Create self-paced Quizzes

In this article we cover:

• Create a self-paced quiz
• Advance quiz settings:
  1. Edit the survey description
  2. Shuffle the question order
  3. Schedule when your quiz opens and closes
  4. Set a time limit for quiz completion
  5. Customize the quiz summary
• Display correct answers
• Self-paced quiz scoring
• Test your self-paced quiz
• Access and download quiz data
• Creating multiple self-paced quizzes

Create a self-paced quiz in the survey function:

Create a session.
Select 'Surveys' from the navigation menu.
Press the '+ Create new ' button. 

Click on the word 'New survey' to give your quiz a name and click on the check mark to confirm it.

Adding questions to a survey works the same way as creating live polls. Press the + Add Question button. Select the type of question you would like to create. You can choose between multichoice, rating scale, text, numeric, Pin on image & Pin on Choice image question types. (Word cloud and XY plot are not available in surveys.)

Once you select a correct answer, a notice appears confirming that the survey has now become a self-paced quiz. Close the notice and add answer explanations if you wish.

Press 'Create' to save your question. You’ll see the survey icon change to a question mark, and the ‘Open Survey’ button will update to ‘Open Quiz’ in the dashboard. 

Repeat this process for more questions. You can include both scored and non-scored (feedback) questions. You can also add questions from the question library including questions from: My previous questions, Vevox sample content, Account collections or AI generated questions or Import questions.

Advanced Settings

Open the Advanced settings to personalize your quiz setup.

1. Edit the survey descriptions

Update the default description with a quiz-specific introduction. This text appears on participant devices before they start the quiz. Click 'Save' to update the new description, or keep the default if preferred.

2. Shuffle the question order

Enable Shuffle question order to randomize how questions appear for each participant.
This prevents predictable order bias and reduces the chance of answer sharing. You can toggle this setting on or off at any time.

3. Schedule when your quiz opens and closes (Pro plans and above)

You can automate when your self-paced quiz becomes available to participants by setting a start and end time. Once a start time is reached, the quiz automatically opens in the participant app and stays open until the end time (if one is set). If no end time is entered, the quiz will remain open until you close it manually.

Participants will see the quiz icon in the Vevox app (and in LTI-connected systems  like Brightspace, Moodle, Blackboard, or Canvas) as soon as the quiz is open. If you’re using LTI, make sure your quiz is linked to the correct course so students can access it smoothly.

At the scheduled end time, a ‘Closed’ label will appear next to the quiz in the participant app. Participants will no longer be able to take part unless the quiz is reopened. The quiz will remain visible in the app for review, but it will only disappear completely once it’s unpublished.

You can verify your time zone under Settings. The session setup view shows the time zone, while the start & end time appears in the Survey Advanced settings.

4. Set a time limit for quiz completion (Pro plans and above)

The Time Limit feature helps you manage quiz integrity and ensures timely completion.
When a time limit is set, the countdown begins as soon as a participant starts the quiz for the first time.

Before starting, participants will see a warning message showing how much time they have to complete the quiz. A timer icon will appear next to the quiz name, and a visible countdown timer will track their remaining time.

Vevox automatically saves responses during a timed quiz. If a participant reopens the quiz before their time expires, they’ll find their previous answers intact and can continue where they left off. When the timer runs out, the quiz closes automatically — any completed answers are submitted on the participant’s behalf, while unanswered questions won’t be counted. A confirmation message will show how many questions were answered. A ‘Closed’ label will appear next to the quiz name in the participant app once the quiz has closed, either manually or automatically through the schedule setting.

5. Customize quiz summary screen (Pro plans and above)

Once participants complete the quiz and press Submit, they’ll see a quiz summary screen showing their results.
You can customize this summary to match your session goals and decide how much feedback participants receive.

You can choose to display:

• The correct answers (correct answer explanation will automatically show as well)
• Show total score (this is the participant’s individual score) or
• Hide total score (choose not to show a score summary at all)
• Show total score & leaderboard (incl. top three scorers)

To customize what participants see in the summary, select the relevant options under the 'Quiz summary screen'. 

The default quiz summary settings will always display :

• The participant’s individual score
• The total number of responses submitted
• Individual questions link to review answers and explanations (if enabled)

In the example above, this participant submitted six responses across six questions. The quiz score shows 8/12, as partial scoring awarded extra points for partially correct multiple-choice answers.

Display correct answers

After submitting a self-paced quiz, participants can review their responses. In the participant app, they can click the ‘Individual questions’ link below their quiz scores to see which answers they chose, find out what was correct or incorrect, and read any answer explanations (if provided).

By default, Vevox shows correct answers after submission. If you prefer not to share them, simply untick the ‘Show correct answer’ option in the quiz summary screen.

The ‘Individual questions’ view displays:

• Whether each answer was correct or incorrect 
• The correct answer for each question
• Any correct answer explanations included by the host

Self-paced quiz Scoring

By default, each correct answer awards 1 point. If advanced scoring is enabled, you can:

• Assign different point values for each question
• Enable partial scoring to reward nearly correct answers 

When the total score and leaderboard are displayed in the quiz summary screen, only the top three scorers will be revealed in the participant app. To see a further basic breakdown of the scores, click on the 'View leaderboard' option in the dashboard. The top 6 scores will be listed as well as the average participant score.

For  the leaderboard display option: Because a self-paced quiz is completed asynchronously, scores on the leaderboard are dynamic and may update over time. For example, when Student A submits their quiz with a score of 10/12, they may appear in first place. However, if Student B later completes the quiz and scores 12/12, Student A will move down to second place and Student B will take the top position on the leaderboard.

The leaderboard in the dashboard will never display participant names, even if the session is set to identified. However, if identification was enabled, you can still access participant names by downloading the Excel data report — check the Survey Results tab for full leaderboard details. (See Quiz data section below.)

Test your self-paced quiz

Before sharing your quiz with others, it’s a good idea to test it yourself. Follow the same process as when you test a survey — but note that it will be labeled “Quiz” in the dashboard, since it includes correct answers.

Access & download quiz data

As a host, you can easily view and download results for your self-paced quiz. Go to the Data section in your dashboard and open the 'Survey Results' tab. Here, you’ll see a session summary and a “survey in numbers” overview. Scroll down to view a visual breakdown of how participants responded in the self-paced quiz.

For a more detailed analysis, export the Session Data Report. In the downloaded Excel file, open the 'Survey summary' & 'Survey Results' tabs at the bottom to find your self-paced quiz results.

Your data report includes:

• Survey Summary – a high-level overview of responses for each question.
• Survey Results – a detailed breakdown showing how each participant answered.
  • Green = correct answers
  • Red = incorrect answers
  • Yellow = pin on image responses

If your session’s Identification setting is set to Anonymous, all participant names will appear as “Anonymous.”

For more information, read this article - it follows the same steps & interpretation. 

Create multiple self-paced quizzes

You can create as many self-paced quizzes as you like in a single session. Follow the same setup steps above to add additional quizzes. Each quiz will appear separately under the Surveys tab. All quizzes in the same session share the same 9-digit Session ID, but only one quiz can be open and active at a time.

To run multiple self-paced quizzes simultaneously, upgrade to an Enterprise plan (Business) or a Pro/Institution plan (Education).