Tests, quizzes and exams

The anatomy of a quiz in Workleap LMS

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In Workleap LMS, creating quizzes is a breeze! Whether you prefer multiple-choice questions, long text responses, or file uploads, we've got you covered.

To add a quiz to your course plan and click on the pen icon to edit its content

Workleap LMS generates a fake Multiple Choice Question placeholder to help you understand how the system works. You can edit the placeholder to create your first question.

To add additional questions, click on the "+ Multiple Choice" button, located under the

Let's dive into how you can create quizzes using any of these supported formats:

Creating Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

  1. Enter the Question and Choices: Write your question in the designated field and provide the multiple-choice options. You can add as many choices as you need.

  2. Set the Correct Answer: Select the correct answer from the choices provided.

  3. (Optional) Set the correct explanation: A learning best practice is to provide a thorough explanation of why the correct answer is the right one in comparison to the others choices made available.

  4. (Optional) Set the proper weight for the automated correction logic: You can customize the number of points allocated to a question to influence the correction grid.

  5. Save Your Question: Once you've filled in all the necessary details, don't forget to save your question.

Adding Long Text Responses

Long text questions can't be automatically corrected, but they are a great way to get more information on the thought process of users. This ensures that people are understanding what's presented to them and that they are likely to know how to take action when an opportunity occurs.

  1. Create a New Question: Click on "+ Long Text" button this time to queue a "Long Text" question type in your quiz.

  2. Compose Your Question: Write your question in the provided text box. Users will be presented a similar box during their quiz and will be required to write a text to answer your question.

  3. (Optional) Set the correct explanation: A learning best practice is to provide a thorough explanation of what was the expected answer.

  4. (Optional) Set the proper weight for the automated correction logic: You can customize the number of points allocated to a question to influence the correction grid.

  5. Save Your Question: Once you've written your question, save it to add it to your quiz.

File Uploads Questions

In some case, you may require people to execute on what they just learned. The outcome of this may be turned in for feedback. Just to name a few example, this could be under the form of a picture, a video, an audio file, a document, for the trainer to review.

  1. Create a New Question: Click on "+ File Upload" button this time to queue a "File Upload" question type in your quiz.

  2. Compose Your Question: Write your question in the provided text box. Users will be presented "download file" button in their quiz and will be required to upload a file in order to submit the quiz.

  3. (Optional) Set the correct explanation: A learning best practice is to provide a thorough explanation of what was the expected answer.

  4. (Optional) Set the proper weight for the automated correction logic: You can customize the number of points allocated to a question to influence the correction grid.

  5. Save Your Question: Once you've configured the file upload question, save it to include it in your quiz.

After you've added your desired mix of multiple-choice, long text, and file upload questions, you can arrange them in the order you prefer.


Additional Content

Note that you can add ad hoc content between questions to help contextualize some informations. While there are no direct association between a content piece and question, a good use of the content could be to import images and follow up with questions on what was presented.

You can add content by clicking on one of the formats listed in the floating menu.


Quiz settings and criteria

Not all quizzes are made equal. That's why Workleap LMS offers a range of different settings to accommodate your need.

You can choose to:

  • Make a quiz mandatory or optional for course progression and completion

  • Define the required passing grade to consider a quiz succeeded

  • Offer different levels of feedback in the event of failed questions

  • Limit the number of attempts a user has for a specific quiz

  • Shuffle the order of questions or answers for MCQ

  • Enable manual correction, if applicable.

Ensure you review your quiz thoroughly before publishing it to your learners.

That's it! You're now ready to create engaging quizzes in Workleap LMS using any of the supported question formats.

Still have questions? Feel free to reach out to our support team for further assistance.


How to correct long text and file upload questions

If you have activated the "enable manual correction" feature, pending corrections will be centralized under the "Enrollments > Corrections" tab.

Users with the appropriate role will be able to correct the quiz and provide feedback

By design, the course owner will receive a notification every time a quiz is added as pending in this section.

The person correcting the quiz will be able to add feedback, set the proper number of point and submit the correction so that the platform can complete it's quiz correction loop.

The user will be notified upon quiz correction as well through an automated email.

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