What your students actually see

You know what the quiz looks like from your side. This is the other side: what happens when thirty phones open your link at once, what your students are asked for, and what they get back at the end.

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Before you start

  • A quiz you have shared. Every setting described here is one you chose in the share dialog.
  • A phone or a second browser, if you want to follow along.
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    The link opens straight into the quiz

    There is no sign-up, no app and no code to type. Your students land on the quiz itself: the title, how many questions there are, and roughly how long it takes.

    If you asked for names, there is one box for it, with the note “Shown to your teacher next to your score.” If you set names to Don't ask, that box isn't there at all and the attempt is anonymous. If you capped attempts, they see how many they have left before they start.

    A first name and last initial is plenty to match a score to a student, and it is the least you can ask for. “Maria S.” is the example shown in the box for a reason.

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    Two screens they might hit instead

    If you set a password, they see a lock and “Your teacher protected this quiz with a password.” They type it once per device. Too many wrong tries and they are asked to wait and check with you.

    If you turned off Accepting responses, or the closing time has passed, they get “This quiz is no longer accepting responses. Ask your teacher if you think this is a mistake.” Nobody sees a broken page — but nobody gets in either, so re-open it before the lesson rather than during.

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    Answering, one question at a time

    One question fills the screen, with Question 3 of 10 above it, a progress bar, and the points it is worth. Finish Quiz sits in the corner the whole way through, so a student who runs out of time can submit what they have rather than abandoning it.

    How they answer depends on the type, and a few behave differently from what you might picture:

    • Ordering uses up and down arrows, not drag and drop — which is far easier on a phone.
    • Matching uses a dropdown per row rather than drawing lines between columns.
    • Short answer is marked case-insensitively, and the accepted alternatives you set in the editor all count.
    • Multi-select says “Select all correct answers” and counts how many they have chosen.

    Reading support, on the start screen and above every question, lets a student switch on a dyslexia-friendly font, bigger text, extra spacing or a cream background. Read aloud on each question reads it and its options in the browser’s own voice. Their choice stays on their device and is never sent to you.

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    Your Show answers setting changes the whole experience

    This is the one share setting that changes what students do, not just what they see afterwards:

    • At the end (the default) — they move freely back and forward, change their minds, and see everything once they submit.
    • After each question — a Check answer step appears, the answer locks, and there is no Previous button at all. Good for revision, wrong for a test.
    • Never (score only) — they get a score and the line “Your teacher will go over the answers with you.” No breakdown, and no practice either.

    Sitting the same quiz twice, once on “At the end” for the test and once on “After each question” for revision, gets a lot out of one set of questions.

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    What they get at the end

    A score out of the total, the number right, the time taken, and — if you set one — whether they passed. Below that, unless you chose score only, every question is listed with their answer next to the correct one, the explanation, and the sentence from your source material it came from.

    If the quiz has written answers, the score covers the other questions and a note says how many marks their teacher still has to give; pass or not waits for those marks. If you switched on a certificate and they earned it, a You earned a certificate! card lets them download it.

    Retake Quiz only appears if they have attempts left. Students who are signed in also get a link back to their dashboard; anonymous students simply see the quiz.

“Preview as a student” is not quite what a student gets

Previewing from the share dialog skips your own opening and closing times, password and attempt limit, because you are a member of the workspace. Your preview is kept out of the class results. To see exactly what a student sees, open the link in a private window, then delete that practice attempt from the results afterwards: it counts like a student's.

Common questions

Can students with dyslexia or reading difficulties get help?

Yes. Under “Reading support” they can turn on an easy-read font (Lexend), make the text larger, add spacing between letters and lines, and use a cream background. Read aloud speaks each question and its options. Nothing has to be set up by you, and it works on phones and Chromebooks.

Do students need an account?

No. They open the link and start. No email, no password, no app. Signing in is optional and only pre-fills their name and adds a link back to their own dashboard.

What changes when I set a time limit?

The start screen tells them how many minutes they have and that the quiz hands itself in at zero. A countdown sits at the top and turns red in the last minute; at zero their answers are handed in automatically. They are also told that you can see if they switch to another tab or app.

Can a student go back and change an answer?

On the default “At the end” setting, yes — they can move backwards and forwards freely until they finish. On “After each question”, no: checking an answer locks it and the Previous button is not shown.

What happens if they don't type a name?

If you made names required they can't start until they do. If names are optional and they leave it blank, the attempt shows in your results as “Anonymous”. If you chose “Don't ask”, every attempt is anonymous.

Does it work properly on a phone?

Yes — that is the common case, and everything stacks into one column. Matching uses a normal dropdown and ordering uses arrow buttons, both of which work better on a touchscreen than dragging would.

Can students see each other's answers or scores?

No. A student sees only their own attempt. There is no leaderboard and no shared view; the whole-class picture exists only on your results screen.

What to do next

Still stuck? Email support@aiquizmaker.co and tell us what you were trying to do.