Keywords: quiz, question, exam, multiple choice, e-exam.
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What is it?
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 examinations.
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).
Who can use it?
- Tutors can create quizzes and provide detailed feedback for each question to help students learn (for formative quizzes).
- Students can take quizzes and view feedback for each question (in formative quizzes).
Before I start...
Think about:
- What type of questions would work best?
- Do I want to 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
(For exams, refer to our separate settings guidance).
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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. |
Caution
- 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
Tips and good practice and tips for Using a Quiz are available from moodledocs.
Quiz process:
When creating questions and quizzes there is a process on how best to do it.
We recommend creating questions in the Question bank before creating the quiz.
The flowchart below shows how these elements of the quiz interact with one another.
Questions & Answers
Q. How do I grant one or more students an extension for a quiz with a deadline?
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About this exam: This exam consists of [??] questions including [multiple choice questions, matching questions and free-text questions.] The maximum marks you can receive is displayed to the left of each question. Partially correct answers will be awarded part marks. You won't be negatively marked for incorrect answers, so you should attempt to answer all questions. You will have [??] minutes to complete the exam. Those who have been granted additional time to complete the exam will be allowed to continue for the agreed period. Numeric answers [DO/DO NOT] require you to enter the unit in the answer. About Moodle quiz exams: Moodle will save your answers each time you click to the next question. When you have finished the exam press [Submit all and finish] and you will be prompted to confirm - once you confirm you want to finish you will not be able to re-enter the exam! Write down the page number of any questions you want to revisit so you can come back to them later. The password will be announced by the chief invigilator at the beginning of the exam. When it is announced, press F5 to refresh this page and enter the password in the box that appears at the bottom of this page to start the exam. |
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:
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