Category: Creating Activities within a Course

You can configure a quiz to have questions which are conditional upon another question. This will force a student to answer a question before they can proceed. This mode allows you to include material from the correct answer of a quiz question into another question. For example, if Question 1 asks “What is the first step in turning on your computer?” with the answer being “Press the power button”, Question 2 can ask “After you have pressed the power button, what screen will you see?” 

Conditional questions can only be used with Interactive with multiple tries, Immediate Feedback, or Immediate Feedback with CBM and Free Navigation must be enabled.

Questions conditional upon other questions will display as either grayed out or with text indicating they will be unavailable until a previous question is answered. Some question types do not work with conditional options. Those questions will not appear with the option to lock them.

This setting is not recommended for use with randomization of questions within a quiz. Configure your quiz for conditional question dependencies

To configure your quiz for conditional question dependencies you will need to change your Layout and Question behavior on your Edit settings page. To do so,

1. On your course page, click the link to open the quiz. The Quiz summary page will open.
2. On the Quiz summary page, select the Actions menu, a drop-down list will open. From this listselect Edit settings. The Editing settings page will open.
3. Under the Layout heading, click Show more…. This will display extra Layout options.
4. In the Navigation method drop-down list, select Free.
5. Under the Question behavior heading, from the How questions behave drop-down list, select either Interactive with multiple tries, Immediate Feedback,or Immediate Feedback with CBM.
6. Click Save and Display. You will be returned to the Quiz Summary page.

Enable conditional question dependencies

1. On your course page, click the link to open the quiz. The Quiz summary page will open.
2. On the Quiz summary page, select the Actions menu. A drop-down list will open. From this list select Edit quiz.
3. To the left of each question, there is an unlock icon. To add a conditional dependency, click the unlock icon. This will create the conditional dependency. The icon will change to a lock icon.
4. To check the dependency, hover over the lock icon.
5. To unlock the question and remove the conditional dependency, click the lock icon. This will remove the conditional dependency. The lock icon will change to an unlocked icon.

A Quiz in Edspora is a powerful and adaptive activity that instructors can customize in numerous ways. This page explains how to add a Quiz activity to your course and reviews the many options you can set for delivering a quiz and providing feedback, for example, how many times it may be attempted, and whether students see feedback immediately or only after the quiz is closed.

This article covers creating a Quiz activity and setting the options available on the activity settings page. Once you have added the quiz you must open it to add questions. .

Add a Quiz Activity

1. On your course page, select Turn editing on. Links and icons will appear on the page.
2. Locate the Section where you will add the Quiz. (If you are using the Collapsed topics format, open the Section.)
3. At the bottom-right of the Section, select + Add an activity or resource. The Activity chooser will open.
4. In the Activity chooser, select Quiz. The activities will be listed in the alphabetical order and a description will be displayed at right.
5. Select Add. The Adding a new Quiz page will open.
6. Configure settings for the Quiz. For detailed information on these options, see Overview: Configure Quiz Options.
7. At the bottom of the page, click Save and display. 

Configuring a quiz activity

Quizzes in Edspora have extensive configuration options.  Read more about these configuration options in the article Overview: Configure Quiz Options.

This article explains how to add new questions to a Edspora Quiz that has already been added to your course.  You will not be able to add Quiz questions once the Quiz activity has been attempted.

Add a New Question to a Quiz

1. On your course page, click the Quiz name. The Quiz summary page will open.
2. On the Quiz summary page, select the Actions menu, a drop-down list will open. From this list select Edit quiz. The Editing quiz page will open. If the Quiz already contains questions, they will be listed here.
3. Click Add (at far right, top or bottom) and from the drop-down menu, select + a new question. The Choose a question type to add pop-up opens.
4. In the Choose a question type to add pop-up, select a question type and click Add. The Adding a question page will open.
   Note: A description of each question type is available in the right column of the Adding a question window. The description appears automatically once you choose the question type.
5. On the Adding a [question type] question page, if you plan to organize questions in categories, select a category from the drop-down list for Category (by default, questions are added to the Default for Course category).
6. Enter a Question name (students do not see it) and Question text (students do see this), and set a value for the Default points (maximum points available).
7. Configure the question according to the question type.
8. Click Save changes. You will be returned to the Editing quiz page and the new question will be listed.
9. To preview the question click the Preview icon. The question will open in a pop-up window.

