D2L: Print a Quiz

D2L: Print a Quiz

The following tutorial will show faculty how to print a D2L Quiz. Details on the various Print Quiz settings are also available below.

Table of Contents

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Print a Quiz

1

In a D2L Course Quizzes Tab, click on the dropdown arrow to the right of the quiz we want to print.

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Highlighting Quizzes tab and the dropdown arrow to the right of a quiz to print.

 

2

Select Print in the menu that appears.

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Highlighting Print option.

 

3

When we do, the page will update. On the left will be a Preview of the Quiz. The right will have Formatting Options (below).

Also note that, in the upper-right of the quiz, is the Quiz Title.

At a minimum, select Name field and Date field.

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Showing quiz preview and format options.

 

4

When ready, click on Print in the lower-right

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Highlighting print option in the lower-right.

 

5

The Print dialog will appear with a few options:

Destination: Select a Printer to print to

  • we recommend MyGrayscalePrintjob for printing on campus.

  • If we are using the Quiz Print tool from home, select Save As PDF. Then, when we are on-campus, we can print the PDF’s).

For Pages, double check that the last page is not simply a blank page.

  • If the last page is not, the default All pages is fine.

  • If the last page is blank, click on All and select Custom. In the new textbox, we can type in the pages to print (separated by a comma, ex. 1, 3, 5) or a range (ex, 1-3) or a combination (1, 3-5, 7, 9-11).

* For Copies, type the number of copies to print.

Make sure that Layout is set to Portrait.

*Make sure Color is Black and white.

*Note, Copies and Color will not appear if we chose the Save as PDF option. Additionally, for copies, if we have any randomization, we only need to print one copy of that version of the quiz. more below.

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Showing Print dialog with correct options.

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Showing Save As PDF with correct options.
6

When ready, click on Print or Save in the lower-right and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: If we used the Randomization option, we will need to repeat steps 4-6. However, our browser should remember our selections from the previous time.

 

Additional details can be found on D2L’s Support Documentation:

Print a Quiz - Brightspace

Quiz Print Format Options

In this section, we go over the formatting options available to use when we print a quiz.

Sections

Randomization

Randomization will only appear if any of the randomization options (ex., Randomize answer order in the Question Editor or Shuffle Quiz under Timing & Display in the Quiz Editor) have been selected in a quiz and/or Question Pool is in use.

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Question Editor (Randomize answer order)

Quiz Editor (Shuffle Quiz)

Question Editor (Randomize answer order)

Quiz Editor (Shuffle Quiz)

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Number of versions will create a number of versions of the quiz for us to review. For example, let us say we have 10 students in the course. We can type in 10. When we do, we will see that tabs to 10 different versions of the quiz become available to us:

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Updated Number of Versions; now have 10 quiz tabs

Additionally, note that the Quiz Version (in the case, Version A) is just below the Quiz Title.

Clicking on New Version [letter here] or New Randomization will randomize the quiz again.

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Highlighting New Version A

NOTE: If we use the Randomization option, we will need to print each version of the quiz individually.

Formatting

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Formatting options in D2L Quiz Print Tool.

 

Format Option

Details/Description

Format Option

Details/Description

Name Field

Add a space for students to fill out their name.

Student ID Field (not recommended due to privacy concerns)

Add a space for Students (or grader) to fill out Student ID number.

Date Field

Add space for students to fill in the date.

Additionally, note that, when we make each selection, the screen will automatically update. We will only be able to select one option at a time but, after the screen updates, we will be able to make the next selection.

NOTE: The selection for the formatting option is saved when we go to the next version of the quiz.

Answer Key

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Answer Key option

This option allows us to create an answer key for that particular quiz (or, if we have randomization on, that particular version of the quiz). To save on ink, we recommend turning off any options selected in the formatting section. Then, use the print button in the lower-right to print the quiz answer key (useful for TA’s) or Save as PDF to save a digital version.

Quiz

Quiz Answer Key

Quiz

Quiz Answer Key

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Typical Quiz, with no answer answers selected

 

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Quiz with answers selected. Banner at top indicates ANSWER KEY