Whether you're building a quick check-in quiz or editing a full-length exam, this guide will walk you through how to get started with Assessments in Showbie.
Finding Your Assessments Library
Assessments can be created or edited from within your library in your Showbie Teacher account. Once you've logged into your account, there are a couple of ways to access your assessment library.
Option 1: Navigation Bar or Side Menu
Click the Assessments icon (checkmark)
– Located in the top navigation bar or left side menu in Showbie.Your Assessments Library will open.
Option 2: Post to an Assignment within a Class
Open your class in Showbie.
Create a new assignment or open an existing one.
In the Materials list, select the plus icon (+).
Choose Assessment.
Your full Assessments Library will open.
Creating a New Assessment
Once you've navigated to your assessment library in Showbie:
Click Add Quiz in the top-right corner of the quiz list.
Then select how you would like to create your quiz
Blank Quiz (Manually created), explained below
This will then bring a new screen up for you to start creating your quizzes depending on your choice.
Types of Questions:
💡Within your questions, you can apply basic text formatting and add images. You can also insert math equations, include images in multiple-choice answers, and embed links and videos.
Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
Provide at least two answer options by typing them into the answer fields.
To mark an answer as correct, click the circle button to the left of the option. A green checkmark will appear.
Notes:
If more than one answer is marked correct, students must select all correct answers to receive full credit.
If no answers are marked correct, the question will not be automatically graded. This is useful for poll-style or opinion questions.
True/False Questions
True/False Questions
Enter a statement that students can mark as True or False.
Select the correct answer (True or False) below the question text.
Short Answer Questions
Short Answer Questions
Students are able to type in their answers to short answer questions. Responses can then be manually graded as correct, partially correct, or incorrect.
For automatic grading, you can optionally provide one or more correct answers:
Students must enter their answer exactly as one that was provided in the quiz editor. Correct answers are spelling sensitive but case insensitive (uppercase/lowercase is marked the same).
You can enter multiple variations of the same answer (for example, 2 + 2 = '4' or 'four') for additional flexibility of how students answer.
💡 Click the checkmark icon when you're done to save the question
Editing an Assessment
Need to change something in your assessment? Go to your Assessment Library and select the assessment you want to edit. Then, locate the question you want to modify and use the icons on the right to:
Edit a question (pencil icon): Add or update question details.
Delete a question (trash icon): Permanently remove it from the assessment.
Reorder questions (arrow icon): Move the question up or down in the list.
Duplicate a question (squares icon): Create a copy that you can edit as needed.
✍️ Note: Once a question is created, its type cannot be changed. If you need a different question type, you’ll need to delete the existing question and create a new one with the correct type.
Questions can be added between existing questions by clicking the Add Question button in the divider between them.
Saving Assessments
When you're done creating or editing your assessment, click Save and Exit in the top right side of the editor to ensure your changes are saved to your library.
🚨 Any changes made to an assessment will only be applied on the next assessment launch. Existing copies of the assessment that have already been launched or assigned previously will not be adjusted.
Organizing your Assessments
You can automatically sort the assessments in your Library by:
Date Modified
Alphabetical Order
To sort alphabetically, open your Assessment Library and tap the Name header. You can tap between A–Z or Z–A.
To sort by modification date, tap the Modified header to arrange assessments by most recent or oldest modified.
