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Creating a test with questions

A test is a folder with questions, just like a form. The difference: with the e-learning option, Xanti keeps track of the score, and the student can get feedback after each question.

Creating the test

  1. Open the course folder and click New Folder.
  2. Under Folder name, enter the name of the test, for example Entry test.
  3. Under Folder content, choose Questions.
  4. Under Permissions, choose User, so only students who are logged in can take the test.
  5. Under For all questions in this folder, tick Enable E-learning (keep track of scores, handle feedback).
  6. Do you want the student to see after each question whether the answer was right, with your explanation? Then also tick Display individual feedback messages. With Hide Correct/Incorrect feedback, the student sees only your explanation, without "correct" or "incorrect".
  7. Click Save.

Questions, choices and answers

  1. In the test, click Add Question.
  2. Under Type, choose Single choice (one right answer), Multiple choice (tick more than one answer) or Text paragraph (text only, for example an explanation or lesson material).
  3. Type the Question and click Save.
  4. Click Add multiple choices, type each choice on its own line and click Add Choices.
  5. Click Add Answer. Click Choose Answer and choose the right choice. With Multiple choice, choose all the choices that together are right.
  6. Under Correct, choose Yes, and under Feedback, type the explanation the student sees. Click Save.
  7. Add another answer with All Other, choose No under Correct, and type the explanation for a wrong answer.

The answer form with Choose Answer, All Other, Correct and Feedback

With Display individual feedback messages, there may be only one question per page. So switch on Page break after this question for every question. After that, a student cannot change an answer anymore.

Do you already have the questions in a file? In the test, choose More > Import > Questions XML/TXT File. That page shows an example of the file format.

With More > View, you see all the questions of the test one below the other. Then check the test with More > Course Check: it reports, for example, questions that cannot be answered right or cannot be answered wrong.

See also

  • Building a course
  • Question types and settings
  • Viewing tests and results

Checked: November 2026