There are two types of quizzes in TextbookHub: self-assessments and graded assessments. Self-assessments are launched from TextbookHub. Graded assessments provide you with a special link so that your school’s learning management system (LMS) or student information system (SIS) launches the quiz. Note that if your school does not use a LMS or SIS, you will not be able to use graded assessments. 

Creating a Self-Assessment

1. Select the book in which you want to create a quiz by clicking on it:

2. Select the Teacher extension:

3. Navigate to the page in the book where you want to place a quiz:

4. Click and drag your mouse over the section of the text where you want to place the quiz. Then right-click to reveal the menu. Select Create Overlay.

5. TextbookHub displays the Overlay menu. Select Quiz, then click on Create. 

6. On the Overlay Action tab, type the title of the quiz in the title field. Next, use the radio buttons to select Self Assessment. This will create a quiz that launches directly from the textbook. The other option, Graded Assessment, is discussed later in this article.

Adjust the other settings to suit your preferences, then click on Create Questions. 

7. Enter a question into the Question Text field. Then select a question type.

8. Provide the answer to the question. Then click Add Question to add an additional question.

9. Enter the next question and select the question type. Provide an answer for the question. Continue with this process until you have added all the questions to the quiz. 

10.  When you have added all the questions for your quiz, click on the Overlay Appearance tab. Click on the fill color box to bring up the color-picker. The color you select will highlight the Quiz Overlay on the textbook page. When you have selected the color you want, click on OK. Then click on Create. 

11. TextbookHub will display the page with both a quiz icon and the text you selected in step 4 with a colored highlight. Students can click on the quiz icon or the highlighted area to launch the quiz. 

12. When the student clicks on the icon or the link, the quiz is launched. Students should complete the quiz and then click on Submit. 

Creating a Graded Assessment Quiz 

Graded assessment quizzes are designed for use with a school’s Learning Management System (LMS) or Student Information System (SIS). If your school does not use a LMS or SIS, you cannot use the graded assessment quiz feature in TextbookHub.  

Creating a graded assessment quiz allows you to link the quiz to your LMS or SIS. In other words, clicking on the graded assessment quiz in TextbookHub opens the quiz in the LMS or SIS. 

1. Select a book in which you want to create a quiz by clicking on it:

2. Select the teacher extension:

3. Navigate to the page in the book where you want to place a quiz:

4. Click and drag your mouse over the section of the text where you want to place the quiz. Then right-click to reveal the menu. Select Create Overlay.

5. TextbookHub displays the Overlay menu. Select Quiz, then click on Create. 

6. On the Overlay Action tab, click Graded Assessment. Adjust the remaining options such as quiz availability, quiz attempts, and so on according to your preferences. Then click Create Questions. 

6. Enter a question into the Question Text field. Select a question type.

7. Provide the answer to the question. Then click Add Question to add an additional question.

8. Enter the next question and select the question type. Provide an answer for the question. Continue with this process until you have added all the questions to the quiz. 

9. When you have added all the questions for your quiz, click on the Overlay Appearance tab. Click on the fill color box to bring up the color-picker. The color you select will highlight the quiz overlay on the textbook page. When you have selected the color you want, click on OK. Then click on Create. 

10. The quiz icon and the highlighted quiz area are now visible in the book. Right-click on the quiz icon or on the highlighted area. Select Edit Overlay.

11. The Overlay panel pops up. Select the Overlay Action tab. The link you need is called an LTI link. It will be visible under Graded Assessment. Copy this LTI link. Click X to close the Overlay panel. 

12. Paste the LTI link into the correct field in your LMS or SIS. See the documentation for the LMS or SIS for more information.