Keywords: quiz, question, exam, multiple choice, e-exam.
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A quiz is a useful way to test or evaluate students knowledge on a particular subject or area of study. It can be used for both formative and summative (credit bearing) assessment, such as in class tests or exams.
Why use it?
- 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).
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- To create a Quiz remember to Turn editing on.
- In the topic where you want the quiz to appear, click on the Add an activity or resource link and select Quiz.
- Give the quiz a meaningful and unambiguous Name.
- In the Description, explain clearly what the students have to do, any pre-quiz requirements and so on. Note you can use the Editor to add links, images etc..
- For Timing, you can choose when the quiz is available to students, by setting an open date/time and closed date/time. Tick the Enable box to allow this. When a Time limit is set, Moodle will automatically submit the quiz after this time expires. The student is warned when time runs low. You can also set a time limit on the quiz. We recommend you set When time expires to 'Open attempts are submitted automatically.'
- Grade controls which Grade category the results will come under, Attempts allowed - how many attempts your students are allowed to take, and Grading Method - how multiple attempts (if allowed) are graded.
- Layout - Shuffling the question order randomly can help stop repetition, predictable patterns and cheating off a neighbour (in exams). If you want the questions to display in the order they appear on the edit screen, set this to 'As shown on the edit screen'. Placing Every question on a New page is recommended for exams, as student responses will be saved every time they change page.
- Question Behaviour - Shuffling within the question (i.e. randomising the answers) can also help stop repetition, predictable patterns and cheating off a neighbour (in exams). You can choose what kind of feedback (if any) to provide students. For exams, you will probably want to keep this set to deferred feedback. Certainty Based Marking (CBM) is a new option available in Moodle 2. More information about this method of testing is available from: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lapt/
- Review options - information is presented at various stages throughout the quiz - for exams, these should all be unchecked so students can't see their attempts or marks.
- Extra Restrictions on attempts - If you are setting an exam, you should require a password. If you need to check what it is, click Unmask.
- Once you are happy with the settings, Save and display.
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Detailed step-by-step guidance on 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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- To grant an extension to a groupof students. You will need to setup Moodle groups to do this.
- To grant an extension to an individual student.
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Q. What should I write in the description area of a Moodle quiz being used to run an exam?
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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:
E-Examinations - Moodle Quiz for online exams
Writing questions - Writing effective assessment questions.
Building a quiz - Detailed step-by-step guidance on Building a Quiz.
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Importing question - How to import questions from Moodle from other sources, including Word table format.