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This page explains how a quiz is accessed and used by students and teachers. It also offers some hints as to good practice in using the quiz module.

How students take a quiz

Click on the quiz link on the course homepage and read the information to check you're in the right quiz.
Click on "Attempt quiz now" button.
Click on the "Next" button at the bottom of the page to see the next page of questions
Click on the "flag" in the box next to the question to put a temporary marker on it

Notice the Quiz navigation block. You can use it to jump to any question.

- A flagged question is shown with a red triangle at the top right
- Questions on the current page are shown with a thicker border
- After viewing a description, it is shown with the bottom half grey *
- After saving an essay question, it is shown with the bottom half grey *
- A dependent question is shown in grey with a padlock icon *

New feature
in Moodle 3.1! * indicates new or improved styling in Moodle 3.1

To finish the exam,click "Finish attempt" in the navigation block of "Next" on the last page of the exam.
The "Summary of attempt" page - reviews the questions and alerts you to questions not attempted.

Click on any question page number or "Return to attempt" to go back to the quiz.
Click on "Submit all and finish" to have your quiz scored. A warning will pop up telling you you can no longer change your answers.

Autosave

If Moodle detects that the student's Internet connection has dropped, and the Quiz autosave feature is enabled, a warning message is displayed, prompting the student to make a note of recent responses.

Quiz autosave is enabled by default, with the default time period set to 2 minutes. This autosave period can be changed, or the setting disabled completely, from Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Quiz>Autosave period.

How students review a quiz

In the quiz navigation block
- A correct answer is shown with the bottom half green with a white tick *
- A partially correct answer is shown with the bottom half orange with a white circle in it *
- A wrong answer is shown with the bottom half red *
- An essay question (requiring manual marking) is shown with the bottom half grey *
- A flagged question is shown with a red triangle at the top right

New feature
in Moodle 3.1! * indicates new or improved styling in Moodle 3.1

In the questions themselves, correct answers will be in green with a check mark. Incorrect answers will be in red with a cross. will have a green check mark next to your correct answer

According to your teacher's settings, you might get general feedback, specific feedback on each question and/or overall feedback on your final score.

Although the quiz may have been split into multiple pages, the review will show all the questions on a single page to make it easier to navigate. You can chose to review the quiz with separate pages as it was when you took the quiz.

Results in a quiz using CBM (Certainty-based marking)

Quizzes using CBM provide detailed feedback relating to accuracy and certainty:

For more information on how CBM works and how students may benefit from it, see Using certainty-based marking

Saving questions and returning later to a quiz

If you answer a number of questions and then want to complete the quiz at a later time,click "Finish attempt".
When you return to continue the quiz, Moodle will remember which page you were on and allow you to continue from there, having saved your previous questions.

Retaking a quiz

If your teacher has allowed multiple attempts, when you click on the quiz again you will be informed how many attempts you have remaining along with your previous scores.

How teachers view a quiz

Note: Once a quiz has been attempted, it is not possible to add or delete questions unless previous scores are removed.

When attempts have been made on the quiz, the teacher can click the quiz name and access the reports by clicking the link "Attempts - (No. of attempts.

It is then possible to filter the reports according to preference:

A teacher may also access quiz results by clicking on the quiz name in the Navigation block. This opens up other links, enabling them to view by grade, by correct response, by statistics and by manually graded responses:

Each individual question may be filtered in score order and individual student quiz responses may be viewed by clicking "Review attempt" next to their name.

For more information on how quiz responses are reported, see Quiz reports.

Commenting on or regrading responses

By clicking on the score of an individual question, a teacher may comment on it or override the grade:

Messaging students who haven't completed a quiz

From the Administration block, click Reports>Course participation
From the drop down, choose your quiz.
In Show only, choose "Student" and in Actions, choose "post"
In the list that appears, tick/check the boxes next to those you wish to message.
In the bottom dropdown With selected users, choose "send message"

Ideas for using Quiz

Quizzes may be used:

as unit or course exams
as mini-tests for reading assignments or at the end of a topic
as exam practice using questions from previous years' exams
to deliver immediate feedback for printed workbook activities
to provide feedback about performance
for self assessment
(with the use of the Question creator role) to allow students to generate their own quiz questions for a practice question bank.

