Create and Assign Differentiated Versions of the Same Assessment/Quiz

Note: This feature is only available for science and math Assessments/Quizzes. Also, it is not available in teacher-led sessions.

Wayground now offers an exciting feature that allows you to create and assign differentiated versions of an Assessment/Quiz! With this feature, you can create variations of the same Assessment/Quiz with different reading difficulty levels and number of questions with just a few clicks! It's a great way to ensure every student gets the right level of challenge.

This guide will show you how to easily create, edit, and manage Differentiated Versions as well assign them to your students.

Note: This feature is only available for science and math Assessments/Quizzes. Also, it is not available in teacher-led sessions.

Creating Differentiated Versions of an Assessment/Quiz

1. Select the desired math or science Assessment/Quiz 
   1. Choose one from your library or pick from the publicly available Assessments/Quizzes in the Wayground Library
2. On the Assessment/Quiz details page, click on the  '+ Generate' button placed right above the questions of the Assessment/Quiz
3. Set the number of questions and difficulty level for the new version as desired. Differentiated Versions are based on reading levels for math and science. You can move up to 4 levels down or 2 levels up from the default version.
   
   
   
   
4. Click on the 'Generate' button
5. Once Wayground AI generates questions for the required version, review the questions
6. If you're not happy with the generated questions, you can 'Discard' or 'Edit' the results
7. If you're happy with the questions, click on 'Save'
   1. If you’re creating a Differentiated Version of an Assessment/Quiz that isn’t yours (i.e., one from the Wayground Library), it will be added to your Library automatically when you click on 'Save' or 'Edit' 
   2. Jump to this section to learn about editing a generated Differentiated Version before saving
8. Repeat the same steps to create more versions of the Assessment/Quiz. You can create up to 5 Differentiated Versions of an Assessment/Quiz 
9. You can also create versions of your own Assessment/Quiz directly from the Manage dashboard

Editing a generated Differentiated Version

Once Wayground AI generates questions for the required version, review them and make any manual edits to tailor the questions to your needs. To edit questions from a generated Differentiated Version

1. Click on the 'Edit' button. This will open the Differentiated Versions dashboard
2. Again, click on the 'Edit' button to be able to edit each question
   
   
   
   
3. To choose a question to edit, click on the edit icon () placed next to the question
4. Make all the required edits to your question. You can:
   1. Change the question type from the top-left corner
   2. Change the text color
   3. Format text (bold, italics, underline, strikethrough)
   4. Customize points assigned to the question 
   5. Edit or add an answer explanation
   6. Insert math equations
   7. Add images to the question and options
5. Click on 'Save' for the changes in your question to reflect
6. To change the name of a version, simply click on the edit icon () next to the version name and rename the Differentiated Version as desired
   
   
   
   
7. For Assessments/Quizzes where you’ve already created and saved a Differentiated Version, click Manage to edit the questions. 

Managing Differentiated Versions of an Assessment/Quiz

Once you've created and saved one or more Differentiated Versions for an Assessment, you can visit the dashboard to manage, edit, compare, and create more Differentiated Versions

1. Go to the math or science Assessment/Quiz whose Differentiated Versions you want to manage
2. On the Assessment/Quiz details page, click on 'Manage' placed right above the questions of the Assessment/Quiz. This will open the Differentiated Versions dashboard. Here, you can see all the versions you have created for this Assessment/Quiz
   
   
   
   
3. From this dashboard, you can:
   
   
   
   
   1.  Rename a version and edit its questions
   2. Click on the 'Discard' button to delete a version
   3. Click on 'Compare with default' to view a version’s content alongside the original Assessment/Quiz and compare the difference. This displays the questions from both the default version and the selected Differentiated Version side by side
      
      
      
      
   4. Create a Differentiated Version from this dashboard:
      1. Click on 'Create new version'
      2. Set the number of questions and difficulty level for the new version as desired
      3. Click on 'Create version'
      4. Once Wayground generates questions for the required version, review the questions
      5. Click on 'Regenerate' if you don't like the generated questions or click on 'Discard' to delete it
         
         
         
      6. Click on 'Edit' if you want to manually edit the generated questions
      7. Click on 'Save' if you're happy with the generated version 
4. Once you're finished and satisfied with all the versions, click on the 'Back' button located at the top left corner of your screen to exit

Assigning the versions to your students

Once you have created and saved the required versions of the math or science Assessment/Quiz,

1. Click on 'Start now' if you want to start a live session, or click on 'Assign' to assign it as homework
2. Find the 'Differentiated Versions' option, and click on the 'Select students' button next to it
3. From the left side of your screen, choose the students to whom you want to assign a version
4. From the right side of your screen, choose the version you wish to assign to the selected students
   
   
   
   
5. Repeat the same process to assign different versions to different students
6. Once you're done with assigning different versions of the Assessment/Quiz to different students, click on the 'Continue'' button in the top right corner of your screen
7. Set the remaining session setting preferences, and click on 'Start' or 'Assign' to start the session live or assign it as homework, respectively

And done! Your students can now participate in respective versions of the same Assessment/Quiz.

Once the activity is assigned, you can view the results for each student on the Assessment/Quiz Reports page. Additionally, you can view results for each version of the Assessment/Quiz.