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You may add a variety of different types of questions in the Quiz module. Questions in a lesson are similar.
You may add a variety of different types of questions in the Quiz and Lesson modules.  This page is about [[Quiz module]] question types, some will be similar to [[Lesson questions]] types, which are fewer in number and function differently. The standard quiz question types are listed below with brief descriptions. '''Please use the links on the right side of this page to find more detailed information about standard questions types.'''


==Standard question types==


==Multiple choice==
=== Calculated ===
Moodle provides you with a lot of flexibility when creating this common question type. As the  teacher, you can create single answer and multiple answer questions, display pictures in the question and weight individual answers.
Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the use of wildcards that are substituted with individual values when the quiz is taken. [[Calculated_question_type|More on the Calculated question type]]


There are two types of multiple choice questions - single answer and multiple answer.
=== Description ===
This is not a real question. It simply prints some text (and possibly graphics) without requiring an answer. This can be used to provide some information to be used by a subsequent group of questions, for example. [[Description_question_type|More on the Description question type]]


;Single-answer questions
=== Essay ===
:These questions allow one and only one answer to be chosen by providing radio buttons next to the answers. You will specify non-negative marks for each answer, usually zero marks for wrong answers, maximum marks for correct answers and partial marks for partially correct answers.
In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent writes an answer in essay format. [[Essay_question_type|More on the Essay question type]]


;Multiple-answer questions  
=== Matching ===
:These questions allow one or more answers to be chosen by providing check boxes next to the answers. Each answer may carry a positive or negative grade, so that choosing ALL the options will not necessarily result in good grade. If the total grade is negative then the total grade for this question will be zero. Careful: it is possible to create questions that have scores greater than 100%. 
A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The respondent must "match" the correct answers with each question. [[Matching_question_type|More on the Matching question type]]


To set up a multiple choice question you proceed as follows:
=== Embedded Answers ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloze_test Cloze Test] / Gap Fill) ===
These very flexible questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and numerical answers. [[Embedded_Answers_(Cloze)_question_type|More on the Embedded Answers question type]]


#Start out by giving the question a description or title. You’ll use the name to track your questions later so “Question 1” isn’t a good idea. The name will be used in the question lists on the quiz editing page or in the lesson as a page title. It will not be shown to the students, so you can choose any name that makes sense to you and possibly other teachers.
=== Multiple Choice ===
In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions - single answer and multiple answer. [[Multiple_Choice_question_type|More on the Multiple Choice question type]]


#Create the question text. If you’re using the HTML Editor, you can format the question just like a word processing document
=== Short Answer ===
#If you want to add an image to the question, you have two options
In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers, with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case. [[Short-Answer_question_type|More on the Short Answer question type]]
##If you’ve already uploaded an image to your Files area (see Chapter 4 for details), it will be available to add to the question stem in a dropdown menu under the Question text area
##If you’re using the HTML editor, you can click the image icon. This will pop-up the Insert Image window. You can choose to upload an image into your files area from this window, or you can add the URL of an image on the web. If you add a file to your files area, click the name of the file after you upload it to insert the link into the URL text entry at the top of the screen. Then click OK.
#Choose whether students can only select one answer or multiple answers
#Write your first answer in the Choice 1 text field.
#Select a grade percentage for the answer. This is the percentage of the total points for the question that selecting this response is worth. You can select negative percentages as well as positive percentages. So if a question is worth 10 points, selecting a correct response in a multiple answer question may give you 50% of the possible points. Selecting a wrong answer may take away 10%.
#If you wish, you can add feedback for each response. It may be a bit ore work, but it’s good practice to tell the students why each answer is right or wrong using the feedback area. If students know why an answer is right or wrong, they can analyze their own thinking and being to understand why an answer is correct. Your feedback will only be displayed if you select Show Feedback in the quiz body options.
#Fill in the rest of the response choices in the rest of the form. Any unused areas will be ignored.
#Select the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the screen.


You have now added a multiple choice question to the question category.
=== Numerical ===
From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question. The difference is that numerical answers are allowed to have an accepted error. This allows a continuous range of answers to be set. [[Numerical_question_type|More on the Numerical question type]]


==Short answer==
=== True/False ===
In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False. [[True/False_question_type|More on the True/False question type]]


In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers, with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case.
==Third-party question types==


To create a short answer question:
Besides the standard question types that are part of the core Moodle distribution, there are question type plugins contributed by the community.
#Give your question a descriptive name
#Create the question stem. If you want students to fill in a blank, use the underscore to indicate where the blank is.
#Select an image to display if you want to add a picture to the question (see step 3 in the multiple choice description above for more detail).
#Choose whether capitalization is important. Case sensitivity can be tricky. Will you accept george washingtion as well as George Washington as an answer?
#Next, fill in the answers you will accept. You can give each answer a percentage of the grade as well. You could give common misspellings partial credit with this option. If the "Case sensitive" option is selected, then you can have different scores for "Word" or "word".
#Create feedback for each acceptable answer.
#Click Save Changes to add the question to the category


