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Have you ever wanted to create a digital quiz on your own website? Maybe you want to use a quiz to train employees, make your content more engaging, or just give your visitors something to share.<\/p>\n

With Gravity Forms, you can create an interactive quiz that grades user responses and collects their email address for future nurturing. In this article, we\u2019ll walk you through the steps of creating your own quizzes with Gravity Forms.<\/p>\n

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How to Create Quizzes with Gravity Forms<\/h2>\n

Like most of our extensions, the Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On is easy to set up and use. Follow these steps to create your first quiz.<\/p>\n

1. Install Gravity Forms<\/h3>\n

If you haven\u2019t already, you\u2019ll need to install Gravity Forms to your WordPress dashboard. Read our Getting Started Guide<\/a> if this is your first time installing a plugin.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Install the Quiz Add-On<\/h3>\n

In order to use the quiz features, you\u2019ll need the Quiz Add-On<\/a>. This add-on comes with with a Gravity Forms Elite License<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The great thing about the Elite License is that it grants you access to every Gravity Forms add-on. You\u2019ll probably find uses for some of our other tools, like Survey<\/a>, Coupons<\/a>, User Registration<\/a>, or Polls. You may even need our payment integrations - Stripe<\/a>, Payments Pro<\/a>, and 2Checkout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To install an add-on, hover over Forms on the left hand menu in your WordPress dashboard. Click Add-Ons<\/strong>. Then find the Quiz Add-On<\/strong> in the list and click the Activate<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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Next click on Plugins<\/strong> at the left side of your WordPress dashboard, find the Quiz Add-On on the list, and click the Activate<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n

If you get stuck or would prefer to install the add-on manually, read our full guide on Installing a Gravity Forms Add-On<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Create Your Quiz Form<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s time to make your first quiz! Hover over Forms<\/strong> on the left side of your dashboard and click New Form<\/strong>. Give your quiz a name that distinguishes it from other forms. You don\u2019t have to give your form a description, but you may want to (this will appear with the form title on a page if you set it to).<\/p>\n

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If you aren\u2019t familiar with WordPress, we recommend reading our step-by-step guide to creating forms: How to Create a Form in WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Build Your Quiz<\/h3>\n

Now that you\u2019ve got everything set up, it\u2019s time to build your quiz. Start by adding a name and email field so you can send participants their results and contact them in the future.<\/p>\n

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For your quiz questions, you\u2019ll need to use the Quiz<\/strong> field under Advanced Fields<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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When you create a quiz field, you'll first need to create the question. You may find it helpful to give each question a description as well. This is useful if you think your participants need a little more instruction to answer the question properly.<\/p>\n

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Next choose your quiz field type and enter your options. Your options are radio buttons, checkboxes, or a drop down.<\/p>\n

If your question has a correct answer, click the check mark next to that option. This is how Gravity Forms knows how to score your quiz. In this case, for example, you might designate one option as the correct answer so you can reject participants who select something different.<\/p>\n

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If your question doesn\u2019t have a clear answer, you may want to give each option a weight for Gravity Forms to total at the end. In the case of our example, you might award people with more experience more weight.<\/p>\n

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Once you\u2019re happy with your question, make sure to check the Required<\/strong> box at the bottom of the quiz field so users have to provide an answer before submitting. Then repeat this process with your other quiz questions and update your form to save it.<\/p>\n

5. Configure Quiz Grading<\/h3>\n

Once you have all of your questions in place, your next step is to configure the grading system. When you added a quiz field to your form, a new section appeared under Form Settings<\/strong> called Quiz<\/strong>. This is where you\u2019ll implement a grading system.<\/p>\n

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You have three options under Grading<\/strong>: Off, pass\/fail, or letter.<\/p>\n

Pass\/fail grading lets you set a percentage threshold for passing the quiz. For instance, if you set the percentage at 70%, the user would have to get 70% of the questions correct to pass and see the Quiz Pass Confirmation. If they score under 70%, they would see the Quiz Fail Confirmation. You can customize these messages, including HTML.<\/p>\n

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Letter grading lets you assign a letter based on the pass percentage. For instance, you could award an A to anyone who scores 90% or above. You can use any letter you like and set any percentage. You can also set the confirmation message users see.<\/p>\n

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6. Configure Your Confirmations and Notifications<\/h3>\n

Confirmations are on-screen messages that give your users feedback about their submission. It reassures them that they did everything properly and can move on to something else. Gravity Forms\u2019 default confirmation is \u201cThanks for contacting us! We will get in touch with you shortly.\u201d You can change this under Form Settings > Confirmations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Notifications are emails that Gravity Forms generates for each submission. You may want to send an email to the participant with their quiz results or an email to yourself notifying you of a new quiz submission. Change or create notifications under Form Settings > Notifications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Quiz Add-On comes with several new merge tags you might find useful. These can be used anywhere within Gravity Forms where merge tags are supported, but they\u2019re primarily used to output results in confirmations and notifications.<\/p>\n