Showing posts with label question library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label question library. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2018

Improvement to creating sections in Quizzes and Question Library

A new, simpler interface for creating sections in a quiz is live in the new quizzing experience. The new interface includes a preview of the section as you create it.



New section creation screen in Quizzes and Question Library

Section title and text are visible to students by default. Select checkboxes beneath each field to hide them from students in the quiz. A preview appears on the right as information is entered in the fields. Finally, the save button includes a drop down menu and includes Save and New and Save and Copy options.




The following options have been deprecated in the New Section user interface:
- Image > Add a File. (You can add a file using the HTML Editor.)
- Line breaks after each section name
- Display message and image
- Section feedback
- Private Comments

Friday, February 16, 2018

Improvements: Question Library new import features

Instructors can search the Question Library when adding questions to a quiz using a slide in panel featuring the questions in a tree structure. This enables easy navigation of questions to be added to quizzes. The ability to sort questions by their source collection, question type, points value, and question text has also been added.




This feature appears in new quiz upload files and the Question Library.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Question Library Improvements: Improved CSV Import

With this month's update on 9/22, workflow is improved for the Import process when importing a CSV file in the Question Library.



the Import drop down in the Question Library
The Import drop-down menu





There is a new import file menu, and instructors can review questions and remove any unnecessary questions or sections.




updated import file menu in Question Library
Updated Import File menu
instructors can click Review once the upload is complete to review what to add from the import
Review link in the Successful Upload Window
the Review Window for the Uploaded File
Review Window for the Uploaded File



Thursday, July 20, 2017

Quizzes: New Shuffle feature

Have you wanted to be able to shuffle both the questions and sections in your quizzes in BOLT? Previously you were able to randomize questions or add random sections in quizzes. Now, you are able to also shuffle the order of sections, or the order of questions in a section, in quizzes.


Starting Friday 7/21, you will be able to use this new feature in BOLT.


To discourage cheating in quizzes, instructors can now shuffle the order of all questions in quizzes, or specific groups of questions (sections) in quizzes.


When editing a quiz in the Quizzes tool, a new option to Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level displays in the Quiz Questions section. When creating a new section to group specific questions in a quiz, a new option to Shuffle order of questions in this section is visible in the Display Options section. Once the shuffle option is selected, a shuffle icon appears next to each affected question in the quiz.



screenshot showing the option to "Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level" on the Properties page of a quiz
The new Shuffle feature coming to Quizzes on July 21




To shuffle all questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, select “Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level”.
2. Save the quiz.


To shuffle specific questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, click Add/Edit Questions.
2. Create a section.
3. Import questions to the section.
4. Under display options for the section, select “Shuffle order of questions in this section”.
5. Save the section.


You can shuffle the order of random sections at the quiz level, but random sections do not have the new shuffle questions option since the nature of random sections is to provide a random number of questions from a pool of questions, performing a similar function.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Long Answer question type renamed to Written Response on April 21st

On April 21st in the Quizzes tool, the Long Answer (LA) question type will be changing to Written Response (WR).


The change will NOT affect any of your Long Answer (LA) questions. This is a name change only.


The question type was renamed to make the name more intuitive for instructors.



Friday, March 17, 2017

Improvements to the New Quizzing Experience and Short Answer Questions

This release introduces further improvements to the new quizzing experience for True or False, Multiple Choice, Long Answer, and Short Answer quiz questions, which include the following:
  • If instructors opt out of the new quizzing experience, they are prompted to provide a reason why they are opting out.

    screenshot of questions asked when opting out such as why you are opting out and what Brightspace can do to make the feature something you would love to use

  • An option (Save and Copy) has been added that enables instructors to save the current question and copy the content to a new question that can be edited.

    screenshot of the drop down option on the save button that includes save and new and save and copy options for question creation

  • Short Answer questions have been enhanced. Instructors can select the new Students must answer all blanks correctly grading option, which is an all or nothing grading option, or Students will receive part marks, which divides the total points by the number of answers possible.

    screenshot of the options for how points are assigned to blanks in short answer questions


Thursday, February 16, 2017

New Quizzing Experience: Short Answer Question Updated

As another stage in the visual redesign of the Quizzes tool, the Short Answer (SA) question creation and editing layouts have been updated.



screenshot of the Short Answer question creation interface
Short Answer Question Creation Updated


Instructors can opt in or out of this new look and feel. For more information, please see the New Quizzing Experience module in the BOLT Help Course in BOLT. (In the BHC, Click Content > Coursework Help > Quizzes Help > New Quizzing Experience )