Randomizing questions in a quiz ensures that each student will receive a unique set of questions. Doing so can help reduce instances of cheating. D2L offers two ways to randomize questions:
- Add a Question Pool: Add a subset of questions from a larger question pool resulting in a different version of the quiz for each student. The greater the difference between the number of questions in the question pool and the number of questions on the quiz, the greater the chance that each student will get different questions. See
Using the Question Library for more information.
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Shuffle Questions: Any quiz can have quiz questions shuffled, even if there is no question pool. When questions are shuffled, every student gets the same set of questions, but the order of the questions presented will be different for each student. Quiz answer choices can also be shuffled to add additional variety to a quiz.
Add a Question Pool
Question pools can be drawn from question libraries and/or from questions that are in other quizzes in the course.
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Select
More from the course menu bar.
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From the dropdown list, select
Quizzes.
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Create a new quiz or select and existing quiz to edit.
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In the
Properties tab, select
Add/Edit Questions.
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Select Add.
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Select
Question Pool.
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Enter a
Question Pool Title,
Number of Questions to Select and
Points per Question.
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Select
Browse Question Library
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Select from the existing questions in the Question Library
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Select
Add. The question pool will be saved to the quiz.
Shuffle Questions
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Select
More from the course navigation bar.
- From the dropdown list, select
Quizzes
- Create a new quiz or select an existing quiz to edit.
- In the
Properties tab, check the box next to "Shuffle questions at the quiz level"
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Select
Save and Close.
Note: Shuffling questions at the quiz level does not shuffle the questions in a section. To shuffle questions within a section, choose "Shuffle questions in this section" when the section is created
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Once questions have been added to a quiz, the quiz can be previewed. View Previewing Quizzes in D2L.
Quiz Request Form
Have a quiz you need set up in D2L? Fill out this quick form, and the FITS staff will create it in D2L using the file you send us.
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