Global vs. Specific Quiz Settings: A Clear Guide
Learn which quiz settings apply to every quiz and which ones you can change for a single quiz. This helps you understand what to update in the quiz settings and what is configured inside the quiz itself.
What is the difference between global and specific quiz settings?
To give you full control over the quiz experience, GFoundry's settings are managed in two distinct areas. Understanding the difference is essential for configuring your quizzes exactly as you intend.
Global Settings: The foundational rules and defaults that apply to all quizzes across the platform.
Specific Settings: The unique customizations and behavioral rules for a single quiz inside a course.
Global quiz settings are the defaults or platform-wide rules that affect how quizzes behave across the Learn module. Specific quiz settings are the options you configure inside one quiz block in a Learn Content item.
If you manage more than one quiz, this difference matters. Global settings help you define the default baseline. Specific settings let you adapt one quiz for a particular learning scenario.
Where do I configure each one?
Use the broader quiz settings area when you need to change platform defaults that can affect all quizzes.
Use the quiz block inside a Learn Content item when you want to configure one specific quiz, including its active modes, behavior, appearance, and per-mode rules.
How do I configure global settings for quizzes?
This is where you establish the standard foundation for how all quizzes will behave on your platform. Any new quiz you create will inherit these rules by default.
Where to find them: Navigate to Learn > Quiz Settings from the main backoffice menu.
What you configure here:
Default Game Rules: Define the standard number of levels, questions per level, and time limit per question for each of the four game modes.
Default In-Game Scoring: Set the standard points awarded for a correct answer, speed bonuses, and level completion multipliers.
Default Player Helps: Configure the standard availability and cost for in-game helps like "More Time" or "Remove Wrong Answer".
Global Ranking Points: Set the high-level points awarded to the main leaderboards for winning or completing each game mode.
How do I customize settings for an individual quiz?
These settings allow you to tailor the experience of a single quiz, making it unique. You can find them inside the Quiz Block on the Content Management page of any "Learn Content" item.
What you configure here:
Active Game Modes: Choose which of the four game modes are enabled for this quiz only.
Custom Appearance: Upload a unique background image to give this quiz a specific look and feel.
Quiz Behavior: Use the toggles in the "General Settings" area to control how this quiz operates:
Explain Wrong/All Answers Immediately: Decide if users should see explanations after each question.
Enable Question Timeout: Enforce the time limit per question (using the time set in Global Settings).
Enable Team Rankings: Choose to show team-based leaderboards instead of individual ones on the quiz preview.
Paid Quiz: Mark this specific quiz as requiring a form of payment or in-game currency to access.
Which settings are configured at quiz level?
Quiz Status: Use Enable Quiz to make a quiz visible to learners. When it is disabled, the quiz goes back to draft mode and is hidden from users.
Quiz Modes: Use this section to control which modes are available for that quiz. The current quiz article set recognizes Classic Mode, Genius Mode, Ladder Mode, Battle Mode, and Test Mode. Some modes include a Configure ... Settings button for more detailed rules.
Customize Appearance: Use Mobile Quiz Background Image, Web Quiz Background Image, and Quiz Intro Image to set the visuals for that quiz.
General Settings: Use Explain Wrong Answers Immediately, Explain All Answers Immediately, Enable Question Timeout, Enable Team Rankings, and Paid Quiz. If Paid Quiz is enabled, fill in Quiz Price. The price must be greater than 0.
Which settings are mode-specific?
Each quiz mode can have its own detailed rule set. For example, Classic Mode Settings, Genius Mode Settings, Ladder Mode Settings, Battle Mode Settings, and Test Mode Settings let you define the rules for that mode.
These settings are still part of one quiz, but they only apply when that mode is enabled. If Test Mode is enabled as a formal assessment, it can override the more game-like setup used by the other modes.
What validation rules should I know?
Quiz Price: Required when Paid Quiz is enabled. It must be greater than 0.
Minimum Pass Percentage (0-100): Use a value from 0 to 100 in Test Mode Settings.
Questions Per Game, Seconds Per Question, and similar numeric fields: Enter numeric values only. Some fields also have minimum limits, depending on the selected mode or rule set.
What is the simplest way to work with quiz settings?
Start with the quiz block inside the Learn Content item. Enable the modes you want, adjust appearance and behavior, then configure the mode-specific rules for that quiz.
If a setting should become the default across multiple quizzes, move up to the global quiz settings area instead of repeating the same configuration one quiz at a time.
If you want to configure... | Go to... |
The default rules for all quizzes (levels, time, points). | Global Settings (in the main menu) |
Points for the overall company leaderboards. | Global Settings (in the main menu) |
Which game modes are active for one specific quiz. | Specific Settings (inside the quiz block) |
A custom background image for one quiz. | Specific Settings (inside the quiz block) |
Turn on/off question timeouts for one quiz. | Specific Settings (inside the quiz block) |
In summary: use Global Settings to establish your platform's standard rules and ranking system. Use Specific Settings to customize the experience and behavior of each individual quiz you create.