Add quizzes

Check your learners knowledge with a multiple choice question

Before you begin

A quiz is a multiple-choice question learners must answer during a track before proceeding to the next challenge. Each quiz needs at least two possible answers. You can assign one or more answers as correct.

Add a quiz challenge

You can add a quizzes using the Web UI or the Instruqt CLI.

🌐 Web UI

1. Click the track you want to add a quiz to.

2. In the Challenges section, click Add new and select Multiple choice from the dropdown.

3. Provide a Name, URL, and Description for the challenge.

4. Click Save.

5. In the Quiz tab, input a question in the Editor.

6. Click Add answer as many times as needed to generate possible choices

7. Click the This is a correct answer checkbox beside all correct choices

8. Click Save changes.

💻 Instruqt CLI

1. Change into the track directory you want to add a quiz to:

   cd <track-directory>

2. Add a challenge to the track:

   instruqt challenge create --title "Example quiz title"

3. Open the assignment.md file of the newly created challenge and replace its content with the following (modify as needed):

   ---
   slug: example-quiz-title
   type: quiz
   title: Example quiz title
   teaser: Example quiz
   answers:
   - 42
   - Sun
   - Instruqt
   solution:
   - 1
   difficulty: basic
   timelimit: 600
   ---
   What is the answer to the universe?

4. Save the assignment.md file and push the changes to Instruqt:

5. instruqt track push