Quiz settings is the first screen that you'll see when creating a new quiz. This can be accessed via the Quizzes link on the course navigation menu, which will take you to the quizzes index page where you can see all of the quizzes in your course.

Quiz index page

The first step in customizing your quiz settings, is to create a new quiz. To do this, click the + Quiz button in the upper right of the Quizzes page.

Add quiz button

The Details tab is the first tab you’ll be taken to upon creating a new quiz. Here is where you’ll enter details for your quiz such as the Quiz Name, Quiz Instructions, and Quiz Options. You can add any type of media to the quiz instructions that you would be able to add to a normal page, since this field uses the rich content editor.

Details section of creating a new quiz

Next, select the type of quiz that you want to create from the quiz type dropdown menu. There are several different quiz types to choose from:

Practice Quiz - Can be used to assess learning without assigning a grade in the gradebook

Graded Quiz - Most commonly used quiz type. This automatically creates a column in the gradebook. Certain questions types will be automatically calculated, while others, such as Essay Questions, will not.

Graded Survey - Allows students to be awarded a designated amount of points for completing a survey. They also have the option to be anonymous

Ungraded Survey - Provide the same options as graded surveys, but are not given a point value

Quiz type dropdown menu

After choosing the type of quiz you'd like to create, you can specify an Assignment Group to add the quiz to. By default, quizzes are added to the Assignments group. Quizzes can be added to a specific assignment group if an assignment group has already been created. You can find more information about assignment groups in the Assignments Module.

Quiz Options

After selecting the quiz type and setting the assignment group, you have several quiz options that you can change to suit your needs.

Shuffle Answers for each question
Time Limit
Allow multiple attempts - This can be specified to a limited number of attempts, or can be left blank to allow unlimited attempts. You can then specify to keep the Highest score, the Latest or most recent score, or an Average of all of the attempts’ scores
Options for students seeing their responses - By default, quizzes will let students see their quiz responses and see which answers were correct. This can be customized per quiz. You can even designate the correct answers to be shown after a certain date, and hidden at a later date.
Show one question at a time - with this option selected, you can also lock questions after answering, which will prevent students from backtracking on a quiz.

Quiz Restrictions

There are two different options for quiz restrictions:

Require an access code - This option makes it so that the quiz requires a password before the it can be started. You get to choose the password once you check this option.
Filter IP Addresses - This can be useful for limiting students to only being able to take a quiz while on campus, however, this is a more advanced feature and requires additional information to configure. Therefore, it's not a recommended setting because incorrect configuration can prevent students from being able to take the quiz at all.

Customizing Varied Due Dates

Lastly, you can assign multiple, or varied due dates. You can add different due dates for specific students who may need accommodations when taking quizzes, or to different groups that have been set up in the course.

Make sure to click the Save button when you’re done to ensure that none of your settings get lost. If you don’t assign the quiz to everyone in the course, you’ll see a warning message indicating that there are students missing from the Assign field.