Written By Natalie Deane, Senior Product Manager
Quiz Timing Improvement Summary
D2L is updating the quiz creation and quiz taking experiences to simplify existing workflows and add useful new quiz timing options. These quiz timing improvements are released in three stages.
- Quiz Timing Improvements & Auto-submission – available July 2023 for all clients.
The changes include auto-submission, a simpler quiz setup, and the removal of obsolete quiz timing options (such as the grace period). - Quiz Taking Improvements – Available July 2023 for all clients.
Expanding on the Phase 1, we added improvements to the Quiz taking experience including show/hide quiz timer and improvements to the Quiz results view. - Synchronous Quizzes – Available September 2023 for all clients.
In the final phase, we will expand from asynchronous quizzes to supporting both asynchronous and synchronous quizzes. The new addition of synchronous quizzes enables instructors to set up a quiz where the quiz timer starts on the start date for all learners rather than when the learner launches the quiz (asynchronous). The quiz timer then ends for all learners at the same time.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to quizzes that currently have a grace period?
The quiz uses the time limit set on the quiz. Learners no longer need grace time to ensure the quiz is submitted. For more information, see Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 1 of 3.
What changes does the learner experience with an automatically submitted quiz?
At the end of the time limit a learner will see a dialog letting them know their quiz is being submitted followed by the quiz submission view page. For more information, see Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 2 of 3.
If the existing quiz has Prevent student from making further changes enabled, is the quiz now automatically submitted on their behalf?
The automatic submission only applies to new learner attempts after the Quiz Timing Automatic Submission features are deployed. For more information, see Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 1 of 3.
What happens with Special Access?
Special Access has updates with new timing options and removed obsolete fields.
How does this impact data sets and APIs?
Both data sets and APIs are updated with new fields. You can currently use data sets to analyze the current usage of fields and options being removed with these Quiz Timing changes. You continue to have access to past data, and data set fields are not being immediately removed. There will be separate communication to provide information about analytics in the near future.
What do the time options for existing quizzes look like after the Quiz Timing Improvements release is deployed?
Quiz Timing Change | Behavior before the Update | Behavior after the Update |
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Grace Period (available in the Quiz Time Settings) | Learners have the Quiz Time Limit + Grace Period. | The Grace Period is being deprecated. Learners have the Quiz time limit only to take the quiz. |
Time Limit Exceeded – Allow learner to continue working, but score 0 | Learners that continue after the time limit expires receive 0. | Changes to the auto-submit mean that the quiz is automatically submitted at the end of the time limit. |
Time Limit Exceeded – Prevent learner from continuing | At the end of the Time Limit, the quiz attempt remains unsubmitted (the learner is prevented from further quiz entry). | Changes to the auto-submit mean that the quiz is automatically submitted at the end of the time limit. |
Learner timer warnings during the Quiz | The learner did not have time warnings. | The new Timer Warnings mean that the learners now have time warnings. |
Show/Hide clock during the Quiz | Learner could not hide the quiz timer. | The new Show/Hide clock feature means that learners can hide the quiz timer. |
Quiz information link availability during the quiz | Learners had to exit the quiz to view the Quiz information provided on the Quiz start page. | A new link is available to access Quiz information on the Quiz start page during the quiz. |
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Additional Information
For information about each of the three phases in the Quiz Timing Improvements, see:
Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 1 of 3
Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 2 of 3
Quiz Timing Improvements - Phase 3 of 3
Any end-user support questions and feedback can be shared through your D2L Account Team.