Embedded quizzing consists of questions / knowledge-check activities embedded within learning content, rather than as a standalone activity.   

Camtasia

Good for

• Adding quiz questions or knowledge checks into video content to create more engaging and interactive experiences when learning through video, and as opportunities for informal and self assessment. 

Useful features

• Built-in functionality, wizards to create and add questions
• Different question types, including multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer and true/false 
• Feedback on correct and incorrect responses
• Can score quiz, can allow viewer to see score. Overall score can integrate into FLO Gradebook if published and added to FLO as a SCORM package

Limitations

• Cannot be hosted in Kaltura and maintain quiz functionality, therefore cannot use accessibility features (captions) and viewing analytics

Cautions 

• Must be exported as Web Page (for Smart Player) or SCORM (for Gradebook integration)
• SCORM activities are generally a poor experience on mobile devices and can be incompatible 
• Different process to publish in FLO compared to standard video

Tips

• Camtasia project files can be large. While working on your project save your files to the hard drive of the computer. Working with your project files on network storage will slow editing down and can also cause crashes. Once complete, store them on OneDrive or S: drive (your U: drive generally wont have enough space for these large files)

Help resources

• Quizzes
• Playback requirements for quizzes, hotspots, and captions (Smart Player)
• Camtasia Tutorials
  
• For advice and support on publishing your interactive content in FLO, contact your eLearning support team

PowerPoint

Good for

• Embedding quiz questions or knowledge checks into content-heavy slideshows and presentations for a more engaging and interactive experience, and as opportunities for informal and self assessment
• When your students are going to download and use the PowerPoint to work through the content at their own pace – not effective in a lecture context

Useful features

• Create a quiz question on a slide by using individual objects ( eg text boxes) for each element of your question (question, answer options, feedback)
• Create interactivity by using animation effects with triggers
• Extensive drawing tools, shapes, lines, icons, Smart Art libraries
• Grids, guides, grouping, alignment and item layering
• Colour themes to help create consistent look and feel

Limitations

• Could be time consuming to build lots of questions
• No scoring of question(s)

Cautions

• Interaction for quizzes will only be available when viewing slideshow in Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow
• Must be provided as .pptx or .ppsx files. Users must download and open
• Mobile devices require Microsoft PowerPoint app
• If slides are printed, all items/layers (questions and answers) will print respecting layer order
• Question answers are readily available when viewing the file in PowerPoint editing mode

Help resources

• Trigger an animation effect
• Microsoft Office website has a large amount of training and help resources and there are many third party help resources, how-to guides, videos, tutorials that can be found by searching the web
  (Note the linked Microsoft page is for windows users. The Mac PowerPoint software is so similar that these windows resources are still useful to Mac users. Mac help resources are also available)

FLO Lesson

Good for

• Mixing static content, choices and questions to determine the route the student takes through the material (eg decision or problem-solving scenarios)

Useful features

• Inbuilt functionality to add questions (or groups/clusters of questions) and branch based on answers
• Multiple question types
• Questions can be imported
• Questions (except essays) are auto marked
• Variety of setup options in multiple tries
• Integrates with Gradebook
• Reports and analytics available

Limitations

• Requires considerable planning
• Not as straightforward as some FLO tools
• Limited page layout and styling options

Tips

• Build all the content and question pages first, then define all the jumps and linking
• Map out all possible journeys through the content
• Test thoroughly
• Design your lesson pages to help your students know where they are in the lesson

Help resources

• Lesson
• Lesson activity
• Building Lesson
• Using Lesson

FLO Quiz

Good for

• Formal assessment that counts towards topic grade
• Knowledge checks for informal ongoing assessment and self assessment
• Relatively short chunks of content delivery with accompanying questions, as this tool is designed more for standalone quizzing and assessment than as a content delivery mechanism

Useful features

• Embed content delivery within a quiz using description question types to create a linear lesson
• Variety of quiz delivery options such as fixed navigation, multiple tries with hints and penalties
• Extensive feedback options on questions and quiz overall provide opportunity to reinforce learning

Limitations

• FLO quiz is a standalone activity and cannot be embedded into other FLO activities

Cautions

• Be careful with organisation if using random random questions

• Provide differentiated overall feedback for quiz based on quiz score ranges

Help resources

• Plan your quiz
• Description question type

FLO tools: Book Page

Good for

• Organising content (chunking of related content)
• Page: embedded video takes up less space in the FLO homepage

Useful features

• Interactive content could be embedded where there is an HTML editor

Limitations

• Cannot be integrated with Gradebook

Cautions

• If you create interactive content using web-based tools, it's important to be aware of the hosting and ownership arrangements. Considerations are similar to when using non-FLO tools in your teaching, which are discussed in this article: Things to consider if you want to use non-FLO tools in your teaching

Help resources

•  For advice and support contact your eLearning support team 

Digital Content Producer

This entry relates to the Gradebook.

