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Coming August 2023 to a Quiz Near You: Update to Quiz Timing in Brightspace

Brightspace Quiz Update: Quiz Timing  (July 2023)

Brightspace has updated the Quiz Creation experience for instructors by simplifying the quiz timing setup workflow, adding useful new features, including the ability to auto-submit, and removing obsolete quiz timing options. In addition, students will now be able to show or hide the timer, receive time warning messages, and access more information about their quizzes. (Note: If your learners have questions, please have them contact the Wellehan Library at askalibrarian@sjcme.edu).

Information adapted from D2L Brightspace Community.  

Quiz Timing & Display Options

These have been redesigned. Here is what is new or improved:

• The updated settings allow instructors to choose if they want to set a time limit by selecting the Set time limit checkbox, which is cleared by default. If Set time limit is selected, instructors can add a Time Limit and edit the Timer Settings.
• The previous Prevent the student from making further changes option has been changed to Automatically submit the quiz attempt. Quiz auto-submission automatically hands in quizzes on enforced time limit quizzes at the end of the set time, improving quiz integrity. This behavior is changed on all existing and in-progress quizzes with the update.

Let’s look at the new experience:

Set time limit: Check off this box if you wish to impose a time limit on your quiz.

Time limit: If you have selected “set time limit,” this box will appear for you to enter in the time limit.

Timer Settings: Click link to view the following settings in a popup window:

Select the appropriate response by clicking next to it.

Things to note:

The Automatically submit the quiz attempt option is now the default setting for all newly created quizzes with a time limit and is used automatically if the instructor does not edit the quiz timing settings. The previous default setting was Allow the student to continue working.

The previous Allow the student to continue working option has been changed to Flag the attempt as exceeded time limit and allow the learner to continue working. This behavior is changed on all existing and in-progress quizzes with the update.

The Grace Period and Allow student to continue working but automatically score zero options are removed to further streamline the process of quiz creation. With this update, any existing and in-progress quizzes that include these settings are changed to the following new behavior:

1. • A quiz that previously had a grace period now uses the time limit set on the quiz.
   • A quiz previously set to Allow student to continue working but automatically score zero now sets the quiz to Automatically submit the quiz attempt.Paging: Click on the dropdown arrow to select how you wish your quiz paging to be displayed. If you wish to keep page settings the same as prior to the new release, click on Use Legacy Paging. If you select another option, this option disappears.
   • Shuffle Quiz: Check of this box if you wish the quiz questions and sections within the quiz to be shuffled.

Display: Check off as desired.

Special Access Information

The Special Access settings have been updated to incorporate the new changes:

If you have questions about setting time limits in quizzes, please email asktei@sjcme.edu.

Note: There is a printable PDF under Written Instructions on the Quiz guide.