricting Access Based on Group Membership or Completion of Online Task

Note:  If you plan to restrict quiz access based on group membership and you haven’t yet defined the group, save your quiz and create the group now (see Managing Groups under Classlists). Then you can Edit your quiz and set up restrictions. 

To set quiz restrictions:

1. Click the quiz Restrictions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Click Add New under Additional Release Conditions. 
3. In the Create New Conditions popup window, select the prerequisite group membership or task from the dropdown lists.
4. Click Save.

Note: You can enter more than one condition for selective release , but keep in mind that a student will need to satisfy each of the conditions (not just one) in order to access the quiz.

Requiring a Quiz Password or Special Machine Connection (IP)

1. Click the quiz Restrictions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Click Click here to add advanced Restrictions.
3. Enter the password and/or IP.

Setting a Time Limit, Grace Period, Etc.

1. Click the quiz Restrictions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Under Timing, enter optional time limit and grace period (before quiz is flagged as late)
3. Specify whether ICON should enforce these restrictions and/or show a clock.

Note: The Enforced checkbox must be checked in order for Date/Time Availability settings to be in effect (see Restricting Availabilty Dates and Times, above).

4. Indicate how ICON should treat late submissions:

• Allow normal submission – Users can submit their quizzes after time limit and grace period; flagged as late; no deductions.
• Use Late Limit of – Minutes – Users can submit their quizzes after the time limit, grace period, and late limit period but will receive a grade of 0 (can be manually overwritten).
• Auto-Submit When Attempt Exceeds Time Limit – Once the time and grace periods have expired, ICON automatically submits saved questions; unsaved questions are not submitted (the grading area will display “attempt in progress”).

Overriding Availability and/or Timing Restrictions

You can override your availability settings for make-up quizzes, students with special needs, etc.  You can grant different privileges to different individuals.

1. Click the quiz Restrictions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Click Add Special Access (bottom left).
3. On the popup window, enter the special access privilege(s) you wish to grant.
4. Select the user(s) to be granted the special access privilege(s).
5. Click Insert.  The student name(s) and special privilege will be listed under special access. 
6. If you want to override quiz settings in a different way for another student or students, click Add Special Access  again and repeat the process.
7. If you want to make a quiz available to selected students only (e.g., for a make-up quiz) click the restrict to those with special access below box under Advanced Availability (bottom left).

Allowing Multiple Attempts

To allow the class to take the quiz more than once:

1. Click the quiz Attempts tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name)..
2. Select the number of attempts allowed.
3. Select which attempt or score ICON will use (highest, lowest, average, first, last).

Tailoring Student Feedback

You can choose what kind of feedback will be available to students for attempts that have been graded (questions, student responses, correct answers, class average, score distribution).

1. Click the quiz Submission Views tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Select the feedback you want to display.

Note: ICON does not display any feedback that has not been checked here (the exception is a grade in the gradebook).

Customizing Reports on Quiz Results

You can customize reports to include specific statistics about student performance. Reports can be tailored for students, instructors, or your ICON administrator.  They can also be printed.

1. Click the quiz Reports Setup tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Click Add Report.
3. Enter a report name.
4. Select the desired report type:
   • Question Statistics – class average, score distribution, percentage of correct responses for each question
   • Question Details – responses and average grade for each question
   • User Statistics – class average, score distribution, HawkID
   • Attempt Details – view individual quizzes
5. Select the release date.
6. Select the recipient group or subgroup:
• Administrator
• Instructors (Instructor, TA)
• Students

1. Click Quizzes in the NavBar.
2. Click the  Preview icon beside the quiz name.

Adding Questions to the Quiz (Designating Bonus Questions, Making Questions Mandatory, etc.)

ICON’s creators recommend that you create your questions from within the Question Library before adding (copying) them to your quiz.  Assuming you have already created your questions:

1. Click the quiz Layout/Questions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
2. Click Add/Edit Questions.
3. Click Import.
4. From the Source Collection dropdown list, select Question Library.
5. From the Source Section dropdown list, select Collection Root (to display all sections and questions) or select a specific section.
6. Check the questions you want to include and click Save.
7. Click Back to Quiz Layout/Questions (upper right).
8. Enter the number of questions to display at one time (per page). If you don't want students to be able to look back at earlier questions, select Prevent moving backward through pages.
9. To edit points or difficulty, to designate a question as a bonus, or to make selected questions mandatory, click Edit Values.
10. Click Save Quiz.

Randomizing Question Selection / Order

You can randomize the selection and order some or all questions in the quiz so they vary from student to student.  You specify which questions are to be included in the random section and how many of those questions ICON should display for each student. 

