The Quizzes tool can be used for formal or informal assessments and self-assessments. You can create several question types, most of which can be graded automatically for you, and quizzes can be connected to the Grades tool so that once the quiz is graded, that grade is sent directly to a grade item. In addition, questions can also be shuffled or randomized, and can integrate various media types (video, audio, images), and quizzes can be timed .
The Question Library is an integral part of of the Quiz tool. If you are wanting to use the Question Pool feature, questions must be in the Question Library. We recommend that all questions are created inside of the Question Library and then used to create a Quiz or Exam. This way, if the actual quiz is deleted, the questions still remain and can be used again.
The Question Library
- Creating Questions in the Question Library
- Importing Questions from a Quiz into the Question Library
- Importing Questions from External Sources
- Importing Questions from a Document using Respondus 4.0
Creating Quizzes
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- Creating a Quiz: The Basics
- Manage Availability Dates and Conditions (including Special Access)
- Setting a Student’s Quiz Accommodations from the Classlist
- Creating an Additional Submission View for a Quiz
- Using Respondus Lockdown Browser: Please review your assessments with an instructional designer before setting this tool up.
- Key Considerations before Using Respondus Lockdown Browser (PDF)
- Accommodations for D2L Exams that Require Respondus Lockdown Browser (PDF)
- Creating a Question Pool in a Quiz
- Importing Questions from the Question Library into a Quiz Section
- Adding Bonus Questions to a Quiz
- Creating Quiz Reports
Managing Quizzes
- Shuffling Questions in a Quiz
- Shuffling Questions in a Quiz Section
- Previewing Quizzes
- Viewing (“Grading”) Quiz Preview Attempts
- Printing Quizzes
Grading Quizzes
- New Quiz Evaluation Experience (July 2025)
- Releasing Quiz Marks to Attempts
- Sending Quizzes Grades to the Gradebook after the Quiz has Started (PDF)
- Grading or Re-grading a Quiz
- Viewing Students Who Have Not Attempted a Quiz (PDF)
- Resetting Quiz Attempts
- Reopening Quizzes or Submitting Quizzes for Students (PDF)
- Exempting Students from Quizzes (PDF)
- Rescoring a Quiz Question that was Incorrect (PDF)
- Viewing Quiz Statistics (to view Class Averages, Question Statistics, and Question Details)
- Viewing Attempt Logs (to see when students started a quiz, submitted a quiz, etc.)