Sakai 2.9: Tests and 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. Tests can be imported from Blackboard and from other sources. There are many settings for customizing delivery of your assessment. Grades can be sent to the Sakai gradebook, and statistics are available for each individual question and for the overall assessment.

• Tests & Quizzes workshop handout (pdf)
• Tests & Quizzes overview for instructors (video)
• Detailed instructions for each question type (University of Florida)
• Which test settings should I choose? (pdf)
• What do the Feedback Settings do? (Loyola pdf)
• What do tests look like to students? (video)

Best Practices for Testing in Online and Hybrid Courses

• Best Practices for Online Testing (pdf)
• Technical Tips for Instructors Using Sakai (pdf)

Importing Tests

• Copy a test from one Sakai site to another
• Import Tests & Quizzes into Sakai from Blackboard (pdf)
• Respondus Test Bank Network (Search for publisher test banks that can be imported into Sakai)
  • Note: Requires download of the free product Respondus LE

Question Pools

• Create and manage question pools (University of Florida)
• Create and manage question pools (Indiana University)

Surveys

• Creating Surveys in Sakai (February, 2014)

Advanced Topics / Special Situations

• Why didn't a student's quiz answers get recorded? (Duke)
• How to add images to your tests
• Allow a student to take a test after the due date (or retract date) has passed
• Allow extra time on a test for selected students (PDF)
• Make changes to a published assessment (University of Florida)
• View assessment statistics or item analysis data (University of Florida)
• Get student name, submit date/time, and test score
• Midnight Assignments: How do you set the date and time? (Pepperdine University)