Add Questions to a Quiz from the Question Bank

1. On your course page, click the Quiz name. The Quiz summary page will open.
2. On the Quiz summary page, select the Actions menu, a drop-down list will open. From the Action menu drop-down list select Edit quiz. The Editing quiz page will open. If the Quiz already contains questions, they will be listed here.
3. On the Editing quiz page, click Add (at far right) and from the drop-down menu select + from question bank. The Add from the question bank… pop-up will open.
4. In the Add from the question bank… pop-up, from the Select a category drop-down menu, select the category from which to add questions to the Quiz. The list of questions within that category will appear.
5. You can add questions to the quiz in any of the following ways:
   • To add a single question to the Quiz, click the Add icon (+) located before the question name. You will be returned to the Editing quiz page and the question you added will be listed.
   • To add multiple questions, select the checkboxes (left of the question), then click Add selected questions to quiz (at bottom). You will be returned to the Editing quiz page and the questions you added will be listed.
6. To preview a question click the Preview icon. The question will open in a pop-up window.

Add Random Questions to a Quiz from the Question Bank

Note: To successfully add random questions to a quiz you must have enough unused questions in your question bank to avoid reusing questions already added to the quiz. A question can only appear once in any quiz, so the more questions in the category you are drawing from, it is more likely for students to receive different questions on each attempt. When a quiz with random questions is retaken, the random questions will be different from the ones in previous attempts.

1. On your course page, click the Quiz name. The Quiz summary page will open.
2. On the Quiz summary page, select the Actions menu, a drop-down list will open. From the Action menu drop-down list select Edit quiz. The Editing quiz page will open. If the Quiz already contains questions, they’ll be listed here.
3. Click Add (at far right), and from the drop-down menu select + a random question. The Add a random question window will open.
4. In the Add a random question window, under Existing category, use the Category drop-down menu to select the category from which to draw questions.
5. From the Number of random questions drop-down menu, select the number of questions the quiz should pull from this category. For example, if the category has ten questions and you select “5”, each quiz attempt will take a random five questions from the ten questions in this category.
6. Click Add random question. The Editing quiz page will open listing the question(s) as Random (category name).
7. On the Editing quiz page, each time you click the Preview icon for the question, you should see a different question.

The Assignment activity allows students to upload files to the instructor for grading. As the instructor, you’ll have the entire student roster and their respective submissions all in one centralized area. Instead of having students email you their papers or projects, the Assignment feature allows you to access, grade, and provide feedback to student’s submissions quickly and easily.

Students may submit digital files (such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, or audio and video clips), or type text directly into a text submission box. Assignment activities can also be used to describe and grade work students will complete offline, such as art work, performances, or classroom presentations.

Add an assignment

1. Click the Turn editing on button in the top right corner.
2. Navigate to the topic/week of your choice, and click on the + Add an activity or resource menu.
3. Choose the Assignment radio button located under Activities and select Add at the bottom of the window.
4. In the following screen, type out the Assignment name and Description areas (required fields).
   • Tip: The Description area is a great location for providing assignment instructions to your students.
5. Below the Description area, is a bounded box where you can attach additional files. Drag and Drop files from your PC or Mac directly into this box to attach them to the assignment. This is useful when assignment instructions or rubrics are already built in a Word doc or PDF.
6. In the Assignment settings area, be sure to select your assignment’s Available and Due dates. Please note that Edspora uses military time. 
7. In the Submission settings area, select your preferred options:
   1. File submissions: Do you wish for students to upload files for this assignment? If so, its best to leave this option at the default (Yes).
   2. Maximum number of files: Use this drop down menu to select the maximum amount of files your students can submit.
   3. Maximum submission size: By default, the maximum submission size for a file is 1 GB, which is the highest option available.
   4. Submission comments: Changing this option to Yes will allow students to type out a comment to the instructor.
   5. Online text: Changing this option to Yes will allow students to replace the file submission area with a box for text submissions.
8. Continue down the page to the Grade section and choose how you would like to grade your assignment (point value is recommended). Optionally, change the maximum point value for the assignment. 
9. Optionally, select the Grade category if you’re utilizing categories in Gradebook Setup.
10. Select Save and return to course to return to your main course page, or Save and display to view the assignment page.

