Taking a Quiz in Vista
Demo: Taking a Quiz
The Assessments tool in Vista is used to deliver tests, quizzes,
exams, and surveys to online students.
Quiz Overview
There are three types of assessments:
- Quizzes - online tests for which grades are assigned
- Surveys - anonymous online tests for which no grades are
assigned
- Self tests - assessments for which you receive a grade
but the grade is not recorded in the grade book. They are
basically practice exercises that allow you to test your
knowledge and understanding of the content.
Assessments can be presented in different ways by your instructor,
so exam formats may vary from course to course or even within
the same course.
- Some assessments are only available on certain dates,
while other tests may have unlimited availability. You may
also be able to submit more than one attempt for an assessment,
depending on the conditions setup by your instructor.
- Some assessments have a time limit, while others may allow
for an unlimited amout of time. Most instructors will set
time limits for quizzes or exams that are graded. Self-tests
or survey will frequently have no time limits imposed.
- Questions within the assessment may be set to appear all
at once, or one at a time, again depending on how your instructor
set it up. You may or may not have the option to revisit
a question after you have saved an answer. Your instructor
will typically provide this information in advance so that
you know what format to expect.
- Grade information can also be presented in various formats.
You may be able to receive your grade immediately upon completing
your exam, i.e., for multiple choice, T/F, or matching questions,
or you may have to wait until your instructor has released
the grade.
You may access your Assessments as a link
on the Course Toolbar (figure 1). This link will provide access
to a list of all assessments that are released or
available to you in the course.
Figure 1: Link to Assessments from Course Toolbar
Specific assessments may be available as an icon on the Course
Home Page or other Organizer page in your course (figure 2)
or as a link directly from within a Learning Module (figure
3), where the assessment instructions will appear within the
framework of the module.
Figure 2: Link to Specific Assessment on the Course
Homepage
Figure 3: Link to Specific Assessment from within
Learning Module
Taking the Quiz
Locate your assessment on the Assessments page (figure 4).
Review the posted date and time for your exam.
Figure 4: List of Assessments
1. Click the link to your assessment (either here from the
Assessments page or its link on an organizer page or within
a learning module as noted in the overview section above).
The quiz information page appears (figure 5).
Figure 5: Quiz Introduction
2. Review the Instructions and Troubleshooting
information before starting the quiz. It will provide
general information about the quiz and some troubleshooting
tips with regard to your browser and java.
3. Click the Begin Assessment button when
you are ready to start the quiz. The quiz window will appear
(figure 6). Note the time you started, the time allotted,
and the time remaining will be visible in the upper right
of your quiz window.
Figure 6: Answer Quiz Questions
Remember that you must Save your answers.
Note the status for all questions will be displayed on the
right.
4. When you have finished answering all of the questions,
click the Finish button at either the top
or bottom of the page (figure 7).
Figure 7: Finish Quiz
5. After clicking the Finish button, you will receive a confirmation
message asking if "you are sure you want to submit your
assessment?" (figure 8). If you are sure, click OK.
Figure 8: Submit Quiz Confirmation
6. A page will display confirming your quiz has been submitted
(figure 9). Click the View Results button to auto-grade the
quiz and view your results.
Figure 9: Quiz has been Submitted
7. Your quiz results page will be displayed (figure 10).
Specific quiz details (e.g., quiz questions, correct answers,
etc.) may or may not be displayed for your quiz depending
on the settings your instructor has applied. At the minimum,
you will see your score for the quiz, provided your instructor
has finished grading (i.e., paragraph-style questions) and
has released the grades.
Figure 10: Quiz Results Page
Your quiz is complete. You can review your attempt and scores
from the main assessments page any time after completing the
quiz.
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