Moodle 101 - Quizzes - Moodle Help Guide - LibGuides at Conrad N. Hilton Library

Quiz Question Types

Question Type	Description
Calculated	Uses wildcards for random values in questions
Calculated Multi-choice	Combines dynamic calculated values with multiple-choice format, enhancing assessment integrity.
Calculated Simple	Generates numerical questions with random values using wildcards (e.g., {x}, {y}).
Drag and Drop into Text	Students drag words or phrases to fill in missing text. Items can be reused.
Drag and Drop Markers	Students place markers on a background image without predefined areas.
Drag and Drop onto Image	Students drag items to a predefined area on an image.
Description	Displays information without requiring an answer.
Essay	Allows lengthy responses and must be graded manually.
Matching	Pair a list of questions with answers for students to match correctly.
Mutliple-Choice	Creates single/multiple answer questions with media options. This question type allows answer weighting.
Ordering	Students arrange items in the correct sequential order.
Short answer	Respondents type a word/phrase. You may have multiple correct answers.
Numerical	Similar to short answer, but allows for acceptable error ranges.
Random short-answer matching	Matching questions where sub-questions are randomly drawn from a pool of short-answer questions.
Select Missing Words	Students choose missing words/phrases from a dropdown. Items can be reused.
True/False	Respondents select either True or False in response to a question.

Step 1

Select Quizzes from the Activities and Resources Pop-up window.

Step 2

Give it a name and, if required, a description.

Give your Quiz a name and description

Step 3

Expand the other sections to select the settings you want. With the default settings, students can repeat the quiz, moving freely between questions, each on a different page. There is no time limit and scores and feedback display once they have completed the quiz.

Step 4

Set review options.

Under Review Options, you can configure how students can review their quiz performance. Students can receive feedback during the attempt, immediately after the attempt, later while the quiz is still open, and after the quiz is closed.

Select your Review Options for your quiz.

Step 5

Click either Save and return to course or Save and Display.

Click save and return to course or save and display.

Step 6

Click the Add question button.

Step 7

Choose either to directly add a new question, add a question from question bank, or to add a random question from a question bank.

Choose either add a question, add a question from a question bank, or add a random question.

Click Add and then click '+ a new question' (If you already made questions in the question bank, then click '+ from question bank' or if you wish to add a question randomly picked from a category of questions, click '+ a random question'.

Adding Question from a Question Bank

From the Quiz Questions page, select + from the question bank or + a random question.

select either + from a question bank or + a random question.

+ A new question

Step 1

Step 2

+ From a question bank

Choose the question bank from dropdown and then choose each qeustion before hitting Add selected question to the quiz

+ Random Question

add a set of random question from a question bank.

Manually Grading Quiz Questions

Often, you will include open-ended questions in quizzes, and Moodle will not be able to grade them automatically. I would not let this deter you from adding meaningful questions to a quiz.

Step 1

Open the Quiz on the Course Main Page and Click on Results.

Step 2

Click Manual Grading to access all the quiz questions by all the users that need to be graded.

Step 3

Click on the Grade, Update Grade, or Grade All link. • You will only view the questions that require manual grading. If you click Grade All, you will view all the manually graded questions on one page.

Step 4

You can control how many questions are on one page and the order of the questions. Every open-ended question will appear in this scroll. Attempts are organized by questions. When grading a response, you can leave comments, and you must give a value for the Mark. When you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see a save button. Save often.

How do I review Quizzes?

Step 1

You can choose exactly who the attempts in the display are from by clicking on the dropdown “Attempts from.” You can choose between in progress, overdue, finished, or never submitted. Modify your display options and then click Show Report.

Step 2

Each question and each student’s response are displayed in the grid. You might need to scroll to the right to see all the questions. Click Review Attempt to view details of the students’ quiz attempt.