Quizzes and Exams

Quizzes and exams are formal assessments that ask you questions about what you've learned. In order to answer, you will have to either choose the correct choice(s) from an array of answers, indicate whether a statement is true or false, complete a sentence with a word or phrase that makes it a correct statement, match terms with examples or definitions or, write an essay about a topic.

To find an exam or quiz, follow the directions given by your instructor. Courses have an EXAMINATIONS navigation button, while others also place a link in the weekly packets.

If you see a link to a quiz or exam you haven't taken, it may display the date due as illustrated in the exam table shown here. Your instructor may have set this in preview mode, which means you can see the link and the due date, but the exam will not yet be accessible to you.

Time Restrictions If it is active, you'll either see the exam/quiz itself, or a notice that it is a timed exam with an option to enter when you are ready to activate the timer. If you click on Enter the exam, you'll activate the timer and be able to view all of the exam questions. DO NOT DOUBLE-CLICK ON AN EXAM! It will open and close the exam all in one shot. If you double click on the exam you will receive a message that states you have already accessed this exam. You will have to contact you instructor about resetting the exam. Whether or not your instructors chooses to re-open the exam is at their discretion.

At the top of a timed exam, above the instructions, you'll see a link that allows you to see how much time is left. But this timer does not update automatically. You need to click on the UPDATE TIMER link periodically.

Once you have reached the point where you have only five minutes left, a reminder will pop up to tell you your remaining time. (Make sure popups are not blocked!)

Taking the Quiz or Exam

As you begin the exam itself, you need to review and answer all of the questions carefully. Make sure to fill in radio buttons and textboxes completely. This is a common mistake students make. Note in this image that there is a shadow around the true selection on the bottom example. Although the cursor on the selection produces a 'mark', this will NOT register as a selected answer unless you actually click and fill in the radio button as shown in the answer selection at the top.

When you have finished answering all of the questions, before you click on the submit button be sure to check the checkbox that indicates you are ready to submit the exam. This is there to prevent you from submitting before you are finished.