Skip to main content
bthebigclass
All help topics

For creators

“Aren't online quizzes easy to cheat on?”

They don't have to be. A few toggles — shuffle, a timer, an attempt cap, hidden answers — make a quiz hard to game, and you can hand-grade written answers yourself.

Last updated May 31, 2026

The fear is fair: an unguarded online quiz is just an open-book guessing game. But you control four settings that, together, make casual cheating pointless — and for anything that really needs judgement, you grade it yourself.

Shuffle questions & options Time limit per attempt Attempt cap (e.g. 1 try) Hide answers until the score is final Written (long-answer) questions skip auto-grading — you review and score them yourself.
Four toggles that harden a quiz, plus teacher grading for written answers.

The four anti-cheat toggles

  • Shuffle — randomise the order of questions and options per attempt, so two students never see the same sheet.
  • Time limit — cap how long an attempt can take, leaving no time to look everything up.
  • Attempt cap — allow just one try (or a few), so a student can't brute-force the answers.
  • Hide answers — keep correct answers hidden until results are final, so early takers can't pass them around.

Question types — and who grades them

  • Multiple-choice and true/false — graded automatically the moment a student submits.
  • Short answer — checked against the answer you set.
  • Long answer (essay) — not auto-graded; it goes to you to read and score, just like marking a written paper.

You also choose the grading mode: 'auto' reveals the score instantly, or 'teacher' holds every submission in a review queue until you release results — handy when a quiz mixes auto and written questions.

Example

A UPSC coach sets a 10-question quiz to one attempt, a 12-minute timer, shuffled order, and answers hidden until results. For the two essay questions she keeps it in teacher mode and grades them herself over the weekend — fast checks stay automatic, judgement stays human.

Quizzes are about learning as much as policing. Add an explanation to each question — students see why an answer was right once results are out, and that's often where the real teaching happens.

Related