Tutorial: Creating a Quiz or Survey in WebCT

Here are the basic steps in learning the quiz or survey tool in WebCT.

1. Create a category

2. Add Questions to a category in the database

3. Add a Quiz

4. Grade a quiz

Create a category

Step 1	Log onto your course as designer and add the quiz tool if it is not already there.
Step 2	Click on quiz tool icon. Be sure you are in the Designer Options view.
Step 3	Click on the Question Database hyperlink.
Step 4	Click on the Create Category link and then type in the name of the category you want to add, such as Quiz 1. Click on the Create button right underneath that section.

Add Questions to a category in the database

Step 1	Find the Options: Question heading in the right-hand column.
Step 2	Drop down the menu under the “create question” label. Choose the type of question you want to add and then click on the GO button.
Step 3	You will now see the screen onto which you will type your question. Give your question a title and type in the question. Provide the correct answer, if necessary, by clicking on the box next to it. Every type of question acts a little differently, so be sure to read the screen carefully to make all necessary indications.
Step 4	When you are finished adding questions to the database, click on the Quizzes/Surveys link.

Add a Quiz

Step 1	In the right-hand column, click on the Create Quiz link.
Step 2	Enter the title of your quiz in the dialogue box that appears.
Step 3	Click on quiz name. It has now become a hyperlink.
Step 4	In right-hand column, click on the Add Questions link.
Step 5	You will now see the folders that represent the categories you have created. You can add the entire folder by clicking on the box next to it and then on the Add Selected link at the bottom of that screen. Alternately, you can pick and choose which questions to add by opening up the folder and clicking on the box next to each question you wish to add to the quiz.
Step 6	The questions you chose will now be added to your quiz and will appear on the left-hand side of the screen. There are blank boxes next to each question. Put the number of points each question is worth in these boxes and then click on Update Total.
Step 7	The last step is to set quiz (or survey) options. On the right-hand side of the screen click on the Edit quiz (survey) settings.
Step 8	Set the quiz options as you want and you’re all done.

Grade a quiz

Step 1	Click on the quiz/survey tool icon.
Step 2	Choose Designer Options. Be sure you are in the Designer Options view.
Step 3	Find the quiz you are grading and click on the Submissions link underneath the quiz title.
Step 4	Click on the hyperlinked number next to the student’s name. This will open up that student’s quiz and you’ll be able to grade it. It will look like this:
Step 5	The grader can override grades as well as grade answers to paragraph questions.
Step 6	Click on Update Grade.