How to create a manual quiz?

Navigate to Editor > LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE > Questions and Quizzes > View All Quizzes -> Add New Quiz.

On the 'Create New Quiz' page, select Quiz Type = Manual.

We have 3 types of manual quizzes, which are,

  • Regular:

    This is a standard quiz that can be scheduled for the current date and time or for a future date and time. Scores obtained in a Regular quiz can be added to both the Quiz Leaderboard and Competition Leaderboards.

  • Exam:

    This quiz type is designed for assessment purposes. Scores from an exam quiz are added only to the Quiz Leaderboard and do not contribute to competition leaderboards.

  • Event:

    This quiz type is intended for live or time-bound events. The editor can manually open the quiz at the start of the event and close it when the event concludes, ensuring participation is restricted to the event duration.

  • Quiz Title: Enter the title of the quiz. This will be visible to all users.
  • Quiz Description: Provide a brief description of the quiz.

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  • Start Date: Click the calendar icon to select the start date and time of the quiz. The quiz will be available to participants from this specified date and time.
  • End Date: Click the calendar icon to select the end date and time of the quiz. After this date and time, the quiz will no longer be accessible to participants.
  • Time Zone: By default, it will be the timezone of the editor who has logged in. If the editor need to set a different timezone, they can click on Change button and update it.

Quiz Cover and Thumbnail Images:

Here you can set the quiz cover image and thumbnail image.


Quiz Settings

  • Enable Timer: Select this option to make the quiz time-bound. Specify the number of minutes within which participants must complete the quiz.
  • Show Time: Enable this option if you want the time taken by each participant to be displayed on the quiz leaderboard.

  • Allow Multiple Attempts for This Quiz: Enable this option to allow participants to attempt the quiz multiple times until they achieve a specified minimum score. Enter the required minimum percentage in the field provided.
  • Allow Quiz Retake: Select this option to allow participants to independently retake the quiz after completing an attempt.

  • Show Quiz Review: Enable this option to display the correct answers and feedback for each question once a participant successfully completes the quiz. By default, the Show Quiz Review option is enabled for all quizzes.

    SmartWinnr allows you to lock or unlock the quiz review option at any time, provided the quiz was created with the review feature enabled. To lock the review for an existing quiz, navigate to:

    Editor > Questions and Quizzes > View All Quizzes > Select the Quiz > Lock Review.

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  • Randomly Assign Questions: Enable this option to assign a random set of questions to each quiz participant. Once selected, you will be prompted to specify the Number of Questions per Quiz.

    For example, if the number of questions per quiz is set to 10 and the quiz contains 30 questions in total, the system will automatically present 10 randomly selected questions from the available pool to each participant.

    If you choose the Randomize Question by tag option, this will allow you to customize the number of questions from each tag.

  • Question skip in Quiz: Check this option if you want to allow quiz takers to skip questions in this quiz.


  • Integrate with LMS (xAPI): Enable this option to integrate the quiz with an LMS using the xAPI standard.
  • Send by Generic Name: Select this option to distribute the quiz using a generic sender name instead of a specific user or entity.
  • Allow Self-Registration: Quiz where users can have self-registration enabled so that anyone with the quiz link can access the quiz.
  • Shuffle Answer Options: Activate this setting to randomize the order of answer options for questions within the quiz.
  • Enable Completion Notification: Turn on this option to send a notification upon quiz completion.
  • Enable Question Skipping: Allow participants to skip questions and return to them later during the quiz.
  • Leaderboard Display Settings: Configure how quiz results appear on leaderboards. You can choose to:
    • Add scores to all leaderboards
    • Add scores only to the quiz leaderboard
    • Exclude the quiz from all leaderboards

  • Send Notification on Assignment: Enable this option to send a notification to users when a quiz is assigned to them.
  • Custom Email Subject: This option allows you to define a custom subject line for the email notification sent to quiz participants. When enabled, you will be prompted to enter the subject text.
  • By default, the email subject is “New Quiz Assigned.”

  • Display message on completion: Enable this option to customize the pop-up message shown to participants upon completing the quiz. When selected, you will be prompted to enter a custom completion message. By default, the message displayed is “You have successfully completed this quiz.”

  • Show Score: Enable or disable the display of scores to participants during or after the quiz.
  • Show Immediate Answer Feedback: Enable this option to display answer feedback immediately after a participant attempts a question.
  • Enable Decimal Scoring: Activate this setting to allow scores to be displayed with decimal values.
  • Send Digest Email: Enable this option to send a summary (digest) email to users.
  • Hide Correct Answer for Incorrect Responses: Select this option to hide the correct answer when a participant responds incorrectly.
  • Quiz Background: Use this option to customize the background of the quiz. By default, a standard background image is applied. Editors can change the background image by clicking the Change button.

  • Completion Certificate: Enable this option to award a certificate or badge upon successful completion of the quiz. To select a certificate or badge, click the “Click Here” button. This will open a selection page where you can choose the desired badge or certificate and save your selection.

    Once a participant completes the quiz, the selected badge or certificate will be automatically assigned to them.

  • Set Reminder: This feature allows you to configure and schedule reminders to notify quiz participants about the status of the quiz.

Adding Questions to the Quiz

Once the quiz has been created, you can proceed to add questions:

  • Use the available search and filter criteria to find relevant questions.
  • Select the questions by checking the checkbox to the left of each question you want to include in the quiz.

After selecting the questions, click Save. You can then proceed to assign the quiz to participants.

Assigning the Quiz to Participants

Once you have completed the quiz creation process and added the required questions, you can assign the quiz to individual participants or groups.

  • Use the available search and filter criteria to identify the users you want to assign the quiz to.
  • Select the checkboxes next to the names of the participants.
  • After selecting the participants, click the Save button at the bottom of the page to complete the assignment.

You may also choose to assign the quiz to a specific group of users (Ex: North Zone)instead of individual participants.

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On assigning the quiz to participants, a success popup message like this will show.