Quiz is a tool for automatically graded multiple choice and other types of questions, 18 different question types in all, including essays, numerical calculated questions, drag and drop, short answer and Stack for mathematics. It can be used in exams as well.
For maths or calculated problems use the calculated question, simple calculated questions or calculated multichoice question types. Wildcards are the MyCourses/Moodle/Quiz equivalents of variables. These functions can be used to make elaborate calculations in these calculated question types. Note that these calculated question types only verify the numerical value given by the student. Use Stack when you want to inspect intermediate steps. The MyCourses workspace MyMathematics - Mathematical exercises in MyCourses has examples on how to use Stack and the above-mentioned calculated question types.
More info on question types at https://docs.moodle.org/38/en/Question_types
Questions and choices can be shuffled. You can give students feedback on their answers that is immediate or deferred. In an exam, always use deferred feedback.
Options on questions: https://docs.moodle.org/38/en/Question_behaviours#How_questions_behave
Creating a quiz is a two-step process: you first create the quiz and then add questions to it. The workspace question bank contains all your questions. A question bank can be imported from another workspace.
Note! When using quiz as an exam:
- add the opening and closing times to the quiz. You can also use "time limit".
- use deferred feedback
- use "open attempts are submitted automatically" when time expires!
- do not give the right answers before the quiz is closed.
- more details and recommendations when using quiz for large groups
A video tutorial: Quiz Basics: Setting up a Simple Exam:
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Examples
- MyCourses tutorial in Finnish (Panu Erästö and Jan-Mikael Rybicki)
- Quiz example (MC-workspace by Panu Erästö; enrol yourself as a student)
- MyMathematics - Mathematical exercises in MyCourses (MC-workspace for maths problems; enrol yourself as a student)
- Anonymous assessment: you can hide students' names before grading. First go to course's workspace and then change your role to 'non-editing teacher' from the user profile in the upper right-hand corner. When your role is changed to Non-editing teacher, choose the quiz you want to grade and open the settings (gear) and choose 'Manual grading'. After grading go back to your user profile and choose: Return to my normal role. (Original text: Helsingin yliopisto MoodleDocs: HY Anonyymi arviointi Tentti-aktiviteetissa)
How to (moodle.org:)
Video: Basics of Quiz activity
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Video: Advanced features of Quiz activity
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Video: Question bank
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