Assignments have a significant amount of customization options.  Read below to learn more about all of the options available for assignments in Edspora. Learn more about them by reviewing the article: Overview: Assignment Options.

Edit an assignment

While it is possible to edit the content or setup options for an existing assignment, proceed with caution if the assignment has already been released to students — especially if students have already submitted work. Changing some options, such as changing participants when working with groups, may result in student confusion and the loss of work that has already been submitted.

To change the content or options for an assignment you have already created:

1. On your course page, click Turn editing on (green pencil icon, top right).
2. Next to the Assignment to update, click Edit, then select Edit Settings.The assignment’s settings page will open.
3. The Updating Assignment page shows you the same options available on the Adding a new Assignment page. Here you may change your assignment options as needed, including changing the due date, grading information, and availability of the assignment.
4. Once you have finished making the necessary changes, click Save and return to course at the bottom of the page.

The Questionnaire activity allows you to survey your students using a wide range of question types. For example, you can collect informal/ungraded student feedback on your course or on a particular topic. You can view all responses or individual student’s responses (and control whether or not students see only their own response), and you can download the data collected in a .csv file.

Note:

• Unlike the Quiz activity, the Questionnaire activity is designed primarily to gather information from students, not to assess or test their knowledge. You can, however, set up the questionnaire so that students receive a grade if they complete the activity.
• Edspora also offers the Choice activity, for single question polls.
• The questions used in a Questionnaire activity are not saved in the Edspora Quiz Question Bank, nor can questions from the Question Bank be used in a questionnaire. 

Questionnaire Features

You can create a survey using the following types of questions:

• Check Boxes
• Date
• Dropdown box
• Essay box (for paragraph-length or longer response)
• Label
• Numeric
• Radio buttons
• Rate (using a numeric scale, e.g. from 1 to 5)
• Text box (for a brief one line response)
• Yes/no

You can also place:

• Page breaks (to divide the questions into a multi-page survey)
• Text labels (e.g., to display information or instructions between questions)

Create a Questionnaire

1. On your main course page, click Turn editing on (top right). Editing icons and links will appear.
2. Locate the Topic or Weekly Section where you will add the questionnaire activity. (If you are using the Collapsed topics format, open the Section.)
3. At the bottom-right of the Section, click + Add an activity or resource. The Add an activity or resource window will open.
4. In the Add an activity or resource window, select Questionnaire and then click Add. The Adding a new Questionnaire page will open.
5. In the Name field, enter a name for the questionnaire (Required).
6. In the Description field, enter the text you want students to see at the top of the questionnaire. This text precedes the actual questions, which you will specify in a separate step after you finish adding the activity. 
7. Click the Timing heading to set start and end dates limiting when students may take the questionnaire.
   Note: The Timing settings allow students to view results even after the end date, whereas the Restrict Access setting (see below) completely hides all parts of the activity from view.
   • Use Open Date allows you to set a date and time when students can start responding to the questionnaire. If disabled, the questionnaire becomes available for students to take immediately upon its creation.
   • Use Close Date lets you select the date and time after which students cannot take the questionnaire. If disabled, the activity is available indefinitely.
8. Click the Response options heading to customize the way student responses are handled:
   Type determines the frequency with which students may respond:
   • Respond many (default) allows unlimited responses.
   • Respond once, daily, weekly, or monthly restricts how often a student may respond.Respondent Type sets whether results will show students’ names:
   • Full name displays the full names of your students with each response
   • Anonymous removes the student names from responses.
     Note: When set to Anonymous, instructors will not see names listed in the survey results, but CAN see whether a student has submitted a questionnaire by checking the Reports for the activity. The report will not identify a particular attempt except by a timestamp. Students can view ALL responses determines whether and when students can view a summary of submitted responses (in addition to their own individual response, which they can view at any time):
   • After answering the questionnaire (default): Students may view all submitted responses only after submitting their own response.
   • After the questionnaire is closed: Students may view all submitted responses after the questionnaire’s closing date/time (if set using the options in the Timing section above).
   • Always: Students can view submitted responses at any time, even if they have not answered the questionnaire first.Save/Resume answers
   • No (default) requires students to complete the questionnaire in one sitting.
   • Yes allows students to save answers, and return later to finish the questionnaire.Allow branching questions enables Yes/No and Radio Buttons questions to have child questions dependent on their choices in your questionnaire.
   • No (default) will not allow branching questions.
   • Yes will allow your questionnaire to have branching questions.Automatic numbering of questions and pages determines whether questions and/or pages will be automatically numbered. You might want to disable automatic numbering for questionnaires with conditional branching.
   • Auto number pages and questions (default): Both pages and questions will be automatically numbered.
   • Auto number pages: Only pages (not questions) will be automatically numbered.
   • Auto number questions: Only questions (not pages) will be automatically numbered.
   • Do not number questions or pages: Neither pages nor questions will be automatically numbered. Submission grade gives you the option to assign a grade to the questionnaire. Select a point value from the Submission grade drop-down menu. Note: Unlike with a Quiz activity, with a questionnaire you cannot grade each question; you can only specify one completion grade for submitting the questionnaire activity.
9. Click the Content options heading to view and adjust the settings:
   • Select Create New to set up your questionnaire starting from a blank form and add questions one by one.
   • If you previously created a questionnaire in this course that you wish to reuse, or use as a starting point, select it from the list under Copy existing.
   • Select Use template if you have access to a questionnaire template and would like to use that template. 
10. Under Common module settings and Restrict access (optional),you can control how students access the questionnaire. If Activity Completion is enabled in your course you may also configure Activity Completion settings.
11. Click Save. You will be returned to the main course page. The next step is to add questions to your questionnaire.

