Location: Create and edit course materials > Create and edit questions > Preview or try out questions

Preview or try out questions

When you preview a question, you can view the question text and answers, but you cannot submit the question for grading. When you try out a question you can answer, submit, and view the summary report for the question the same way students would.

Preview questions

Important: You must have the appropriate Java browser applet installed to display many question types correctly. These question types include connect-the-points, drag-and-drop, hotspot multiple-choice, hotspot multiple-response, and slider. For more information, see System Requirements.

You can preview questions in the question preview window. At the top of the question preview window, you can view the total number of times the question was attempted and the number of times it was correctly answered (also shown as a percentage). The question preview window is available:

On the Questions page when you create or edit activities. Click Add Questions > Select Questions from Bank. Click Show Question Preview or Show preview and select the question you want to preview.
From the Preview button when you create or edit new questions. Click the Preview button to preview the new question.
When viewing the Question Bank on the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page. Click to highlight the question you want to preview in the window on the right of the page.

Notes

You cannot preview all questions types. For example, you cannot preview Flash or LiveChat question types.

When you preview a question group, depending on the group settings, you see the directions, a narrative associated with the group, or nothing.

Try out questions

When you try out a question, the question opens in a separate window, from which you can answer and submit the question for grading.

You can try out questions using one of the following options:

On the Questions page when you create or edit activities, click the question and select Tryout from the question options menu.
From the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page, select Tryout from the question options menu.