A general guide for taking online quizzes is also available in the Student Training Module, found in the Brightspace My Courses menu. This quiz guide can be found in the Submitting Your Course Work section. You can also call the SUNY Online Help Desk for Brightspace help at 1-844-673-6786.
This article uses screen shots from the Student Training Module.
How to take a Quiz in Brightspace on Laptops and Desktops
- Log into Brightspace.
- Select the course with the quiz you're trying to take from the "My Courses" section, narrowing your results to the current semester if needed.
- Navigate to the "Course Activities" link in the orange bar towards the top of the screen.
- In the drop down menu of the Course Activities link, select "Quizzes." This will bring up a "Quiz List" page where you can choose a specific quiz from the provided shortcuts.
- Remember to thoroughly read all of the instructions, and press "Start Quiz" when appropriate. Based on settings chosen by the instructor, quizzes may only allow one try, while others may allow multiple retries.
- Some quizzes have time limits and others do not, so be sure to check before starting, and be sure to submit the quiz at the end when you've completed it.
Having trouble accessing the quiz?
There are a few reasons this may occur, and you can check with your instructor if you're having unexpected issues:
- Some quizzes are only available during a specific time-frame (i.e., it may not be available yet, or could have already ended).
- Some quizzes only allow one attempt, while others allow for retries.
If the Internet connection is lost while taking the quiz, the page froze, or the page was closed, the timer for a quiz will continue to run. Questions are saved if you are kicked out for whatever reason, or if you need to refresh your page if it freezes.
Contact your professor if these issues interfere with your ability to take the quiz, document what happened with screen shots, and explain what has occurred.