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How to Create an Online Scored Quiz

Creating a quiz with ProProfs Quiz Maker is super easy. Make a quiz from scratch or choose a template from our library based on your business requirement.

ProProfs solves the most challenging part of creating a scored quiz - readying questions. You can browse our library of over a million questions and create a quiz in minutes. You can also create your quizzes carrying your brandings, such as custom colors and a logo.

Scored quizzes help you to:

1. Make your training sessions more interactive

2. Assess your learners’ skills or knowledge retention

3. Capture qualified leads & increase lead generation

This article explains how to create a scored quiz. You can also create personality quizzes.

Here’s how you can create a scored quiz online:

Step 1: In your ProProfs Quiz Maker account:

• Click the ‘+ Create a Quiz’ button on the dashboard to create a new quiz. On your dashboard, you can see all your draft and live quizzes.

• A new page opens to pick an option.

Step 2: You will have to pick a quiz type from the given two options, Scored Quiz & Personality Quiz, based upon your requirements.

• In this guide, we will proceed with ‘Scored Quiz.’

• Click 'Create Scored Quiz.' A new page opens.

Step 3: Here, you will find ready-to-use templates and an option to create from scratch. In addition to the featured section comprising a few recommended quizzes, templates range from business, education to sports, holidays, and fun.

• In this article, we will learn to create a quiz from scratch.

• Click ‘+ Create from Scratch.’ The quiz builder opens.

1. When you select Create from Scratch

2. When you select Create Using Templates

3. When you select Ready To Use Questions

These are easy and convenient methods to start creating a new quiz.

Step 4: Here’s how the quiz builder looks like to the editor. We will start with basic editing.

• Customize your quiz by adding a title, image, and description. Click Edit Cover

• Follow the screenshot instructions to customize your quiz.

1. Quiz Title: Give your quiz a title to help quiz takers know what it is all about. Also, the title enables you to distinguish quizzes on your dashboard.

2. Add Media: Upload an image/video or choose from the ProProfs library. You can also search for an image on Google or Pexels or a video on YouTube, integrated with our quiz builder. Select an image/video and click Done.

3. Description: Add details about your quiz to give quiz takers some extra information.

• Click Save at the end to confirm your changes and proceed further.

Step 5: After setting up the quiz name, image, and description, let us add our first question of the quiz. ProProfs Quiz Maker offers a wide range of question types to help you create an interactive quiz.

• Click + New Question.

• Choose a question type based on your requirements. Let's add a multiple choice question by selecting Multiple Choice from the palette and clicking Add Question.

• A multiple-choice question shows up on the Quiz Editor main page. Every element of the question is editable.

• You can write a question and add the options.

Follow the screenshot instructions to customize your question further.

1. You can add your feedback to a question.

2. You can add a tag to a question.

3. You can add branching to guide your quiz takers to the relevant questions based on their chosen options.

4. You can make it a mandatory question.

5. You can enable grading to make it a scoring question.

6. You can seek quiz takers’ comments to understand why they chose an option before proceeding to the next question.

Step 6: After adding a few more questions, either multiple choice or any other question type, you can preview it.

• Click Preview to see how they will appear to the quiz takers.

Here’s how the quiz will look to learners.

Step 8: In the left panel of the Quiz Editor, you can quickly choose different result types, modify settings, and select a theme for your quiz.

1. Results: Choose the type of result you want to provide to the quiz takers once they complete the quiz. You can pick one from the dropdown or customize your result the way you want.

2. Popular Settings: When creating a scored quiz, you can use popular settings to customize scoring. Also, you can modify question order and their viewability. To go to the settings page, click on All Settings.

3. Popular Themes: Pick a theme from our preloaded options to change your quiz’s appearance quickly. To edit in detail, click Customize your theme.

Step 7: After creating your quiz, you can simply head to your dashboard by clicking on the header logo.

Here’s how the quiz will look like on your dashboard.