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After a teacher has created a quiz activity, they may click on the edit tab of the quiz.  Depending upon the context, there are 2 different ways this tab screen will appear.  There is one view for a quiz which has not been taken (compiling view) by a student and an other when students have taken the quiz.  You may want to look at [[Quiz preview|previewing]] an existing quiz or editing questions in the [[Question bank]].


==The basic ideas of quiz-making==
==How a Moodle quiz works==
{{Note|If you're new to quiz creation, try the [[Quiz quick guide]] first.}}
Once a quiz has been added to the course and the [[Quiz settings]] established,the teacher can start to build the quiz.  The teacher can access the quiz to edit the questions by clicking directly on the Quiz name on the course home page or by clicking "Edit quiz" in ''Administration>Quiz administration.''  (You can also make questions in the [[Question bank]] without first creating a quiz. These questions may then be used later.)


The main concepts you need to understand while creating quizzes and the questions they contain are:
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|  [[File:editquiz.png|thumb|400px|Accessing the quiz to add or edit questions]]


* The quiz, divided into pages
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* The question bank, which stores all the questions organised into categories
* Random questions


You can think of a quiz as being like traditional pen-and-paper quiz (or exam or test). It contains questions. You can arrange the questions in a quiz into several pages or you can keep them all on one page. As you create the questions, and add them to the quiz, you also set up how the questions are graded (or marked). This is like the mark-scheme for a traditional quiz.
==Adding questions==


When you create questions, they are stored in the question bank. In the question bank you can create categories, which are similar to folders on your computer. You can use them to create a hierarchy for organising your questions, for example, by topic. Even if you create and add a question directly into the quiz, a copy is automatically stored in the question bank too.
Once you have accessed the quiz editing screen as above, you can add questions from a number of locations:


You can use random questions so that different students get different questions, or so that one student gets different questions each time they attempt the quiz. For example, this can reduce cheating by making it harder for students to copy from each other. When a student starts an attempt at the quiz, the random question will be replaced by an actual question, picked at random from a certain category in the question bank. You create a random question by adding the selection of questions you want to a question bank category, and then adding a random question for that category into the quiz.
#Click the 'Add' link as in the screenshot below. (''Note that in the US, the term 'marks' is replaced by 'points'.'')
 
#When it opens up, choose either to add a new question, to select a question from the question bank or to add a random question.
==Compiling a new quiz==
===Overall process===
After creating a quiz activity module, the teacher will be shown a quiz compiling screen (the edit tab).  Here the teacher can select the question category to move questions into the quiz. It is also possible to create new questions from this screen and these questions will be added to the previously selected category.
After adding questions to a quiz that no student has taken, you can remove individual questions.  


What the teacher will see on the edit tab will depend upon what has happened with the quiz at that point.


*On the left side of the screen (or in the middle if the quiz has already been attempted) you’ll see a block where the questions you’ve added to the current quiz are displayed. If this is a new quiz you will not have any questions there and Moodle tells you this.
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*On the right side of the screen (if the quiz has not yet been attempted), you’ll see a [[Question categories|Categories]] section above the question editing block. These two areas are where you can add new questions, edit existing questions, or move questions between categories. This is explained in more detail on the [[Question bank|Question bank page]].
|  [[File:newaddquestion.png|thumb|450px|Adding a question]]


===Adding questions to a quiz===
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Once you’ve created your questions, you’ll need to add them to the quiz. There are many types in the [[Question bank]] that you can use. Alternatively, you may choose to [[Import questions|import questions]].


First use the 'Category' menu to select the category containing the questions you want to add (item 3 in the diagram below).


The chevrons (<< icons) to the left of the questions are used to add individual questions to the quiz. You can also select several questions using the checkboxes on the left of the question list and then click the "Add to quiz" button at the bottom of the list to add then all at once. If you want to add all the displayed questions then use the 'Select all' link.
[[Image:Quiz.gif|frame|left|This shows four methods of adding questions including adding random questions dealt with in more detail below (Moodle 1.8)]]<br style="clear:both;">


===Creating a new question===


If you have created a lot of questions, you may want to sort the question list by type and name or by age. You can also choose to display the question text below each question name by checking the box "Show question text in the question list" above the question list (Moodle 1.8 onwards).
1. To make a brand new question, click 'Add' and then '+ a new question'.


