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TableofContentsAboutQuizzical......................................................................................................................3
DisclaimerStatement.............................................................................................................3
Dashboard..............................................................................................................................4MyQuestions...................................................................................................................................4QuizStatistics...................................................................................................................................6
ComposeaQuestion..............................................................................................................7
QuestionStatus(afterSubmission).......................................................................................11Accepted........................................................................................................................................11RequiresEditing.............................................................................................................................112ndSubmission...............................................................................................................................11Rejected.........................................................................................................................................12
WritingEffectiveQuestions...................................................................................................12
TakeaQuiz............................................................................................................................12
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AboutQuizzicalQuizzicalisaneducationalsoftwaredesignedtohelpstudentsengagemoredeeplywithcoursematerial.Ithastwomajorfacets:i) studentsareassignedoneormoredatestocreatemultiplechoicequestions;and,ii) allthebestquestions(asvettedbyprofessor/TA)areavailableinaquizpool,allowing
eachstudenttotakepracticequizzesandprepareforexams.ThisguidewillhelpyougetstartedwithQuizzicalasastudent.
DisclaimerStatementWhenyoufirstlog-intoQuizzical,youwillseeadisclaimerstatement.OftenyourinstructorwillselectthebestquestionsfromQuizzicaltouseonassessmentswithinyourcourse.Ifyouopt-inandacceptbyselecting“YES”,thisgrantspermissionforthequestionsyougenerateinQuizzicaltobeusedinexams,quizzes,orotherlearningrelatedactivities.Thiscanbearealadvantagetoyouasquestionsyou’vealreadyansweredinthe“PracticeQuiz”mayre-appearonarealassessment.
Note:Theidentityofquestionauthorsisanonymoustoquiztakers.
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DashboardYourdashboarddisplaysyouractivityontheQuizzicalcourse.Itisdividedintothreeparts:quizquestionsyoucomposedorneedtocompose(MyQuestions),graphsofthequestionpoolandprogressstatistics(QuizStatistics),andinformationaboutyourcurrentperformanceintheQuizzicalcourse(MyProgress).
MyQuestions
ThecourseinstructorhassetuptheQuizzicalcourseinwaythateachstudentisassignedaspecificnumberofassignmentstosubmitthroughoutthecourse.Anassignmentconsistsofanumberofquestionsthatastudentisassignedtocompose.Eachquestionislinkedtoaparticularlecture,andshouldbedesignedtotestknowledgeaboutaparticularlecturecontent.
Forexample,thisdashboardshowsthatthestudenthasbeenassignedfourdifferentassignmentsforlectures1through4,andneedstosubmittwoquestionsperassignment.However,inmostcasesyouwillonlysubmitonequestionperassignment,onagivenlecture.Lec.No:Thelecturenumberyouhavebeenassignedtosubmitquestionsfor.Lecturesarenumberedsequentially,soLecture1isthefirstlectureinthecourse,Lecture2isforthesecond,etc.Inmanycasesyouwillbeassignedonceortwicethroughouttheterm,inwhichcaseyouwillbeabletotrackyourassignmentduedatesusingthedashboard.LectureDate:Thedatewhentheactuallectureclasstookorwilltakeplace.QuestionNumber:Thequestionnumberinthisparticularassignment.Questionnumbersarealsonumberedsequentiallyperlecture.
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DueDate:Theduedateoftheassignment.Theinstructordetermineswhetherornottoexpireoverduequestions.Pleasemakesuretosubmityourquestionsbeforetheduedate.TA:Theteachingassistantassignedtoreviewyoursubmissions.TAswillbeassignedafteraquestioniscomposedandsubmitted.Grade:Thegradeyoureceivedforaquestion.GradesareprovidedbyeithertheTAortheinstructorStatus:Questionwhichhavenotyetbeencompletedcanhavefourdifferentstatus:
• Active:Thelecturedatehasarrivedandyouhavenotyetsubmittedthequestion.Youmustsubmitthequestionbythespecifiedduedate.