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+{{Quiz}}
 This page explains how a quiz is accessed and used by students and teachers. It also offers some hints as to good practice in using the quiz module.
-=How students take a quiz=
+==How students take a quiz==
 *Click on the quiz link on the course homepage and read the information to check you're in the right quiz.
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 [[File:notyetanswered.png]]
-*Notice the Quiz navigation block in the upper right corner. You can use it to jump to any question. Question boxes for the current pag are in bold. Flagged questions will have a "red corner" in their box
+*Notice the Quiz navigation block. You can use it to jump to any question.
-[[File:quizflag.png]]
+[[File:quiz navigation.png]]
+**A flagged question is shown with a red triangle at the top right
+**Questions on the current page are shown with a thicker border
+**After viewing a description, it is shown with the bottom half grey *
+**After saving an essay question, it is shown with the bottom half grey *
+**A dependent question is shown in grey with a padlock icon *
+{{New features}}''* indicates new or improved styling in Moodle 3.1''
 *To finish the exam,click "Finish attempt" in the navigation block of "Next" on the last page of the exam.
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 *Click on "Submit all and finish" to have your quiz scored. A warning will pop up telling you you can no longer change your answers.
-==How students review a quiz==
+===Autosave===
-In the quiz navigation block incorrect answers are RED: partially correct answers are YELLOW and correct answers are GREEN. The flags are still visible:
+If Moodle detects that the student's Internet connection has dropped, and the Quiz autosave feature is enabled, a warning message is displayed, prompting the student to make a note of recent responses.
+[[File:Quiz_disconnect.png|400px|Disconnection warning]]
-[[File:colourmarking.png]]
+Quiz autosave is enabled by default, with the default time period set to 2 minutes. This  autosave period can be changed, or the setting disabled completely, from ''Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Quiz>Autosave period''.
-#Questions answered correctly will have a green check mark next to your correct answer
+===How students review a quiz===
-#Questions missed will have a red X mark next to your answer
+*In the quiz navigation block
-#The teacher may have the quiz
+** A correct answer is shown with the bottom half green with a white tick *
-##Tell you the correct answer
+** A partially correct answer is shown with the bottom half orange with a white circle in it *
-##Give specific feedback to your answer on any question
+** A wrong answer is shown with the bottom half red *
-##Give you general feedback on a question
+** An essay question (requiring manual marking) is shown with the bottom half grey *
-##Give you overall feedback on your overall score
+** A flagged question is shown with a red triangle at the top right
+{{New features}}''* indicates new or improved styling in Moodle 3.1''
-==Saving questions and returning later to a quiz==
+[[File:quiz navigation review.png]]
-{{New features}}
-#If you answer a number of questions and then want to complete the quiz at a later time,click "Finish attempt".
-#When you return to continue the quiz, Moodle will remember which page you were on and  allow you to continue from there, having saved your previous questions.
+*In the questions themselves, correct answers will be in green with a check mark. Incorrect answers will be in red with a cross. will have a green check mark next to your correct answer
-==Pictures of what students might see==
+*According to your teacher's settings, you might get general feedback, specific feedback on each question and/or overall feedback on your final score.
-<gallery perrow=3 caption="Click to enlarge">
-File:Quiz navigation plain.png|Navigation block, see flagged question
-File:Quiz unanswered question.png|Unanswered question
-File:Quiz missed question.png|Missed question
-File:Quiz correct answered question.png|Correctly answered question
-File:Question information box flagged.png|Question flagged
-File:Quiz summary score time grade.png|Quiz score summary
-File:quiz timer.png|Navigation block showing quiz timer
-</gallery >
-=Teacher's perspective=
+*Although the quiz may have been split into multiple pages, the review will show all the questions on a single page to make it easier to navigate.  You can chose to review the quiz with separate pages as it was when you took the quiz.
-==Taking a Quiz==
-After clicking on a quiz name the student will be taken to page that displays the quiz name and the quiz introduction. Usually the introduction will tell the student more about the purpose of the quiz and how it will be assessed. If applicable the page will also show the quiz opening and closing dates and times. The student will not be able to access the quiz questions until the opening time. The student must make sure that they submit all answers before the closing time. Late answers will not usually be marked.