===Editing question order in a quiz===
2. From the next screen, choose the question type you want to add and click "Next" ('When you click on a question type on the left, helpful information appears on the right''. )
Once you’ve added a question to the quiz, they appears on the left side of the screen in the quiz question list. This edit view can only be see when no attempts have been made by students.


[[Image:Quiz Edit no attempts.png|thumb|center|A quiz in edit mode, where questions have been added, and no students have attempted the quiz. This quiz has random and fixed questions from 2 question categories.]]
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|  [[File:questionpicker.png|thumb|440px|Selecting a question type]]


You can change the order of the questions with the move icons. You can move a question out of the quiz with the chevrons (>> icons).  Of course you can use the edit and preview icons next to any question that will bring up a pop up window.  The teacher can move or reset the page breaks on this screen.
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Quiz will not let you add the same question to the same quiz more than once and will not display the same question twice to the students when both random and fixed questions are used from a single category.
3. Fill in the question form, making sure to give a grade to the correct answer.


::Remember if the Quiz setting is set to randomize question order, the order you see in this view will not be what your students see when they make an attempt.
4. Click "Save changes".


===Grading questions ===
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You will also need to set the grade for each question. You can set the number of points for each question in the Grade column. This allows you to set the relative weight of each question in the quiz. You may want to make certain questions or question types worth more than others. You should also set the 'Maximum grade' for the whole quiz. This does not have to be equal to the sum of the grades for the individual questions. The grades achieved by the students will be rescaled to be out of this maximum grade. After adjusting these grade settings you should click on the 'Save grades' button.
|  [[File:newlycreatedquestion.png|thumb|430px|A question when it has been created]]


===Adding random questions===
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A random question places a link that will select a unique question at random from a specific question category.  Random questions are selected when the quiz is generated for a specific student attempt.


This means that different students are likely to get a different selection of questions when they attempt this quiz. For example, when a quiz has 10 random questions that draw on a question category with 30 questions.  If a quiz allows multiple attempts for each student then each attempt will also contain a new selection of questions.
{{ Note| If you have a very complex question, and you want to check it as you go along, you can preview it and then click "Save changes and continue editing".}}


The same question will never appear twice in a quiz. If you include several random questions then different questions will always be chosen for each of them. If you mix random questions with non-random questions then the random questions will be chosen so that they do not duplicate one of the non-random questions. This does imply that you need to provide enough questions in the category from which the random questions are chosen, otherwise the student will be shown a friendly error message. The more questions you provide the more likely it will be that students get different questions on each attempt.
When a question has been created, an icon and words display its type (eg multiple choice). It can be modified by clicking the edit icon (eg [[File:editicon.png]]) and previewed or deleted by clicking the magnifying glass or X icons:(eg  [[File:previewdelete1.png]])
====Adding responses and feedback====
5. When you add responses and feedback, remember you can expand the toolbar to show more buttons.
 
 
 
6. You can continue adding questions this way, clicking 'Add' and '+ a new question' each time.
 
===Choosing a pre-made question===
*If other teachers in the course have made questions, or if a teacher made questions in an earlier quiz, these can be added to the current quiz by clicking 'Add' and '+ from question bank' .
* Click the + sign next to one question you want to add it (1 in screenshot below)
* If you have several questions, or you want to add all the questions, tick the box of each question or the top box (2 in screenshot below) and then click 'Add selected questions to the quiz' (3 in the screenshot below).
* To sort the questions, click the column headings. The default sort order (T) is short for question type. (2 in the screenshot below)
* To ensure all previously made questions are available, make sure to tick the boxes "also show questions from sub-categories/old questions".
 
{|
| [[File:addfromqbank1.png|thumb|350px|Using a previously made question]]
 
|}
 
'''Note:''' It is also possible to import pre-made questions into your quiz, from ''Quiz administration>Question bank>Import.'' See [[Import questions]] for more information. Sample questions are available from the [http://moodle.net/mod/data/view.php?d=1&mode=list&perpage=40&search=&sort=0&order=DESC&advanced=0&filter=1&advanced=1&f_2=Quiz+questions&f_11=&f_13=&f_12=&f_9=&f_8= Moodle.net content database.]
 
