Creating a Quick Quiz

What is a Quick Quiz?

The Quick Quiz feature is Astute's built-in tool for graded, multiple-choice knowledge checks. It's best suited to testing understanding after a course, video or policy — for example, a short set of right/wrong questions with a pass mark.

If your goal is a form, declaration or questionnaire that captures free-text answers, or you need to report on named individuals' specific responses in detail, a Survey or Risk Assessment may serve you better. Speak to your Astute contact if you're not sure which tool fits your use case.

Before You Start

A Quick Quiz works best when you have:

A clear pass mark in mind (e.g. 80%).
Your questions and answer options already drafted, ideally as plain text.
A view on how many attempts a learner should be allowed.
Any course, event or programme the quiz will sit within already set up.
Multiple choice — select one or more correct answers from a list.

Step-by-Step: Building Your Quiz

1. Create the quiz

From the top navigation bar, type “quick quiz” (or just “quiz”) into the search field to jump straight to the Quick Quiz area.
Choose to create a new quiz rather than copying an existing one, unless you're deliberately reusing a previous quiz as a starting point.
Give the quiz a clear, unique name that won't be confused with any existing quiz, and add a tile image if you'd like one — both are optional beyond the name.
Set your pass mark (80% is a common default) and the number of attempts a learner is permitted.

2. Choose your question types

The question bank supports several question types, so pick whichever best fits what you're testing:

Multiple choice — select one or more correct answers from a list.
Matching — the learner drags or clicks to pair items on one side with items on the other. This is also the type to use if you want images in a question (see the tip below).
Scenario — describe a situation and ask one or more questions about it, each with two to five answer options.
Rating / sliding scale — the learner moves a slider to the position you've set as correct.
Sort order — the learner drags answers into the correct sequence, useful for steps in a process.

3. Add your questions

Add each question individually, along with its answer options.
Keep question text as plain, flowing sentences. The question field does not preserve rich formatting such as bullet points or numbered lists — text with this kind of formatting will display as a single block of text to learners. If you're testing understanding of a longer policy, consider breaking it into several shorter questions instead.
Add correct and incorrect feedback for each question if you'd like learners to see a response straight away, rather than only at the end of the quiz.
Once a question is finished, choose “Save and add another” to keep building the quiz, or “Save” on its own to finish and return to the quiz overview — choosing “Save” partway through won't let you carry straight on adding the next question.

Tip: Adding images to a question

Standard multiple-choice questions don't support an image against each answer option.
If you need images, use the Matching question type instead: upload an image to one side using the camera icon on each box, add your matching text on the other side, then switch on “match-up mode” to set which image pairs with which piece of text.
Always preview a question after adding an image, on the same type of device your learners will use.

4. Preview before you publish

Use the preview function to check the quiz exactly as a learner will see it.
Check every question displays correctly, especially any with images or longer text.
Confirm your pass/fail feedback shows as expected, and that a “retake quiz” option appears if a learner doesn't reach the pass mark.
If you see an error while previewing, note down the error code and time shown, and pass this to your Astute support contact — it will help them resolve it quickly.

5. Publish and assign the quiz

Publish the quiz — it needs to be published before it can be added to an enrolment event.
A quiz is its own activity, so it can't be tacked directly onto the end of a course. Add it to an enrolment event alongside the course, policy or video it relates to.
If you want learners to complete other content first — for example, view a policy or watch a video before attempting the quiz — use the Programmes feature. This lets you sequence activities so the quiz stays greyed out and unavailable until the earlier content has been viewed or signed.
If you already have chaser (reminder) emails set up for quizzes generally, check whether adding this quiz to a programme could result in a learner receiving two reminders for the same activity, and adjust your chaser rules accordingly.

6. Check your reporting before rollout

Before assigning the quiz to your full audience, enrol a test learner and run it through your reporting pack.
Confirm the results show what you need — for example, whether you can see pass/fail status at both the individual question level and the overall module level, and whether these agree with each other.
If you need to see exactly how each named learner answered each question, confirm this is available in your report before rollout, or discuss reporting options with your Astute contact.

