Building a Quiz

Quizzes let you test what students have learned. You can attach a quiz to a specific lesson inside a course, place it at the end of a course section, or create a standalone quiz that lives at its own URL.

Overview

Quizzes live under Learnomy in your WordPress admin sidebar. Go to Learnomy > Quizzes to see all your quizzes and Learnomy > Question Bank to manage the questions that populate them.

A quiz is a container. Questions are stored separately in the Question Bank and added to a quiz through "slots". This means one question can appear in multiple quizzes, and editing a question updates it everywhere.

Creating a quiz

1. Go to Learnomy > Quizzes.

   

2. Click Add New Quiz in the top-right corner. The quiz editor opens.

3. Enter a Quiz Title. The URL slug is generated from the title automatically. You can override it in the Quiz URL slug field -- use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only.

4. Write an optional Description using the rich text editor. Students see this on the start screen before they begin.

5. Choose a Mode:

   • Graded -- scores the quiz and counts toward course completion. This is the default.
   • Practice -- students can take it freely without it affecting their progress.
   • Survey -- collects answers without grading them.

6. Click Create Quiz to save. The quiz is created in Draft status, hidden from students until you publish it.

   

Attaching a quiz to a course

A quiz can be standalone (accessible at /quiz/<slug>/) or attached to a course. To attach it:

1. In the quiz editor, open the Basic section.
2. Select a Course from the dropdown. The Section dropdown becomes active.
3. Select the section the quiz belongs to.
4. Optionally select a Lesson to tie the quiz to a specific lesson in the player flow.

If you leave Course empty, the quiz is standalone and appears at /quiz/<slug>/.

Adding questions via slots

Questions are added to a quiz after the initial save. Once you have saved a quiz, a Questions card appears below the settings.

1. Click Add questions from bank. A picker modal opens, showing your existing questions. Use the search field or type filter to find what you need.
2. Check one or more questions and click Add selected.
3. The questions appear as a numbered slot list. Drag the handle on the left of any row to reorder them.
4. Each slot has a Marks field. Click the field in the row to change the point value for that question in this quiz (this does not change the question itself).
5. To remove a question from the quiz, click the trash icon on its row.

To create a new question directly from the quiz editor, click Create new question. It opens the question editor in a new tab. When you return and refresh the picker, the new question is available.

Quiz settings

Open the Settings card to configure all quiz behaviour. Settings are grouped into collapsible sections.

Grading section

Setting	What it does
Passing score	Slider from 0 to 100%. Default is 70%. Students who score at or above this threshold pass the quiz.
Time limit	Enter minutes and seconds. Leave at 0 for no time limit. The timer is shown to the student during the quiz.
Attempt limit	How many times a student can take the quiz. 0 means unlimited. Default is 1.
Grading method	Which attempt counts when a student has multiple: Highest, First, Latest, or Average.

Behaviour section

Setting	What it does
Shuffle questions	Randomises question order on each attempt.
Shuffle answers	Randomises the order of answer choices.
Navigation	Free lets students jump between questions. Sequential shows one question at a time and does not allow going back.
Feedback timing	Controls when students see correct answers and per-question feedback. See the table below.

Feedback timing options:

Option	Student experience
After submit	Full feedback after the whole quiz is submitted.
After each question	Feedback shown immediately after each question is answered.
Immediate	Feedback shown the moment an answer is chosen.
After attempt finalizes	Feedback held until the attempt is fully graded (relevant for quizzes with essay questions).
Only after passing	Students who pass see full feedback; those who fail see score only.
Never	Answers stay hidden.

Display template

Choose how the quiz looks to students. Two templates are free; three require Learnomy Pro.

Template	Description	Availability
Focused	One question at a time. Good for high-stakes quizzes.	Free
Classic	All questions on one scrollable page.	Free
Sectioned	Questions grouped into named sections.	Pro
Conversational	Chat-style one-question flow.	Pro
Review board	Full-page grid with a jump-to-question map.	Pro

Access and Schedule section

Setting	What it does
Access code	Students must enter this code before starting. Leave blank for no gate.
Opens at	Students see the quiz but cannot start until this date and time.
Closes at	No new attempts are accepted after this date and time.
Status	Draft hides from students. Published makes it visible. Archived keeps it accessible to enrolled students but removes it from search.

Attempts and Cooldown section

Setting	What it does
Cooldown between attempts	Minutes a student must wait after submitting before they can start again.
Max failed attempts	Students who fail this many times are locked out until an instructor resets them. 0 means no lockout.

Tips

• The Questions card shows the total mark value across all slots. Review this before publishing so the passing score percentage translates to a sensible point threshold.
• A new quiz defaults to Draft status. Change the Status field to Published when you are ready for students to see it.
• Changing marks on a slot does not change the question -- it sets the value of that question in this quiz only. The same question can have different marks in different quizzes.
• If a quiz has essay questions, set feedback timing to After attempt finalizes so students do not receive partial results while grading is still pending.

Related

• Question Types
• Question Bank
• Taking a Quiz
• Grading Submissions