Quizzes

A Quiz is an activity type which allows to test student knowledge. Quizzes can include question types like multiple choice, short answer, essay questions etc.

Prepare a test or exam consists of two steps - creating a Quiz activity on your course page and adding questions to the Quiz activity.

For more information on how to start adding activities to the course page or how to hide activities from students, visit Adding Activities or Resources.

Creating a Quiz activity

Note: Make sure your Quiz activity is hidden and unavailable to students before starting to add questions.

Create a Quiz activity on your course page

Make sure Edit mode toggle (in top right) is turned on
In appropriate topic, click Add an activity or resource
Select Quiz and click Add. This will open the New Quiz window where you can specify quiz settings:
- Name field should contain name of the quiz
- Description field can contain information like exam requirements, grading rules, time constraints etc. If Display description on course page is selected description will be visible on course page without opening the quiz.
- Timing section contains information on when the Quiz activity is opened, closed and its time limit.

Note: Students will be able to open the quiz only during the time specified in Open the quiz / Close the quiz. If the quiz activity is available on the course page, students will be able to see quiz information but will not be able to access the quiz.

- Grade section contains information about grade necessary to pass the quiz and how many attempts are allowed.
- Review options section contains options for information students will see during or after their quiz attempts like their attempt, whether correct, marks, feedback and correct answers
- Common module settings includes option to hide Quiz while you are still working on it
To finish setting up the Quiz click Save and return to course at the bottom of the page

Adding questions to the Quiz activity

Open the Quiz activity you created before
Click on Questions tab
To add a question from the Question bank, click Add - a new question
Select a question type, then click Add. You will be taken to the Adding a question page.

Note: Commonly used question types for quizzes are Essay, Multiple choice, and Description.

Note: Description question type can be used to add exam rules, question descriptions or other content to the quiz.

On the adding a question page, specify question settings:
- Question name
- Question text
- Default mark
- If needed for a selected question type, enter answers in Answers section
When you are finished setting up a question, click Save changes at the bottom of the page
You will be taken back to the Question page where you can proceed with adding more questions
To change the number of points students can receive for a question, click on the pencil icon on the right side of the question, enter the number and press Enter to save
Questions can be moved by clicking and dragging the four-sided arrow button on the left side.
You can add or remove page breaks between questions by clicking the plus or cross icons between questions.
To change the grade students can receive for the quiz, enter the number in Maximum grade located at the top right, then click Save

Note: While editing the quiz, you can preview a question by clicking the preview icon (magnifying glass icon) next to the question name. A preview window will appear where you will see the question, similarly to how students will see it.

Note: When Quizzes are copied, the copy will contain the same questions as the original. Making changes to questions in either Quiz will alter both Quizzes.

Testing your Quiz

To test your Quiz activity

Open your Quiz activity
On the Quiz description page click Preview quiz
You will be able to through the Quiz as a test taker
During a quiz preview you can edit a question by clicking on Edit question option located on the left side of the question

Accessing student answers

After students have finished quiz or exam, you can review their answers by opening Quiz activity (icon looks like a square with a check mark) and clicking on Attempts:. This will take you to the page with a list of students where you can review and grade their work.

Another option is to open Quiz activity, go to Results section and from the left side drop-down menu select Manual grading. This will allow you to grade student answers for a particular question.

Question bank

Question banks allow advanced quiz question management capabilities for courses with many quizzes and questions. Questions in the question bank are organized in categories and subcategories similar to the way files are stored in folders and subfolders.

To access the question bank from the course page:

Click More at the top of the course page, then click Question banks
Open the course question bank
If the course doesn't have any question banks yet, click Create default question bank

Creating categories and subcategories

Initially each course has a single Question bank for the whole course. It is advised to create a separate category for each quiz to help organize questions.

At the top left drop-down menu select Categories
Click on Add category

Enter the Name of your category
Click on Add category
Click on the newly created category and you will be taken to the Questions tab where you can create your quiz questions

Creating questions in categories

From the Select a category drop-down menu, select a category you want to add a question to
Page refreshes and you will see a list of questions which already exist in the selected category
Select the question type you want to create from the Create new question ... drop-down menu and follow the normal question creation process

Note: To preview a question from the question bank, click Edit then click on Preview. A new preview window will appear where you will see the question and a form to answer it, similarly to how students would see it.

To add questions from the Question bank to your quizzes, go to your quiz activity, go to Questions tab and click Add - from question bank
In Select a category choose the Question bank category where your previously created questions are located
Tick a box next to the question or questions you want to add to the quiz. To finish adding questions, click Add selected questions to the quiz

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