Quizzes, Tests, Exercises and Assignments

FutureLearn courses offer you a few different ways to reflect on your learning: 

• Quizzes
• Tests
• Exercises
• Assignments

Quizzes

• Quizzes are designed to help you with the learning process.
• They don't count towards your overall course score.
• You can try each question as many times as you like.

Tests

• Test questions are designed to assess what you’ve learned.
• They count towards your overall course score. 
• You can only take a test once, but you get three attempts at each question.
• Tests are restricted to upgraded learners - you can learn more about upgrading here.

Exercises

• Exercises are designed to let you put into practice some of what you've learned.
• They don't count towards your overall course score.

Assignments

• Assignments are an opportunity for you to put together a slightly longer-form piece of work.
• They are reviewed by your fellow learners.
• You'll have the opportunity to review another learner's work as well!
• Everyone who submits an assignment should receive at least one review. (The system is largely random, but sampled in a way to ensure that everyone should get at least one.)
• Learners who submit earlier are slightly more likely to receive multiple reviews.
• Learners complete the course at their own pace, so some reviews will be received later in the course.
• We can't review assignments or make changes once an assignment has been submitted.
• We recommend that your draft assignments outside FutureLearn and then paste them into the submission box, to avoid submitting them accidentally.

We know that the vast majority of our learners work hard to make their reviews as useful and constructive as possible, but if you feel that a review is inappropriate or breaks our Code of Conduct please report it using the flag icon so that our moderators can take action.