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# Essay quiz type

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**Essay quiz type** allows you to create assignments – this is a question type that require students to provide detailed written responses. 

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This format is ideal for assessing critical thinking, comprehension, and the ability to articulate complex ideas. By composing their answers, students demonstrate their depth of understanding in a more expressive and individualized manner.

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###### Creating essay quiz question

To create essay quiz question:

1. **Access Courses Plus app**: Open Courses Plus app and navigate to **My courses** tab. From the list of courses, select desired course or create a new one.
    
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2. **Add a new quiz**: In the course editor, click on **Add quiz**.
    
3. **Configure quiz details**: Fill in the quiz fields — provide a name and select the question type as **Essay**. Add your question prompt to guide students on  expected response. Once completed, click the **Save** button.

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**Important Note**: If a quiz contains an Essay question, no additional questions can be added to that quiz. Attempting to add essay question to existing quiz with other question types will prompt a modal warning that all existing questions will be deleted if you proceed.
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###### Student experience with essay questions

When students encounter an Essay question, they will see a text area with a character limit of 2000 characters. A character counter below the text area helps them track their input. After composing their response, students can submit it by clicking the **Send** button. Upon submission, a confirmation message will inform them that their response has been sent for review.
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###### Admin review of essay submissions

Unapproved essays appear in the **Settings - Quiz** tab. The administrator can choose whether to approve them or not. 

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Once approved, the results will be available on **My courses > Students > See quiz results**

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* [Quizzes](/en/article/quizzes-2pltqb/)
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* [Mix quiz questions](/en/article/mix-quiz-questions-1v4xin/)