Sakai: Tests & Quizzes

Tests & Quizzes

• With the Tests & Quizzes tool, you can create online tests, practice exercises, surveys, and other forms of assessment.
• Question types can include multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, essay, and more.
• Below are detailed instructions for creating online assessments, publishing them so students can take them, grading them, and more.
• Assessments can be created question by question, or through already prepared text called "markup text".

Basics

• Sakai 19 User Guide: Tests and Quizzes
• Creating Tests
  • How to Create Online Tests (video) | How to Create Online tests Handout (PDF)
  • How to Create an Assessment Using Markup Text (PDF)
  • Using Images in Test Questions (PDF)
• Publishing Tests
  • How to Publish a Test or Quiz (video) | How to Publish a Test or Quiz Handout (PDF)
  • Understanding Test Feedback Settings/Options
• Grading Tests
  • How to Grade Tests (video) | How to Grade Tests Handout (PDF)

Tips to Encourage Academic Honesty

• Tips to Minimize Technical Problems and Deter Cheating on Online Tests (PDF)
• Webinar Recording: When Good Students Make Bad Decisions: The Psychology of Why Students Cheat
  • (Presented 9/22/2021 by Dr. David Rettinger, University of Mary Washington)
• Small, Scalable Changes for Improving Academic Integrity (Univ of Mary Washington)
• Academic Integrity Checklist for Instructors (PDF)

Working with Question Pools

• What is a question pool?
• How do I create a question pool?
• How do I add a question to a question pool?
• How do I copy questions from the question pool into an assessment?
• How do I set up a random question set?

Advanced Topics / Special Situations

• Allowing Extra Time on Tests
  • Allowing Extra Time on Tests (or Extending the Due Date) for Selected Students (PDF)
• Allowing Students to Retake an Active Test or Quiz
  • Allowing a student to retake an ACTIVE test or quiz (before the due or late acceptance date)
• Retrieving Student Tests
  • Retrieving student tests that are saved but not submitted
• Using the Event Log in Tests & Quizzes
  • What is the Tests & Quizzes Event Log?
  • Using the Event Log to view student activity in Tests & Quizzes
  • Get student name, submit date/time, and test score in Firefox
• Importing (copying) One Assessment to Another Course
  • Importing (Copying) One Assessment to Another Course

• Using the Tests and Quizzes User Activity Report
• Using the Tests & Quizzes tool to Create a Survey Sakai