# Quizzes and Surveys Since skills-service:2.4
Quizzes and Surveys can be created and managed on the administrative side of the SkillTree Dashboard and seamlessly administered by associating them to Skills or running them independently.
- Quiz - a knowledge check composed of multiple questions with a passing requirement
- Survey - data collection technique utilizing one or more questions
A Quiz/Survey association to an existing skill requires successful completion of that Quiz/Survey in order to earn the skill and its points. In the case of a quiz, then the quiz serves as the skill's knowledge check. On the other hand associating a survey is method to get feedback about that skill or collect some pieces of important data related to the skill.
To view existing quizzes or surveys or to create a new Quiz or Survey please navigate to Quizzes and Surveys
page
featured under the main Navigation on the administrative part of the Dashboard.
To create a new Quiz or a Survey please click on Quiz/Survey+
button and the New Quiz/Survey
form will be displayed.
New Quiz/Survey
form fields are:
Field | Explanation |
---|---|
Name | The name of the quiz or the survey |
Type | Can either be Quiz or Survey ; the type is immutable and can only be changed at the initial creation time. |
Description | A description will be visualized on a splash screen when a user starts a quiz or a survey. You can build a visually pleasing comprehensive description using SkillTree's Rich Text Editor |
Friendly Reminder
The Type
for a Quiz
or a Survey
must be selected at creation time and cannot be modified at a later time.
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Although the description is optional it is generally recommended to create one. Using the Rich Text Editor we encourage authoring visually pleasing descriptions.
# Quiz
A quiz is a knowledge check composed of multiple questions with a passing requirement. Quizzes can be associated to a skill or can be executed independently. Associating a Quiz to an existing skill will require successful completion of that Quiz in order to earn the skill and its points. In the case of a quiz, then the quiz serves as the skill's knowledge check.
Quizzes currently support two types of questions:
Single Choice
- question will only have 1 correct answerMulitple Choice
- question has 2 or more correct choices; all correct choices must be selected to get credit for the question
To administer a quiz click Manage
button for that quiz on the Quizzes and Surveys
page.
To add a new question please click Question +
button.
The Question's text supports all the same features that the Description Editor currently affords which
includes a generous feature set including attaching or copy-and-pasting screenshots.
The two supported question's types and Single Choice
and Mulitple Choice
and are implicitly derived from the number of the selected correct answers.
A single selected correct answer implies Single Choice
question type and when more than one corrected answers selected then Mulitple Choice
is used.
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When multiple correct answers are selected users will be required to properly identify all of those correct answers in order to receive the credit for the question
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Use the Preview
button on the top left below the Quiz name in order to see what the quiz will look like to your users.
# Quiz Settings
A Quiz has a number of customization parameters, to customize a quiz please navigate to Quizzes and Surveys -> Quiz -> Settings
page.
# Setting: Passing Requirement
This setting adjusts the minimum number of questions required to pass this quiz. By default, all questions have to be answered correctly in order to get the credit.
# Setting: Maximum Number of Attempts
By default, users have an unlimited number of attempts to pass a quiz. You can set the maximum number of attempts to 1 or more.
# Survey
A Survey is a data collection technique utilizing one or more questions. Surveys can be associated to a skill or can be executed independently. Associating a Survey to an existing skill will require completion of that Survey in order to earn the skill and its points. When associated to a skill, the survey is a method to gather feedback about that skill or collect some pieces of important data related to the skill.
A Survey currently supports three types of questions:
Single Choice
- question will only allow a single choice to be selectedMulitple Choice
- one or more choices are required to be selectedText Input
- a freeform answer text is required
To administer a survey click the Manage
button for that survey on the Quizzes and Surveys
page.
To add a new question please click the Question +
button.
The Question's text supports all the same features that the Description Editor currently affords which
includes a generous feature set including attaching or copy-and-pasting screenshots.
Please use the Answer's dropdown to select the type, currently available options are Single Choice
, Mulitple Choice
and Text Input
.
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Use the Preview
button on the top left below the Survey name in order to see what the survey will look like to your users.
# Results
Summarized quiz/survey results can be located on the Results page (Quizzes and Surveys -> Quiz/Survey -> Results
).
The page features
- total number of users' attempts
- number of passed and failed attempts
- average quiz/survey runtime
- in the case of quizzes, a bar chart breakdown for each question depicting the difference between the correct and the wrong question attempts
- number of times each answer was selected and its associated selection percentage
- for each answer, an ability to drill down to its history
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Please note that only the completed quizzes/surveys are shown on this page, if you are looking for In Progress
runs please visit Runs page.
# Runs
To track individual quiz/survey runs please visit the Runs page (Quizzes and Surveys -> Quiz/Survey -> Results
). Each row represents a single Quiz/Survey for a single user.
Select the run details button to the right of the user to view details of that particular Quiz/Survey run.
Quiz results will depict selected answer(s) and its correctness status. Survey results will simply display which results were selected.
# Skill Association
A Quiz/Survey association to an existing skill requires successful completion of that Quiz/Survey in order to earn the skill and its points. In the case of a quiz, then the quiz serves as the skill's knowledge check. On the other hand associating a survey is method to get feedback about that skill or collect some pieces of important data related to the skill.
To make a quiz-to-skill association when creating or editing a skill
- select
Self Reporting
checkbox - then select
Quiz/Survey
To configure a Quiz-based or a Survey-based skill please select Quiz/Survey
option and then use the drop-down to locate one of
the available Quizzes or Surveys.
Useful Tips
A Quiz or a Survey can be associated to more than one skill in one or more project(s).
A quiz/survey administrator can easily view which skills the quiz/survey is associated with by navigating
to the Skills page in that particular quiz/survey (Quizzes and Surveys -> Quiz/Survey -> Skills
)
:
# Access
The Quiz/Survey Access page supports adding or removing Quiz Administrators. To add and remove Administrators
please navigate to Quiz/Survey -> Access
page.