Activity - Practice Quiz

Available for UZH & KlickerUZH Catalyst

What is a Practice Quiz?

The Practice Quiz activity consists of longer question sets that specifically target modules or topics and that can be embedded within Learning Management Systems (LMS) like OpenOLAT. These learning activities have no restrictions on when or how often they can be completed. Furthermore, the questions within each set can be shown in sequence, shuffled, or ordered based on the date of the last response. When using gamification, the time frame in which points can be collected from responding to the questions can be customized to, e.g., once a week or day.

How can I create a Practice Quiz?

Add a description:

1. Name: The name of the Practice Quiz allows the user to distinguish the particular session from others. It is therefore only visible to the users themselves.
2. Display Name: This name will be shown to the participants while the Practice Quiz is being performed.
3. Description: A description of the Practice Quiz can optionally be added and will be displayed to the participants at the beginning of the session.

Adjust the settings:

4. Course: In this field, the Practice Quiz has to be assigned to a course. Note that this is different from the Live Quiz, which can be run independently of a course. If you need help creating a course, please review the tutorial on course management.
5. Multiplier: The multiplier is a factor with which the awarded points are multiplied when a question is answered. This field is only available if the practice quiz is included in a gamified course and participants collect points for correct answers.
6. Repetition interval: Practice Quizzes are characterized by their spaced repetition. Here, the period is chosen after which the participants can repeat the Quiz.
7. Order: The order in which the questions are to be solved by the participants is selected here. It is possible to choose between the following setups: Last response first, sequential or shuffled.
8. Availability (optional): Specify an optional start date from which the practice quiz is available after publication (default: immediately after publication). If the chosen date lies in the future and the practice quiz is published before, it will be available to students per the set start date. Should you not wish to use this option, simply leave the field value at its default value and the practice quiz will become available at the moment you publish it on the course overview after creation.

Choose your questions:

For this step, existing questions are required. Note that Microlearning and Practice Quizzes support all element types except from free-text questions, as long as a valid sample solution is specified. If you need help with creating questions or content elements / flashcards, please review the tutorial on element management. When adding questions, you can choose to have one or multiple questions per stack. It makes sense to have several questions per stack if you provide your students with a task / case study that builds up and the questions are connected. Stacks in practice quizzes can optionally be ordered according to a spaced repetition logic based on the student’s individual responses, while questions within a stack will always be shown in sequence.

There are multiple options to add a question to a stack:

9. Drag & Drop: The desired question can be added to a specific stack by simply dragging the question onto the plus sign below the desired stack.
10. Arrows: With the help of the arrows, the arrangement of the questions can be put in the desired order.
11. Select: It is also possible to select one or more questions (with the checkboxes next to them) and insert them into the desired stack or stacks by clicking on the yellow boxes that appear on selection. In this way, questions can be grouped and/or stacked for sequential presentation.
12. Ordering: To order individual elements within a certain stack or move entire stacks (mainly for sequentially ordered practice quizzes), please use the provided arrows.

End of preparation:

13. With a click on Create your first Practice Quiz is prepared!

How can I publish a Practice Quiz and make it accessible to participants?

1. After you create a Practice Quiz, you can find it under Courses. Then select the course to which you added the session.
2. In the course you have multiple options. You can...
   • ...copy the access link and provide it to your participants.
   • ...edit your session before publishing it.
   • ...publish it. Not that publishing a Practice Quiz or Microlearning session makes the item visible to all participants. This process cannot be undone. Changes to the content of an item cannot be made after publishing.
   • ...delete your session.
3. After publishing your session, your participants can see the session in their account by joining the course. In the app, the Practice Quiz is displayed to the participants as shown in the screenshots below.