• RequiresEditing:Yousubmittedaquestion,anditwasgraded.Somefeedbackhasbeenprovidedonhowtoimprovethequestion,andyouhaveuntiltheduedatetocompleteyourquestionsubmission.
• Inactive:Thelecturehasnotyetbeendelivered.Youcannotcomposequestionsforlecturesthatwilltakeplaceinafuturedate.
• Expired:Thequestionduedatehaspassed.Youwillnotbeallowedtocomposethequestion(unlessallowedbytheinstructor)
Action:Theparticularactionthatyouneedtodoforthequestion,dependingonthequestionstatus.TheexampleaboveshowsthatallquestionsarestillActive,andthustherequiredactionistoComposethequestions.
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QuizStatistics
TheQuizStatisticsdisplaysgraphicalrepresentationsofQuizPoolStatistics,whichispresentedonaperlecturebasis.Thishelpsyoutorecognizewhatyouknowandwhereyouarehavingproblems.Onthesecondgraph,youroverallperformanceonthecoursequizzesisshownchronologically,sothatyoucanseehowwellyouconsistentlyengagewiththecoursematerial.
Youcanchoosetodisplaydataforaspecificdaterange,ortoshowonlyvalidparticipationmarks.Validparticipationmarksarereceivedforalectureif:
- thequizwasattemptedwithinasetnumberofdaysfromthelecturedate- aminimumnumberofquestionswereattemptedforalecture,and- aminimumscorewasreceivedinaquiz
Note:Allthreesettingsaredeterminedbytheinstructor.Atthebottomofthestudentdashboard,‘MyProgress’displaysthe
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- Overallaverageyoureceivedinyourquizzestodate.- Yourleaderboardrankintheclass.- ThenumberofQuizzicalquestionsyouattemptedinthecourse.- Thenumberoflecturesforwhichyoureceivedvalidparticipationmarks.
ComposeaQuestionYoucanstartcomposingaquestionbyclickingtheComposebuttonofanactivelectureonyourdashboard.
Enterthequestiondetails:
- Category:whetherthequestiontestsastudent’sabilitytorecallinformation(Recall)orapplyknowledgeacquiredindifferentsituations(Application).Youcanclickthebluequestionmarkiconformoreinformationaboutthetwoquestioncategories.
- Question:thequestiontext.Youcanusethedifferentformattingoptionsinthequestioneditortohighlightoremphasizetext.
- Reference:pagenumberorfigurenumberavailableinthecoursematerialthatstudentscanrefertowhileansweringthequestion.
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- SelectFigure(aspercoursesettings):dependingonthecoursesettings,youmaybe
requiredtoselectafiguretoaddtoyourquestion.Iffiguresarenotrequired,thisfieldwillnotbedisplayed.
Note:FiguresshouldhavealreadybeenuploadedtotheQuizzicalcoursebytheinstructor.Contactyourinstructorifyoucannotfindthefigureyouneed.Quizzicalrequiresyoutoenterfivedifferentansweroptions(AthroughE)foreachquestion.Dependingonthecoursesettings,enteringjustificationsforanswersmaybeoptionalorrequired.Selectthecorrectanswerbyclickingontheradiobuttonbesidethecorrectoption.Whenyoucomposeyourquestion,keepinmindthattheanswerjustifications,thereferenceandthefigure(ifrequired)willonlybedisplayedafterthequestiongetsanswered.Theseareintendedsolelyforreviewpurposes.Importantly,thequestionmustbecomposedsuchthatsufficientinformationexistsinthequestionitselfforthecorrectanswertobeselected.
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Entertheanswerdetails:
Atanypoint,youcanclickSaveasdrafttosavewhatyouhaveenteredifyouwishtoreviewandsubmitlater.Onceyouhavecompletedallrequiredfields,clickReviewtohaveyourquestionscreenedtodetermineifallruleshavebeenfollowed.
Answeroption
Justification
CorrectAnswer
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ClickProceedandSubmittosubmityourquestion.ClickGoBacktogobackandedityourquestion.AsubmittedquestionisgivenaSubmittedstatus.ItisreadytobereviewedandgradedbytheTAorinstructor.
