Did you know you can create a quiz question that allows the student to enter text directly into tables or have other information in the answer box for them to use? The way to do this is relatively simple but there are a few things you need to remember: * The Written Response question type is […]

Quizzes can help students check their own learning, especially if useful feedback is provided in response to student responses. Quizzes can also help you adapt your teaching according to needs of your students. The statistics provided by the Quizzes tool can help you quickly determine areas students are strong in, and areas where they may benefit […]

MyLO Quizzes can be very useful for tracking student engagement. They can also be very convenient for you: a Quiz can automatically generate a score and send this score to a connected Student Engagement Activity Grade Item in the Grades tool. Your local support team may already have some Quizzes, like practice Quizzes or academic integrity Quizzes, ready to go. These […]

To be effective learning and assessment tools, multiple choice questions must be well-considered and written. These resources provide very useful tips, approaches and examples to help you write multiple choice questions: Writing Good Multiple Choice Test Questions, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University (opens in new window) Multiple Choice Questions – Some key principles, Center for Teaching […]

MyLO includes a powerful tool known as Quicklinks. This tool allows you to link to a range of items inside and outside of your MyLO site. You can use this tool to create links pretty much anywhere in MyLO including Announcements; Descriptions of Modules and Items;  HTML Pages; Discussion posts; and feedback in Assignment Submission Folders, Rubrics and Quizzes. […]

Do you want to investigate a student quiz attempt? The quiz tool in MyLO records a student’s start time and times for all questions answered. This information can determine whether a quiz has crashed and help you decide whether a student should be given a further attempt. To access the quiz log and see the […]

From time to time, you may have a student report issues with the completion or submission of a Quiz. For example: “I accidentally closed the quiz/lost internet connection/received an error message, and now I can’t get back into the quiz”; or “I finished my quiz but I didn’t get a mark/any results”. You may also […]

To access feedback on your quiz follow the steps below: Step 1: Click the ‘Assessments’ item on the toolbar, then choose ‘Quizzes’ as circled below. Step 2: You will see a list of quizzes for your unit, locate the quiz you want to view feedback for in the list and click the small icon to […]

There are a variety of online tools and software applications that you can use to help students create or perform items for assessment, and submit online. Here, we  review some of the tools supported by UTAS.   Tool Suitable for… Submission Marking and feedback Considerations Microsoft Office Creation of a range of documents, from Word […]

If used for formative assessment, in-class tests can be a useful means of helping students check their progress throughout the semester (as long as feedback is provided following the test). The tests can also provide you with rapid feedback about the class’ progress so that you can adapt your teaching focus accordingly. Getting all students – […]