===Adding a random question===
As long as you have questions in the question bank, you can add random questions to your quiz by clicking 'Add' and then '+ a random question'.  This might be useful if you have students in a class taking a quiz at the same time, because they are unlikely to get the same questions at the same time. The same question will never appear twice in a quiz. If you include several random questions then different questions will always be chosen for each of them. If you mix random questions with non-random questions then the random questions will be chosen so that they do not duplicate one of the non-random questions. This does imply that you need to provide enough questions in the category from which the random questions are chosen, otherwise the student will be shown a friendly error message. The more questions you provide the more likely it will be that students get different questions on each attempt. When a quiz with random questions is retaken, the random questions will be different from the ones in previous attempts. For a discussion on the behaviour of random questions, see MDL-6340


The grade for the randomly chosen question will be rescaled so that the maximum grade is what you have chosen as the grade for the random question.
The grade for the randomly chosen question will be rescaled so that the maximum grade is what you have chosen as the grade for the random question.


To add random questions, select the question category you wish to use, then use the drop-down menu at the bottom of the Question Bank in the right column. Select the number of random questions you wish to add, and click 'Add'.  The random question link will appear on the quiz question list in the left column.
You can add one or more random questions by choosing the number and category in the question bank. Note the die icon to highlight random question selection.
{|
| [[File:addrandomq.png|thumb|400px|Adding a random question]]
| [[File:newrandom.png|thumb|400px|Random question selected for quiz]]
 
|}
 
====Quiz question tags====
Note that although it is possible to tag questions, the feature does not currently work. See forum discussion: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194119
 
===Question categories===
Questions can be stored and retrieved from categories in the Question bank. When you make a new question it defaults to the category with the course name. So if you make a quiz in the Senior Physics course, questions will automatically be added to "Default for Senior Physics". You can opt to have your quiz questions in a category of their own ("Quizname") or to add a subcategory.
To add a subcategory, go to ''Administration>Quiz administration>Question bank>Categories'' For more information on question contexts and categories, see [[Question bank]]
 
Users will have access to different categories according to their permissions. For example, a regular teacher might only have access to question categories in his own Physics course whereas his Faculty Head of Science with permissions in all science courses might have access to question categories in Biology and Chemistry as well.
 
==Quiz layout==
 
*You can choose in  '' Administration>Quiz administration>Edit settings>Layout'' whether to have a new page for every question or after a certain number of questions.
* You can add a page break between questions by clicking the arrow icon (where the arrows are pointing away from each other) (1 in the screenshot below) A new page will be created. (2 in the screenshot below)
*You can remove pages by clicking the arrow icon (where the arrows are pointing towards each other). (3 in the screenshot below)
 
[[File:addpagebreak.png|thumb|500px|center]]
*You can also change the layout of the whole quiz by clicking the 'Repaginate' button:
 
[[File:repaginate.png|thumb|center|500px]]
 
*Questions may be moved by dragging and dropping using the crosshairs icon: [[File:crosshairsicon.png]]
 
===Section headings===
 
*Section headings may be added to each new page.
*For the first page, click the 'pencil' icon at the top (1) and add your heading (2):
 
[[File:sectionheading1.png]]
 
*For other pages, click the 'Add' link (1) and choose 'a new section heading' (2), and then add your heading as for Page 1:
 
[[File:sectionheading2.png]]
 
*The section headings are displayed in the Quiz navigation block:
 
[[File:quiznavsectionheadings.png]]
 
===Randomising the order questions appear===
 
*The order in which questions appear to the student may be randomised or 'shuffled' by ticking the 'Shuffle' box at the top of the screen:
 
[[File:shuffle1.png]]
 
*Where questions are in different sections (see ''Section headings'' above), each section has its own 'Shuffle' box to tick. This means that you can mix up questions on one section, but in another section, where their order is important, you can keep them in the order you need them to display:
 