-==Retaking a Quiz==
+===Results in a quiz using CBM (Certainty-based marking)===
-If a student has already attempted the quiz, they will see a table listing all their previous attempts together with the time the student completed them and the marks and grades. Notice that there may be a difference between the "Marks" and "Grade" column. The teacher may have wanted the grade for the quiz to be out of a certain number of points and the Grade column therefore will contain a rescaling of the Marks column to achieve this.
-==Continuing an uncompleted quiz==
+Quizzes using CBM provide detailed feedback relating to accuracy and certainty:
-A student may be allowed to return to a quiz or the quiz settings might be set to count the return as a new attempt. If there is no button for starting a new attempt then the student has used the maximum number of attempts allowed for the quiz.
+{|
+|[[File:26CBM.png|400px|CBM feedback]]
+|}
-==Submitting and saving a quiz==
+For more information on how CBM works and how students may benefit from it, see [[Using certainty-based marking]]
-The students have several options for saving a quiz.  (These need updating for 2.0).
-Students should also know that every time they change pages in a quiz, Moodle will store their answers. :Typically if their computer or the network crashes, they will be able to enter the quiz and Moodle will still have their answers and consider they are still on their first attempt.
+===Saving questions and returning later to a quiz===
-# '''Save without submitting''' - which, as its name says, saves the answers without submitting them
+*If you answer a number of questions and then want to complete the quiz at a later time,click "Finish attempt".
-# '''Submit all and finish''' - which saves the whole quiz
+*When you return to continue the quiz, Moodle will remember which page you were on and  allow you to continue from there, having saved your previous questions.
-==Viewing a completed quiz==
+===Retaking a quiz===
-See [[Quiz reports]] for more ways to view a completed quiz.
-===Student viewing completed quiz===
+If your teacher has allowed multiple attempts, when you click on the quiz again you will be informed how many attempts you have remaining along with your previous scores.
-The teacher may allow the student to go back into a completed quiz to see the quiz pages, questions, the student answers, the correct answer and the score the student received on each question.  The teacher can also see each student's quiz.
-Remember that in some quizzes, the answers and even the questions can appear in a different order for each students.  For those who are used to paper tests, this could require some adjustment in discussing the quiz.
+==How teachers view a quiz==
+''Note: Once a quiz has been attempted, it is not possible to add or delete questions unless previous scores are removed.''
-===Teacher viewing completed quiz===
+*When attempts have been made on the quiz, the teacher can click the quiz name and access the reports by clicking the link "Attempts - (No. of attempts.
-Once the first student has attempted the quiz, the edit screen looks different. It will not be possible to add or delete questions from the quiz.  The teacher can still edit questions.
-[[Image:Quiz Edit 2 attempts.png‎|thumb|center|Here there have been 2 attempts on this quiz.  The preview and edit icons for each question are available on the right.]]
+*It is then possible to filter the reports according to preference:
-::''Tip:'' After changing the marks on a question, the teacher can regrade a quiz after a student views it. For example, mark more than one answer as being correct. When a student views the quiz after a regrade, they will see the changes to their marks.
+[[File:quizreport.png]]
-==What to do after a quiz==
+*A teacher may also access quiz results by clicking on the quiz name in the Navigation block. This opens up other links, enabling them to view by grade, by correct response, by statistics and by manually graded responses:
-It is a good practice to review the quiz after it has been given.   Students may challenge a question, or ask about the meaning of a question during or after a quiz.  After viewing student attempt scores, the result tab will assist the teacher in looking at questions answered by the class, changing scores for specific answers and regrading the quiz.
-The Item Analysis link, on the Results tab, can assist the teacher in finding questions in the test that should be reviewed. Sorting on the Correct Facility will allow the teacher to quickly see the questions that were most missed or answered correctly.  A question where every student missed it, could mean the teacher tagged the wrong answer as correct or made a typing error in the evaluation of the answer. Unintentional trick questions can often be found by sorting by the "Disc" columns.  This might reveal where the worst quiz takers answered the question better than the best quiz takers.  The item analysis might also reveal the material which was not presented well or perhaps not covered.
