Create and configure quizzes
In this article: How to create quizzes in your course lessons, configure scoring and feedback, and use passing scores to gate progress. All Plans
When quizzes help
Quizzes give students a way to check whether they actually absorbed what you taught — not just watched or read it. They're useful in three situations:
- Knowledge checks. After a lesson on a specific topic, a quick quiz reinforces the key points and gives students confidence they understood the material.
- Accountability. When students know there's a quiz, they pay closer attention. Even a simple two-question check changes how people engage with your content.
- Certification gating. Combine a passing score with a required lesson to ensure students demonstrate understanding before progressing. On Pro plans, this effectively gates certificate issuance.
Not every lesson needs a quiz. Use them where understanding matters most — foundational concepts, safety-critical material, or prerequisites for the next lesson.
Add a quiz to a lesson
- Open the lesson where you want to add a quiz.
- Scroll to the bottom of the lesson editor and click the Assessments section on the dark gray action bar.
- Click Add Assessment.
- Select Quiz as the assessment type.
Your quiz is created. Now add questions.
Create quiz questions
Each quiz question has its own set of options. Here's what you can configure for every question:
Question text and media
Type your question in the question field (up to 4,096 characters). You can also attach an image or video to the question — useful for "identify this" style questions or when the question refers to a visual.
Answer choices
Add your answer choices and mark which one is correct. Click Add Answer to add more options. Each choice supports up to 2,048 characters and can have its own attached image or video (for visual answer choices like diagrams or screenshots).
Drag choices to reorder them.
Single-choice vs. multiple-choice
By default, questions are single-choice: one correct answer, students pick one. Toggle multiple-choice when a question has more than one correct answer — students can then select multiple options.
Points per question
Each question has a point value (default: 0). Points let you weight questions differently. A complex application question worth 3 points counts more toward the score than a basic recall question worth 1 point.
If you leave all questions at 0 points, each question counts equally (treated as 1 point each for scoring).
Required vs. optional questions
Questions are required by default. Mark a question as optional if you want to include bonus or extra-credit style questions that don't block completion.
Feedback text
You can add feedback for both correct and incorrect answers:
- Correct answer feedback — shown when the student gets it right. Reinforce why the answer is correct or point to the next concept.
- Incorrect answer feedback — shown when the student gets it wrong. Explain the right answer or point them back to the relevant part of the lesson.
Both feedback fields support up to 2,048 characters and can include an attached image or video.
Quiz preferences
Each lesson with a quiz has a preferences panel with four settings:
Shuffle question order
Randomizes the order students see questions. Each student gets a consistent randomized order (so retakes show the same sequence), but different students see different orders. Helpful for reducing answer-sharing in cohort courses.
Shuffle answer/choice order
Randomizes the order of answer choices within each question. Same consistent-per-student approach. Prevents students from memorizing "the third option is always correct."
Allow retaking after submission
When enabled, students can resubmit the quiz after seeing their results. Useful for practice quizzes where you want students to learn from mistakes and try again.
Set a passing score
Enter the minimum points a student needs to pass. The interface shows this as "X of Y points (Z%)" to help you set a realistic target.
When you set a passing score, retakes are automatically enabled and locked on — students need the ability to try again until they pass. They can retake the quiz unlimited times.
How scoring works
Scoring is straightforward:
Score = (student's points earned / total possible points) × 100%
If all questions have 0 points (the default), each question is treated as worth 1 point. So a 5-question quiz where the student gets 4 right = 80%.
If you assign custom point values, those weights apply. A 3-point question the student gets wrong costs more than a 1-point question.
Pass or fail is determined by comparing the student's total points against the passing score you set. If no passing score is set, all submissions are treated as passing.
Use quizzes as a completion requirement
Quizzes become a progression gate when you combine two settings:
- Set a passing score on the quiz (in the quiz preferences).
- Make the lesson required (toggle the Required switch in the lesson's action bar).
With both in place, students must pass the quiz before they can mark the lesson complete and move to the next required lesson.
On Ruzuku Pro, certificates are issued when a student completes all required lessons. A quiz with a passing score on a required lesson effectively gates the certificate — the student can't earn it without demonstrating they understood the material. See Set up certificates of completion for details.
What students see
After submitting a quiz, students see their results immediately:
- Passed (or no passing score set): A message showing their score percentage — for example, "Completed with a score of 85%."
- Failed: A message showing their score and the required minimum — for example, "You scored 60%. You must score at least 80% to continue."
- Per-question feedback: If you added correct or incorrect feedback, students see it after submitting each question. Feedback is hidden until the student answers (so they can't preview the explanation before trying).
When retakes are enabled, students can resubmit. With a passing score, they can retake the quiz as many times as they need.
Edit or remove a quiz
To modify a quiz, open the lesson, scroll to the Assessments section, and click on the quiz.
Important: Once students have submitted answers, you cannot add, delete, or modify questions and answer choices. This protects the integrity of existing submissions. If you need to make changes after students have submitted, consider creating a new lesson with an updated quiz.
You can still change quiz preferences (shuffle, retakes, passing score) after submissions exist.
To remove a quiz entirely, click the delete option on the assessment. Student submissions for that quiz will no longer be accessible.