Creating a Quiz in Moodle:
1. Login to moodle and turn on editing in the course.
2. Click "add activity."
3. Click on "quiz" (shown below).
4. Give your quiz/test a name (shown in figure 1).
2. Click "add activity."
3. Click on "quiz" (shown below).
4. Give your quiz/test a name (shown in figure 1).
Figure 1
4. Give your quiz a name.
5. Select the dates that you want to quiz to be made available to the students. *Note, the time is a 24 hour clock so if you want the quiz to begin at 5PM, that would be 1700.
6. You can allow a grace period here also. Make sure that you click "enable" for any option that you want to keep.
7. The next few boxes allow you to select a grade for the quiz/test, shuffling options, and the number of attempts for each question (shown in figure 2).
5. Select the dates that you want to quiz to be made available to the students. *Note, the time is a 24 hour clock so if you want the quiz to begin at 5PM, that would be 1700.
6. You can allow a grace period here also. Make sure that you click "enable" for any option that you want to keep.
7. The next few boxes allow you to select a grade for the quiz/test, shuffling options, and the number of attempts for each question (shown in figure 2).
Figure 2
** Perhaps you want to load the quiz and prevent students from collaborating with one another to complete the test. Under the box "Question behavior" you can ask to shuffle the questions. It will also shuffle the answers. In other words, student would not be able to call one another and say, "what's the answer to #18?" These feature makes sharing answering very difficult. Another option is to add 100 questions for a 50 question test. The system will randomly pick 50 different questions for each student. Within those questions the answers will be randomized.
*Note click on the blue question mark for help on each option.
*Note click on the blue question mark for help on each option.
Creating a password for the quiz/test.
8. The display box allows more options that may or may not apply to your needs.
9. The next box down allows you to assign a password for the quiz. Perhaps you want to make the quiz available on moodle, but want users to enter a password to actually begin the test. I recommend making the password something simple.
10. This section also allows you to establish a restriction on reattempts (if your quiz allows it).
9. The next box down allows you to assign a password for the quiz. Perhaps you want to make the quiz available on moodle, but want users to enter a password to actually begin the test. I recommend making the password something simple.
10. This section also allows you to establish a restriction on reattempts (if your quiz allows it).
Restricted access
11. This feature is different from the step #5 above. The option in step 5 makes the quiz available on moodle; however, if you have selected the option to make this a timed quiz, this is where you would select dates and time. *Note, the time is on a 24 hour clock so if you want the quiz to begin at 5PM, that would be 1700.
12. Once all the sections are complete that you meet your needs for the test, click "save and return to course."
13. Scroll to the week that you created a test and click on it.
14. A new dialog box will open (shown below).
12. Once all the sections are complete that you meet your needs for the test, click "save and return to course."
13. Scroll to the week that you created a test and click on it.
14. A new dialog box will open (shown below).
Adding the Questions
14. The box to the right will open. Click on "edit quiz." Note* "attempts allowed" indicates what was selected on the previous page.
15. A new box will open (shown below in figure 3).
15. A new box will open (shown below in figure 3).
Figure 3
15. Click on "add a question" or "add a random question."
*Notice the blue box titled "question bank contents" in the upper right-hand side of this picture. This is where all of the questions that you have added can be found.
16. After making your selection, the box below will open.
*Notice the blue box titled "question bank contents" in the upper right-hand side of this picture. This is where all of the questions that you have added can be found.
16. After making your selection, the box below will open.
What type of question do you want to add?
17. Select the type of question you want to add. For this example, we have selected multiple choice so your options may differ from here on out.
Multiple choice question
18. Select the category from the drop down menu.
19. Give your question a name.
20. Enter the question in the text box.
19. Give your question a name.
20. Enter the question in the text box.
A,B,C, or 1,2,3?
21. Here you will find the shuffle choices options.
22. The default setting is to have A,B,C choices (shown right), but it can be changed.
23. Type in one possible answer for Choice 1, Choice 2, etc
*Note-make sure you include the correct answer.
22. The default setting is to have A,B,C choices (shown right), but it can be changed.
23. Type in one possible answer for Choice 1, Choice 2, etc
*Note-make sure you include the correct answer.
Feedback
24. If you are providing immediate feedback for the students for correct/incorrect answers, you can set up a default auto response.
25. You can also select the option to only show the correct number after the test is completed.
25. You can also select the option to only show the correct number after the test is completed.
Other settings
26. Assign a penalty for each incorrect attempt (only for multiple attempts).
27. Add a hint to the question (optional).
28. Save your changes.
Although this is a lot of work to create, the nice thing is that you can shuffle the questions and add or delete as you see necessary.
27. Add a hint to the question (optional).
28. Save your changes.
Although this is a lot of work to create, the nice thing is that you can shuffle the questions and add or delete as you see necessary.
Also see "adding a question" under the "quiz" tab of this site.
