When setting up a quiz, the “Grade” section includes three options: Grade Category, Attempts Allowed, and Grading Method. Grade Category Grade categories are created in the gradebook. A module explaining how to create grade categories is available here. The default grade category is “not categorized.” If other grade categories have been […]
Setting Up “Take Home” Exams – Quiz Setup – The Timing & Restrict Access Section
In this example, we’re going to take a look at a quiz or exam that students might take home over a period of time, perhaps starting at 5 pm on Friday and due at 8 am on Monday. Because of the way these quizzes are connected with the calendar in […]
Setting Up “Traditional” Exams – Quiz Setup – The Timing Section
In examining the timing block, we are going to use a “traditional” quiz or exam example – for a test that opens at a specific time, say 2 pm on Tuesday afternoon, and closes at 4 pm that same day. “Take home tests,” or tests than can be taken over […]
The “General” Section – Quiz Setup – Name and Description
Quiz Name We recommend choosing a name and description that are relevant and easy to find later. Rather than choosing to name your quiz “Week 1 Quiz” it may be beneficial for you to name your quiz “Week 1 Quiz – Protein Concepts.” That way, if you are reusing your […]
Understanding Question Bank Categories
The Question Bank has four categories: Quiz, Course, Category, and System. “System” Category Any questions saved to this category would be visible throughout VSTAR Learn. Any course could use these questions. Whether or not you can see or save questions to this category depends on your role in the system. […]
Add Category to the Question Bank
Navigate to your quiz using the Navigation Block for your course. Then, under the Settings Block, click on “Quiz Administration” to open the special “Quiz Administration” sub-menu. Here, you will want to click on “Question bank.” Under “Question bank” click on “Categories.” This will bring up the Question Bank Categories […]
Editing Topics (Change Topic Names) in Spark Learn
When a course is created, topics are pre-populated, but they will have names like “Topic 1” and “Topic 2.” In most cases, a faculty member will want to change these names to better suit the information being delivered in a lecture, lab, or other learning session. To make changes to […]
Assigning Points to Questions
Each quiz has an overall score. Within each quiz, questions can be assigned a weight to indicate their importance. VSTAR will take this weight into account and score the student’s exam accordingly. Here is an example of a two-question quiz. The default maximum grade, 10, has not been changed. However, […]
Attaching Questions to a Quiz from a Question Bank
Attaching Questions to A Quiz Create and attach the questions to the question bank before adding them to the quiz. Once questions are in the question bank, then you can attach them to the quiz. Navigate to your quiz and select the “Edit Quiz” button. This screen has two tabs: “Editing […]
Essay Question
The essay question type is intended for answers of a paragraph or two in length and, unlike the other question types, must be graded manually. However, unlike an assignment, the essay does not allow for a rubric for grading. When generating an essay question, there are only two sections: General and Tags. Step […]