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QuestionStatus(afterSubmission)Youcanvisityourdashboardtoviewchangestoyourquestions’statusandperformtherequiredactions.DependingonthequestionreviewdonebyyourTAorinstructor,thequestionstatuscanbeupdatedtothefollowing:
Accepted
AnacceptedquestionisaquestionthathasbeenreviewedandacceptedbyyourTAorinstructor.
Whetheranacceptedquestionisaddedtothequizpooldependsonthegradereceived,aswellasontheinstructor’sdecision.ClickViewtoviewyoursubmissiondetailsandanycommentsaddedbytheTAorinstructor.
RequiresEditing
AquestionthatrequireseditingisaquestionthattheTAorinstructordecidedtosendbackforyoutoreview.
ClickRe-Submittoopenthequestioneditorandupdatethequestion.YouwillbeabletoseeanycommentsaddedbyyourinstructororTAthatcanhelpyoumaketherequirededits.
2ndSubmission
Aquestionthatyouhavere-submittedafterreviewwillhavea2ndSubmissionstatus.
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AresubmittedquestioncaneitherbeacceptedorrejectedbytheTAorinstructor,butcannotbesentbackforstudentreviewonceagain.ClickViewtoviewyoursubmissiondetailsandanycommentsaddedbytheTAorinstructor.
Rejected
ArejectedquestionisonethattheinstructororTAdecidedshouldnotbeacceptedorreviewed.
ClickViewtoviewyoursubmissiondetailsandanycommentsaddedbytheTAorinstructor.
WritingEffectiveQuestionsTheWritingEffectiveQuestionsTabisaguidetohowtoauthoreffectivequestions.Pleasetakesometimetogothroughitandunderstanditssections.
TakeaQuizClicktheTakeaQuiztabbegintakingpracticequizzesaboutwhatyoulearnedinthedifferentlecturesofyourcourse.QuestionsinthepracticequizzesarethosethatweresubmittedbystudentsenrolledinthecourseandaddedtotheQuizzicalquestionpool.Practicequizzeshelpyouprepareformalexams.Youmaytakepracticequizzesasmanytimesasyoulike.Eachquizwillincludeasetnumberofquestions(determinedbyyourinstructor)thatarerandomlyselectedfromalecture’squestionpool.
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Thepagewilldisplayasummaryofthenumberofquestionsavailableineverylecturequestionpool,thenumberofquestionsyouattempted,numberofquestionsyoudidnotattempt,andtheaveragescoreyoureceivedforallattemptsinthespecificlecturepool.Thisaveragemarkisagoodindicatorofwhetheryouhavemasteredthetopicsinthatlecture,orperhapsneedtoconductfurtherreviewofthosetopicsforwhichyou’veearnedlowerscores.SelectthelectureyouwanttoattemptaquizforandclickBeginQuiz.
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Questionswillbedisplayedonthescreenoneatatime.Thetimerontheupperright-handcornerisusedtosimulatealivetestenvironment.Awarningmessagewillbedisplayedifyouexceedtheallowedtime,butyouwillbeabletoanswerthequestionwithnoeffectonyourscore.Keepinmindthelengthoftimeittakesforyoutocorrectlyansweraquestion–itisrecommendedthatyoukeeppracticinguntilyouareabletocompletethequizwithintheallottedtimetoensurebestresultsduringformalexamsinthecourse.
AfteransweringaquestionclickReviewtoreviewyouranswerresult.
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Note:Youneedtoratethequestionbeforemovingontothenextone.Thisgivesyourinstructorinformationonwhichquestionsyoufeelaregood(ornotsogood!).ClickNexttomovetothenextquestionintheQuiz,orDoneifyouhavefinishedansweringallquestionsinaQuiz.Afterfinishingaquiz,aQuizPerformanceSummarywillbedisplayedshowingyouroverallperformanceintheQuiz
ClickTakeAnotherQuizifyouwishtostartanotherquiz.Goodluck!