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The Quiz activity allows you to test your students on the material presented in the course.

Select Turn editing on in the upper-right corner.

Navigate to the section of the Course Outline where you want to add the Quiz

From the Add an activity drop-down, select Quiz.

Enter a Name that is relevant to the content of the quiz.

Selecting Open and Close dates specifies the time period when the quiz will be available to students.

Select the Disable checkboxes if you prefer to not set open or close dates.

To set a time limit, select the Enable checkbox and enter the number of minutes in the Time limit field.

If you are allowing multiple attempts, you may set a time delay between the first and second attempts and subsequent attempts.

Use the drop-down to select the number of Questions per page you want your students to see.

Use the drop-down to enable or disable Question shuffling.

You may also choose to Shuffle within questions (i.e. answer choices for a multiple choice question).

Use the drop-down to select the number of Attempts allowed.

The Each attempt builds on the last setting only applies if you allow multiple attempts.

If you select Yes, each new attempt of a quiz will contain the results of the previous attempt.

If you select No, a fresh quiz will be shown for every attempt.

If you select Yes for Adaptive mode, the student will be allowed multiple responses to a question within the same attempt of a quiz.

Assign a Grading method.

The Apply penalties setting only applies to quizzes run in adaptive mode.

Use the drop-down to select the number of Decimal digits in grades.

If desired, adjust the Review options.

The security section allows you to apply Browser security, Require a password, or Require a network address.

Use the Visible drop-down to select the visibility (Show or Hide) for this Quiz.

Use the Grade Category drop-down to select the gradebook location for this Quiz.

If desired, adjust Overall feedback.

Select Save and return to course.

See "How do I add questions to a Quiz" for instructions on how to add questions.