How Final Exams Work
- Checkfu looks at all the quiz questions across your course lessons
- It builds a question bank with different versions of those questions
- Each student gets a different set of questions from the bank
- The test adapts in real time, just like lesson quizzes
- At the end, students see their score and which areas need work
Create a Final Exam
Step 1: Build the Question Bank
- Open your course
- Go to Final Exam
- Click Generate Question Bank
- Set how many variations of each question to create with the Questions per Concept slider (default is 3). More variations means more variety between student exams.
- Click Generate and wait for AI to build the bank
Step 2: Set Up the Exam
| Setting | What It Does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Name | What students see (like “Unit 3 Final Exam”) | — |
| Target Questions | How many questions to aim for | 25 |
| Max Questions | The most questions a student will see | 50 |
| Mastery Threshold | Right answers in a row for mastery | 3 |
| Mastery Difficulty | Difficulty level that counts for mastery | 4 |
| Time Limit | How many minutes students get (optional) | No limit |
| Passing Score | What percentage counts as passing | 70% |
| Max Attempts | How many times a student can try | Unlimited |
Step 3: Publish
- Review your settings
- Click Publish
- The exam becomes available to students who reach the end of the course
What Students See
During the Exam
- One question at a time
- A timer (if you set a time limit)
- A progress bar showing how far along they are
- They can flag questions to come back to
After the Exam
- Their final score and percentage
- Whether they passed
- Which areas they did well on
- Which areas need more work
- A button to retake (if you allow retakes and they have attempts left)
How the Exam Adapts
The final exam works the same as lesson quizzes:- Right answer = next question is harder
- Wrong answer = next question is easier
- The exam tracks mastery across all the skills in your course
- It finds gaps by looking at which concept tags the student struggles with
Reviewing Student Results
After students take the exam, you can see:For Each Student
- Their score and whether they passed
- How they did on each question
- How difficulty changed during the test
- Which skills are strong and which need work
- How long they spent on each question
Teacher Overrides
If AI graded a free response question wrong (or you disagree with the score):- Open the student’s exam results
- Click on any question
- Change the score
- Add your own feedback
Tips
Make sure your lessons have quiz questions first
Make sure your lessons have quiz questions first
The question bank is built from your lesson quiz questions. If a lesson has no quiz, it won’t be covered in the final exam.
Review the question bank
Review the question bank
After AI generates the question bank, look through some questions to make sure they’re accurate.
Set a fair passing score
Set a fair passing score
70% is a good starting point. You can always change it later.
Consider a time limit for test security
Consider a time limit for test security
A time limit keeps students from looking up every answer. A good rule: about 1-2 minutes per question.