Exams and quizzes overview

CreateUpon gives you two ways to test learners: full exam lessons that are graded and gate progression, and individual quiz elements you can drop into any lesson as an interactive check. This article explains the difference and points you to the right place to learn more.

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Exams vs quiz elements

An exam is a dedicated lesson type. CreateUpon generates the questions for you, scores every answer automatically, and shows a pass or fail result on a results screen. Exams can gate the rest of the course: learners may need to pass before moving on.

A quiz element is an interactive component, such as a multiple choice question or a sorting activity, that you place inside a regular content lesson. Learners answer it inline, see immediate feedback, and carry on with the lesson. There is no pass or fail screen and no gate.

Both use the same underlying question types. The difference is the wrapper: an exam adds a graded results experience around them; a quiz element does not.

How scoring works at a glance

• Each question scores 1 point if every part of the answer is correct, and 0 points otherwise. There is no partial credit

• The exam score is the percentage of questions answered correctly

• You set a minimum score that learners must reach to pass the exam

• Learners can retake an exam as many times as they need to pass

When to use which

Use an exam when you want to:

• verify that learners have mastered a body of material

• require learners to pass before they can proceed

• record a pass or fail result in a learning management system

• give learners an end-of-lesson, end-of-module, or end-of-course assessment

Use a quiz element when you want to:

• break up a long lesson with an interactive check-in

• let learners practice without the pressure of a graded outcome

• give learners immediate feedback on a single concept

• collect free-text reflections using an open answer element

Question types in CreateUpon

CreateUpon offers six interactive question types. Five of them can be used in exams; the sixth is for lessons only.

Available in exams and lessons:

• Multiple choice — pick one or more correct answers from a list

• True or false — decide whether a statement is true or false

• Ranking — put items into the correct sequence

• Sorting — drag items into the correct categories

• Matching — pair prompts with their correct answers

Lessons only:

• Open answer — a free-text field for reflections and notes. Not auto-graded, so it cannot be used in an exam

Where to go next

Start with the article that matches what you want to do. If you want to build an exam, jump to Create an exam. If you want to know what learners will experience, jump to What learners see in an exam. If you want to learn about a specific question type, jump to the article for that type.

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