Assessments & quiz groups
How questions, quiz groups and assessments relate — and why authoring in that order saves work.
The three layers
- Question bank/Students
- 1Questions → quiz group — Question bank → Students
- 2Quiz group → assessment — Question bank → Students
- 3Attempts + marks — Students → Question bank
- Within Students · Mastery, Bloom ceiling, analytics
Question bank
Students
Questions → quiz group
1→
Quiz group → assessment
2→
3←
Attempts + marksWithin StudentsMastery, Bloom ceiling, analytics
QuestionsDrafted once, reused everywhere. A question carries its marks, Bloom level and concept tags with it.
Quiz groupA selection of questions mapped to a gate and its outcomes. Per-use difficulty and Bloom overrides let one question serve two purposes.
AssessmentA quiz group scheduled and configured for a cohort — timing, exam mode, result visibility — then published.
Assessment types
TypeTimingCounts to masteryTypical use
quizTiming: ShortCounts to mastery: YesPer-gate checkpoint during teaching.
midtermTiming: FixedCounts to mastery: YesSpans several gates.
finalTiming: FixedCounts to mastery: YesWhole-course summative.
assignmentTiming: Open windowCounts to mastery: YesLong-form, often rubric-graded.
adaptive_testTiming: ShortCounts to mastery: YesDifficulty responds to performance.
practiceTiming: UntimedCounts to mastery: NoSelf-check; does not affect the record.
Configuring an assessment
- Schedule. Open and close times. Note that scheduling uses your institution’s timezone.
- Exam mode. Locks the attempt down — server-side timer, full-screen enforcement, tab switches recorded.
- Result visibility. Whether a student sees marks immediately, after close, or only once you release them.
- Navigation rules. Whether students may move freely between questions or must go forward only.
Publishing and the draft-only options
Some options — the Paper Quiz path in particular — are only available while an assessment is a draft. Publishing hides them, because they change how the assessment is delivered and it is too late once students can see it. Decide delivery before you publish.