WebCT Information for Instructors

Instructions for Creating New Quizzes in e-Packs
 

Add a Quiz Title and Link
 In order to create a new quiz in an e-Pack, you will first need to create an empty quiz and name it. You’ll add questions from the Question Database later.
 

  1. From the homepage, click on the Quiz Icon.
  2. From the Quizzes/Surveys screen, locate the Actions frame, and under Options, click Create quiz. The Create Quiz screen appears.
  3. In the Title text box, enter the title you wish to use such as Quiz 1.
  4. Click Create. The Quizzes/Surveys screen appears displaying Quiz 1.

Add Questions from Database to the Quiz
Now, add the questions from the Question Database to the quiz you have created, for example Quiz 1.

  1. From the Quizzes/Surveys screen, click the name of the quiz you wish to add questions to, such as Quiz 1. The Quiz Editor screen appears.
  2. In the Actions frame, under Options, click Add questions. The Question Browser window appears.
  3. In the table under Name, click the folder corresponding to the category your questions had be designated with. The questions you created appear.
  4. To select all questions in the category, select the folder. To select individual questions, select the box next to the title that corresponds to the desired question.
  5. Click Add selected at the bottom of the screen. The Quiz Editor screen appears and the questions are added to Quiz 1.

Next, assign points to each question.

Allocating Points
 You assign point values to questions once they’re added to a quiz. This means that you can assign different point values to a question in different quizzes.

  1. From the Quiz Editor screen, in the Points column, in each of the text boxes, enter the number of points you wish to have for that question.
  2. Click Update total. The Total now shows the total for all the questions combined.

The quiz is created. Next, select how and when the quiz is presented to your students.

Selecting Quiz Settings
Using Quiz Settings, you can specify, for example, which students receive the quiz, how long they have to complete it, how many attempts are allowed, and how the results are released to them. There are numerous settings available on the Quiz Settings screen.

To access the Quiz Settings screen:

  1. Click on the quiz
  2. From the Quiz Editor screen, in the Actions frame, under Options, click Edit quiz settings. The Quiz Settings screen appears.
  3. Once you have made your selections, click Update. The Quiz Editor screen appears and the quiz is now available for your students to complete.

Next, see how the quiz appears to your students. 

Previewing the Quiz
Now that you’re finished creating the quiz, you can preview it from the Quiz Editor screen.

  1. In the Actions frame, under Options, click Preview quiz. A new browser window opens and the quiz appears as it would to a student.
  2. Close the browser window. The Quiz Editor screen appears.

You’ve now finished creating and posting your quiz.

To grade the quiz
Use Submissions, from the Quizzes/Surveys screen or the Quiz Editor screen, to generate the quiz results.

  1. Select Submissions Click Grade
  2. From the Submissions screen, select the submissions that you want to grade
  3. In the Actions frame, under Options, click Grade.
  4. The quiz results are then automatically added to My Grades. At that time, students can access Quizzes/Surveys or My Grades to view their results.

To add My Grades
 If you wish the students to be able to see their grade on the quiz, the My Progress or My Grades tool needs to be created. If it is already present, ignore these instructions. If you do not yet have a My Progress or My Grades tool in the course, please follow these instructions:

  1. Click Control Panel. The Basic Control Panel appears.
  2. Click Add Page or Tool. The Add Page or Tool screen appears.
  3. Under Student Tools, click My Grades. The Add My Grades screen appears.
  4. For the title, enter: My Grades
  5. Select where to add links to My Grades:
    1. Select On the Course Menu.
    2. Select On an Organizer Page: Homepage.

Notice that Link shows item title, Link shows icon, and Use default icon are selected by default. Leave these items selected so that the link on the Homepage displays the title and a default icon.

  1. Click Add. The Homepage appears. Notice that there are now links to My Grades on both the Homepage and the Course Menu.

Click on this link for a printable version of this page.

If you have problems or questions about uploading files into WebCT, contact Keoni Everington (everingtonk@winthrop.edu) 
 


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Last updated: 10/02/06