> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Take a quiz
> Take a graded or practice quiz in Lena for Students: the rules, the timer, submitting, and when you see your score.
**Quiz** in the sidebar lists the quizzes from all your courses, on **Open**, **Practice** and **Past** tabs. Every
question is multiple choice. There are two kinds of quiz:
| | Graded quiz | Practice quiz |
| - | - | - |
| Counts towards your grade | Yes | No |
| Attempts | One | As many as you like (**Retake quiz**) |
| Timer | Yes, set by your lecturer | No |
| Fullscreen, and a wait if you leave | Yes | No |
| Your score | When your lecturer releases results | As soon as you submit |
## Take it
**1. Open the quiz and choose Start quiz**
Choose the quiz in **Quiz**. The **Details** tab shows the time limit, the total marks, and when it opens and
closes. Choose **Start quiz**.
**2. Read the rules, then start**
The next screen lists the rules. If the quiz closes before your time would run out, it tells you, for example:
"Closes at 10:30, so you'll have 12 minutes, not 20." When you're ready, choose **Start quiz**. A graded quiz fills
the screen and the timer starts.
The rules screen of a graded quiz.
**3. Answer the questions**
Choose an answer, then **Next**. Lena saves each answer as soon as you pick it. On a laptop, you can also press
A to D to pick an answer, and N or P for the next or previous
question.
**4. Check the overview**
Choose the button that shows your count, like **8/10**. It opens the **Question overview**, which shows the
questions you've answered, skipped or not reached yet. Choose a question to go to it.
The overview shows what’s left before you submit.
**5. Submit**
Choose **Submit** at the top, then **Submit** again. Lena tells you how many questions you haven't answered. Once
you submit, you can't change your answers.
Submitted. The score comes when your lecturer releases results.
## The rules of a graded quiz
* **Stay on the quiz.** If you switch to another tab or app, or leave fullscreen, Lena makes you wait before you can
carry on. The wait gets longer each time. The timer keeps running while you wait, so turn off notifications before
you start.
* **The timer** turns orange in the last minute and red in the last 30 seconds.
* **When time runs out**, Lena hands in what you've answered. You'll see "Time's up".
* **You can come back.** If the quiz page closes by accident, or your phone switches off, open the quiz again and
choose **Resume quiz**. This works on the same phone or computer, or a different one. (On a different one, the first
button may say **Start quiz**; the next screen says **Resume quiz**.) Coming back counts as leaving, so you wait
first. The timer keeps running while you're away.
* **You need the internet to start.** If you lose it partway through, keep going. Each answer is saved on your phone or computer the moment you choose it: under the question you'll see "Saved on
this device", then "Sent" once it reaches Lena. If you hand in while offline, you'll see "Submission saved", and Lena
sends it as soon as it can, even if you close the page. Answers you chose before time ran out still count if they get
through shortly after; answers chosen after time is up don't.
* **Starting late:** if your lecturer allows it, you can start after the end time. The **Late entries** row on
**Details** says until when.
## Your result
For a graded quiz, the **Your result** tab says "Your results aren't released yet" at first. Your score appears when
your lecturer releases the results, or when the quiz closes if they've set it up that way. Then you see your score, how
long you took, how many you got right, wrong or left out, and each question.
A released result: the score, the breakdown and each question.
## Troubleshooting
> [accordion] “You need a connection to start this quiz.”
>
> You need the internet to start a graded quiz. Connect, then choose **Start quiz** again.
> [accordion] “You left the quiz”
>
> You switched away or left fullscreen. Wait for the countdown to finish, then choose **Continue quiz**. The wait is
> longer each time.
> [accordion] “Already submitted” or “Quiz has ended”
>
> You can take a graded quiz only once, and this one is done or closed. Your result shows on **Your result** once it's
> released.
> [accordion] “Couldn’t submit”
>
> Check your internet connection and choose **Submit** again. Your answers are kept safe on your phone or computer
> until then.
## Next
> [card] [Sit an exam](https://support.lena.africa/students/exams.md)
>
> Exams follow stricter rules. Read them before the day.
> [card] [Check your grades](https://support.lena.africa/students/grades.md)
>
> See how your quiz scores count towards your total.
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