This guide will take you through the steps of creating new questions directly in your Moodle quiz. It will take you through all the general settings for several question types as well as some general settings for the quiz. Quizzes allow for quick feedback to students as they are graded automatically by Moodle (with the exception of Essay type questions which need to be manually graded).
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Adding new Questions to a Quiz
Visit the UNIC Moodle site (https://courses.unic.ac.cy/) and log in to your account. Access the course and the specific Quiz you want to add questions to.
Once opened, click the gear icon on the upper-right and select Edit quiz. This will take you to the page to allow you to add questions.
On the right of the page click the Add button. This will provide you with 3 options:
a new question: create a new question directly in the quiz
from question bank: add a specific question or questions form the course question bank
a random question: add a random question or questions form the course question bank
Click a new question from the Add menu. You will be presented with the Choose a question type to add dialogue. This lists all the possible question types you can add to your quiz. A single quiz can contain as many questions of each type as you like. Select the type of question you want to add to the quiz then click Add. This will take you to the question editor.
Question Common Settings
Category
The Category setting refers to where the particular question will be saved in the course. Once selected for the first question in the quiz, it will remain the same for the remaining questions.
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RECOMMENDED: Select either of the first two categories available:
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Question name
The Question name can be used as the question numbering, i.e. Question 1, 2, 3, etc.
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RECOMMENDED: Proper naming can make it easier for you to find and edit questions in the future if needed, especially if the wrong category setting above was selected. It is recommended to use the following formatting to name questions. i.e. Quiz#.Question# with question numbers less than 10 to be preceded with a 0. |
Question text
The Question text is essentially the question that you are asking the student. Feel free to make full use of the text editor to enhance your question with text formatting or other multimedia (images, video, audio).
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The settings for the most common question types are described below. |
Question Types
Description
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While this is not actually a question, it can be used to provide additional information to the student for the quiz, e.g. additional information to be used to answer the next set of questions. All the information can be added to the Question text field.  |
True/False
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One of the most popular question types use. It is also the easiest and fastest to add to a quiz. After entering the question in the Question text field make sure to set whether the answer is True or False using the Correct answer field. 
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Multiple choice
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This is the most commonly used question type in Moodle and has a number of settings to be aware of.  One or multiple answers?: With this you can set if your question will have one or many correct answers. Shuffle the choices?: If enabled the options (A, B, C, D, etc.) will be displayed in a random order for each student.
Number the choices?: How do you want your options to be displayed to students.  Choice X: This represents one option provided to the student. Enter the text for the option in the field provided. If shuffling is enabled then the order of the options will random for each student.
Grade: If it is not the correct answer then leave this set to None. But depending on what it selected for the One or multiple answers? setting:
OPTIONAL: If you have multiple correct answers, some answers can hold more weight than others, provided that the total Grade for the question adds up to 100%.
Feedback: (Optional) If included, if the student selects this specific option to answer the question then the feedback you have included here will be displayed to them once they submit their answers for grading. |
Short answer
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This question type is best used when you expect the student to answer with 1-5 words. It is graded by comparing their answer against various model answers that you provide. OPTIONAL: You can include several underscores (_________________) within the Question text to use this question type as a fill in the blank, with only one blank allowed.
 Case sensitivity: If set to Yes then the students' answer will be case sensitive and will be marked as incorrect is if it not identical to the model answer.
You must provide at least one possible answer. '*' can be used as a wildcard to match any characters. The first matching answer will be used to determine the score and feedback.  Answer X: This represents one model answer that the student must input. Enter the text for the option in the field provided. Grade: If this is the correct answer then then change the Grade to 100%. OPTIONAL: You can include multiple possible answers with varying levels of correctness. So that if a student enters one of those instead they can secure a partial grade.
Feedback: (Optional) If included, if the student inputs this text to answer the question then the feedback you have included here will be displayed to them once they submit their answers for grading. |
Essay
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Allows a student to submit online text and/or upload a file to respond to the question. This answer must then be graded manually.
 Response format: How do you want your students to respond to the question?
Depending on your selection above additional settings will become available: HTML Editor OR HTML editor with file picker  Require text: Require that the student input text or make it optional. Input box size: How lines long do you want the input box to be. The input box size can be used as an indicator by students. They are always able to write more or less. HTML editor with file picker OR No online text  Allow attachments: Specify how many attachment you will accept from each student, None, 1, 2, 3, or Unlimited. Require attachments: This option specifies the minimum number of attachments required for an answer to be considered gradable. Accepted file types: You can restrict students to only submit specified file types. These can be selected from the list provided, click Choose, or entered in the field provided for anything that is not be found on the list. Multiple file types can be accepted per student answer if they are allowed to submit more than one file. |
Numerical
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This question type provides students with a field to insert a numerical response, possibly with units, that is graded by comparing against various model answers, possibly with tolerances. From the student’s perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question. The difference is that numerical answers are allowed to have an accepted error. This allows a fixed range of answers to be evaluated as one answer. OPTIONAL: Consider using the General Feedback area when creating Numerical questions to provide students with calculations on how to attain the correct answer. OPTIONAL: You can include several underscores (_________________) within the Question text to use this question type as a fill in the blank, with only one blank allowed.
 Answer X: This represents one value that the student must input. Enter the number for the option in the field provided.
OPTIONAL: For values that may be written in multiple formats, you can include each as a possible answer unless you explicitly inform students how to answer. Error: This is the accepted error for this answer. This is the range above or below the answer that Moodle will accept as a match.
Grade: If this is the correct answer then then change the Grade to 100%. OPTIONAL: You can include multiple possible answers with varying levels of correctness. So that if a student enters one of those instead they can secure a partial grade. Feedback: (Optional) If included, if the student inputs a value within this accepted error of the answer to answer the question then the feedback you have included here will be displayed to them once they submit their answers for grading. |
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