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To create a new quiz task, go to the Learning – Learning Management – Tasks menu, click the Add button, and select the Quiz task type:

On the Tasks page, the following fields and sections are available for completion and configuration:

(1) - Quiz title - a required field;
(2) - Quiz Description — brief information for the user about the task, which is displayed in the task card in the My Tasks list and the Catalog of tasks;
(3) - Select tag - if needed, assign a tag to the quiz task. A tag can be selected from existing ones via the dropdown list or search, or a new tag can be created. For more details Tag management
(4) - Select competencies — if needed, specify the competencies developed by this task. For more details: Competencies for the tasks.

Blocks with the corresponding stages of assignment setup are displayed further on the page::

• Task Type (5),
• Settings (6),
• Assignment (7),
• Results (8).

(9) - Cancel — return to the tasks table without saving changes;
(10) - Save the created quiz task.

Task Type Block — Quiz

In this block, you need to select an existing quiz or create a new one.
When you click the Create a New button, the page for creating a new quiz opens (more details: Quiz creating. Quiz parameters). After the quiz is created and saved, it is automatically published and added to the task in the Task Type block. Its name and description are automatically displayed in the task Title (1) and Description (2) fields.

When you click the Select from exists button, a modal window opens where you can find and select the required quiz using the name search.

After selecting a quiz, its title and description are automatically displayed in the task Title (1) and Description (2) fields.

(3) - Edit button - opens the quiz editing page.
(4) - Actions button — the following actions are available for the quiz:

• Create a new;
• Select another;
• Remove from task.

After selecting a quiz, the system suggests proceeding to the Settings block, while the Task Type block remains available for editing.

Settings Block

In this block, various configurations for completing the quiz task are made.
When you click the Change Settings button, the page with the task configuration parameters opens.

General Quiz settings:

(1) - Number of questions – determines how many questions will be randomly presented to the user from the total list of quiz questions.

1. By default, All Questions are displayed.
2. Single question from each group setting presents the user with one question from each Question Group (more details Groups for quiz questions).
3. With the Limited setting, the system will randomly select the specified number of questions from all questions created in the quiz. In this case, you need to set a question limit — the number of questions that will be presented to the user for completion.

(2) - Attempts number – by default, the number of quiz attempts is unlimited, but attempts can be restricted. When the Limited setting is selected, after the last available attempt, the system will not allow the user to retake the quiz but will offer to send a request to the Administrator for an additional attempt (more details: Attempts to Quiz).
If the "Deny the request for an additional test attempt" checkbox is selected in the settings, the user will not be able to send a request to the Administrator for an additional attempt.

(3) - Quiz passing time – allows you to restrict the quiz duration in minutes. Once the time expires, the quiz will be automatically completed, and the user will receive the points they earned (more details: Quiz. Mode with a time limit).

(4) - Training mode – allows the user to see during the quiz whether the selected answers are correct or not (more details: Quiz. Training mode).

(5) - Allow opening other pages - allows users to open other portal pages during the quiz.
(6) - Show errors protocol - show the user after completing the quiz, the protocol of wrong answers. The user will see a list of questions with answer options after finishing the quiz (more details: Viewing Quizzes results by the User after passing the test ).
(7) - Hide correct answers from the protocol - if this setting is enabled, only the questions where the user made mistakes will be displayed after completing the quiz.
This setting is available only if Show errors protocol (6) checkbox is enabled.

General Question Settings:

(1) - Mix variants of answer - when enabled, the answer options for a question are presented to the user in a random order;

(2) - Follow the sequence of questions - questions are presented to the user in the order specified when creating the quiz (more details: Setting the order of questions in quizzes);

(3) - Skip questions - when enabled, the user can skip the current question and answer it after all other questions;

(4) - Show user whether the correct answer to questions is given - after submitting an answer, the user sees a notification indicating whether their answer is correct or incorrect, but they can no longer change it;

(5) - Skip to the next question manually - this setting is available when "Show user whether the correct answer to questions is given" (4) option is selected - to move to the next quiz question, the user should click the Next Question button.
This option should be enabled if the standard confirmation message for correct/incorrect answers has been changed for quiz questions (more details: Change the text confirmation of the answers in qiuzzes).

Other General Settings

(1) - Allow Commenting - allows the user to leave comments on the task. When this setting is enabled, users can provide feedback about taking the quiz or ask questions. For more details on adding a comment text during quiz completion by the user, see: Comments in tasks;

(2) - Custom successful and unsuccessful completion task messages - allows you to create a custom message in the editor for successful or unsuccessful task completion, and also add an image or link to it;

(3) - Reminders - enables additional reminders about missed or incomplete tasks (more details: Tasks Reminder).

Deadline

Task deadline - a setting that limits task completion by time (more details Task deadline). By default, Unlimited Completion Time is set.

Results

(1) - The result of task completion is - determines which attempt is used to calculate the final result: the best attempt or the last attempt:

• the result of the last attempt - the overall result depends on the last quiz attempt;
• the best result among all attempts - the overall result is determined by the best result achieved across all attempts.

(2) - Completion threshold – defines the percentage of correct answers required for the quiz to be considered successfully completed;

(3) - Transform result on scale - allows to configure the conversion of the score from percentage (%) to the required scale (for example, a 5-point grading system, ECTS, etc.). By default, all tasks in the system are graded from 0 to 100%. For more details: Mark scales.

Rewards

(1) - Badge of the task - a task element in the form of a badge, intended to indicate successful completion. The badge includes a name and an image and allows identification of the completed task (more details: Badges);

(2) - Certificate of the task - a certificate awarded for successful task completion (more details: Certifications);

(3) - Points for the task - settings for the points awarded for completing the task, which are used to calculate the user rating (more details: Points for the task);

(4) - Bonuses for completing the task - specify the number of bonuses awarded for successful task completion, which can be used to purchase items in the gift shop. More details: Internal currency.

Additional parameters

In addition to the standard task fields, advanced settings can be created.
If they are created, a Additional Parameters section will appear in the Settings block, where the corresponding fields are available for completion.
For example, in the screenshot, "The cost of training" field has been added, which can be filled in if needed.

User Assignment Block

In this block, users are assigned to the task. Detailed information is provided in the article: User assigning.

Results Block

This block allows you to view and analyze user task completion results in detail.
By clicking the Analyze button, you can quickly navigate to the reporting page for the corresponding quiz. For more details: Quizzing report.