+[[File:quizresultsnav.png]]
-The analysis can also point out correct answers to short answer questions that were not included as a potential when the question was created. Teachers can even look for common misspellings in the correct response and, depending on his or her policy, can award partial or full credit to students for the misspelled response.
+*Each individual question may  be filtered in score order and individual student quiz responses may be viewed by clicking "Review attempt" next to their name.
-Questions needing correction can be edited by clicking on the question ID number on the item analysis page. While questions can be edited as students are taking the Quiz, it is not recommended. Understand what question you are editing.  For example is it used in other courses or again in another Quiz in the same course?  Do you want the edited question to be used in the future?
+*''For more information on how quiz responses are reported, see [[Quiz reports]].''
-Clicking on regrade link,  on the results tab, will immediately update the scores for all students on all questions for that one specific quiz. '''Do not''' use the regrade link if students are taking the quiz.  Be sure you want to recalculate the quiz.  You can regrade the quiz as many times as you want.
+====Commenting on or regrading responses====
-This method ensures fairness in scoring on the current quiz and future quizzes while it minimizes the need for “Make comment or override grade” in the individual overview of a students attempt.
+*By clicking on the score of an individual question, a teacher may comment on it or override the grade:
-Regrade is found on the Results Tab of a Quiz. Regrade is used to force Moodle to recalculate points awarded for correct and incorrect responses to quiz questions after the quiz has been taken by students. It is used when the teacher changes a score or evaluation of a question after the Quiz has been completed by one or more students.
+[[File:reviewresponse.png]]
-==Messaging students who haven't completed a quiz==
+====Messaging students who haven't completed a quiz====
-*From your navigation block, click ''Reports>Course participation''
+*From the Administration block, click ''Reports>Course participation''
 *From the drop down, choose your quiz.
 *In ''Show only'', choose "Student" and in ''Actions'', choose "post"
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 [[File:quizemail.png]]
-=See also=
+==Ideas for using Quiz==
+Quizzes may be used:
+#as unit or course exams
+#as mini-tests for reading assignments or at the end of a topic
+#as exam practice using questions from previous years' exams
+#to deliver immediate feedback for printed workbook activities
+#to provide feedback about performance
+#for self assessment
+#(with the use of the [[Question creator role]]) to allow students to generate their own quiz questions for a practice question bank.
+==See also==
+* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/quiz/view.php?id=168 Working example of a quiz on School demo site] (Log in with username:student/password:moodle)
+* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/quiz/report.php?id=168&mode=overview See how a teacher analyses quiz results on School demo site] (Log in with username:teacher/password:moodle)
 * [[Effective quiz practices]]
 * [[How to let teachers share questions between courses]]
-* [[Quiz results]] for teachers reviewing an untaken quiz
-* [[Quiz reports]] once students take a quiz, more tools are available
 * [[Quiz submission email notification]]
-* [http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/friction-less-learning-with-quizzes-in-moodle/ Friction-less Learning with Quizzes in Moodle] by Joseph Thibault
+* [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Jtneill/Teaching/Online_Quizzes_and_Exams_with_Moodle Online Quizzes and Exams with Moodle] - reflections by [[User:James Neill|James Neill]]
-*[http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Jtneill/Teaching/Online_Quizzes_and_Exams_with_Moodle Online Quizzes and Exams with Moodle] - reflections by [[User:James Neill|James Neill]]
+* [http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=51788&section=6 Styles of interactive computer marked assessments] from the Open University
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyP28vwrUxs&feature=youtu.be Making homework  work using Moodle quizzes to  make interactive homework system] YouTube video from MoodleMoot US 2015 by Joshua Bragg
+Forum discussions:
+* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=243599 Combining Moodle quiz code with JQuery, Javascript and CSS to produce some awesome Moodle quizzes]
+* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=276491 Solution: How to "unsubmit" or "reopen" a submitted quiz attempt]
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+[[es:Usando examen]]

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