04-1. Using quizzes -Settings- Contents
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04. Using quizzes
04-1. Using quizzes -Settings-
04-1. Using quizzes -Settings-
Quizzes in Moodle can be automatically graded online. Automatic grading also allows you to instantly grasp response status and check the quiz results before classes so that you can go over the most missed questions in the actual class hours.
Moodle supports a variety of question types as shown on the right table. Assuming students use the online grading feature while self studying, the “select from the list” type or “fill in the blank” type questions might be the mostly referred such as "Multiple choice", "True/false", "Matching" and "Embedded answers (Cloze)".
4-1.1 Creating and setting up quizzes
4-1.1 Creating and setting up quizzes
After entering edit mode, click the "+ button" and "Activity or Resource" in the section to display a list of available activities and resources. Click "Quiz" from among them.
Set the "Name" and "Description" of the quiz. If necessary, enter the duration of the quiz, important points, etc. in the "Description".
"Timing" sets the period and time limit for taking the quiz.
A. You can set the publication date and time of the quiz (this can be set by checking "Enable"; same below).
B. You can set the end date and time of the quiz. Questions can only be answered up until the "Quiz End Date and Time".
C. By setting a "time limit", you can conduct a quiz with a time limit during the quiz period. Note that students cannot answer questions after the quiz end date and time, so depending on when students start taking the test, the actual test time may be shorter than the set time limit.
D. In "If the time limit has elapsed", you can set how to handle unsubmitted quizzes.
《The "When time expires" setting 》
If a student is in the middle of a quiz (on the page where the countdown timer is displayed) when the closing time of the quiz (or time limit) is reached, their responses will automatically submitted on the closing time when the quiz is over. Conversely, if the student is away from the quiz page (logged out, etc.) and has not submitted the answer when the closing time (or time limit) is reached, you can set the quiz how to react by adjusting the "When time expires" setting. The setting choices are as below.
1. If you select " Open attempts are submitted automatically ", responses are automatically submitted at the closing time.
2. If you select " There is a grace period when open attempts can be submitted, but no more questions answered", students are able to submit their responses within the grace period (new responses cannot be submitted).
3. If you select " Attempts must be submitted before time expires, or they are not counted ", students are not able to submit responses after the Close the quiz (responses will not be submitted and the quiz will be treated as untaken).
Grading settings
The Grading field is for setting the "Attempts allowed" and the "Grading method". "Grading method" is for when the quiz can be retried.
Setting Question behaviour
The Question behaviour field is for adjusting the question behaviour. By default, this is set to "Deferred feedback" which allows students to receive correct answers and feedback after submitting their responses. After adjusting, save the new settings by clicking "Save and return to course" at the bottom of the screen.
" How questions behave " settings
Deferred feedback (default setting)
Displaying correct answers and feedback after all quiz responses have been submitted.
Immediate feedback
Judging whether a response is correct or incorrect and displaying the correct answer as well as feedback when students submit each response and click the "Check" button. Responses cannot be resubmitted even if they are incorrect, and the quiz will proceed to the next question.
Adaptive mode
Judging whether a response is correct or incorrect and displaying feedback when students submit each response and click the "Check" button. Responses can be resubmitted if they are incorrect. However, students’ scores will be penalized every time an incorrect response is submitted.
Adaptive mode (no penalties)
Judging whether a response is correct or incorrect and displaying feedback when students submit each response and click the "Check" button. Responses can be resubmitted if they are incorrect. There are no penalties for resubmitting responses.
Interactive with multiple tries
The correct/wrong evaluation runs for each response by clicking the "Check" button after responding. When a response is incorrect, a "Try again" button will be displayed with a hint, and students can re-answer the question. A hint is displayed on each attempt, and students can retry the question as many times as hints set for the question (needing to be set in "Attempts allowed"). Though students’ scores will be penalized every time an incorrect response is submitted.
（CMB）
CMB stands for Certainty-Based Marking. When submitting their answer, students select one of three levels of certainty toward their answer along with their answer itself. The higher certainty they claimed the higher the score they are going to gain when the answer is correct, but if the answer is incorrect, the score is going to be greatly deducted.
（CMB）
CMB stands for Certainty-Based Marking. When submitting their answer, students select one of three levels of certainty toward their answer along with their answer itself. The higher certainty they claimed the higher the score they are going to gain when the answer is correct, but if the answer is incorrect, the score is going to be greatly deducted.
【How to Set Penalties】
If you have selected "Adaptive mode" or "Interactive multiple attempts" in "Question behaviors" when setting the quiz, students will be able to answer multiple times during a single quiz. In such a case, you can set the percentage of points that will be deducted for each mistake as a penalty for incorrect answers in "Multiple attempts". The penalty is set to 33.3% on the screen, meaning 0.67 points will be given for the correct response after responding incorrectly once. 0 points will be given for the correct response after responding incorrectly three times in a row instead of a negative score.
※If the testing mode is set to "Interactive multiple attempts", responses can be resubmitted for as many hints provided.
Click "Save and display" at the bottom of the screen to save the question you have created, and the question you just created will be added to the quiz you are editing.
“Review options” settings
For setting the information presented to the user in a quiz review.
When to display a review
During the attempt
Displaying it each time a question is answered (Available only for adaptive mode and interactive multiple attempts).
Immediately after the attempt (two minutes)
Displaying it within two minutes after the quiz is completed (after responses are submitted).
Later, while the quiz is still open
Displaying it when the quiz is accessed again within the quiz period (the period set for the timing) after the student completes the quiz.
After the quiz is closed
Displaying it when the quiz is accessed after the quiz period set in "Timing" (Available setting only when the quiz Due date is enabled).
