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User Dashboard

The Quiz and Survey Master User Dashboard add-on allows your users to see a table of the quizzes they have taken. They also can see the score made, the time the quiz was taken, quiz name, and they also can look at the results of the Quiz.

Quiz and Survey Master - User Dashboard Addon - My Results
Quiz and Survey Master – User Dashboard Addon – My Results
Quiz and Survey Master - User Dashboard Addon - View Each Result
Quiz and Survey Master – User Dashboard Addon – View Each Result

INSTALLATION/SETUP

Once you have purchased the addon, you will have access to download the addon. To install, simply upload the addon as a normal WordPress plugin. To do so, go to the Plugins page and click Add New. Then, click Upload. From there, upload the zip file that you downloaded when downloading the addon.

Once the addon has uploaded, you should now have the plugin QSM – User Dashboards listed in your list of plugins. Then all you will need to is click Activate to activate the plugin.

SETTINGS/CONFIGURE

To customize the dashboard you will need to go to User Dashboard Settings which is a new tab on the Addon Settings page.

Quiz and Survey Master - User Dashboard Addon - User Dashboard Configuration
Quiz and Survey Master – User Dashboard Addon – User Dashboard Configuration

Before you can use the User Dashboard addon, we must first enter the license key. Note that the addon won’t work without a valid license key. Enter your license key from your account into the “Addon License Key” field on the “User Dashboard” tab of the “Addon Settings” in Installed Addons. You can add the License Key from Addon Settings and also from Addon Options inside the individual quizzes/surveys.

In this User Dashboard Settings menu, you can customize everything about the Dashboard. You can show the Quiz Name, Edit Text for Quiz Name Columns, Show-Score, Edit Text for Score Column, Show Time Taken, Edit Text for Time Taken Column, Show Time Taken to Complete the Test/Quiz, Edit text for Time Taken to Complete the Test/Quiz.

If you want the users to download a certificate you can display a link for Downloading Certificate. Note: For this feature to work you must have the QSM Certificate Addon installed, the addon is free to use you can download it by clicking here.

Also, you can change the Text For Certificate Link, Text For Back Button, Text For Next Button, Text For the Previous Button, Text For Viewing the Link and the Text to be displayed When User Is Not Logged In.

You can also customize the Results Template Text with more Template Variables.

Enable Live Results

The User Dashboard addon allows you to display the results count inline as Live Results by enabling the “Enable Live Results” option inside quiz settings.

Enable Live Results

You can also set custom text labels to the Correct, Incorrect, and Skipped Answers. If you enable this option then the user will see the live results inline while the quiz is active as seen in the below image.

userdashboard-live results

Note that this feature of displaying the live results works only with Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice (Horizontal), Drop Down, Number, Short Answer, and Fill In The Blank question types. Also, the “Skipped Answers” count won’t be visible on Single Page Quiz.

After making the required improvements make sure to click Save Changes at the end of the page. 

If users have access to the dashboard then they can visit the My Results page to see their results.  Otherwise, you can create a new post or page and insert the shortcode into it.

[user_dashboard]

As seen in the below image.

User Dashboard Addon Shortcode
User Dashboard Shortcode

If you have any trouble implementing the User Dashboard Addon or have more questions about the process, please fill out a support ticket by going to the WordPress dashboard and selecting ‘help’ in the QSM plugin and our support guru will be able to help you.

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