Courseau 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.
An exam is a dedicated lesson type. Courseau 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.
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
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
Courseau 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
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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Create an exam
Add a new exam to a course, choose what it covers, pick the question types, and let Courseau generate the questions for you.
Exam settings: minimum score and progression
Set the minimum passing score for an exam and decide whether learners must pass before moving on to the next lesson.
Edit or regenerate an exam
Change individual questions in an exam, or use Rewrite Exam to regenerate the whole set with new options.
Add a quiz element to a lesson
Drop a quiz element into an ordinary content lesson to give learners an interactive check-in without creating a full exam.
What learners see in an exam
A walkthrough of the learner-side exam experience, from the start dialog to the final results screen, including retake and review behavior.
Multiple choice questions
Add multiple choice quizzes to a lesson or exam to test learners on a single correct answer or several correct answers from a list of options.
True or false questions
Add true or false quizzes to a lesson or exam to check whether learners can judge if a statement is correct.
Ranking questions
Add ranking quizzes to a lesson or exam to test whether learners can place items in the correct order.
Sorting questions
Add sorting quizzes to a lesson or exam to test whether learners can group items into the correct categories.
Matching questions
Add matching quizzes to a lesson or exam to test whether learners can pair related items, such as terms with definitions.
Open answer elements
Add an open answer element to a lesson to collect free-text responses from learners. Open answers are not scored and are not available in exams.
