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SPARK Resources: Quizzes

How to Assign Quizzes

Quizzes for each SPARK module are available. To view these quizzes, see the "Quizzes (DOC Files)" box to the right.

There are two options for assigning the quizzes online:

1. Direct students to the existing SPARK Quiz eClass course for completion there


Pros:

  • No set-up required; just point students to the SPARK course in eClass to complete the assigned quiz.
  • Will work if you are not using eClass for your course.

Cons: 

  • Increased administration required since the assigned quizzes are not integrated into your course in eClass. Students must hand in results individually.

Instructions:

  1. Direct your students to the SPARK course in eClass with instructions as to which quizzes to complete. The URL to provide students is https://eclass.yorku.ca/eclass/course/view.php?id=57158
  2. If you would like to track student completion or mark received on assigned quizzes, you have a couple of options:
  • in eClass, create an assignment for the quiz and have students upload a screen capture displaying their quiz results
  • have students e-mail a screen capture of their quiz results 
  • have students physically hand-in a print-out of their quiz results 

2. Import the Quizzes into your existing course in eClass


Pros:

  • Quizzes directly embedded in your course and tied to gradebook
  • Less administration required for ensuring completion

Cons:

  • There are some basic steps to get the SPARK quizzes set up in your course
     

Instructions: 

Use the steps outlined below, or if you prefer to have a set of instructions with handy screen captures, consult this PDF.

 

  1. From the "Quizzes (XML Files)" box (top right of this screen), click on the quiz you would like to import into your eClass course.

    It’s important that you click on the quiz and then let it load in a browser. Lots of raw code displays in file. Choose the option File -> Save As (you may need to right click in the body of the document to find this option). The file should default to save as an XML file.
     
  2. Save the XML file where it will be easy to retrieve. Depending on your browser settings, the file may save automatically or it may open in a browser.
     
  3. Open your course in eClass. 
     
  4. Click on the More icon which is among the options at the top of the screen in the red menu area
     
  5. Then select the Question Bank option from the dropdown menu that appears 
     
  6. Select Import by clicking on the Questions icon with the arrows that displays at the top of the screen
     
  7. Select Moodle XML format under File Format
     
  8. Select Choose a file under Import questions from file. Browse your computer to select the XML file you downloaded earlier. Make sure to then choose the option to Upload this file
     
  9. Select the Import option
     
  10. A screen will appear confirming and showing the number and list of questions you are importing. Select Continue to confirm the import.
     
  11. You will see that the questions from the imported XML file are now in your Question Bank for the course with a category automatically created for the quiz questions you imported, indicating the name of that category and the number of questions it has, e.g. Academic Integrity (23) for the academic integrity quiz.

    Remember this is the quiz and all the questions it has. All quizzes but the academic integrity one are intended to be used as a full set, not requiring random question generation.

    The popular Academic Integrity Quiz, however, has 23 questions and it’s best to set it up in a slightly different way (see below in Step 16). This quiz we recommend you set up to have to 10 questions that are generated randomly.

  12. Return to your course homepage and ensure that Editing is turning on by selecting this option which appears in the top righthand area of the page
     
  13. In the relevant course section, you will need to add a quiz (further instructions are available here). Note that the quiz has a description area and it can be good there to explain how many questions the quiz will have and what grade students need to get - most faculty want students to get 80-100% in the quiz,  though some opt for 100%.
     
  14. Once your new quiz is added you need to add questions to it from the Question Bank. Click on the link for your newly created quiz and then click Add Question. Then select the Add option with down arrow beside it and choose the option "+from question bank"
     
  15. In the pop-up box that appears, select the relevant quiz category and then check the tick box that appears at the top of the questions list to select all in this category and then click on the option labelled "Add selected questions to the quiz"
     
  16. Where using the Academic Integrity quiz, we recommend setting it up so that it has 10 questions that are randomly generated from the pool of 23 questions. The steps are the same as above except that in step 14 rather than choosing the "+from question bank" option, select the "+random question" option. Next under the option labelled "Number of random questions", select 10. Then select the option at the bottom of the screen titled "Add random question". More instructions on creating quizzes where questions are randomly generated from a pool are available here
     
  17. Return to your course homepage and see the newly created quiz in place with the question content

If you have any questions about this process, please contact askspark@yorku.ca.