Learnonline Exam Guides

The following guides explain how to create online exams using the quiz tool and provide the required information to students before the exam. 

If you need additional support please book a consult with a Learning Designer. 

 

Question types in an online quiz

This guide will cover:

  • Description questions
  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • True/False Questions
  • Essay Questions
  • Questions requiring a paper-based response
  • Tips on randomisation
  • Don’t give away the answer in your question settings!

Question types in a Quiz (pdf)

 

Marking online quiz exam

This guide will cover:

  • How to manually mark the Essay question type
    • By each question at a time
    • By each student at a time
    • Tutors can mark Essay questions from their own class
  • How to re-mark an already marked question

Marking Online Quiz Exams (pdf)

 

Required text on course sites with a non invigilated online exam

The information in the word doc below must be on your course site at least 3 weeks before the start of exam week. There are 5 sections of text that need to be added: 

  • Important exam information 
  • Academic Integrity during your online exam 
  • Test your computer 
  • Practice exam 
  • How to get help 

The placement is up to you, but it should feature prominently in relation to your existing exam information. 

You may also want to make a post in the Course Announcement Forum to ensure all students receive an email regarding this. 

Required text on course sites with a non invigilated exam (docx)

For invigilated exams using RPNow, please refer to the RPNow Invigilated Online Exams section below.

 

Use categories to manage your question bank

Question Categories are used to group questions together based on a criterion that makes sense for your exam. 

You should create at least 2 Categories – one for the actual exam and one for the practice exam, and perhaps even a third for any revision exam. 

We also show you why you can use additional categories to take advantage of the randomised questions feature. 

Use Quiz Categories to manage your question bank (pdf)

 

Unlinking a previous exam assignment from your Course Outline

If you have already have an assignment linked to the course outline (because the exam was originally going to be in person at Goodwood)  you need to delete this assignment so it is unlinked from your course outline. 

Then, when you add the new online exam as a quiz, you’ll be able to link this to your course outline. 

Unlinking a previous exam assignment from your Course Outline (pdf)

 

RPNow Invigilated Online Exams

For important information regarding the use of RPNow invigilated online exams, please read the ‘Invigilated Online Exams: Guide for Academic Staff’ created by SAS.  

The following guides will assist with preparing and communicating an RPNow invigilated exam: 

  1. Exam Duration
  2. Communicating with Students
    The information in this word document must be on your course site at least 3 weeks before the start of exam week. There are 3 sections of text that need to be added: 
    - On the course site - week 1
    - On the course site - week 8
    - On the course site - to accompany the exam
       - Important information about this exam
       - Before exam day
       - Exam day reminders
       - Support during the exam
  3. Building an Invigilated Exam:
    a) RPNow Exam Moodle Setup
    b) Adding questions to your quiz
  4. How to extend the time for students with an Access Plan
  5. Checking your Invigilated Exam settings
  6. Exam FAQs for staff

Further Support 

If you need additional support, please book a consult with a Learning Designer.  

For support with timetabling, requirements, or the use of RPNow for invigilated exams, please contact the Exams and Results team

For all technical support, please contact the IT HelpDesk.   

 

Add the new exam quiz with the correct settings

This guide will show you how to add a quiz, link it to the course outline and ensure the correct settings are applied.

Add the new exam quiz with the correct settings (pdf)

 

Create questions for your quiz

Learn how to add different questions types including plenty of tips to ensure your questions are correctly set-up.

Create questions for your quiz (pdf)

 

Maths and science questions

How to use the maths and science editor in learnonline plus advice on more complex questions requiring students to answer questions on paper and upload them to the quiz.

Maths and Science questions (pdf)

 

Add questions to the exam quiz

The last step is adding your questions to the quiz, including how to edit the order of questions and manage page breaks.

Add questions to the quiz (pdf)

 

Add the practice quiz with required settings

All courses with an online exam must have a Practice Quiz added to the course site that will allow students to test their technology, check the environment where they plan to sit the exam and practice each type of question in the exam.

Add the Practice Quiz with required settings (pdf)

 

How to extend the time for students with an Access Plan

You can extend the time for students with an Access Plan using the Extensions function in learnonline. This guide explains who can receive extra time and step-by-step instructions on how to apply the time extension in learnonline.

How to extend the time for students with an Access Plan (pdf)