By default, students who lose access to a topic do not appear in the gradebook, assignment or quiz, to focus attention on current students. However, on some occasions it is necessary to review their work.

• Gradebook
• Assignment
• Quiz
  

Gradebook

1. Go to the Gradebook Setup tab, and select Preferences: Grader report.
   
   
   
2. Scroll down to the General section. Change Show only active enrolments to No
   
   
   
   

Assignment

Quiz

1. View the list of attempts in the quiz
   
   
2. In the section What to include in the report (at the top of the page), change Attempts from to all users who have attempted the quiz
   
   
   
3. Click on the Show report button
   

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

• All questions are stored within the question bank
• Categories are created in the question bank and are used to organise questions
• Sorting questions into categories is especially important when random questions are used or a topic contains many quizzes 
• When a quiz delivers random questions, those questions must be stored in a dedicated category (or sub-category)

If you add a category before you add questions to the question bank, all questions created can be added to this category and they will then belong to the topic, rather than the quiz. This approach will make management easier when you are creating new quizzes using questions from previous quizzes. 

Categories can be created within an existing category (ie a sub-category). 

Steps

1. Go to Topic Management > Question > Category
   
   
2. Scroll down the screen (categories may already be listed, that you can edit) you will see the option Add category
   
   
3. Choose a Parent category from the pull-down list (defaulted to your topic name) – you are most likely to leave it at your topic name, but you could also add a sub-category within an already created category
   
   
4. Give the category a Name
   
   
5. Add Category info (optional)
   


6. Click ID number (optional) 
7. Click Add category button
   
   
8. The new category should be listed under the relevant Parent category
   
   
   
9. Once created, you can also Edit categories (rename, add/change category info), delete, re-order and indent (make into a subcategory).

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

If you want to add questions from a text file rather than creating them in the question bank (this can save time), see Import questions (multiple choice in a text file). Contact your eLearning support team if you need assistance with this process.

Steps

1. Add questions (and shuffle if you want) (Build step)
   
2. Add random questions to a quiz (if required) (Build step)
3. Add a module heading (if required) (Build step)

1. Add questions

1. Click on the quiz you have created
   
   
2. If no questions have been added to the quiz yet, you will see image on the left, and clicking the Edit quiz button will take you to the edit quiz page. If your quiz already has questions, the screen will have a preview quiz button instead (the image on the right).
   
   

   

   

   
   
3. To access the edit quiz page for a quiz that already has questions, click on the cog in the top right corner and select Edit quiz          
   
   
   
4. Click the Add link. You can also tick the Shuffle box so that the order of questions you add to the quiz is randomised at each attempt
   
5. Click the from question bank option. (You can also select a random question – see below)    
   
6. Select a category when the questions are located, or search for tags that your questions have been tagged with.
   
   
   
   
7. Click the box next to the questions, click Add selected questions to the quiz.  
   
   

2. Add random questions to a quiz (if required)

You may want to add random questions to the quiz so that students don't get all the same questions at the same time. To do this you need extra questions in your question bank (eg if you have 20 questions in the quiz, you will ideally need an extra 10).

1. Follow steps 1-3 above. At step 4, choose + a random question
   
   
2. Select a category when the questions are located, or search for tags that your questions have been tagged with.
   
   
   


3. Select the number of questions you wish to add and click Add random question
   

3. Add a module heading (if required)

If you have several questions (eg > 10) and it would make sense to group them, you can add a module heading. With a quiz of 20 or more questions using free navigation, headings may be particularly helpful to the user.  Another use for modules could be to shuffle questions within sections rather than shuffling all questions throughout the quiz.

1. To add a heading above the first question, click the pencil above the question, type the heading title, then press Enter
   

2. If you want to add a module heading to later questions, click on the Add pull-down menu and select 'a new module heading'. It will be created above the question you clicked next to
   
   
   
3. To rename the module heading click on the pencil icon to create a heading.
   
   
   Headings added using step 2 can be deleted by clicking on the trash icon.
   

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

In a quiz, you can change the dates, timing and the number of allowed attempts for groups or users. If you want to create a Group override, groups will need to be set up in your topic. This is likely to be an administrative step, once the quiz is running. You can also create an extension for a student using the Assignment extension tool.

• Create a group or user override (Quiz administration)
• Create an extension using the Assignment extension tool

Create a group or user override

A group or user override allows you to change some quiz settings for a student or group of students. The settings that can be changed affect the timing and duration of when students can do a quiz, and are generally used when a student is given extra time to do the quiz.

