{"id":171,"date":"2022-12-04T06:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T06:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quiz.seeksolution.in\/help\/?p=171"},"modified":"2022-12-07T07:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T07:58:25","slug":"randomizing-questions-in-a-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiz.seeksolution.in\/help\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Randomizing questions in a quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"171\" class=\"elementor elementor-171\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ac964ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ac964ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-357e3ccf\" data-id=\"357e3ccf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5a299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e5a299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h1 style=\"margin: 20px 0px 10px; font-size: 36px; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal;\">Randomizing questions in a quiz<\/h1><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5fb564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c5fb564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Question randomization allows you to shuffle questions from all or a selected parts of your online quiz. This means that respondents are shown questions in a differing order each time the quiz is taken.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can choose to randomize all questions or select a set number from the whole pool of questions in your test.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Benefits of this feature are:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Discourages students from collaborating as they&#8217;re less likely to be seeing the same questions at the same time, in the same order.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Keeps respondents engaged when they&#8217;re taking the quiz multiple times.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Motivates respondents to think about the question, instead of memorizing the order of the answers.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;The FlexiQuiz system considers text and media items to be questions and so they&#8217;ll be shuffled along with other selected questions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This guide shows you how to set up question randomization by shuffling your questions or how to randomly pull a few questions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>How to set-up question randomization<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Create your online test, quiz, exam, or assessment.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Select the&nbsp;<strong>Configure<\/strong>&nbsp;tab.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Choose&nbsp;<strong>General<\/strong>&nbsp;from the left-hand menu.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Scroll down the page and check the box&nbsp;<strong>Randomize Questions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>From the drop-down menu select your question randomization rules:<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Whole quiz<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; everything is shuffled. The box should say&nbsp;<strong>all<\/strong>&nbsp;to ensure all of your questions are shown to respondents in a random order.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Uploads\/Guides\/f5a2f9ef-2af4-40be-abd1-2ed694d45bfc_ef213d75-b2ac-44f3-8bc9-c50dacb44cdb\" alt=\"how to shuffle all questions when you create an online test\"><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>From page<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; only question and text\/ media items from this page to the end of the test are shuffled.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Uploads\/Guides\/f5a2f9ef-2af4-40be-abd1-2ed694d45bfc_047bc363-2337-4a2c-b0ee-46362b54fef1\" alt=\"how to randomize questions from a page in your quiz\"><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Set pages<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; list each page where you would like to randomize the items within that page. For example, all the questions on page 2 will be randomized. All the questions on page 6 will be randomized and all the items on page 10 will be shuffled.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Uploads\/Guides\/f5a2f9ef-2af4-40be-abd1-2ed694d45bfc_67a6ff69-35bd-4074-be9b-24244371dcac\" alt=\"configuring which pages to randomize questions on a test\"><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Your question randomization is now set up. Finish configuring, publish, and share your quiz. As per the rules you&#8217;ve set, students will now see your questions in a different order every time your test is taken.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You&#8217;ll still be able to analyze results using the&nbsp;<strong>Response summary<\/strong>&nbsp;as the FlexiQuiz system identifies each question.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>How to randomly pull a few questions<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This feature enables you to randomly pull a set number of questions from all the questions that are in your online quiz. If you&#8217;re an Enterprise or Premium plan member you can also pool all the questions together from all of your questions and then pick from bank.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} -->\n<ol><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>To start, you will need to create your quiz with your whole selection of questions. For example, 10 questions.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Go to the&nbsp;<strong>Configure<\/strong>&nbsp;tab and select&nbsp;<strong>General<\/strong>&nbsp;from the left-hand menu.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Scroll down the page and check the box named&nbsp;<strong>Randomize Questions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Whole quiz<\/strong>&nbsp;from the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>In the box that currently says All &#8211; type in how many questions you would like to show to students. In this example, 2 questions out of a possible 10 questions will be shown to quiz takers.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Uploads\/Guides\/f5a2f9ef-2af4-40be-abd1-2ed694d45bfc_6ea1fc4e-bb62-40ea-acb2-323ed980ff7d\" alt=\"configuring a selection of questions\"><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Configure, Publish, and Share your test online.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Check out this example &#8211; the online math test we&#8217;ve created below has 10 questions, only 2 questions will be randomly shown each time the quiz is taken. Do you get the same questions every time you take the test?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/SC\/N\/randomizequestions\">Take randomize questions quiz<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Top tip!<\/strong>&nbsp;If you&#8217;re using the page time limits, the timing is applied to the page&nbsp;<strong>and not the question or text\/ media item.<\/strong>&nbsp;For example, Question A could start on page 2 with a 1-minute time limit. However, after randomization is applied, question A is on page 6 with a 2-minute time limit.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It&#8217;s not possible to apply a time limit to each question and use the randomize question feature.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Note!<\/strong>&nbsp;You can turn off the question randomization at any time. Just return to the&nbsp;<strong>Configure<\/strong>&nbsp;screen and un-check the box named Randomize questions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Relevant help guides<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Help\/faq\/what-is-a-question-bank\">Randomizing quiz questions from your question bank<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Help\/faq\/solutions-to-deter-cheating\">Tips to minimize cheating using FlexiQuiz software<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Help\/create\/getting-started-with-flexiquiz\">How to create your first MCQ quiz<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexiquiz.com\/Help\/configure\/configuration-tools\">Other quiz configuration options<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9a9e56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e9a9e56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quiz.seeksolution.in\/help\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randomizing questions in a quiz Question randomization allows you to shuffle questions from all or a selected parts of your online quiz. 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