Quizzes

Use the Quizzes page to create and manage quiz assessments for students.

What you can do

Go to Quizzes in the admin menu to:

  • View all quizzes
  • Create new quizzes
  • Edit quiz content, questions, and scoring settings
  • Delete or archive quizzes

Attempt and return behavior

Quiz attempts are controlled by the Attempts allowed setting on the quiz form. Teachers can increase this value to give all students additional retries.

Returning a student’s submission is a separate, per-student action:

  • A returned submission is sent back to the student with feedback.
  • The returned attempt does not block the student from starting the next attempt when it is available.
  • Attempt numbers always increment across returns (Attempt 1, Attempt 2, Attempt 3), so the retry history remains clear.
  • Unlimited quizzes (attempts_allowed = -1) remain unrestricted.
  • The return action is gated: teachers can only return a submission if the student still has attempts remaining. This prevents a teacher from returning a submission on a one-attempt quiz that was genuinely exhausted.

For site-wide extra retries, the teacher should increase Attempts allowed on the quiz form. For a single student who needs another chance, the teacher can return that student’s submission instead.

Practical retry logic

  • On auto-graded quizzes, students can start again immediately whenever attempts remain.
  • On rubric/open-question quizzes, a student with status submitted waits for the teacher to grade; no retry button is shown yet.
  • Once the teacher grades and/or returns the submission, retries become available if attempts remain.
  • If the student still has attempts left but the quiz is pending grading, the UI should show a clear notice explaining that retry is available after teacher review.

Workflow

  1. Open Quizzes
  2. Review existing quizzes or create a new one
  3. Edit quiz content, question order, and outcome tagging
  4. Save changes and confirm the quiz is available to students

Quizzes vs Assignments

  • Quizzes are for MCQ / auto-graded assessments
  • Pure MCQ quizzes use the quiz score as outcome evidence (no rubric needed)
  • Rubrics are only required for essay or short-answer questions
  • Mixed quizzes can combine auto-graded scores and rubric-scored open questions

Last updated: 2026-07-08