[[File:shuffle2.png]]
 
==Making questions conditional upon other questions==
 
*If using the ''Interactive with multiple tries'' or ''Immediate Feedback'' behaviour and with the navigation method set to 'Free', it is possible to make the display of a question dependent on a previous question being answered first.
*The question editing page will display padlock icons to the right of each question:
 
[[File:locks1.png|thumb|center|400px|Padlocks - all unlocked]]
 
*If you want to make a question, for example Q2, conditional upon answering Q1, then click the padlock just above Q2:
 
[[File:lock2.png|thumb|center|400px|Padlocks  - Q2 locked]]
 
*When a student accesses the quiz, they will see a message that Q2 is not available until they give a response to Q1:
 
[[File:lock3.png|thumb|center|550px|What students see]]
 
*In the Quiz navigation block, Q2 will be greyed out:
[[File:locksnav.png]]


[[Image:Quiz Random Question select.png|thumb|center|Here we are selecting 2 random question from the "Default for New Features" category]]<br style="clear:both;">
*In the following example, note that, Q1 follows a description, and a description 'questions' cannot be finished. Therefore, Q1 cannot depend on the previous question. Similarly, Q4 follows an Essay question. The Essay cannot be finished during the attempt, so the following question cannot depend on it. Note the lack of padlocks in the following screenshot because of the description and Essay question:


===Previewing questions===
[[File:conditionalquestionpadlocks.png|thumb|center|500px]]
After you have added questions to the quiz, they will appear on the left. Notice the preview and edit icons next to the fixed questions. These will open a popup window.  The move icons will allow you to change the order of the questions (if Quiz is setup to randomize the order, this will not have an effect).  


[[Image:Quiz Questions in this quiz 197.png|thumb|center|This quiz has random questions and fixed questions. Both are drawn from 2 different question categories.]]
==Assigning points to questions ==
''Administration > Quiz administration > Edit quiz > Editing quiz''


When you’re done, you will probably also want to preview your entire quiz by clicking on the '''Preview''' tab. This will bring you to the [[Quiz preview]] screen, but in teacher preview mode.
You can set how many points each question is worth by changing the number in the box to the right of each question and you can change the maximum grade by changing the number in the box top right at the top of the quiz. The default is one point per question and 100.00 maximum grade.


==After quiz has been attempted==
{|
If one or more students have taken the quiz, you will see a list of all the questions in the quiz and a notice saying that you cannot add or remove questions.  
|  [[File:allquizgrades.png|thumb|450px|Points per question and max grade]]
| [[File:editmaxmark.png|thumb|450px|Edit individual marks]]
 
|}
 
The quiz module will do any maths, so for example, a 2 point question will be  worth 2 times more when the Quiz module determines how many point out of 10 to award the student.
 
==Previewing the quiz==
*You can preview individual questions by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
*You can preview the whole quiz by clicking the "Preview" link in ''Administration>Quiz administration>Preview''
*The quiz works like a real quiz so you can see your grades and any feedback for correct/incorrect answers just as a student would see them.


You can move questions in a different order, re grade questions, preview an individual question and click on an question edit link that will allow you to directly edit the question stored in the question bank.
'''NOTE''': ''To get a more accurate view of how a student would view your quiz, it is advised to log in with a  "dummy" student account created by the admin for testing activities. This is more reliable than the 'switch role to student' feature.


[[Image:Quiz_Edit_after_attempts.png|thumb|center|Quiz after 2 students have made attempts]]  
*See also the question: 'How can a teacher '-dry run a quiz..?'  in [[Quiz FAQ]]''
{|
|  [[File:singleqp.png|thumb|300px|Previewing a single question]]
|  [[File:previewquiz.png|thumb|200px|Click to preview the whole quiz]]
|  [[File:quizpreviewed.png|thumb|200px|Quiz in preview mode]]


:''TIP:'' You can delete all quiz attempts by students and then edit the quiz as if no students had attempted it.  To do this, go to the "Info" tab,  select the Attempts link.  This will present a list of students and their scores.  Use the check box on the left of each student and the delete button/menu item.
|}


:''TIP:'' There are several ways to deal with bad questions in a quiz.
==After quiz has been attempted==
If one or more students have taken the quiz, you will see a list of all the questions in the quiz and a notice saying that you cannot add or remove questions.
 
