Quizzical

What Can I Use It For?

Quizzical is an on-line, multiple-choice question writing and testing tool. Students are selected at random to author questions and can be required to meet criteria for taking quizzes. Student authored questions may be directed to one or more teaching assistants for marking. Marks and scores for quiz participation are shown to students both textually and graphically, and are reported to a grade center. The instructor can download the grades to incorporate them into the gradebook, and selected questions can be downloaded for use on formal exams.

Special Notes

Note: Make sure to deselect lectures that fall on Public or University holidays. These will not be applied automatically.

This Academic Toolbox tool helps you...

Connect & communicate / Assess student work & provide feedback / Teach from a distance

Typical course activity format:

Synchronous or asynchronous

Quercus integration

Integrated tool

Where can I get more support?

Divisional Support Contacts

Quercus Support

Consultations

Student Support

Cost

Centrally funded

How to Get Started

Quizzical is an on-line, multiple-choice question writing and testing tool.

Instructions

Enable Quizzical in Course Navigation
Enable Quizzical in Course Navigation
1. Click the “Settings” link in the course navigation menu
2. Select the “Navigation” tab
3. Scroll down to find “Quizzical”. Click the “Move Options” button and select “Enable”. Click “Save”.
4. Confirm that “Quizzical” link is now available in the course navigation menu.
Activate Quizzical for your Course
To activate Quizzical for your course:
1. Click “Quizzical” on your course navigation
2. It will open a new tab into Quizzical
3. Select “Activate Course”
4. This section is to schedule course lectures
5. Click the “Scheduling” tab
6. Update the following fields to configure your Quizzical course schedule
  - Date Range: The start and end dates of your Quizzical course. These might be the same as the session start/ end dates, or sometime frame in between during which during which you want to engage your students in Quizzical Activities
  - Week Days: The days of the week you have your lectures
  - Time: The time of the day your lecture starts
7. Once you have selected all of your settings, click “Set up Lectures”
Your basic lecture is set and you can start your course.

Guides

Tip Sheets
- View and download tip sheets:
  - AddingQuizzicaltoQuercus.pdf
  - AODA-AddingQuizzicaltoQuercus.docx
Best Practices for Writing Good Multiple-Choice Questions

Best practices for writing good multiple-choice questions

https://quizzical.ca/tutorial/
Instructor Guide

Instructor Guide:

Quizzical Instructor Guide.pdf
Tutorial Assistant (TA) Guide

Tutorial Assistant Guide:

Quizzical TA Guide.pdf
Student Guide

Student Guide:

Quizzical Student Guide.pdf
Quizzical Website Resources

Quizzical Website Resources: https://quizzical.ca/

Videos

Instructor Experience Video

https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/kIYIj0Ni3HVl
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Student Experience Video

https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/6XzobNLPS8jx
Shared on MyMedia

Last Modified:

21 June, 2022

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License

Quizzical

How to Get Started

Instructions

Enable Quizzical in Course Navigation

To activate Quizzical for your course:

Guides

View and download tip sheets:

Videos