Compiling The Quiz (Moodle Quiz)

In This Article:

Quiz Features

• Questions can be taken from different categories. If you are compiling a comprehensive quiz, questions from category Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 can be combined.
• Not all questions within a category need to be used. Questions from multiple categories can be combined to create a new quiz.
• Quizzes can be a combination of question types.
• Quizzes can have random questions added.
• Quizzes can be organized into Sections.  There is an option to have a specific section 'shuffle' questions.

Creating The Quiz

• From the main content page, select "add an activity or resource" and choose quiz
• Make all selections as to the management of the quiz and then choose "save and display".
  
  
  
  
• Click on "Edit quiz"
• To add the first question:  Click on the "Add" button to select either a new question, question bank or random question.
  
  
  
  
• +a new question, as previously discussed....create the new question.
• +from question bank (this would be for an existing question):
  
  
  
  
• Select a category from the Question Bank
• Put a check mark in front of one or more questions
• Click "Add selected questions to the quiz"

Questions can be:

• Sorted by ascending or descending question type order - click the triangle next to the letter "T"
  
• Previewed using the 'magnifying glass' icon

Other Important Elements on this screen:

• Maximum grade default - Change this to match the value on the exam
• Save - if you change the maximum grade, you must save
• Move or reposition question - move questions within a page or to another page
• Delete
• Repaginate - recommend no more than 5 questions per page and for essay questions, 1 per page.
  
  

Organization Questions

• Once questions have been added to the quiz headings can be added to it.
• Using the screen shot below....
• Click the Add a page break icon after question 2 (icon is to the left of the question)
• Click the "Add" button - from the drop down menu choose New Section.
• Name the section
• To shuffle questions within the section, place a check mark in the "Shuffle" box.
  
  

Adding Random Questions

• Random Questions are questions that are automatically selected by Moodle for entry into a quiz.  
• Each time the quiz is accessed, a different question(s) is (are) added. 
• Each student could get a different quiz because of the random question(s).

1. Random question from an existing category:
   • Select the category that you want the random question drawn from.
   • Add:  How many questions should be selected there must me enough questions in the category to meet your 'Number of random questions'.
   • Add random question
     
     
     
     
2. Random question using a new category:
   • Here you can create a new category and add questions to it.
   • Be deliberate about the Parent category you select.