1. Click on the quiz
   
   
2. Click on the cog in the top-right corner of the page
   
   
3. Select Group overrides or User overrides
   
   
   
4. Click Add group override or Add user override 
   
   
5. In the next screen, choose an override group or user/s (you can search for a user or scroll through a list) (required field)
   
   
   
6. Decide whether the group or user will require password, what dates the quiz will open and close on for this group or user/s, the time limit and attempts allowed. You only have to enter settings that are changing, not settings that are staying the same.
   
   Timeline block: User overrides show to students in the Timeline block, marked as 'override'. Group overrides will not show to students in the timeline block.
   
   
7. Click Save (or Save and enter another override)
   
   
   The quiz summary page indicates when user/group overrides have been applied.
   
   Tutors do not have permission to add or edit overrides but can view the details of overrides given by others.
   
   

Create an extension using the Assignment extension tool

Although set up specifically for assignment extensions (hence you can choose the assignment from a drop-down menu), you can manually add other activities (such as a quiz) to the list of 'assignments', thus providing students and staff with a consistent extension application process for all assessable items in the site. 

1. Click on the Assignment extension tool
   
   
2. Add a manual item (the quiz)
   
   
3. Follow the instructions for Assignment - grant extensions for assignments (Assignment extension tool)
   

After approving the request you will need to make the applicable changes to FLO – that is, the date change is not automatic. For a quiz, apply a user override.

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

• Create a drag and drop into text question
• Create a drag and drop onto image question

Create a drag and drop into text question

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
• Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
• Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
  
  
2. Select Drag and drop into text and click Add
   
   
3. Supply your question with a Question name (required field) and Question text (required field):  
   In your question text, leaves 'gaps' indicated by two sets of square brackets with a number inside.  This number will indicate the correct choice for that gap
   
   
   
4. Provide the question a default mark and enter any general feedback (shown to the student after they have completed the question)  
   
   
   
5. Enter Choices:
   Decide whether to shuffle the choices (tick the box or leave unticked).  Shuffling is recommended to prevent student's from surmising the correct answer based on choice order.
   
   The choice with the same number as the numbered text gap is the correct answer for that gap:
   
   
   
6. To add additional 'incorrect' drag and drop answers, add additional choices that do not correspond to a numbered text gap. (in this example there is no text gap labelled [[4]], thus 'green' will be an additional option that is not the correct answer to any question)
   
   
   
7. If using multiple choices for each question, it may be useful to Group the choices.  
   Each group will be represented by a different colour, which will apply to both the relevant gap(s) in the text and to the choices for that group. 
   
   
   
   
   Avoid using groups in simple questions with only as many choices as correct answers.  In this scenario the use of groups will give away the answers.
   
   
   
8. You can preview the question to check that it works correctly before clicking the Save changes button: 
   
   
   
9. Click Save changes (you can now preview the question by choosing it in the question bank list and clicking the preview icon
    

Create a drag and drop onto image question

For this question type, you will need to have an image to drag and drop text/images onto. If you source an image from the internet, but be careful about copyright/usage (eg use Creative Commons and check the licensing).

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
   • Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
   • Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
     
     
2. Select Drag and drop onto image and click Add
   
   
3. Give the question a Category, a Question name (required field) and enter Question text (required field)
   



4. Decide on the default mark for the question (required field)
   
   
   
5. Fill in General feedback (students will see this once they have answered the question). You could include the correctly labelled image in this box. Students can then see if/where they made an error. This box is seen by all students regardless of whether their response was correct or incorrect
   
6. Select a Background image file and drag and drop it into the box provided, or Choose a file... by searching on your computer (the image should not be larger than 600 pixels width so you may have to resize it). If you are searching the web (eg Google images), for an image be careful about copyright and usage
   
   
   
7. Under Draggable items (scroll down), for the Type choose either Draggable image or Draggable text (most likely you will use text). Upload an image, or type text into the textbox that you want dragged to an area of the background image you have uploaded. Choose a Group to give each image or text item (eg 1, 2, 3...). Do this for as many items as are relevant.
   You can also tick the box Shuffle drag items each time question is attempted.
   If you tick the Infinite box, this means choices may be used in multiple locations. 
   Note: within draggable text items, limited formatting of text is possible using <sub> (subscript), <sup> (superscript), <b> or <strong> (bold), <i> or <em> (italics) and <br/> (line break)
   
   
    If Draggable image is selected:
   
   
    If Draggable text is selected:
   
   
   
8. In the Drop zones section (scroll up), for Drop zone 1, choose the Draggable item from the pull-down menu (this will be whatever you have entered in the Draggable items section). These items should now appear below the background image you placed in the question.
   