You can change the order of questions, regrade them, preview an individual question and click on an question edit link that will allow you to directly edit the question stored in the question bank.
{{Note| You can delete all quiz attempts by students and then edit the quiz as if no students had attempted it.  To do this,click the quiz name and then the Results link in the Administration block.  This will present a list of students and their scores.  Click "Select all" and then "Delete selected attempts".}}
===Dealing with faulty questions===
There are several ways to deal with "bad" questions in a quiz.
::*Change the grade for the bad question to 0 in the quiz.   
::*Change the grade for the bad question to 0 in the quiz.   
::*Edit the question, changing what you will accept as a correct answer, then regrading the exam.  Remember when changing a question that the next time it is used it will be as it was in the last edit.  Also, regrading will only effect one quiz at a time.     
::*Edit the question, changing what you will accept as a correct answer, then regrading the exam.  Remember when changing a question that the next time it is used it will be as it was in the last edit.  Also, regrading will only affect one quiz at a time.     
::*You can edit the question to explain the situation to the student and then you can set the grade for the question to zero. After you make such changes you should regrade the quiz by clicking on the '''Results''' tab and then the '''Regrade''' tab.  This will change the grade for all students who have taken the quiz so far.  Remember, if the question is used by another quiz, your "explanation" will appear as part of that quiz.  
::*You can edit the question to explain the situation to the student and then you can set the grade for the question to zero. After you make such changes you should regrade the quiz by clicking on the '''Results''' tab and then the '''Regrade''' tab.  This will change the grade for all students who have taken the quiz so far.  Remember, if the question is used by another quiz, your "explanation" will appear as part of that quiz.  
::*You can change the grade for the bad question and then move or delete the question from your question category.  The question will still appear on the quiz. Some places do not like to delete any question, but will move them to a "dead" or "bad" question category.  
::*You can change the grade for the bad question and then move or delete the question from your question category.  The question will still appear on the quiz. Some places do not like to delete any question, but will move them to a "dead" or "bad" question category.  
::*When you discover a bad question in your quiz, it may effect the question bank. Remember that a final might be made up of a certain number of random questions drawn from different question categories, the same categories used in a smaller subject quiz. It can be very important do something about bad or invalid questions in a question category when the categories are use in other places.
::*When you discover a bad question in your quiz, it may affect the question bank. Remember that a final might be made up of a certain number of random questions drawn from different question categories, the same categories used in a smaller subject quiz. It can be very important do something about bad or invalid questions in a question category when the categories are use in other places.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Question bank]]
*[[Question types]]
*[[Question categories]]
*[https://youtu.be/Y1TaqOLPNiY The Moodle Quiz Activity] MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[[Import questions]]
*[https://youtu.be/0FaxWt_4FQI Moodle Quiz Questions]  MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[[Export questions]]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFnoNNrTx3c How to create a quiz video]
[[Category:Questions]]


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Latest revision as of 07:22, 9 February 2016


How a Moodle quiz works

Note: If you're new to quiz creation, try the Quiz quick guide first.


Once a quiz has been added to the course and the Quiz settings established,the teacher can start to build the quiz. The teacher can access the quiz to edit the questions by clicking directly on the Quiz name on the course home page or by clicking "Edit quiz" in Administration>Quiz administration. (You can also make questions in the Question bank without first creating a quiz. These questions may then be used later.)

Accessing the quiz to add or edit questions

Adding questions

Once you have accessed the quiz editing screen as above, you can add questions from a number of locations:

  1. Click the 'Add' link as in the screenshot below. (Note that in the US, the term 'marks' is replaced by 'points'.)
  2. When it opens up, choose either to add a new question, to select a question from the question bank or to add a random question.


