Add a new quiz

A quiz is always associated with a project, and is made from items and media files that are saved in the project's library. The quizzes that are part of a project can be organized into collections. It is not essential to use collections to categorize your quizzes, but it is an effective way to file your work.

  1. Display the list of quizzes by clicking on Library at the top of the Netquiz Web page
    OR
    in the menu on the left, under the title Library, and click on My quizzes.
  2. Move the cursor over Add a new quiz, to the right of the title My quizzes; this will display the form for the quiz.
  3. Fill in the text input fields.

    NOTE: As soon as the quiz's form is displayed, the list of items in the quiz will be visible at the left of the page.
     
  4. Click on the Save button to save the information or click on Cancel if you do not wish to save the changes to the form.

Three tabs are used to define a quiz: Parameters, Theme and Glossary.

At the top and bottom of the page, you can see the Save button, to save the information you have entered, Cancel if you choose not to save the new information, and Preview to see how the item will appear when published. This will allow you to see the quiz exactly as it will appear to the respondent.
Netquiz Web simulates how the quiz will appear to the respondents.

Parameters for the quiz

The Parameters tab allows you to determine the quiz's essential elements.

Collection: A quiz can, but does not have to belong to a collection. To learn more about collections, see the page [lien vers la page des collections].

To associate a quiz with an existing collection, click on Collection in the drop-down menu.

To associate a quiz with a new collection, enter a name for the new collection in the input field Create a new collection if needed. The new collection will be created at the same time as the quiz. It will appear in the library under My collections.

Title of the quiz: This title will appear in the list of quizzes.

Presentation of items: Order in which the items are presented within the quiz (here we refer to the questions). Your options are:

Based on the parameter of each section:
 If the quiz is divided into sections (see how to divide a quiz in sections), you can choose, for each section, to present the items (questions) in either random order or in a predetermined order, as displayed in the left-hand column. If your quiz is not divided in sections, and you do not set this parameter, the items will appear in random order by default in the published quiz.

Random order: 
The items (questions) will appear in random order in the published quiz.

Predetermined order:
 The items (questions) will appear in the same order as they are in the left-hand column. (see how).

Response time:
 
The time that the respondent spent on each item (question) before clicking on the Submit button (see). Your options are:

Do not calculate:
 
Response time will not appear in the results table;

Calculate:
 Response time column will appear in the results table; Response time is calculated from the instant the item is displayed until the respondent clicks on Submit. Response time is always based on the respondent's last attempt at the item, if the respondent submits the item more than once. A dash before an item (question) indicates that it has not yet been submitted for correction.

Display correct answer:
 Choose whether or not to show the correct answer to the respondent. It might be pedagogically desirable to show the respondent the correct answer before submitting an actual answer.

Based on the parameter of each item:
 each item contains the parameter Display correct answerDisplay correct answer is the default option. So if you choose the option Based on the parameter of each item in the parameters of the quiz, the Solution button will appear or not, depending on the parameter setting in the published quiz.

Display:
 the Solution button will appear in the question page of the published quiz, regardless of the parameter setting for the item.

Do not display:
 the Solution button will not appear in any of the question pages in the published quiz, regardless of the item's parameter setting.

Automatically start media:
 Choose the appropriate option if you want the selected media to start automatically or not.

Based on the parameter of each item: 
every item offers the parameter option Automatically start mediaDo not start the media is the default option. However, if the option Based on the parameter of each item is selected in the parameters of the quiz, the media will or will not start automatically when the item page is displayed depending on the parameters of the item presented.

Never start media: The respondent must start the media him or herself.
Always start audio: If the item contains an audio file, the audio file will always start to play as soon as the item in the published quiz is displayed.
Always start video: If the item contains a video file, the video file will always start to play as soon as the item in the published quiz is displayed.

Language for preview or publication of this quiz: Determines the interface language of the published quiz. The drop-down menu contains the title of each of the languages defined in My languages.

Note: The content of this field is not visible in the published quiz. It is used to write notes to help you manage the content or for collaboration with a colleague. It can help identify an item that you wish to note (such as something to check, complete, check copyrights for, etc.).