Feedback types
Specific feedback
The feedback displayed according to the response selected by the student. It corresponds to the following two kinds of choice. Both are capable of being set from the edit screen of the question.
One is the feedback that is set for the response options in the question. It is displayed when the response is selected.
The other is the feedback set in the "Combined feedback" for the question. It is displayed according to correct and incorrect responses.
General feedback
This can be set at "General feedback" on the quiz edit screen. This is to display for each question after the quiz no matter if the response is correct or incorrect. It can be used to give an explanation of the question.
Overall feedback
This can be set at "Overall feedback" on the quiz edit screen. This is to display for the overall after the quiz. You can change the feedback according to the student's score.
《Grayed-out checkboxes》
In the review options, checkboxes that are grayed out and cannot be selected are disabled.
If you want to show students the grayed-out items at the target timing, you can select the checkboxes by setting each timing.
(Select “Examination,” set the examination period, change the “Question Behavior” settings from the default settings, etc.)
4-1.2 Creating questions
4-1.2 Creating questions
For other methods of creating When you view a quiz set up for the course, a message reading "No questions have been added" is displayed since no questions have been added yet.
Here, click "Add question" or "Questions" tub to create and select questions to add to the quiz.
How to Add Questions (NEW!)
After the screen transitions, click “Add” on the right side to add questions to the quiz. When adding questions, Moodle offers three different methods.
A. A new question
New questions will be created for this quiz. The questions created will be saved to the question bank.
B. From question bank
Add questions already registered in the question bank to this quiz. Please note that the questions saved in the question bank are only those created within that course. If you wish to use past questions, please perform “Exporting and Importing the Question Bank”
C. A random question
Questions registered in the question bank can be randomly selected from categories.
If you want to shuffle the order of questions each time a quiz is taken, check the “Shuffle” box on the question addition screen.
Each time you start a quiz, the questions will be shuffled and presented randomly.
※ In each case, the question title differs from “Question 1.”
First time Second time Third time Select the type of question you want to create. Here, we have selected "Multiple choice." Then click "Add".
Additional steps for each question are as follows.
A. How to Add “a new question”
① Click “+ a new question” from the “Add” dropdown menu.
② Select the question type to add, then click “Add”.
③ Enter the required information for each question type, such as the “Question name”, “Question text” and “Correct answer” then click “Save changes” to add it (Questions you create are automatically saved to the question bank).
For details on how to create each question type, please refer to “04-2.1 How to Create Each Question Type”.
B. How to Add Questions from “from Question Bank”
You can reuse questions you've already created in other quizzes or courses without having to create them anew.
① From the “Add” dropdown menu, click “+ from question bank”.
② From the “Type or Select...” dropdown, select the category containing the question you wish to add, then click “Apply filter” (The default is “Default for (Course ID)” selected) .
*The number in parentheses at the far right of each category name indicates the number of questions created.
*When importing from the question bank, category names will be created using the source course name or course ID.
③ Applying the filter will display a list of all the questions you have created so far.
④ Please check the box next to the question you wish to add to the list.
*To add all displayed questions, check the box in the upper left corner to select them all.
⑤ After checking the questions, you want to add, click “Add selected questions to quiz”.
By following the steps above, you can smoothly add questions to the newly created quiz.
《If you have created 20 or more questions》
When adding questions from the question bank, the default display shows 20 questions per page with pagination.
Therefore, when adding specific questions, you must add them to one page at a time.
By clicking “Show all” you can select specific questions at once or add all created questions in bulk. Clicking “Show all” will list all questions.
Check the box at the top left of the list to select all questions.
Clicking “Add selected questions to quiz” allows you to add all questions to the quiz.
C. How to Add “a random question”
You can randomly generate questions each time a student takes the exam.
As a prerequisite, you must create categories using the “Question Bank” feature and place each question within those categories.
① Click “+ a random question” from the “Add” dropdown menu.
② From the “Type or select...” dropdown, select the category containing the question you wish to add, then click “Apply filter”. (The default is “(Course ID)'s Default”.)
③ The filter is applied, and issues created in the target category are displayed in a list.
④ If the category you want to add is acceptable, set the number of questions to be presented using the “Number of random questions” option.
⑤ Click “Add random question”.
Previewing quizzes
You can preview the content of the created quiz by clicking on the question preview.
※The following procedure describes how to view the quiz questions in “single” and “whole” format.
【To preview quiz "single"】
Move the mouse cursor over the magnifying glass icon on the right side of the question text. “Preview question” will appear, and then click on the icon.
Click on the icon. The preview will open in a new window, allowing you to check the contents. A preview of the issue will be launched.
【To preview quiz "whole" 】
Click “Preview quiz” displayed on the Quiz tab screen. The screen transitions to display the preview screen, allowing you to review the content.
* If “Browser Security” under “Special Restrictions for Exams” is set to “Full-screen pop-up with JavaScript security measures,” previewing in Teacher mode will display the screen transition instead of a pop-up. However, this will be the same screen students see in the full-screen pop-up.
4-1.3 Checking quiz results
4-1.3 Checking quiz results
To check quiz results, you can use the quiz result list sorted by students or the statistical information of quiz results.
If you click the icon of the quiz added to the course, "Attempts:" will be displayed as a link. Clicking on this will display a list of test results by student.
You can sort items into descending/ascending order by clicking on headings such as "Student ID" or "Grade" on the list screen.
A. You can download quiz results as a "CSV file" or in "Excel format".
B. Click "Review attempt" to see a detailed review of the quiz results for the selected student.
The above can also be seen from "Results" > "Grade" by clicking the gear mark on the right side of the quiz. From here, you can also access features such as "Responses", "Statistics", "Manual grading", etc.
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