> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://synap.ac/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://synap.ac/docs/quizzes/creating-a-quiz/quiz-experience.md). # Quiz experience A detailed look into the quiz configuration settings The Quiz Experience page has the configurations for how a quiz behaves during an attempt. Open it from **Quiz > Experience** in the quiz builder.

{% hint style="danger" %} When a quiz is used in an exam, the exam’s own settings override these. Exams can also inherit settings from an exam template or your global exam settings. See exam configuration guide for more [3. Configure](/docs/exams/create-and-manage-exams/3.-configure.md) {% endhint %} ### Allowed Modes Select the modes users will be able to take the quiz in, in order to have a Timed exam, the timer must be enabled. | Mode | Timed | When answers are marked | Feedback | | ---------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ | | Practice | No | After each question is submitted | After each question | | Exam | No | After all questions and the attempt is submitted | Depends on the results page settings | | Timed exam | Yes | After all questions and the attempt is submitted | Depends on the results page settings | On quizzes any or all of the above modes can be allowed which lets users pick how they'd like to take an attempt on this quiz. ### Timer The timer settings appear when the timed exam is selected, attempts in timed exams that are abandoned will be automatically submitted by the system after the allowed time has elapsed: * **Time limit:** Set the total time allowed for the attempt * **Infer timer:** Calculates the total from each question’s timer (2 minutes per question by default; change it from the question’s configuration menu). * **Soft timer:** Candidates can keep working after time runs out. * **Enforce full time:** Candidates cannot finish the quiz or section before time runs out. Not recommended for most uses. ### Allowed lengths When the quiz is taken via a Collection or Assignment, you can define whether they can take a subset of questions within the quiz. The allowed length settings is where you choose what subset lengths are available for them to choose from. Please note that it is not currently possible for users to take a subset of questions in a quiz which has sections. If your quiz has sections we recommend selecting the 'All questions' option here. ### Security These settings allow you to restrict students' ability to copy and / or paste in a test. Whilst this will stop the majority of students being able to copy and paste it is important to understand the limitations of the feature.

#### What is blocked: * Copying of question content (including text and images) via keyboard shortcuts and right clicking * Copying from the results page * Pasting into the answer box * Dragging content into the answer box * **Disable right click:** Prevents the context menu from appearing when a user right clicks #### What is not blocked: * Screenshots * Copying of videos, this is down to the sharing settings on the video's host site (YouTube, Vimeo etc) * Technical attempts of copying and pasting, for example via the DOM editor/browser If you are concerned about further protecting your IP and / or outlining the consequences of cheating, we strongly recommend including some copy in your Terms and Conditions explaining this to your end users. Alternatively for more secure assessments see our proctoring tool Synoptic {% content-ref url="/pages/FU091z8rRVVPWqQRnVTp" %} [Proctoring with Synoptic](/docs/exams/proctoring-with-synoptic.md) {% endcontent-ref %} ### Attempt progress Configure whether candidates can stop a quiz attempt part-way through and pick it up later and if they can review and submit where they are up to.

| Progress configs | Description | | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Allow review and submit | Let users submit an attempt early, before seeing all the questions. Unseen questions will be skipped. Results settings determine whether skipped questions count towards the final score | | Allow save and resume later | Let users save an unfinished attempt and return to it later. Timers will continue to tick down while users are away. | {% hint style="info" %} * Timed attempts keep counting down while the candidate is away. * All exam attempts are excluded from progress configurations. * Use result settings to decide how to score skipped questions {% endhint %}

Learn more about attempt progress settings on Generated attempts from collections, the Study and quizzes and how to omit skipped questions from results below {% content-ref url="/pages/PiBaBa3uGP0chZpYUs6n" %} [Broken mention](broken://pages/PiBaBa3uGP0chZpYUs6n) {% endcontent-ref %} ### Navigation * **Prevent navigation between questions:** Stops users from moving back to previous questions or skipping on to questions out of order * **Disable control panel:** Users will not be able to open the control panel to the right of the screen * **Disable notifications:** Stops Synap generated notifications such as pre-warnings when submitting and warnings on skipped questions {% hint style="warning" %} If you have tools like calculator, lab values and notepad (see below) enabled, then users will not be able to access them if you select 'Disable control panel' {% endhint %} ## Additional settings * **Question layout:** Enable question panel resizing to allow users to change the size of the question vs answer panels. * **Soft sections:** Enabling soft sections means users will be able to view previously submitted sections but they cannot change their answers * **Shuffle sections:** Shuffle the order of sections in a quiz or exam so different users will have a different order of sections. * **Shuffle questions:** Shuffle the order of questions in a section * **Calculator:** Enable or disable either a standard or scientific calculator * [Click to view standard calculator ](https://widget.synap.ac/calculator) * [Click to view scientific calculator](https://synap-dev-assets.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/scientific_calculator/index.html) * **Notepad:** This functionality allows users to enable a temporary note pad during the execution of quizzes or examinations, offering the capacity to make annotations related to specific questions. These notes will not be saved after the attempt is submitted and will not be visible to you as an admin.

* **Strikethrough:** This functionality allows users to strikethrough an option they feel is not the correct option allowing them to focus on those they think are / might be

* **Highlighting:** This functionality allows users to highlight key parts of the question stem.

* **Bookmarking:** This feature allows users to bookmark a question so they can easily find it and come back to it later. It's important to note that bookmarking a question won't allow users to come back to it if they submit the section it is in. Users can easily find their book marked question by opening the quiz controls in the right hand menu.

Bookmarking a question and returning to it via the quiz controls

* **Lab values:** Here you can add a resource which users can access via the quiz control panel to the right of the screen. There is a rich text editor where you can enter things like a passage of text or periodic table. Use Additional information to create a custom button and information available to users during an attempt

* **Flagging**: Enable or disable the ability for students to flag a question for content moderation by admins.

{% content-ref url="/pages/bHrWXq1Msre2KCTb2OuN" %} [Flagging and reporting question issues](/docs/quizzes/creating-a-quiz/quiz-experience/flagging-and-reporting-question-issues.md) {% endcontent-ref %} * **Microphone settings:** Enabling this setting will allow users to choose which audio recording device they want use on an audio recording question

* **Show available marks:** Displays the available marks for a question to the user during the attempt

* **Pinned message:** Set a message which will appear at the bottom of the page throughout a users attempt

* **Additional information** Enabling additional information will give you the option to add a custom button with a custom icon, to the side menu during an attempt. This could be pdf resources, images, text, tables or even embedded content.

Set additional information to show, add title, icon and body to the information that will be available through out an attempt on a quiz or exam.

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