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Perusall: Adding a Quiz

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This article will walk you through how to create a Perusall Quiz. You can incorporate an online quiz into a single or multi-part assignment. This is a great supplement to help students recall what they learned in their assignments. For more information, see Perusall Support.

Prerequisite

Sign in to Perusall and enter the course folder where you would like to create your quiz.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Image of Perusall’s Library Page with Add content selected. The Quiz option is near the middle of the list of the options below Document from my device and clear digital rights.
Image of Perusall’s Quiz question editor. On the right, the Question format dropdown menu is highlighted showing to select the desired question type.
Image of Perusall’s Quiz question editor. The add question button nested under the Questions button header is highlighted.
Image of Perusall’s Quiz Settings section. After completing the Settings section, “Save changes” is highlighted in red with an arrow to select on the bottom right.

Name your quiz using naming conventions and include instructions. Select the desired settings for credit and feedback and add a thumbnail image if desired (this will show in Perusall).

Image showing the following message: Add at least one question to this quiz under the Questions tab, and then give your quiz a name under the Settings tab."
Image of Perusall’s Library page. The new quiz is now on the left side, highlighted in red with an arrow showing that it’s now created.
Image of Perusall’s Student mock quiz for instructors. It displays what a question looks like to students taking the quiz.

The students can change their answers and engage with the quiz all the way up until the scores are released.

Explanations of Types of Questions

There are 6 question options as shown below:

  • Multiple Choice
  • Multiple Answer
  • Numeric Entry
  • Short Answer
  • Essay
  • Math Expression
Image of Perusall’s Quiz Question format options.
  • Prompt
  • Question format
  • Answer choices
  • Answer explanation
Image of Perusall’s Quiz Multiple choice question section to fill out.
  • Prompt
  • Question format
  • Answer choices
  • Answer explanation
Image of Perusall’s Quiz Multiple answer question section to fill out.
  • Prompt
  • Question format
  • Correct response
  • Answer tolerance (Helps to specify a numeric tolerance for rounding errors)
  • Answer explanation
Image of Perusall’s Quiz Numeric entry question section to fill out.
  • Prompt
  • Question format
  • Correct response
  • Answer explanation

Note: If you want to grade the short answer response manually, leave the correct response blank.

Image of Perusall’s Quiz Short answer question section to fill out.
  • Prompt
  • Question format
  • Minimum word count for response
  • Answer explanation

Note: Providing a minimum will automatically grade their answer as correct. If you want to grade it manually, leave the minimum word count blank.

Image of Perusall’s Quiz Essay question section to fill out.
  • Prompt
  • Question format
  • Correct expression
  • Answer explanation

Note: Any equation equivalent to the correct expression will be graded correct.

Image of Perusall’s Quiz Math expression question section to fill out.

You are done. Great job!

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