Self Quiz, while it is optional and does not count directly toward your course grade in itself, contributes significantly to your academic success in the course. In many courses in University of the People, a non-trivial fraction of questions in Graded Quiz and even Final Exam, typically takes more than 50% in your grade when combined, are identical to the ones you see in the Self Quiz. Therefore, it is crucial to finish Self Quiz every week to ensure you gained a solid understanding of the subject, to get used to the format (they are in the completely same format beside the proctoring if required), and rehearse how you should respond to every way the question frames the concept.

Here are some tips you can take advantage of from facing Self Quiz.

(1) Repeat to exhaust all the potential questions

The number of questions per attempt to Self Quiz varies depending on the course. It is crucial to keep in mind that it can differ from the entire set of questions you potentially encounter in an attempt of Self Quiz. In most courses, you will see only some of the questions randomly picked out of them. To cover all the questions you might be asked in Graded Quiz and Final, you often need to attempt Self Quiz multiple times, empirically 5 times or so.

(2) Understand the framing

Mostly because of the technical limitation in Moodle, questions in Self Quiz are asked only in few formats.

True/False is the simplest. It's easy as you can quickly learn what was the correct choice right away in the review. Multiple Choice can be trickier though, you can find the right answer in as many attempts as the number of choices.

Some require typing the descriptive answer to the text field. This type of question also has two variants which ask for a keyword and to conduct some calculation. They are the most difficult to learn in the review page, as they provide little information that the exact your answer is incorrect, but nothing more. You will need to do your best to figure out the right answer.

(3) Take notes

Whatever types of questions the Self Quiz consists of, the most effective strategy is to take notes on what are the right answers for what questions. It's not exceptional that the exact same question is asked in Graded Quiz and Final Exam. Given it is an open book exam — where you can refer to any materials other than ones expressly prohibited — you will get a mark guaranteed if you have just noted a correct pair of a question and an answer.

There are infinite ways to memorize the correct questions and answers, from just memorizing in your brain to taking notes on paper. As an alternative to them, you can use Self Quiz Storage - it's a tool where you can store all the questions you have encountered and search by keywords later. Obviously, it is totally legitimate to look it up during the Graded Quiz, as it is an open book exam. It is predictable how advantageous it is to have even one, potentially more, questions you are sure to mark.

Using Self Quiz Storage:

1. Drag and drop this link to your bookmark toolbar.
   
2. Next time you take Self Quiz, go to the 'Review' page, which displays the marks of your answers. On this screen, click the bookmark you registered in the first step. It will copy the code to paste in your clipboard and navigate you to the Self Quiz Storage page.
   
3. Go to the "Add New Questions" tab to paste the content from the clipboard. Clicking "Add" below saves the content.
4. Now you can check, search, and find the correct answer in the Self Quiz Storage page.

It takes less than a minute to sign up for Self-Taught Degree, and Self Quiz Storage is completely free! Register now and start building your own collection.