Forms let you gather feedback from your team, and quizzes let you test their knowledge. The only difference is whether you mark correct answers and set a pass score. This article explains how to build a form from scratch, add questions, and mark the correct answers on multiple-choice and checkbox questions so Parim Academy can grade responses automatically.
How to create a form or quiz
In the left-hand menu, go to Forms & Quizzes.
Click Create Blank Form to start from an empty form. You can also click Auto Generate Form to have Parim Academy draft a quiz for you. See the AI Forms article for details.
The new form opens in the builder, ready for a title and questions. Changes save automatically as you work.
Good to know: In Parim Academy, a “form” and a “quiz” are the same thing. A form becomes a quiz once you mark correct answers and set a pass percentage, as described below.
How to add questions
In the form builder, click Add question to add a blank question. New questions are Multiple choice by default.
Alternatively, click Add question from template and choose a ready-made question from the Select a question template list, such as Multiple choice - True or False, Multiple choice - Yes or No, or one of the rating templates.
Type your question into the question title and add your answer options.
To change the question type, use the selector on the right of a focused question. The available types are Multiple choice, Checkboxes, Open text answer, File upload, Rating, Date and Time.
Use the toggles at the bottom of a question to mark it Required. Use the copy and delete icons to duplicate or remove a question.
Note: Only Multiple choice and Checkboxes questions can be graded automatically. Responses to open text, file upload, rating, date and time questions are recorded, but they are not marked correct or incorrect.
How to set the correct answers
On a Multiple choice or Checkboxes question, each answer option has a small tick box under the Answer column heading on the right.
Click into the question so it is focused and editable.
Tick the box under Answer next to each option that is correct.
On a Multiple choice question, mark the single correct option. On a Checkboxes question, you can mark more than one. The learner must select exactly the correct set, no more and no fewer, to get the question right.
There is no save button. The correct answer is stored as soon as you tick it.
Tip: For a question to be graded, it must be marked Required and have at least one correct answer ticked. Questions with no correct answer ticked are treated as ungraded and always count as correct when scoring.
After a learner submits, correct answers show a green tick and incorrect answers show a red cross. For questions they got wrong, the message “The correct answer is …” is revealed, unless retries are switched on.
How to turn your form into a graded quiz
Marking correct answers tells Parim Academy how to grade each question. The form only becomes a scored quiz once you set a pass percentage.
In the form builder, click the Settings cog next to the form title to open the Form settings panel.
Turn on the Pass percentage (%) toggle. Its description reads: “Learners must achieve this score to pass”.
Enter the percentage a learner needs to pass, from 0 to 100.
If you want, turn on Allow Retries and set No. allowed attempts so learners can retake the quiz.
For more on pass marks, retries and how failing affects progression, see How to Require a Passing Score to Progress Past a Quiz.
Things to keep in mind
A form is only graded when its Pass percentage is greater than 0. If none is set, responses are still collected, but no score is calculated.
Only Required multiple-choice and checkbox questions with a correct answer ticked count towards the score.
Changes save automatically, and there is no separate publish step in the builder. Assign the form, or add it to a Pathway, when you are ready for learners to take it.
While Allow Retries is on, correct-answer feedback is hidden after submission, so learners aren’t shown the answers between attempts.
FAQs
What’s the difference between a form and a quiz?
Nothing structural, since both use the same builder. A form becomes a quiz when you mark correct answers on its questions and set a Pass percentage so responses can be scored.
Can a checkbox question have more than one correct answer?
Yes. On a Checkboxes question you can tick several options as correct. The learner must select exactly those options. Selecting too few, or including a wrong one, marks the question incorrect.
Where do I mark the correct answer?
On a focused multiple-choice or checkbox question, tick the small box under the Answer column next to the option you want to mark as correct.
Do open-text or file-upload questions get graded?
No. Those responses are recorded but not marked automatically. You can add a model answer to an open-text question to show learners the expected response after they submit, but it doesn’t affect the score.
Who can do this
Owners, Admins, Managers, Content Managers and Instructors can create forms and quizzes, add questions and mark correct answers. People Managers, Employees and Restricted users have read-only access to Forms and cannot build or edit them. The Forms & Quizzes area and the Create Blank Form button don’t appear for them.