Before you can create a random section, the questions you plan to include must already be saved in the Question Library, and they must all have the same point value. Also, you must have already created and saved your quiz (it doesn’t have to be completed yet; in fact, it can contain just a name).

Important: You cannot randomize questions that are already in a quiz. If they're already there, you will need to delete them (first making sure they are in the Question Library) and then add them to the quiz as a random section.

To create a random question section:

1. Create and save the quiz.
2. Click the quiz Layout/Questions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Quizzes in the NavBar and then click the quiz name).
3. Click Add/Edit Questions.
4. From the Create New droplist, choose Random Section and click Go.
5. Enter a name for the randomized questions section.
6. If desired, enter a message for your students to see when they are taking the quiz.
7. If desired, select Insert Image, select an image from the File Manger (Course Image) or upload one from your desktop
8. Select your preferred Display Options.
9. If desired, click Expand section feedback and enter feedback for the random section (the single feedback message relates to all questions in the section).
10. Click Save.

Now you’ll select the questions to include in the random section.

11. Click the name of the random section you just created to open it (the name is not hyperlinked).
12. Click Import.
13. From the Source Section dropdown list, select a section of the Question Library or select Collection Root to show all sections of the Question Library.
14. Click to place a checkmark next to questions you want to include in the random section (questions that are already included in the quiz will not be imported).
15. Click Save.
16. In the tiny textboxes at top, enter the number of questions you want ICON to select and the point value for each question.
17. Click Save. (Note: the Save button is easy to miss—it’s next to the points textbox.)
18. Click Back to Quiz Layout/Questions.

Previewing a Quiz

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).

 

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Grading Quizzes

ICON automatically grades all questions except the Long Answer type.  However, you can access submitted quizzes and then override automatic grading and enter feedback. 

In this part:

• Viewing/Modifying Scores for Individual Student Attempts
• Viewing Compiled Class Responses (Including Long Answers) for a Single Quiz Question
• Changing a "Correct" Answer after a Quiz is Released
• Viewing Quiz Statistics

Viewing/Modifying Scores for Individual Student Attempts

To view and modify individual student attempts:

1. Click Quizzes in the NavBar.
2. Click  Grade Quiz to the right of the quiz name.
3. If you see In Progress by a student’s name, that student may have forgotten to submit the quiz or the quiz may have become unavailable before the student finished it.
4. Click on the student attempt you wish to view.  That student’s quiz is displayed.  Correct answers are indicated with an arrow, incorrect answers with an X.
5. To enter feedback on the overall quiz, type it in the Attempt Comments textbox (near the top).  To give feedback on a particular question, click Expand Question Feedback below the question.
6. To override an autograde, enter a new score in the Final Score box (top).
7. Click Re-Calculate.
8. Click Save (top right).

Viewing Compiled Class Responses (Including Long Answers) for a Single Quiz Question

You can view compliled class responses to a long answer question even before you grade the quizzes. For other question types, you can view a percentage breakdown of responses.

1. Click Quizzes in the NavBar
2. Click   Grade Quiz to the right of the quiz name.
3. If you see In Progress by a student’s name, that student may have forgotten to submit the quiz or the quiz may have become unavailable before the student finished it.
4. Click the Questions tab.
5. Click on a question title.  For most question types, you will see a percentage breakdown of responses. For long answer questions, you will see a listing of all the responses entered by students, regardless whether or not the quizzes have been graded.

Changing a "Correct" Answer after a Quiz is Released

If you edit a quiz question to choose a new "correct" answer after students have already taken a quiz, 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:

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 title. 
5. Click the  Grade icon next to Version X.
6. Click the circle for Give to attempts with answer, select the actual correct answer alternative from the dropdown menu, and enter the number of points this answer should receive.
7. Click Save.

Next, you will deduct points awarded to students who chose the answer mistakenly marked as correct:

1. Again, click the circle for Give to attempts with answer, select your mistakenly “correct” answer # from the dropdown menu, and enter 0 points.
2. You may wish to add a note in the Comment field explaining why this points correction was made. (This comment will be displayed in student feedback and will replace the question and answer feedback.) This is recommended because students who submitted the quiz before you changed the question will see the original version of the question (with the incorrect answer labeled as correct). They will receive the appropriate number of points, but it will look to them like you awarded points for an incorrect answer.
3. Click Save Results.

Note:  Comments in the modification

Viewing Quiz Statistics

To view a list of quizzes along with the class average on each quiz:

1. Click Quizzes in the NavBar.
2. Click Course Statistics

To view individual quiz statistics (class calculations, a distribution graph, and user statistics):

From within Course Statistics, click on the quiz name.
  

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