Create a Randomized Quiz in D2L

Creating Random quizzes ensures that each student will receive a unique set of questions. By creating question pools within a quiz, a select number of questions can be pulled from a set of questions stored in the Question Library. Therefore, you must create or import questions into the Question Library before you can create a random quiz.  

Once questions are created or imported into the Question Library, you will create a new quiz, and then create a question pool in the quiz. You will specify how many questions from the pool each student should receive. The question pool will then randomly select this number of questions for each student. 

Create a Section (folder) in the Question Library 

NOTE: If you already have your questions in the Question Library, you can skip down to the Create a New Quiz Section. 

1. Select Quizzes on the Navbar 

2. Select the Question Library link at the top of the page  

3. Select the New button and then select Section (a Section is a folder) 

4. Enter a Section Title in the Section Name field (i.e., Chapter 1) 

5. Additional Options: 

1. If you want to hide the Section Title from students taking a quiz, check the box 

2. If you want to enter a description of the questions included in this section, add it to the Section Text 

3. If you don’t want students to see the Section text, select the box for Hide Section Text from students 

4. If you want students to receive questions in a random order when using this section of questions in a quiz, select the box for “shuffle questions in this section.” NOTE: This option is also set when creating the question pool in the quiz. 

6. Select Save 

Import Questions from Existing Quiz into Question Library Section 

1. Select the new Section Folder (i.e., Chapter 1) 

2. Select the Import button and then select Browse Existing Questions 

3. Select the Source menu and then select the name of the existing quiz 

4. Select the box at the top of the list to select all questions or select individual questions.  

5. If you’d like to preview a question, select the preview icon to the far right of the question.  

6. If you want to search for questions with key terms, you can enter the term in the Search question text box.  

7. In addition, you can use the Filter and Sort menus to narrow your search for questions.  

8. When you are finished selecting questions, select Add. 

NOTE: The questions from the existing quiz have now been copied into the new section of the question library. 

Create a New Quiz 

1. Select Quizzes on the Navbar 

2. Select New Quiz 

3. Enter an appropriate Name for the Quiz 

4. Select Save 

Create a Question Pool in a Quiz 

1. Select the Create New button and then select Question Pool 

2. Enter a Question Pool Title (I.e. Chapter 1) 

3. Enter the Number of Questions to Select (how many questions each student should receive when taking the quiz) 

4. Enter the Points per question 

5. Select Browse Question Library 

6. Select the Question Library Section (i.e. Chapter 1) or select individual questions and then select Import 

7. Select Save 

NOTE 1: You now have a question pool in the quiz which will pull a specified number of questions randomly from the questions imported into the Question Library section.  

NOTE 2: If you would like to add questions to a quiz which contains a question pool, select Create New, New Question, and add the questions. Any additional questions added to the quiz will NOT be randomized and will be given to every student in the order that you add them. 

NOTE 3: You can create multiple question pools in a quiz. For example, you may want to create a Final Exam that randomly pulls questions from each of the chapter quizzes. You would then create a question pool for each chapter and select how many questions you want pulled from each chapter. Remember, each chapter quiz would first need to be imported into a section of the Question Library. 

Finish setting up the quiz  

1. When you are finished creating questions, select the Save button to protect your current work. 

2. Scroll back up to the top of the page. Here you will find the options to add a new grade item or link to an existing grade item, enter a due date, and add a description. 

NOTE: If you have already set up a grade item for the quiz in your gradebook then you must select the option to Edit or link to Existing. Otherwise, D2L will create a duplicate grade item for the quiz in your gradebook. 

3. When you are done, scroll to the bottom of the page and select Save. 

Set Availability Dates & Conditions 

1. [Optional] On the right side of the page select Availability Dates & Conditions. 

2. [Optional] Enter a start and end date for your quiz.  

3. [Other options] Add release conditions, manage special access, and add a password for your quiz. 

Timing & Display 

1. On the right side of the page, select Timing & Display 

2. Check the box for Set time limit 

3. Enter the time limit in minutes 

4. For more options, select the Timer Settings link 

5. [Recommended] Select Automatically submit the quiz attempt and click OK 

6. Select a timing option: No time Limit, Recommended Time Limit or Enforced Time Limit 

7. Select the Paging menu and choose how to display the questions 

Attempts & Completion 

1. On the right side of the page, select Attempts & Completion  

2. In the Attempts section, select Manage Attempts to select how many attempts each student may have, and how the grade should be calculated 

3. Select OK 

Evaluation & Feedback 

1. On the right side of the page, select Evaluation & Feedback 

2. If you would like students to see their results immediately, select the box for Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion 
   NOTE: Not all types of questions can be automatically scored.  

3. If you would like scores to be sent to the gradebook, you must make that selection on the left side of quiz creation page as described above (bottom of page 3), then you can select the box for Synchronize to grade book on publish  

4. Under the heading “When published, display to learners,” select the box to show students their attempt grade 

5. Use the menu to select an option for displaying questions to students 

6. If you would like to select additional options, select the Customize Quiz Results Displays link 

RECOMMENDATION: The quiz results page can be copied and printed; therefore, leave the default “No questions” setting until after all students have completed the quiz or the quiz period is over. Then go back into the quiz and change the settings to allow students to view the questions with correct answers. 

7. Select Save and Close