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Previewing a Quiz

Overview

It is generally a good idea to preview a quiz before making it active for all students to see and take.  Previewing a quiz allows you to see what a quiz looks like for students when they are taking it and how the quiz is graded.   You can use this information to make adjustments to the quiz so that it is presented exactly how you want it to be.

Instructions

Taking a Preview Quiz

​Follow these steps to preview how a quiz you have created will look to students taking it.

Go to the “Quizzes” page and click on the drop-down menu associated with the quiz you want to preview.  Select Preview from this drop-down menu. 

Quizzes page showing an expanded dropdown menu associated with a quiz titled "Quiz 1". There is a red box around the "Preview" option in the dropdown menu

On the next page, click Start Quiz at the bottom of the page. Then click OK when the confirmation window pops up.

An "Instructions" page for a quiz in D2L Brightspace. There is a red box around the "Start Quiz" button in the bottom left corner of the page.

You now see the quiz as students will see it when it is active. When you are finished viewing the quiz/answering the questions you would like to, click the Submit Quiz button at the bottom of the page.

Note: If you would like to see how the quiz is graded, you will want to answer at least some of the questions. 

A "Quiz Submission Confirmation" page informing the user that they cannot return to the quiz after clicking the "Submit Quiz" button in the bottom left corner of the page. There is a red box around the "Submit Quiz" button.

On the “Quiz Submission Confirmation” page, you can submit the quiz by clicking the Submit Quiz button. If you would like to be able to view your quiz attempt as an item in the Grade Quiz area, check the box next to “Allow this preview attempt to be graded in the Grade Quiz area”. Then click Submit Quiz and click Yes, submit quiz in the associated pop-up box.   You will then see the Submission View that students will see after completing the quiz.

​A "Quiz Submission Confirmation" page informing the user that they cannot return to the quiz after clicking the "Submit Quiz" button in the bottom left corner of the page. There is a red box around a checkbox associated with the statement "Allow this preview attempt to be graded in the Grade Quiz area"

Grading a Preview Quiz

If you checked the “Allow this preview attempt to be graded in the Grade Quiz area” box when taking the preview quiz, you can follow these steps to preview how the quiz will look when being graded.

Go to the “Quizzes” page and click on the dropdown menu associated with the quiz.  Select Grade from the dropdown menu.

Quizzes page showing an expanded dropdown menu associated with a quiz titled "Quiz 1". There is a red box around the "Grade" option in the dropdown menu

Look for the dropdown menu labeled “Restrict to”.  

  1. Click on the dropdown menu and select Users who have previewed attempts.
  2. Then click the magnified glass icon associated with the “Search for” field. 

Labeled screenshot of the Grade Quiz screen, showing 1. the option "Users who have previewed attempts" in the Restrict to dropdown menu and 2. a red box around the magnifying glass in the search field.

Find and click on your attempt to view it. 

Grade Quiz screen restricted to "Users who have previewed attempts" with a red box around "attempt 1" for the course's instructor.