Creating a random section folder

  1. Select the quiz you want to add random questions to.
  2. Select the Layout/Questions tab.
  3. Click Add/Edit Questions.
  4. From the Section drop-down list, choose Random Section and click Go.
  5. Enter a Section Name (for example, “random short answers”).
  6. Optional: Add a message to be displayed with the section (for example “The next five questions will involve the Biology and Chemistry unit”).
  7. Check any applicable Display Options and click Save.
  8. A green folder displays in the list of questions/sections for your quiz. Click on the folder you just created.
  9. Click the Import button.
  10. Choose the section you want to import questions from in the Source Section drop-down list, or choose Collection Root to view a list of all questions in the Question Library.
  11. Check the questions you want to include in the random section. You can automatically select all the questions in one section by checking the box beside the desired folder.
  12. Click Save. The questions are now included in the random section folder.
  13. At the top of the page, type the number of questions you want each user to see from the random section and assign a mark value for the questions.
  14. Click Save.

Note  All questions in one random section must have the same point value.

 

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