Quiz Reports - Creating and Viewing

This article will show you how to obtain and analyze data in quiz reports.

D2L Brightspace provides and analyzes quiz data. By selecting different types of quiz reports, instructors will be able to access class score distributions, quiz attempts logs, individual students’ activity in a quiz, and statistics of each quiz question.

- 1.1 Setup Quiz Reports
- 1.2 View Quiz Reports
- 1.3 What type of Report do I need?
- 1.4 Report Type Options
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NOTE: All statistics are calculated based on a user’s first attempt of the quiz. If a question is changed after attempts have occurred, then only the attempts on the newest version of the question are included in the statistical calculations.

Setup Quiz Reports

Log into  Brightspace  with your SUNY Geneseo credentials.
On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Select the Course Selector Grid and select the course from the drop-down menu.
- If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
In the blue navbar, select Course Tools.
In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes.
Select the the arrow next to the quiz name.
Select Setup Reports from the drop-down menu.
Select the Add Report button
On the Add Report page, enter the following:
- Enter a Report Name.
- Select a Report Type. Once a report type has been selected, you will be able to customize the report content using the checkboxes.

NOTE: There are 5 types of reports (Question Statistics; Question details; Users Statistics; Attempts details; User Attempts), you can only select One type at a time. If you need more than one type of the reports, you go back to the reports setup page and select Add report again.

Set a Release Date (optional). The default is for the report to be released immediately.
- Under Release Report to, select the roles that you want to release the report to.
Select Save.

You will now see your report listed under the “Reports Setup tab

View Quiz Reports

Log into  Brightspace  with your SUNY Geneseo credentials.
On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
- Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
- Select the Course Selector Grid and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
In the blue navbar, select Course Tools.
In the drop-down menu, select Quizzes.
Locate the quiz you want to view a report for, then select the arrow next to the quiz name.
In the drop-down menu, select View Reports.
You will be taken to the Reports List page where you can select the report you want to view.

NOTE: There are three options to view the report: .CSV file (will be downloaded directly when selecting on the “generate CSV”), Excel file (will be downloaded directly when selecting on the “generate Excel”) and HTML file.

TIP: It is recommended to view the HTML file to get an overall view of the report because the system generates charts for a better visualization.

What type of Report do I need?

Case 1: I need to identify problematic as well as effective questions in a quiz.

Report type: Questions Statistics report.

Case 2: I need to identify how many learners choose each possible answer.