creating a quiz · creating a quiz workflow 1. get the questions ready to be imported by formatting...

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Creating a Quiz

Workflow

1. Get the questions ready to be imported by formatting according to the GIFT format. (See “GIFT

Format for Moodle” instructions) (p. 1)

2. Create a category that has the same name as the quiz (p. 2)

3. Import the questions into the Question Bank category (p. 3)

4. Create the quiz activity on the main course page (p. 6)

5. Edit the Quiz (add the questions from the Question Bank to the Quiz activity) (p. 8)

6. Add a Picture to a Question in the Question Bank (p. 12)

Step 1: Convert or write your test in the GIFT format

See “GIFT Format for Moodle” help sheet.

1. Format test questions for import


Step 1: On the main course page, in the Administration

Block, select the link “Question bank”

Step 2: Select the Categories tab at the top of the screen

Step 3: Select the button “Add category”

Scroll to the bottom part of the page, and verify the course name is in the “Parent” category box. If it

isn’t, select it from the drop down list (select the arrows at the right side of the box)

Add the name of the quiz in the “Name” box. Naming the category the same as the quiz will allow

you to keep track of the questions (this becomes increasingly important as more quizzes are added

to the Question bank)

2. Creating a Category to Hold the Questions


Step 1: When viewing the “Categories” tab in the Question Bank, select the category where you want the

questions to be imported into (it should be named the same of the quiz name.

3. Importing questions into a Category

Step 2: Verify the correct category is appearing in the “Select a category” box. The select the button

“Import”


Step 4: Finally select the button “Import”

Step 3: Select the File format being imported (GIFT in this example), then drag and drop the plain text file

into the drag and drop box.

If you have not made any errors in the text file, you will see a green verification box. If there is a prob-lem with your text file (a missing curly brace, for example), there will be a red notification box. Make a note of which question has the error, fix the error in the text file, and then try to re-import the quiz again.


If you have not made any errors in the text file, you will see a green verification box. If there is a problem

with your text file (a missing curly brace, for example), there will be a red notification box. Make a note of

which question has the error, fix the error in the text file, and then re-import the quiz again.

End of Process


4. Creating a Quiz on the Course Page

Step 1: On your Moodle course page, select the button “Turn editing on”

Step 2: In the section where you want the Quiz activity to appear, select the link “+ Add an activity or resource…”


Step 4: From the pop-up list, select the

radio button beside the Quiz activity

Then select the button “Add”

Step 5 (Quiz Activity Settings)

Complete the Quiz activity settings as desired:

General: Name the quiz (add the % the quiz contributes to the final grade)

Example: Sample Quiz (10%)

Timing: **leave as is**

Grade: Set “Attempts allowed” to 1

Layout: **leave as is** (New page for every question, and Navigation set to ‘free’)

Question behaviour: **leave as is** (Shuffle answers set to ‘yes’, Feedback is ‘deferred’)

Review Options: **leave as is**

Appearance: Set user’s picture to “large image”

Extra restrictions on attempts: **leave as is** (Can password protect the quiz if you want)

Overall feedback: **leave as is**

Common module settings: **leave as is**

Restrict access: **leave as is**

Activity completion: Set tracking to “Show activity as complete when conditions are met”, and set the con-

dition to “Student must receive grade to complete this activity”

Tags: **leave as is**

Competencies: **leave as is**

Finally, select the button “Save and return to course”


5. Add questions from the Bank to the Quiz (Linking questions in the Question Bank to the Quiz Activity)

Quiz Design Quizzes can be designed to function in several different ways. The method chosen depends on

whether the quiz is formative (that is, used to help students identify what they know and what they

don’t), or summative (used to assign a grade as a measurement of learning). To get an idea of the

available options, take one line from each section (A, B, and C).

Section A

1. All the questions are presented to students in the same order (sequential)

2. Questions appear in a random order for every student (random)

Section B

1. Students don’t see the correct answer, ever.

2. Students only see the correct answer after completing and submitting the quiz.

3. Students can see the correct answer after each question.

Section C

1. The quiz is not worth any marks.

2. The quiz is worth marks.

Some of these settings are configures in the Quiz Activity settings, and some are configured when

adding the questions to the quiz.


Step 1: Select the quiz activity on the main course page. In this example the quiz is called “Sample Quiz”

Step 2: In the Administration Block, under Quiz Administration, select the link “Edit quiz”

Step 3: For this quiz, I want to use all the questions in the Question Bank, and I want the questions to be

presented to the students in a random order. Select the link “Add”, and then select “+ a random question”


Step 4: Select the category from the Category drop down (if you have followed the recommendations, it

will be named the same as the quiz)

Step 5: Select the “Number of random questions” that you want the Quiz activity to use from the selected

questions bank by selecting that number in the drop down list. (You could have a questions bank with 1000

questions, and then select 100 of those questions at random. Each student would get a different set of ques-

tions). In this example I want to use all 4 questions in the category.

Then select the button “Add random question” at the bottom of the list of questions.


Step 6: Change the “Maximum grade” to reflect your marking schema. Usually the Maximum grade matches

the “Total of marks”, unless you have designed questions that offer part marks. (Beyond the scope of this

help sheet).

Step 7: Select the button “Save”. The quiz is now ready for students.

End of Process


Recommended Workflow

1. Create a specific folder for the test (that has the same name as the test) on your computer.

2. Save the version of the test that includes all the pictures in this folder, labelled “Original”

3. Create a word document that ONLY contains the text from the test, and edit the document to

be imported into Moodle (the GIFT format is recommended). During this step, each question is

named (Q_01, Q_02, etc.)

4. Save the .doc file.

5. Save the .doc document as a plain text file (.txt), using Other encoding: “Unicode (UTF-8)”

6. Within the same folder, create another folder named “Pictures”.

7. Save each picture individually (.jpeg or .gif or .png file types only), using the question number

where the picture belongs as the file name. For example, question number 5 refers to a dia-

gram. Save that diagram using the file name “Q_05”.

8. Create a category in Moodle with the same name as the test.

9. Import the .txt file into the category bearing the test name.

10. Each picture has to be individually placed into the appropriate question number - which will be

easy because each picture is numbered according to question number to which it belongs (if you

have followed these recommendations)

6. Quiz Activity with Pictures


Step 1: Navigate to the question that you want to add a picture to in

the Question Bank. On the main course page, in the Administration

block, select the link “Question bank”

Step 2: In the “Select a category” drop down list, select the category that contains the question you are

looking to edit/add a picture.

Step 3: Beside the question number that you want to edit/add a picture, select the “gear” icon


Step 4: Position the cursor inside the WYSIWYG editor, where you want the pic-

ture to appear. Select the button “insert/edit picture”

Step 5a: Select “Find or

upload an image…”

Step 5b: Select the button “Choose file”

Step 5c: Once you find the picture on your computer, click the button “Open”


Step 5d: The filename ought to appear here.

Select the button “Upload the file”

Step 5e: Set the size of the image in the Ap-

pearance tab—and then select the button

“Insert”

The image is now part of the question.

To preview the question, select the

magnifying glass icon.

End of Process

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