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Using OYS

Academic Staff Guide

The sections below summarise publishing course content, creating assignments and preparing online quizzes.

Contents
01

Publishing course content

Course materials are added as activities or resources under the relevant week or topic after editing mode is enabled.

  1. 01

    Open the course where you want to add content and enable Edit mode.

  2. 02

    Open Add an activity or resource under the relevant week or topic.

  3. 03

    Choose File, Folder, Page, URL or another appropriate resource type, then complete its name and description fields.

  4. 04

    For a File resource, add the file and use Save and return to course. Consider a Folder when several documents should be presented together.

NotePDF files can be easier for students to view; choose the actual file format according to the requirements of the course.
02

Creating and assessing assignments

An Assignment activity lets students submit files or other permitted submission types inside the course.

  1. 01

    Open the course, enable Edit mode and go to the relevant week or topic.

  2. 02

    Choose Assignment from Add an activity or resource.

  3. 03

    Define the assignment name, description and any required supporting files.

  4. 04

    Set availability and due dates, then review the conditions students will see before saving.

Assignment nameThe title students see on the course page.
DescriptionPurpose, instructions and submission conditions.
Supporting filesSpecification, data set, example or additional instructions.
Submission datesAvailability and submission timetable.
03

Quizzes and question bank

When creating an online quiz, review access dates, time limit, attempts, question structure and result settings together.

Quiz creation and core settings

  1. 01

    Enable Edit mode and choose Quiz from Add an activity or resource under the relevant week or topic.

  2. 02

    Enter the quiz name and the text that explains quiz rules.

  3. 03

    Set opening date, closing date and time limit.

  4. 04

    Review grading settings and the number of allowed attempts. One attempt is recommended for a one-off formal exam.

  5. 05

    After creating the quiz, add new questions or select questions from the question bank and verify question marks.

  6. 06

    If needed, add random questions from a category. After the quiz, use Results to review grade reports and export them when required.

Question types

Multiple choiceSingle or multiple correct answers.
True / FalseBasic knowledge checks.
Short answerText-based responses.
MatchingConcept matching.
Drag and dropInteractive assessment.
CalculatedMathematics and engineering applications.

Question bank and random questions

Create categories in the question bank to reuse questions across quizzes; select existing questions or add random questions from a chosen category.

Students cannot enter the quiz.

Check opening and closing dates, access conditions and any user overrides.

Questions are not visible in the quiz.

Confirm that questions were added to the quiz and appear in the quiz editing structure.

Grades are not being calculated.

Check that question marks and the quiz grading settings are defined.

A student quiz closed before their time expired.

Check the time limit, opening and closing times, and any user-specific overrides.

Use the support route that matches the issue

Contacting the unit that owns the relevant process usually resolves the issue faster.

Course content, team code or live-class linkContact the instructor of the course first.
OYS or Microsoft Teams technical issueContact technical support with your name, student number, faculty/department and a description of the issue.kbuzemdestek1@karabuk.edu.tr
Student email, password or phone verificationContact the Student Affairs Department.Account support and contact details
Course registration, timetable and academic registration proceduresCheck OBS and the announcements of the relevant academic unit.Open OBS

Do not share your password or verification code in a support request. Hide personal information unrelated to the issue in screenshots.