Adding a question page

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There are several ways to add a question to a Lesson. This page will show ways of adding a question when in edit mode.

Insert question page

In Moodle 1.7 and later there is now a collapsed view under edit. Use the Action "Add a page" pulldown to the right and select "Question".

Moodle 1.7 Edit in Collapsed

Or under the Expanded view (previously called "All pages view"), above each existing page you will see a link Add a Question Page here, similar to below. Lesson insert page types circle1.GIF

This link will insert a question page for you in that spot. Don't worry you can move it later like any other page.

Select question type

Before you type in any information, you should decide about the kind of question which will end your question page. The default type is mutiple choice. You can easily change that to any of the following: True/ False, Short Answer, Numerical, Matching or Essay question. To find out more about question types available in the lesson, go here in MoodleDocs or click on the name of the question (in 1.4) or on the help button near the top of the screen next to "Question Types". Question type tabs.GIF

Elements of question page

A lesson question page has blocks for title, content, answers, responses and jumps. Depending up the lesson settings, each answer maybe assigned a specific score. Each question type has a slightly different look. In general you will give your question a title, add something to the content (the question), supply answer(s), perhaps a response to an answer and the jump the student will take depending up their answer.

The content and answer blocks have the HTML toolbar available

Remember to click on Add a Question Page to save your page.

How to add a picture as an answer

Moodle is little quirky ( for programming reasons) in inserting pictures into answers.

  1. Insert your question into the lesson. Remember the page title (important step for bald guys),
    1. Maybe type in your question,
    2. Save the question with the Add question button at the bottom, then the "continue" link
  2. Find the question you just saved,
    1. Edit the question. Now you will see a place to check "Use Editor" next to each of the answers and responses,
    2. Check off the boxes you want, There is a help icon which will describe this process,
    3. Click on redisplay at the bottom. You should see the html editor tool bar above the responces you checked off,
    4. Insert your picture using the editor,
    5. Save your work by clicking of add question button at bottom.

There is a help icon which will describe this editing tool.

See Also

  • This MoodleDoc section gives more detail about Types of questions available in a Lesson.
  • Effective_quiz_practices offers some good advice about designing questions and "security and cheating".
  • In version 1.6, it is possible to import questions from the Question bank, a feature of the Quiz module. The teacher first exports questions from the question bank in a GIFT file, then use Import Questions in the expanded edit mode in Lesson.
  • Adding sound to a question is written for Quiz but it will work in a Lesson question.