Keywords: quiz, question, exam, multiple choice, e-exam.
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What is it?
A glossary is a course-specific list of terms and definitions. Entries can be linked to words that appear within Moodle, so the definition pops-up when someone hovers their mouse over instances of the word.quiz is a useful way to test or evaluate students knowledge on a particular subject or area of study. It can be used both formative and credit barring assessment.
Why use it?
- To provide contextualised definitions for difficult course terms and avoid repeatedly answering similar questions.
- It can enable students to contribute and become familiar with course concepts.
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- When used for formative testing, it can check the student's current knowledge levels, and let them see areas for improvement.
- Marking can be automated on some question types (such as multiple choice).
Who can use it?
- Tutors can add terms.create quizzes
- Students can (optionally) also add terms, with or without approval from a tutor.take quizzes
Before I start...
Think about:
- What type of questions would work best?
- Do you I want student entries to be approved by default?
- Do you want to pre-populate the glossary with some terms to show students how it can be used?
- Do you have any quizzes or discussion forums in your course where you would want to turn off the auto-linking featureto apply a penalty for wrong answers?
- Should I allow multiple attempts?
- do I want students to review their attempt(s)?
How do I set one up?
Add a Quiz quick guide
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Detailed step-by-step guidance on Glossary_Quiz settings is available from moodledocs. If you find any inaccurate or missing information you can even update this yourself (it's a communal wiki). If you have a specific question about the tool please contact the Digital Education team. |
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- Creating a quiz in Moodle is actually a three stage process.
- Firstly you create questions in a Question bank.
- Next you set up
- a Quiz.
- Finally you add questions from the bank to the quiz.
Examples and case studies
- Provide a 'Quote of the Day' or a random picture gallery that changes each time the page is refreshed, using the Random Glossary block.Tips and good practice and tips for Using a Quiz are available from moodledocs.
Questions & Answers
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Further information
There are lots of other areas to explore in relation to quizzes on Moodle. Some other parts of the Moodle.org website you might find helpful include:
Building a quiz - Detailed step-by-step guidance on
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- Note: This requires multiple instances of the same term to be enabled in the settings.
Questions & Answers
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Further information
Glossary entries can be searched or browsed within the Glossary activity as well as set to appear as pop-up definitions whenever the term appears in texts created within a given Moodle course e.g. emails in forums and Moodle web pages (not in uploaded PDFs or Word Docs).Building a Quiz.
Question Types - More details on the range of Question types available in Moodle.
Quiz reports - How to access and understand various Moodle Quiz reports, including grades, responses and statistics report.
Quiz quick guide - If you are still struggling you might want to try the Quiz quick guide from moodledocs.