You can use the asterisk character (*) as a wildcard to match any series of characters. For example, use ran*ing to match any word or phrase starting with "ran" and ending with "ing". If you really do want to match an asterisk then use a backslash like this: \*
===Drag and Drop===


If you want one question with the two answers fuel and oxygen, you ought to be able to limit the number of variants  by writing:
Please see the [[Drag and Drop question tutorial]] for more information.
fuel*oxygen 100%
would accept "fuel oxygen" "fuel, oxygen" "fuel; oxygen" "fuel  and oxygen" "fuel  oxygen" {two spaces} "fuel & oxygen" "fuel oxygen" "fuel  und oxygen" "fuel&&oxygen" it would even accept "fuel or oxygen" "fuel but not oxygen" "fuel|oxygen" which might not be so good but you can never be completely safe!
oxygen*fuel 100%
*fuel* 50%
(the order of the answers is important since it stops checking with the first alternative that is satisfied)
*oxygen* 50%
*air* 40%  maybe etc


Without wildcards the answers are compared exactly, so be careful with your spelling!
===Molecule design===


You may like to prototype your short answer questions to catch common acceptable answers you hadn’t thought of. Start out by creating a few acceptable answers, then include the question in a quiz for no points. Be sure to tell students you are testing a new question. Once the quiz is over, review students’ answers and add their acceptable answers to the list.
The [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=296 Java Molecular Editor question type] allows you to ask students to design and submit a molecular structure.


==Numerical==
===Opaque===


From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question. The difference is that numerical answers are allowed to have an accepted error. This allows a continuous range of answers to be set.  
[[Development:Opaque|Opaque]] is a system for using questions from other systems that support the Opaque protocol within Moodle quizzes. This question type is the Moodle end of that bridge. See the [[Opaque question type]] for more information.


For example, if the answer is 30 with an accepted error of 5, then any number between 25 and 35 will be accepted as correct.
===RQP===


Numerical questions can also have case-insensitive non-numerical answers. This is useful whenever the answer for a numerical question is something like N/A, +inf, -inf, NaN etc.
RQP was an attempt to do the same thing that Opaque does. It was a third-party question type and is not available for Moodle 2


{{Moodle 1.7}}This has changed in Moodle 1.7. Text answers are no longer allowed. that is what short answer is for.
===Regular Expression Short Answer===
 
Like the Short Answer question, the RegExp Short Answer question expects the student to answer an "open" question with a word or a short phrase. However, using so-called '''regular expressions''' gives you access to a more powerful system for analysing the student's answers and thus providing more adapted feedback messages.
What is new in 1.7 is that you can have different answers with different levels of accuracy. That lets you as questions like: "What is a root of x^2 - 3x + 2?" or awards different levels of credit depending on how accurate the student was.
The Regular Expression Short Answer question type is available from the [http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=qtype_regexp| Modules and plugins database.]See the [[Regular Expression Short-Answer question type]] page for more information.
 
Figure 5-8. Numerical Question
 
To create a numerical question
#Give the question a descriptive name (This is only seen in the question list that you see as a teacher when you are putting together a quiz)
#Type the equation or numerical question for your students to solve
Moodle has a various text filters that allow you to type an equation and have it properly typeset when displayed. The Moodle Algebra filter is very good for writing common matematical expressions in a simple way. More complicated expressions can use the TeX syntax. If they don't work the administrator may have not enabled them.
#Select an image to display if you want to add a picture to the question (see step 3 in the multiple choice description above for more detail).
#Enter the correct answer. 23.4 23,4 and 2.34E+1 would all work. (Prior to Moodle 1.7, you can only add one correct answer in the user interface. If you import the question with a GIFT format file you can specifiy multiple answer(intervals) with accompanying feedback and point-percentage. This is done similar to the CLOZE [[Numerical]] format. There is no units support in the Cloze type.) It is possible, though not simple, to get support for  several answer intervals '''and''' unit support if you create the question in the numerical interface and export it in Moodle XML format. Than you can duplicate the <answer> segment and put in another answer interval and the feedback and grading factor you want for that interval. Than import it again. You will not be able to edit the question in the normal numerical interface though.
#Enter the accepted error, the range above or below the correct answer. For example, if the correct answer is 5, but you will accept 4 or 6 as answers, your accepted error is 1.
#Enter feedback for the question. It is possible to use all kinds of HTML formating for the feedback but it must be written by hand. Unfortunately (in 1.5.3 anyhow) it is right justified and has no identifying formatting.
#Units can be specified and work to a degree. Unfortunately if the student answers with the right number but no unit he can get full points. And if he thinks of another unit and has the right number and no unit, he gets no differentiated feedback, just wrong. You must also give the conversion factor . So if your main answer was '''5500''' with unit '''W''' and you wanted to allow the unit '''kW''' you would have to specify the factor '''0.001'''. If you wanted to allow '''Watt''' you would use the factor '''1'''.
#If you want some feedback shown to wrong answers, type a feedback comment with a blank answer.
#Click Save Changes to add the question to the category
 
==True/false==
 
In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False.
 
