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Correcting Quiz scores

How do I correct a quiz that students have already taken? I need to give credit to the students for the “bad question” or I found out that another answer in the choices is correct too.

Note: This procedure only covers True/False and Multiple choice questions, but the process will be similar for other question types (multi-select, long answer, short answer, multi-short answer, fill in the blanks, etc.)

  • What is required: An active D2L course that uses quizzes with graded attempts

Step I: Giving credit to all students for bad question

The Update All Attempts option is useful for when you want to award points for a specific question to either all participants, or all participants who answered the question a certain way.

  1. From the main navigation bar, choose Quizzes
  2. Click the action menu next to the title of the quiz you want to work with and select Grade
    Click on action menu next to quiz name and choose Grade
  3. You will arrive on the Users tab of the Grade quiz page. To grade by question click the Questions tab.
    Click on Questions tab
  4. Place your bullet next to the Update all Attempts option
    Choose Update all attempts option
  5. Click the question title link of the question you want to work with to open that question
  6. You will arrive on the Update All Attempts page. Next, determine the Grading type you want to use.

Step II: Grading type

Option 1: Give points to all students regardless of the answer

Choose this option if you want to give points to all students for a specific question, regardless of how they answered the question.

  1. Under Grading Type, make sure choose the option next to Give to all attempts ____ points, then type the number of points you would like to give to all students for this question
    Tip: If you are unsure of the point value to assign to the question refer to the Question Worth section to view the original point value assigned to the question
    Give to all attempts regardless of answer
  2. You can write a comment explaining how you graded this question in the Comment box
    Note: Students can only see question comments if the Submission View settings are configured to allow them to show all questions with user responses
  3. Click Save when you have finished grading this question
  4. Click Yes on the confirmation window to save the grade modifications made to this question
  5. If you would like to grade additional questions click the Go Back to Questions button to return to the list of questions and repeat the same process.
Option 2: Give points to all students based on a specific answer

Choose this option if you want to give points to all students that answered a question with a specific answer. I will only cover the directions for True/False and Multiple Choice questions, but the process will be similar for other question types (multi-select, long answer, short answer, multi-short answer, fill in the blanks, etc.)

Option A: For True/False Question
  1. Under Grading Type, make sure choose the option next to the Give to attempts with answer ____ ____ points option
  2. From the drop down menu, select the answer you would like to give points to (True or False)
  3. Enter the number of points you would like to provide for this answer in the text field to the left of the word points
    Tip: If you are unsure of the point value to assign to the question refer to the Question Worth section to view the original point value assigned to the question
  4. You can write a comment explaining how you graded this question in the Comment box
    Note: Students can only see question comments if the Submission View settings are configured to allow them to show all questions with user responses
  5. Click Save when you have finished grading this question
  6. Click Yes on the confirmation window to save the grade modifications made to this question
  7. If you would like to grade additional questions click the Go Back to Questions button to return to the list of questions.
Option B: For Multiple Choice Question
  1. Under Grading Type, make sure choose the option next to the Give to attempts with answer ____ ____ points option
    Give to attempt for multiple choice question
  2. From the drop down menu, select the answer you would like to give points to (1, 2, 3, or -4)
  3. Enter the number of points you would like to provide for this answer in the text field to the left of the word points
    Tip: If you are unsure of the point value to assign to the question refer to the Question Worth section to view the original point value assigned to the question
  4. You can write a comment explaining how you graded this question in the Comment box
    Note: Students can only see question comments if the Submission View settings are configured to allow them to show all questions with user responses
  5. Click Save when you have finished grading this question
  6. Click Yes on the confirmation window to save the grade modifications made to this question
  7. If you would like to grade additional questions click the Go Back to Questions button to return to the list of questions.