Description
Question pools allow you to create quizzes with randomized question selections by telling the system how many questions a student should see from a larger pool of available questions. For example, you may have 50 questions over a particular topic but only want students to answer 5 questions for the exam. Using Question Pools the D2L system will randomly select 5 questions from the available 50 for the student to answer. Each student will receive a different randomized selection of 5 questions.
Question pools are an effective way to reduce the opportunities for cheating on quizzes as they ensure each learner receives a unique set of questions. Once you have entered a title, the number of questions to select, and the points per question for your question pool, you can browse the Question Library or existing quizzes, surveys, and self-assessments, to select the desired questions.
Question Pools can be used in combination with other question methods. You have the ability to pick a specific set of questions that every student has to answer and can then include one or more question pools as needed.
This article provides steps for instructors to add a question pool in an online quiz or exam created in the Learn@UCO Quizzes tool.
Before you can create a question pool, all questions must be available in the Question Library or other quizzes. You cannot create question pool questions within the quiz/exam itself.
Instructions
- Log in to Learn@UCO and access your course.
- Click Assessments > Quizzes.
- Click the title of a quiz that has already been created or click New to create a new quiz.
- Add a “name” for the quiz/exam.
- Click Add/Edit Questions
- Click New > Question Pool
- Complete the Question Pool form:
- Provide a title for the question pool section
- Add the number of questions you want each student to answer from the pool of questions
- Indicate how many points each question is worth.
- Click Browse Question Library. (Remember, all questions used in the question pool must be available in the Question Library or other quizzes/exams. You cannot create questions to add to the question pool from the quiz itself.)
- You can:
- Search the question library
- Browse through the available folders/sections
- Switch question source
- Filter by question type
- Sort question options by: question type, points, or title/text.
- Add questions by clicking the checkbox next to questions you would like to include in the available pool then click Add.
- You can explore the dynamic preview in the right column and refresh the randomly selected questions by clicking the Refresh Preview icon.
- When done, click Save.
- Your question pool has been created.
- You can also add in standard questions that every student must answer or add additional question pools. Click Done Editing Questions when finished.
- You can continue editing your quiz/exam as normal. When finished, click Save and Close.
Notes
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