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#If you want, you can now scroll down to the bottom of the page, click 'Save and display' and start adding questions.  (Go to the section 'Add your questions' below.)
#If you want, you can now scroll down to the bottom of the page, click 'Save and display' and start adding questions.  (Go to the section 'Add your questions' below.)
===Default settings for your quiz===
===Default settings for your quiz===
Without changing anything on the Quiz set up page (your 'front cover') your quiz will work like this:
If you don't change anything on the quiz set up page (your 'front cover'), then  your quiz will work like this:
**It will not have a time limit and students can take it as many times as they wish, with the recorded grade being their best attempt.
**It will not have a time limit and students can take it as many times as they wish, with the recorded grade being their best attempt.
**Each question will be on a different page and they can move freely between previous and later questions.
**Each question will be on a different page and they can move freely between previous and later questions.
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If you would like to change some of these settings, then look at:
If you would like to change some of these settings, then look at:
===Quiz settings===
===Quiz settings===
If you expand the sections in the Quiz set up page and click the '''?''' icon and the 'Show more' links, you can explore alternative settings for your quiz. Here are some popular settings:
If you expand the sections in the Quiz set up page and click the '''?''' icon and the 'Show more' links, you can explore alternative settings for your quiz. Here are some popular settings:

Revision as of 13:34, 18 November 2015

Moodle's Quiz is a very powerful activity that can accommodate many requirements from simple multiple-choice tests of knowledge at school level to complex, self-assessment tasks with detailed feedback at university and corporate levels. This quick guide gets you started, but if you really want to make the most of everything a Quiz can do, make sure you study the full Quiz documentation.

Before you start

  • It's important to understand that, unlike a test on a piece of paper, a Moodle quiz is not just one single item. It is made up of a 'front cover' where you add the criteria for the quiz, such as grading and paging, and the questions themselves. The questions are stored separately from your quiz. This means you can reuse your questions in a later quiz. It also means you could display an empty quiz (a 'front cover' with no questions added) on your course page,so be careful!
  • Some people prefer to make their quiz questions separately first and then add them to a quiz 'front cover' later. If you would like that, then look at the documentation on Question bank or just read on below until we get there!

Set up the quiz 'front cover'

  1. In the course where you want your quiz, turn on the editing and from the Activity Chooser, select 'Quiz'.
  2. Give it a name and if desired, a description telling students what the quiz is about.
  3. If you want, you can now scroll down to the bottom of the page, click 'Save and display' and start adding questions. (Go to the section 'Add your questions' below.)

Default settings for your quiz

If you don't change anything on the quiz set up page (your 'front cover'), then your quiz will work like this:

    • It will not have a time limit and students can take it as many times as they wish, with the recorded grade being their best attempt.
    • Each question will be on a different page and they can move freely between previous and later questions.
    • Students won't know their score or get feedback until they complete the quiz.
    • They will have no final feedback once it is completed.

If you would like to change some of these settings, then look at:

Quiz settings

If you expand the sections in the Quiz set up page and click the ? icon and the 'Show more' links, you can explore alternative settings for your quiz. Here are some popular settings:

Navigation:Sequential - this will stop students being able to go back and do a previous question. They can only move forwards.

How questions behave -Interacrtive with multiple tries -instead of the quiz being like a test where students only see their results at the end, this setting allows them to get immediate feedback for each question and keep trying. (Good for formative assessment.) Learn more about Question behaviours.

Overall feedback -completing this will give your students customised feedback according to what grade range they obtained.

Add your questions

So you have completed the quiz set up page and clicked 'Save and display

  1. Click the button 'Edit quiz'
  2. Click 'Add' on the right and then click '+ a new question'
  3. Choose the type of question you want to add and then click 'Add'
  4. Add your question. If you need help, click the documentation link at the bottom of your question page or explore the Question types documentation.
  5. Click 'Save changes' when you have made your question
  6. Repeat steps 2- 5 for as many questions as you need.

Getting your quiz ready for students

Once you have added all the questions you need, your quiz is ready for students and will already be visible on the page (unless you hid it while you were setting it up)

It is a good idea to preview it as a teacher by clicking the