Quiz settings: multiple attempts and the feedback
In the quizzes, you can currently post settings so that a student can do the same quiz more than, and you take the highest, average or first score of their attempts. This is a means of encouraging students to learn immediately from their mistakes.
How it’s set up
This is done when editing the properties of a quiz. Under the heading attempts, you can allow a set number of attempts, and under the heading student score, you can choose which score you choose as the students grade.
Under the section results properties it would seem logical to choose options 1 (show the question text), a) i) (show the percentage value of the students answer), 3 (show the students score for each question) and 4 (show the students total score of the assessment). Ideally, this would tell the students which questions they got wrong, but not give them the right answer.
The bug
It seems that if you do choose option 1 a) i) (show the students response for each question and show the percentage value of the students answer), then the quiz results will also show the correct answer. It makes the subsequent quiz attempts much easier if the student can simply copy down the correct answers, and misses the point of formative assessment.
The solution
I’ve recommended that under the results properties section, choose only option 1, 3, 4. Student will not see their response for each question, but they will still know which question they got wrong, and which they got right.
This is a short term solution. I’ll also look into this at the online forum, and send in this feedback to WebCT/ Blackboard.