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What is the Quiz activity?

The Quiz is a very powerful activity that can meet many teaching needs, from simple, multiple-choice knowledge tests to complex, self-assessment tasks with detailed feedback.
Questions are created and stored separately in a Question bank and can be reused in different quizzes.
When creating a Quiz you can either make the questions first and add them to the Quiz, or add a Quiz activity (as below) and create the questions as you go along.

Quiz overview

How is it set up?

In a course, with the editing turned on, choose Quiz from the activity chooser.
Give it a name and, if required, a description.
Expand the other sections to select the settings you want. With the default settings, students can repeat the quiz, moving freely between questions, each on a different page. There is no time limit and scores and feedback display once they have completed the quiz.
To change any of these defaults, and for more information on configuring your quiz, see Quiz settings
Click Save and display.
Click Edit quiz
Click Add and then click '+ a new question' (If you already made questions in the question bank, then click '+ from question bank' or if you wish to add a question randomly picked from a category of questions, click '+ a random question'.)

Choose the type of question you want to add and then click 'Add' at the bottom:
Add your question. For help, see the documentation Question types.
Cick Save changes and repeat the steps for as many questions as you need.
Click 'Save changes' when you have made your question.
If you want, change the maximum grade for your quiz to reflect the number of questions.

How does it work?

Student view

Quizzes are visible on the page once you add them so if you don't want them to see it as you are creating questions, hide it until you are ready.

Depending on the settings, students may see questions all on one page or on separate pages. There will be a block linking to each question.

Students can flag questions to alert the teacher to possible queries.

In order to finish the quiz and potentially see their scores (depending on the settings) students must click 'Submit all and finish' when they reach the Summary of attempt page:

Teacher view

Teachers should preview the quiz to ensure it displays as desired for students:

Grades can be viewed either by clicking the quiz and the link 'Attempts' when students have attempted the quiz, or from the Actions menu top right > Results (as in the above screenshot)

More information

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-{{Quizzes}}
+{{Activities}}
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+==What is the Quiz activity?==
+* The Quiz is a very powerful activity that can meet many teaching needs, from simple, multiple-choice knowledge tests to complex, self-assessment tasks with detailed feedback.
+* Questions are created and stored separately in a [[Question bank]] and can be reused in different quizzes.
+*When creating a Quiz you can either make the questions first and add them to the Quiz, or add a Quiz activity (as below) and create the questions as you go along.
-The '''Quiz''' module allows the teacher to design and set quizzes consisting of a large variety of [[Question types]], among them multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in the course [[Questions|Question bank]] and can be re-used within courses and between courses. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback and/or show the correct answers.
+{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/Gi9qX-5GbwY | desc = Quiz overview}}
-Feedback on performance is a critical part of a learning environment and assessment is one of the most important activities in education. As educators, we can’t tell what’s going on inside the heads of students, so we need a way for them to demonstrate what they understand and what they don’t. A well-designed test, even a multiple-choice test, can give you critical information about student performance. If the feedback is rapid enough, it can also be a critical tool for students to gauge their own performance and help them become more successful.
+==How is it set up?==
+#In a course, with the editing turned on, choose Quiz'' from the activity chooser.
+#Give it a name and, if required, a description.
+# Expand the other sections to select the settings you want. With the default settings, students can repeat the quiz, moving freely between questions, each on a different page. There is no time limit and scores and feedback display once they have completed the quiz.
+#To change any of these defaults, and for more information on configuring your quiz, see [[Quiz settings]]
+#Click Save and display.
+#Click Edit quiz
+#Click Add and then click '+ a new question' (If you already made questions in the question bank, then click '+ from question bank' or if you wish to add a question randomly picked from a category of questions, click '+ a random question'.)
+[[File:quizquideaddquestion.png|200px]]
+# Choose the type of question you want to add and then click 'Add' at the bottom:
+# Add your question. For help, see the documentation [[Question types]].
+#Cick Save changes and repeat the steps for as many questions as you need.
+# Click 'Save changes' when you have made your question.
+#If you want, change the maximum grade for your quiz to reflect the number of questions.
-Moodle’s quiz module has a large number of options and tools, making it extremely flexible. You can create quizzes with different question types, randomly generated quizzes from pools of questions, allow students to have repeated attempts at a question or retake quizzes multiple times, and have the computer score it all.
+[[File:QuizQuickStart100.png|200px]]
-These features open up a number of strategies which usually aren’t practical with paper based testing. It’s hard enough to score one batch of quizzes, and nearly impossible to score it 10 times for each student. When the computer does the work for you, it’s easy to give students a chance to practice taking a test, or to give frequent small quizzes. We explore how to apply these advantages on the page [[Effective quiz practices]].
+==How does it work?==
+===Student view===
+Quizzes are visible on the page once you add them so if you don't want them to see it as you are creating questions, hide it until you are ready.
-This is the page where you can see all the quiz activities in the course, organized under four headings:
+Depending on the settings, students may see questions all on one page or on separate pages. There will be a block linking to each question.
-# '''Topic''' - the number of the block, in which the given quiz appears
+[[File:StudentViewQuiz.png|center|600px]]
-# '''Name''' - the name of the quiz
-# '''Quiz closes''' - the date after which the quiz will be closed
-# '''Attempts''' - if there have been any attempts at the quiz, you will see the text 'View reports for x attempts (y Students)', 'x' being the number of attempts and 'y' the number of students attempting at the quiz. Otherwise, the field will be empty.
-== See also ==
+Students can flag questions to alert the teacher to possible queries.
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&advanced=1&f_46=Quiz+Report&f_98=Third-Party Third-party quiz reports]
+In order to finish the quiz and potentially see their scores (depending on the settings) students must click 'Submit all and finish' when they reach the Summary of attempt page:
-*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch5_quizzes.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 5: Quizzes]
-*[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Lesson#Types_of_questions_available_within_a_lesson Questions available in a Lesson]
-{{excerpted from Jason Cole}}
+[[File:Summaryofattempt.png|center|400px]]
-[[Category:Teacher]]
-[[Category:Quiz]]
-[[Category:Modules]]
-[[es:Cuestionarios]]
+===Teacher view===
+Teachers should preview the quiz to ensure it displays as desired for students:
+[[File:TeacherQuizPreview.png|center|800px]]
+Grades can be viewed either by clicking the quiz and the link 'Attempts' when students have attempted the quiz, or from the Actions menu top right > Results (as in the above screenshot)
+==More information==
+*[[Quiz settings]]
+*[[Building Quiz]]
+*[[Using Quiz]]
+*[[Quiz reports]]
+*[[Quiz FAQ]]
+[[es:Actividad de examen]]
 [[eu:Galdetegiak]]
+[[ja:小テストモジュール]]
 [[ru:Тест]]
 [[fr:Test]]
+[[pl:Quizy]]
+[[de:Test]]
+[[zh:測驗卷]]

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