Add questions and quizzes

A question can go anywhere in a course. Where you put it decides what it counts for:

• On a lesson, it’s a knowledge check. Learners answer, see whether they were right and why, and carry on. Nothing is counted.
• On a quiz, it’s graded. The quiz has a pass mark, and passing it is what completes the quiz and counts toward the course, its credit and any certification.

Each question shows which it is in its corner: Knowledge check · not counted or Graded.

Why use it

The Sessionboard Learning course builder lets you write, arrange and publish interactive courses without leaving your event workspace. Quizzes, branching scenarios, video checkpoints and written-answer questions are all authored in one place, so your team can build rigorous, credit-bearing learning experiences alongside your program content. The question bank keeps your best questions reusable across courses, and the scoring queue gives reviewers a clear workflow for grading open-ended responses.

Add a question

Type / on a lesson or quiz and pick a question type, or select Question and change its type later. Write the question, mark the right answer and set its Points.

Question types

Type	What the learner does	How it’s marked
Multiple choice	Picks one option	One right answer
Select all that apply	Picks several options	Every right option, nothing else; or partial credit
True or false	Picks true or false	Right or wrong
Short answer	Types a word or phrase	Matched to the answers you accept, with or without case
Written answer	Writes an essay	A person scores it in a graded quiz (see Score written answers and files)
Fill in the blanks	Types, or picks from a list, the missing words	Each blank; or partial credit
Matching	Connects each item to its pair	Each pair; or partial credit
Put in order	Moves steps into sequence	The whole order; or partial credit
Sort into groups	Drags items into categories	Each item; or partial credit
Number	Types a number	Within the tolerance you set
Rating scale	Picks a point on a scale (a Likert scale, 1 to 10)	Never scored
Click on the image	Clicks a spot on a picture	Inside one of the areas you mark
File upload	Hands in a file	A person scores it in a graded quiz
Poll	Gives an opinion	Never scored; learners see how others voted

Every type can be answered from the keyboard, including Put in order, Matching and Click on the image.

Feedback and explanations

Open Feedback and explanation on a question to add:

• When they’re right and When they’re wrong: a sentence learners see after answering.
• A note on a single option, shown when a learner picks it.
• Explanation: why the answer is right, shown after answering.
• Hint (shown before answering).
• Give partial credit on types made of parts, and Shuffle the options on choice questions.

A question can carry an image, and so can each option of a choice question.

Quiz settings

Open Quiz settings above a quiz’s questions:

Setting	What it does
Passing score (%)	The score that passes the quiz.
Attempts allowed	Leave empty for unlimited.
Questions per attempt	Draw this many at random from the quiz’s questions on each attempt.
Wait before retrying (minutes)	Time a learner waits after a failed attempt.
Time limit (minutes)	See Time a quiz and give extra time.
Show the right answers	After each attempt, Only after passing, or Never (right or wrong only).
Shuffle answer options	Shows each learner the options in a random order.

To draw from questions you keep across courses, add Questions from the bank to the quiz. See Reuse questions with the question bank.

Let the assistant write questions

On any lesson, select Draft questions. Questions are written from what the lesson says and what its videos say. Choose How many and where to Put them: In a new quiz after this lesson, or Here, as knowledge checks. Then select Write questions.

The questions land in your draft. Read and edit each one before you publish.

Note

Answers are checked on Sessionboard’s servers, never in the learner’s browser, and a learner never receives the right answers before answering.