You may create an entire assessment as a single document, such as a Word file, and require students to download the document, enter their answers using an application on their computer, then save and upload back the modified file.

To do this, add a file upload question to your assessment, as described in How do I create a file upload question? While creating the question:

1. For the Answer Point Value, enter the total point value desired for the assessment.
2. In the question text, give students instructions to download the attached document, answer the questions, and upload back their response, for example:
   
   "Please read the attached Word document containing the instructions and essay prompts. In a new Word document, type your response to the prompt of your choosing. Upload your response here."
   
3. Use the Add Attachments button to attach a file with the questions.

Follow the steps in How do I add an image in an assessment question?

There are three options for randomization within an assessment:

1. Randomize multiple choice answers: You may randomize the order in which multiple choice answers appear.  Answer randomization must be set on a per-question basis when you are creating or editing the question, as some instructors include answer options like A and B are correct or None of the Above where randomization doesn't work. You can find steps to randomize answers in How do I create a multiple choice question?
2. Randomize question order: You may randomize questions in an assessment part. Please see How do I use and edit assessment parts?
3. Create a random question set: If you have a set of questions that all test the same knowledge, and should be worth the same point value as one another, you may add those questions to a question pool.  Then, you may create a part in your test where questions are randomly drawn from the question pool. For example, if you create a pool of 50 questions, 25 questions could be randomly selected from those 50 each time a student takes the exam.  You can find information about setting up a random question set in the following articles:
   • What is a question pool?
   • How do I add a question to a question pool?
   • How do i set up a random question set?

Use an assessment's Settings to specify when it will be available for students to take and how much time they have to complete the assessment from the moment they start it. You can find detailed steps in the following articles:

• How do I inspect and adjust the settings of an assessment?
• What are the Availability and Submissions options for an assessment?

If some students in your class need accommodations for extra time on an exam, or if you want to release an exam to different groups of students in your site at different times, you can do that by following the steps in How do I give specific students different date or time settings on an assessment?