If feedback is enabled, then the appropriate feedback message is shown to the respondent after answering the quiz. For example, if the correct answer is "False", but they answer "True" (getting it wrong) then the "True" feedback is shown.
 
==Matching==
 
After an optional introduction, the respondent is presented with several sub-questions and several jumbled answers. There is one correct answer for each question.
 
{{Moodle 1.7}}In Moodle 1.7 there can be more answers than questions, to make it harder for the student if they do not know the right answer. Before, there could only be as many answers as questions.
 
The respondent must select an answer to match each sub-question.
 
Each sub-question is equally weighted to contribute towards the grade for the total question.
 
NB: Matching questions do not support feedback.
 
Match questions look better on screen if you put the longer piece of text in the question and not the match. For example, when vocabulary matching put the single word in the match and the definition sentence in the question. Otherwise the drop down for long questions will be awkward to use and difficult to read.
 
==Embedded answers (Cloze)==
 
[[Cloze|Embedded answers (Cloze)]] questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and [[Numerical]] answers.
 
There is currently no graphical interface to create these questions - you need to specify the question format using the text box or by importing them from external files.


==Random short-answer matching==
==See also==
[[Lesson questions]] 


From the student perspective, this looks just like a Matching question. The difference is that the subquestions are drawn randomly from Short Answer questions in the current category.
After an optional introduction, the respondent is presented with several sub-questions and several jumbled answers. There is one correct answer for each question.
The respondent must select an answer to match each sub-question.
Each sub-question is equally weighted to contribute towards the grade for the total question.
The questions and answers are randomly drawn from the pool of "Short Answer" questions in the current category. Each attempt on a quiz will have different questions and answers.
==Description==
This is not a real question. It simply prints some text (and possibly graphics) without requiring an answer. This can be used to provide some information to be used by a following group of questions, for example.
==Calculated==
Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the use of wildcards that are substituted with individual values when the quiz is taken.
==Essay==
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.
==Third-party question types==
Besides the question types described above that are part of the core Moodle distribution there are question type plugins contributed by the community.
===Drag and Drop===
Please see the [[Drag and Drop question tutorial]] for more information.
===Molecule design===
The [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=296 Java Molecular Editor question type] allows you to ask students to design and submit a molecular structure.
===Regular Expression Short Answer===
{{Moodle 1.6}}Like the Short Answer question, the RegExp Short Answer question expects the student to answer an "open" question with a word or a short phrase. However, using so-called '''regular expressions''' gives you access to a more powerful system for analysing the student's answers and thus providing more adapted feedback messages.
The [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=338 Regular Expression Short Answer question type] is available '''''for Moodle 1.6''''' from the Modules and plugins database.
--[[User:Joseph Rézeau|Joseph Rézeau]] 22:49, 25 May 2006 (WST)
===Rendered Matching===
Need some mention of what this is or will be.--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 14:09, 6 June 2006 (WST)


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Latest revision as of 11:29, 12 December 2011



You may add a variety of different types of questions in the Quiz and Lesson modules. This page is about Quiz module question types, some will be similar to Lesson questions types, which are fewer in number and function differently. The standard quiz question types are listed below with brief descriptions. Please use the links on the right side of this page to find more detailed information about standard questions types.

Standard question types

Calculated

Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the use of wildcards that are substituted with individual values when the quiz is taken. More on the Calculated question type

Description

This is not a real question. It simply prints some text (and possibly graphics) without requiring an answer. This can be used to provide some information to be used by a subsequent group of questions, for example. More on the Description question type

Essay

In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent writes an answer in essay format. More on the Essay question type

Matching

A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The respondent must "match" the correct answers with each question. More on the Matching question type

Embedded Answers (Cloze Test / Gap Fill)

These very flexible questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and numerical answers. More on the Embedded Answers question type

Multiple Choice

In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions - single answer and multiple answer. More on the Multiple Choice question type

Short Answer

In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers, with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case. More on the Short Answer question type

Numerical

From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question. The difference is that numerical answers are allowed to have an accepted error. This allows a continuous range of answers to be set. More on the Numerical question type

True/False

In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False. More on the True/False question type

Third-party question types

Besides the standard question types that are part of the core Moodle distribution, there are question type plugins contributed by the community.

Drag and Drop

Please see the Drag and Drop question tutorial for more information.

Molecule design

The Java Molecular Editor question type allows you to ask students to design and submit a molecular structure.

Opaque

Opaque is a system for using questions from other systems that support the Opaque protocol within Moodle quizzes. This question type is the Moodle end of that bridge. See the Opaque question type for more information.

RQP

RQP was an attempt to do the same thing that Opaque does. It was a third-party question type and is not available for Moodle 2

Regular Expression Short Answer

Like the Short Answer question, the RegExp Short Answer question expects the student to answer an "open" question with a word or a short phrase. However, using so-called regular expressions gives you access to a more powerful system for analysing the student's answers and thus providing more adapted feedback messages. The Regular Expression Short Answer question type is available from the Modules and plugins database.See the Regular Expression Short-Answer question type page for more information.

See also

Lesson questions