Adding a question


Creating a new question

1. To make a brand new question, click 'Add' and then '+ a new question'.

2. From the next screen, choose the question type you want to add and click "Next" ('When you click on a question type on the left, helpful information appears on the right. )

Selecting a question type

3. Fill in the question form, making sure to give a grade to the correct answer.

4. Click "Save changes".

A question when it has been created
Note: If you have a very complex question, and you want to check it as you go along, you can preview it and then click "Save changes and continue editing".


When a question has been created, an icon and words display its type (eg multiple choice). It can be modified by clicking the edit icon (eg editicon.png) and previewed or deleted by clicking the magnifying glass or X icons:(eg previewdelete1.png)

Adding responses and feedback

5. When you add responses and feedback, remember you can expand the toolbar to show more buttons.


6. You can continue adding questions this way, clicking 'Add' and '+ a new question' each time.

Choosing a pre-made question

  • If other teachers in the course have made questions, or if a teacher made questions in an earlier quiz, these can be added to the current quiz by clicking 'Add' and '+ from question bank' .
  • Click the + sign next to one question you want to add it (1 in screenshot below)
  • If you have several questions, or you want to add all the questions, tick the box of each question or the top box (2 in screenshot below) and then click 'Add selected questions to the quiz' (3 in the screenshot below).
  • To sort the questions, click the column headings. The default sort order (T) is short for question type. (2 in the screenshot below)
  • To ensure all previously made questions are available, make sure to tick the boxes "also show questions from sub-categories/old questions".
Using a previously made question

Note: It is also possible to import pre-made questions into your quiz, from Quiz administration>Question bank>Import. See Import questions for more information. Sample questions are available from the Moodle.net content database.

Adding a random question

As long as you have questions in the question bank, you can add random questions to your quiz by clicking 'Add' and then '+ a random question'. This might be useful if you have students in a class taking a quiz at the same time, because they are unlikely to get the same questions at the same time. The same question will never appear twice in a quiz. If you include several random questions then different questions will always be chosen for each of them. If you mix random questions with non-random questions then the random questions will be chosen so that they do not duplicate one of the non-random questions. This does imply that you need to provide enough questions in the category from which the random questions are chosen, otherwise the student will be shown a friendly error message. The more questions you provide the more likely it will be that students get different questions on each attempt. When a quiz with random questions is retaken, the random questions will be different from the ones in previous attempts. For a discussion on the behaviour of random questions, see MDL-6340

The grade for the randomly chosen question will be rescaled so that the maximum grade is what you have chosen as the grade for the random question.

You can add one or more random questions by choosing the number and category in the question bank. Note the die icon to highlight random question selection.

Adding a random question
Random question selected for quiz

Quiz question tags

Note that although it is possible to tag questions, the feature does not currently work. See forum discussion: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194119

Question categories

Questions can be stored and retrieved from categories in the Question bank. When you make a new question it defaults to the category with the course name. So if you make a quiz in the Senior Physics course, questions will automatically be added to "Default for Senior Physics". You can opt to have your quiz questions in a category of their own ("Quizname") or to add a subcategory.

To add a subcategory, go to Administration>Quiz administration>Question bank>Categories For more information on question contexts and categories, see Question bank

Users will have access to different categories according to their permissions. For example, a regular teacher might only have access to question categories in his own Physics course whereas his Faculty Head of Science with permissions in all science courses might have access to question categories in Biology and Chemistry as well.

Quiz layout

  • You can choose in Administration>Quiz administration>Edit settings>Layout whether to have a new page for every question or after a certain number of questions.
  • You can add a page break between questions by clicking the arrow icon (where the arrows are pointing away from each other) (1 in the screenshot below) A new page will be created. (2 in the screenshot below)
  • You can remove pages by clicking the arrow icon (where the arrows are pointing towards each other). (3 in the screenshot below)
addpagebreak.png
  • You can also change the layout of the whole quiz by clicking the 'Repaginate' button:
repaginate.png
  • Questions may be moved by dragging and dropping using the crosshairs icon: crosshairsicon.png

