Create an online test

An online test is a question paper that students answer in the app or portal. Use it for quick quizzes, class tests or practice papers that EduHost can check for you.

Before you start

• Students need a student login to sit the test.
• Keep your questions and correct answers ready.

Steps

1. Go to Exams → Online Tests.
2. Start a new test. If you have none yet, the page shows No papers yet.
3. Type a Title, for example Maths — rounding quiz, and choose the Subject.
4. Choose the class that will sit the test. Leave it on all when the whole class sits it.
5. Set Opens. Leave it blank to open the test as soon as it is published.
6. Set Closes. The test shuts at this time for everyone.
7. Fill in Minutes each student gets, Attempts allowed and When they see their marks.
8. Add Instructions if needed, for example Twenty minutes. No calculators.
9. Click Save.
10. Open The paper and add a question. Type the Question and choose its Kind.
11. Set the Marks. Add Negative marks only if you want them.
12. For a question with choices, add each option. Use Another choice to add more and mark the right one.
13. For a short typed answer, fill in the Answer key. Separate more than one accepted answer with |, for example New Delhi|Delhi.
14. Add an Explanation if you like, then click Save the question. Repeat for every question.
15. When the paper is ready, click Publish.

Good to know

• Blank answers are never penalised, even with negative marks.
• Capital letters and extra spaces in typed answers are forgiven.
• The Explanation is shown to the student with their result.
• You can turn on Shuffle the questions and Shuffle the choices so each student sees a different order.
• To make changes after publishing, click Back to draft. To end the test early, click Close it.
• Students see the test under Online tests in their portal. See How students take an online test and Mark online tests and see scores.