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Creating a Quiz
Last updated 9/28/2011
Create a question pool before creating a random question slide.
Create question pools
1 Select Quiz > Questions Pools Manager.
2 Click the add button (+) above the left panel to add a question pool.
3 In the text box that appears, type a name for the question pool.
4 Click the add button (+) above the right panel to add questions to the question pool.
The Insert Questions dialog box appears.
5 Select the question types and specify the number of questions slides of each type that must be inserted.
6 (Optional) Click the remove button (–) in the right or left panel to remove questions from the question pools or
question list.
7 Close the Insert Questions dialog box. The Question Pool panel appears.
8 Select the question slide in the Question pool panel and add the quiz content on stage. For more information, see
“Set up question slides” on page 181.
Note: Unlike the regular question slides, you cannot directly assign points or scores to the graded questions in question
pools. You can assign the points to the random question slide using its Property Inspector.
9 Repeat the procedure to add more question pools and questions to them.
Question pools cannot be exported as XML. However, in the Question Pool Manager, you can do the following using
the right-click menu:
• Drag questions across question pools.
• Copy questions from one pool and paste them into other pools.
• Lock, unlock, hide, and show questions.
Note: You can copy, duplicate, or delete the question slides using the Question Pool panel.
Move question slides to a question pool
You can move a question slide or a group of question slides to a question pool. The question slide is removed from the
main project and placed in the question pool. Alternatively, you can move question slides from a question pool into
the main project, or to other question pools.
Question pools do not support slide grouping, so all grouping information is lost when grouped slides are moved into
pools. Consequently, when the question slides are moved back to the main project, they are not associated with any
group.
To move question slides across multiple slide groups into a question pool, expand the group, select the question slides,
and move them to the question pool.
Note: You cannot undo the movement of question slides to question pools or to the main project.
1 In the Filmstrip, select the question slide that has to be moved to the question pool.
If required, you can select multiple slides.
2 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the slide, select Move Question To, and then select the pool to
which you want to move the slide.