Section headings

  • Section headings may be added to each new page.
  • For the first page, click the 'pencil' icon at the top (1) and add your heading (2):

sectionheading1.png

  • For other pages, click the 'Add' link (1) and choose 'a new section heading' (2), and then add your heading as for Page 1:

sectionheading2.png

  • The section headings are displayed in the Quiz navigation block:

quiznavsectionheadings.png

Randomising the order questions appear

  • The order in which questions appear to the student may be randomised or 'shuffled' by ticking the 'Shuffle' box at the top of the screen:

shuffle1.png

  • Where questions are in different sections (see Section headings above), each section has its own 'Shuffle' box to tick. This means that you can mix up questions on one section, but in another section, where their order is important, you can keep them in the order you need them to display:

shuffle2.png

Making questions conditional upon other questions

  • If using the Interactive with multiple tries or Immediate Feedback behaviour and with the navigation method set to 'Free', it is possible to make the display of a question dependent on a previous question being answered first.
  • The question editing page will display padlock icons to the right of each question:
Padlocks - all unlocked
  • If you want to make a question, for example Q2, conditional upon answering Q1, then click the padlock just above Q2:
Padlocks - Q2 locked
  • When a student accesses the quiz, they will see a message that Q2 is not available until they give a response to Q1:
What students see
  • In the Quiz navigation block, Q2 will be greyed out:

locksnav.png

  • In the following example, note that, Q1 follows a description, and a description 'questions' cannot be finished. Therefore, Q1 cannot depend on the previous question. Similarly, Q4 follows an Essay question. The Essay cannot be finished during the attempt, so the following question cannot depend on it. Note the lack of padlocks in the following screenshot because of the description and Essay question:
conditionalquestionpadlocks.png

Assigning points to questions

Administration > Quiz administration > Edit quiz > Editing quiz

You can set how many points each question is worth by changing the number in the box to the right of each question and you can change the maximum grade by changing the number in the box top right at the top of the quiz. The default is one point per question and 100.00 maximum grade.

Points per question and max grade
Edit individual marks

The quiz module will do any maths, so for example, a 2 point question will be worth 2 times more when the Quiz module determines how many point out of 10 to award the student.

Previewing the quiz

  • You can preview individual questions by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
  • You can preview the whole quiz by clicking the "Preview" link in Administration>Quiz administration>Preview
  • The quiz works like a real quiz so you can see your grades and any feedback for correct/incorrect answers just as a student would see them.

NOTE: To get a more accurate view of how a student would view your quiz, it is advised to log in with a "dummy" student account created by the admin for testing activities. This is more reliable than the 'switch role to student' feature.

  • See also the question: 'How can a teacher '-dry run a quiz..?' in Quiz FAQ
Previewing a single question
Click to preview the whole quiz
Quiz in preview mode

After quiz has been attempted

If one or more students have taken the quiz, you will see a list of all the questions in the quiz and a notice saying that you cannot add or remove questions.

You can change the order of questions, regrade them, preview an individual question and click on an question edit link that will allow you to directly edit the question stored in the question bank.

Note: You can delete all quiz attempts by students and then edit the quiz as if no students had attempted it. To do this,click the quiz name and then the Results link in the Administration block. This will present a list of students and their scores. Click "Select all" and then "Delete selected attempts".


Dealing with faulty questions

There are several ways to deal with "bad" questions in a quiz.

  • Change the grade for the bad question to 0 in the quiz.
  • Edit the question, changing what you will accept as a correct answer, then regrading the exam. Remember when changing a question that the next time it is used it will be as it was in the last edit. Also, regrading will only affect one quiz at a time.
  • You can edit the question to explain the situation to the student and then you can set the grade for the question to zero. After you make such changes you should regrade the quiz by clicking on the Results tab and then the Regrade tab. This will change the grade for all students who have taken the quiz so far. Remember, if the question is used by another quiz, your "explanation" will appear as part of that quiz.
  • You can change the grade for the bad question and then move or delete the question from your question category. The question will still appear on the quiz. Some places do not like to delete any question, but will move them to a "dead" or "bad" question category.
  • When you discover a bad question in your quiz, it may affect the question bank. Remember that a final might be made up of a certain number of random questions drawn from different question categories, the same categories used in a smaller subject quiz. It can be very important do something about bad or invalid questions in a question category when the categories are use in other places.

See also

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