Add (or Edit) Questions in a Questionnaire

1. On your main course page, click the Name of the questionnaire you want to modify. The Questionnaire activity will open.
2. If your questionnaire does not yet contain any questions, click Add questions.
3. Click the Questions tab. The list of questions will appear.
4. Select a question type from the drop-down menu (set by default to Check Boxes) and click Add selected question type.
   Note: To edit an existing question, click the Edit Settings icon next to the question name.
5. Configure each question. For all question types:
   • Provide a name for the question in the Question Name text box.
   • Specify whether the question must be answered in order to complete the questionnaire by selecting Yes or No for Response is required.
   • Format other settings according to the question type. 
6. Click Save changes to finish adding a new question.
   Note: If you are editing an existing question, you can optionally click Save as New Question to create a new question instead of replacing the existing question. You can use this option to create a series of questions that are similar to each other.
7. To preview your questions, click the Preview tab.

View Responses

1. On your course page, click the link to the questionnaire. The Questionnaire activity will open.
2. If students have submitted responses, you will see a link titled View All Responses. Click View All Responses. The View All Responses page will open.
3. By default, all responses will display grouped by question, with all the responses submitted for that question. To view responses grouped by student, click the View All Responses tab, then click List of responses (below the tabs). Each student’s name will be displayed on a single page, and you will be able to click on a students’ name to view responses by that individual.

Download Responses as a text (CSV) file

This feature enables you to save all the responses of a questionnaire to a text file (CSV). This file can then be imported into a spreadsheet (e.g. MS Excel, Apple Numbers or Open Office Calc) or a statistical package for further processing the data.

1. On your course page, click the link to the activity (not the Update icon). The questionnaire activity will open.
2. If students have submitted responses, you will see a tab titled View All Responses. Click the View All responses tab. All responses will be displayed for each question.
3. While in the Summary view, in the third row of tabs, click Download in text format (at right). The Options for text download (CSV) page opens.
4. On the Options for text download (CVS) page, choose one or both options:
   • Include choice codes applies only to certain question types (e.g., radio buttons or dropdown boxes) that require the student to pick from one of a few limited choices. Edspora uses a ‘choice code’ to denote the selected choice. For example, if a question had three radio button choices “Red”, “Blue”, or “Green”, the corresponding choice codes would be the numbers 1, 2, and 3, to indicate the first, second, and third choices respectively.
   • Include choice text downloads the text for the choice.
     Select one checkbox to download just the code or just the text. Select both checkboxes to include both the codes and the text for the choices in the downloaded text file.
5. Click Download. The text file will be saved to a location on your computer based on your browser settings. For example, if you are using Safari on a Mac, the default setting is to save downloaded files automatically to your Downloads folder. Note: The text file will be saved in the .csv (Comma Separated Values) format as a tab delimited file that any spreadsheet program will be able to open. Edspora uses the ‘tab’ (tabulation) character as the separator instead of commas to allow student responses to include a comma as punctuation.