Tip: Some things that catch people out

There is no bulk upload for quiz questions — each question and answer is added individually within Astute.
Learners cannot use a back button once they've moved on to a later question in a quiz.
If you need to correct a question after some learners have already completed the quiz, contact your Astute support team — they can advise on the best way to do this without affecting learners who have already passed.
Quiz text does not support rich formatting (bullets, numbering, bold). Plan question wording accordingly.

Need Help?

If you run into any issues while building your quiz, or you're not sure whether Quick Quiz is the right tool for what you're trying to achieve, please reach out to your Astute support team at astutesupport@vinciworks.com - we're happy to help.

Creating a Quick Quiz

A step-by-step guide to building, checking and rolling out a Quick Quiz in Astute.

What is a Quick Quiz?

The Quick Quiz feature is Astute's built-in tool for graded, multiple-choice knowledge checks. It's best suited to testing understanding after a course, video or policy — for example, a short set of right/wrong questions with a pass mark.

If your goal is a form, declaration or questionnaire that captures free-text answers, or you need to report on named individuals' specific responses in detail, a Survey or Risk Assessment may serve you better. Speak to your Astute contact if you're not sure which tool fits your use case.

Before You Start

A Quick Quiz works best when you have:

A clear pass mark in mind (e.g. 80%).

Your questions and answer options already drafted, ideally as plain text.

A view on how many attempts a learner should be allowed.

Any course, event or programme the quiz will sit within already set up.

Multiple choice — select one or more correct answers from a list.

Step-by-Step: Building Your Quiz

1. Create the quiz

From the top navigation bar, type “quick quiz” (or just “quiz”) into the search field to jump straight to the Quick Quiz area.

Choose to create a new quiz rather than copying an existing one, unless you're deliberately reusing a previous quiz as a starting point.

Give the quiz a clear, unique name that won't be confused with any existing quiz, and add a tile image if you'd like one — both are optional beyond the name.

Set your pass mark (80% is a common default) and the number of attempts a learner is permitted.

2. Choose your question types

The question bank supports several question types, so pick whichever best fits what you're testing:

Multiple choice — select one or more correct answers from a list.

Matching — the learner drags or clicks to pair items on one side with items on the other. This is also the type to use if you want images in a question (see the tip below).

Scenario — describe a situation and ask one or more questions about it, each with two to five answer options.

Rating / sliding scale — the learner moves a slider to the position you've set as correct.

Sort order — the learner drags answers into the correct sequence, useful for steps in a process.

3. Add your questions

Add each question individually, along with its answer options.

Add correct and incorrect feedback for each question if you'd like learners to see a response straight away, rather than only at the end of the quiz.

Once a question is finished, choose “Save and add another” to keep building the quiz, or “Save” on its own to finish and return to the quiz overview — choosing “Save” partway through won't let you carry straight on adding the next question.

4. Preview before you publish

Use the preview function to check the quiz exactly as a learner will see it.

Check every question displays correctly, especially any with images or longer text.

Confirm your pass/fail feedback shows as expected, and that a “retake quiz” option appears if a learner doesn't reach the pass mark.

If you see an error while previewing, note down the error code and time shown, and pass this to your Astute support contact — it will help them resolve it quickly.

5. Publish and assign the quiz

Publish the quiz — it needs to be published before it can be added to an enrolment event.

A quiz is its own activity, so it can't be tacked directly onto the end of a course. Add it to an enrolment event alongside the course, policy or video it relates to.

If you want learners to complete other content first — for example, view a policy or watch a video before attempting the quiz — use the Programmes feature. This lets you sequence activities so the quiz stays greyed out and unavailable until the earlier content has been viewed or signed.

If you already have chaser (reminder) emails set up for quizzes generally, check whether adding this quiz to a programme could result in a learner receiving two reminders for the same activity, and adjust your chaser rules accordingly.

6. Check your reporting before rollout

Before assigning the quiz to your full audience, enrol a test learner and run it through your reporting pack.

Confirm the results show what you need — for example, whether you can see pass/fail status at both the individual question level and the overall module level, and whether these agree with each other.

If you need to see exactly how each named learner answered each question, confirm this is available in your report before rollout, or discuss reporting options with your Astute contact.

Need Help?

If you run into any issues while building your quiz, or you're not sure whether Quick Quiz is the right tool for what you're trying to achieve, please reach out to your Astute support team at astutesupport@vinciworks.com - we're happy to help.