D2L 8.3 Help for Students
Quiz Tool
This tool can be used for quizzes, surveys (not anonymous), extra credit assignments, and homework assignments.
Getting into a Quiz
From your Course Homepage, select the Quizzes link in the navigation bar. The Quizzes home displays.
Quizzes Home
A list of the quizzes your instructor has made available to you is displayed on the Quizzing Home page. To the right of each quiz the system indicates how many attempts you have used and then how many attempts your instructor has allowed for the specific quiz. Be careful, your instructor may have decided to average all your attempts and not take the best score.
Taking a quiz
- Click the quiz name to begin the quiz.
- Make sure to read all of the instructions, including the area of the screen labeled “Quiz Specifics” to learn about quiz availability, time allowed, and how many attempts you can make.
- Click the Start Quiz! link. This will launch a popup window. Click OK to begin the quiz. The initial quiz window displays.
- Follow the instructions that are on screen; be sure to answer every question.
- Click Save after completing each question.
- Click Save All Responses after completing your quiz.
- When you have completed your quiz, saved all your answers, and want to submit the quiz and confirm your submission, click Go to Submit Quiz.
- You will see a link to any questions that you did not answer. If you are satisfied with your quiz, click Submit Quiz. A pop-up will ask if you are sure. Click OK and you are done.
Important note If the “Auto-Submit Attempt” option is active, all the questions you save before the time limit expires will be submitted. However, any questions that you have not saved before the time limit has expired, even if they have been answered, will not be submitted. You must ensure that you are saving your answers before the time limit expires.
Going back and looking at questions that have already been answered
Once you have saved a question, it is logged in the Quiz Info box as a hyperlink.
Select a link to go back and view the answer during the quiz process. There is also an icon below the question number link that indicates if the question has been saved.
View the graded quiz and information the instructor has chosen to release
1. From the Course Home page click Quizzesin the NavBar.
2. Click on the quiz you wish to view.
3. Click on the Submissions icon at the top of the page
4. Click on the attempt that you wish to examine.
It is up to your instructor to choose what to release. Some instructors will release all questions, others will only release the questions you answered incorrectly, and others will not release any of the questions. If you have questions, please contact your instructor.
You can view your grades (when posted by the instructor) by selecting the Grades link on your Course Home navigation bar.
