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Short essay questions are meant for short, paragraph or two type of essays one often finds on exams. Thus we did not use the html editor, preferring a simple text field. For longer essays, the assignment module is a better choice.
The essay question type is intended for short answers of a paragraph or two, that one often finds on exams. For longer essays, [[Online text assignment]] or [[Upload a single file assignment]] are better choices.


In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent writes an answer in essay format. Three fields may be edited when creating the essay question: the question title, the body of the question, and feedback that can be displayed at a time chosen by the facilitator.


The essay question will not be assigned a grade until it has been reviewed by a teacher or facilitator by using the Manual Grading feature. When manually grading an essay question, the grader will be able to enter a custom comment in response to the respondent's essay and be able to assign a score for the essay.
==Question set-up==
 
#Choose a category
#Give the question a descriptive name - this allows you to identify it in the question bank.
#Enter the question in the 'question text' field
#Select an image to display if you want to add a picture to the question. For the student, it appear immediately after the question text.
#Set the 'default question grade' (i.e. the maximum number of marks for this question).
#''Moodle 1.7+:'' Add 'General Feedback' if required. This is text that appears to the student '''after the question is graded'''.
#Add feedback if required. This is text that appears to the student after he/she has answered the question. Also see 'General Feedback' above if using Moodle 1.7 or higher.
#Click Save changes to add the question to the category.
#Make sure there is only one essay per page - the rich text editor will only appear for the first essay question on a page.
 
==Question grading==
 
The essay question will not be assigned a grade until it has been reviewed by a teacher and manually graded. Until that happens, the student's grade will be 0.
 
To grade a student's answer in a quiz, use the ''manual grading'' tab on the [[Quiz_reports|Results]] section of the quiz. When manually grading an essay question, the grader is able to enter a custom comment in response to the essay and assign a score for the essay.


==Essay questions in a Lesson==
==Essay questions in a Lesson==
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The essay grading screen shows the title of the question, the student's essay response, and a place you can write optional comments and give the essay a score. Click the Submit grade button to record your score and comments.  Graded questions will be displayed in green.  Repeat the process to finish grading. Click the "Email graded essays" link to email your responses to your students.
The essay grading screen shows the title of the question, the student's essay response, and a place you can write optional comments and give the essay a score. Click the Submit grade button to record your score and comments.  Graded questions will be displayed in green.  Repeat the process to finish grading. Click the "Email graded essays" link to email your responses to your students.


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==See also==
[[Category:Question]]
 
[[Category:Quiz]]
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=86768 Student adding an image to their answer] forum discussion
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 26 November 2010


The essay question type is intended for short answers of a paragraph or two, that one often finds on exams. For longer essays, Online text assignment or Upload a single file assignment are better choices.


Question set-up

  1. Choose a category
  2. Give the question a descriptive name - this allows you to identify it in the question bank.
  3. Enter the question in the 'question text' field
  4. Select an image to display if you want to add a picture to the question. For the student, it appear immediately after the question text.
  5. Set the 'default question grade' (i.e. the maximum number of marks for this question).
  6. Moodle 1.7+: Add 'General Feedback' if required. This is text that appears to the student after the question is graded.
  7. Add feedback if required. This is text that appears to the student after he/she has answered the question. Also see 'General Feedback' above if using Moodle 1.7 or higher.
  8. Click Save changes to add the question to the category.
  9. Make sure there is only one essay per page - the rich text editor will only appear for the first essay question on a page.

Question grading

The essay question will not be assigned a grade until it has been reviewed by a teacher and manually graded. Until that happens, the student's grade will be 0.

To grade a student's answer in a quiz, use the manual grading tab on the Results section of the quiz. When manually grading an essay question, the grader is able to enter a custom comment in response to the essay and assign a score for the essay.

Essay questions in a Lesson

To grade lesson essay questions, first click on the name of the lesson in your course page. If there are essay questions to be graded, there will be a link saying "Grade essay questions". This link will open a screen showing how many ungraded essay questions there are. Ungraded essay questions will be in listed in red. Click the link for the essay you wish to grade.

The essay grading screen shows the title of the question, the student's essay response, and a place you can write optional comments and give the essay a score. Click the Submit grade button to record your score and comments. Graded questions will be displayed in green. Repeat the process to finish grading. Click the "Email graded essays" link to email your responses to your students.

See also