9. Drag the images/text onto the background image – this will populate the drop zone boxes in the Drop zones section with coordinates
   
   
   
10. Click Save changes (if you miss one of the steps, you will stay in the editing screen and a red highlight will tell you what you have missed)  
    
    
11. In the Question bank screen, the new question should be highlighted. Click on the magnifying glass icon  to the right of the question name to preview the question. Click on the cog icon to edit the question
    
    

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
   • Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
   • Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button)
     
     
2. Choose Select missing words and click Add
   
   
3. Give the question a category
   
   
4. Give the question a name (required field) (this is only seen by teachers – make it something meaningful so when you view the questions in a list, you know what they are about) 
   
   
5. Enter some question text. Where you would like the student to choose the missing word, enter a number on double square brackets, for example [[1]]. Number each gap sequentially starting at [[1]] – that is, [[1]], [[2]], [[3]] etc (required field)
   
   
   
6. Give the question a default mark (required field)
   
   
   
7. Fill in the choices. Choice 1 is the correct answer for the gap indicated by [[1]], choice 2 is the correct answer for the gap indicated by [[2]], and so on. 
   
   
   Choices with the same value for Group appear in the same drop-down lists (Shuffle)
   
   
   
8. Fill in General feedback for the quiz question
   
   
9. Click Save changes

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

Steps

For this question type, you must provide at least two questions and three answers. You can provide extra wrong answers by giving an answer with a blank question. Entries where both the question and the answer are blank will be ignored.

1. Open the quiz and either:
   • Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
   • Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
     
     
2. Select Matching and click Add   
   
   
3. Give the question a Category
   
   
4. Give the question a Question Name (required field)
   
   
5. Enter question text (required field)
   
   
6. Decide on the default mark for the question (required field)
   
   
   
7. Fill in General feedback (students will see this once they have answered the question)
   
   
   
8. Add the text for Question 1 and the answer 
   
   
   
9. Add the text for Question 2 and the answer 
   
   
   
10. Continue adding text for questions and the answer. You can provide extra wrong answers by giving an answer with a blank question
    
    
11. Click Save changes

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

• Steps for creating an MCQ
  
• Tips for creating MCQs

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
   • Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
   • Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
     
     
2. Select Multiple choice and click Add   
   
   
3. Give the question a category
   
   
4. Give the question a name (this will only be shown to teachers) (required field)
   
   
5. Fill in question text (required field)
   
   
6. Give the question a default mark (required field)
   
   
   
7. Enter some general question feedback
   
8. Choose whether the question has one answer only or multiple correct answers. 'One answer only' means users will only be able to select one box; 'Multiple answers allowed' means users will be able to select more than one box (if there is a specific number of correct answers, you may want to say this in the stem/lead-in sentence: 'Please select two of the following.')
   
   
   
9. Select whether you want to shuffle the question answers
   
   
   
10. Under Answers, fill in the choices
    
    If you selected multiple correct answers for the MCQ (see step 8 above), you are advised to give wrong answers negative scores, to discourage students from selecting all options (you should say that they will be penalised for wrong answers in the question stem)
    
    
    
11. For the correct answer, change Grade to be 100%. If there are multiple correct answers (see step 8 where you would need to have selected 'Multiple answers allowed'), allocate the 100% across all correct options; for example, if there are 2 correct responses allocate them 50% each. (Note: they do not need to have equal weightings)
    
         Assign to an incorrect answer  
    
         Assign to a correct answer in a question with one correct answer  
    
         Assign to a correct answer in a question with multiple correct answers
    
    
12. Click Save settings

Tips for creating MCQs

Bloom's level/s of taxonomy, what the item is testing (descriptor), and distracter plausibility:

Question tips

• Use a consistent style
• Use clear and concise wording (can be complex but not complicated)
• Make the question 'stem' either a direct question or an incomplete statement 
• Avoid double negatives

You may want to use a 'stimulus' prior to the question – this could include introductory text/context, an image etc.

Answer tips

• Make the key (right answer) and distracters (wrong answers) approximately the same length, and use similar wording to avoid obvious standouts
• Keep answers consistent in grammar and logical to the stem (question)
• 3, 4 or 5 options per answer? There is no set preference, but the more options the harder it is to think up a plausible 'distracter'
• Avoid using 'none of the above' or 'all of the above' (especially if answers are shuffled!)
• Use a logical pattern but don't always put the correct answer in the same position
• Provide good feedback for all options (where relevant)
• Where possible, ensure that wrong answers represent a common misconception

Open response items

• Provide information to markers on full credit, partial credit and no credit
• If not marking for grades, provide good feedback on likely responses 

References and resources

The Centre for University Teaching ran two workshops in 2013 with invited speakers from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER):
MacKinnon, Philip, MCQ assessment workshop 24 June 2013
Khoo, Siek Toon, Introduction to measurement concepts and assessment in education
"Bloom" search results (eLearning literature and resources collection) 

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

In an all-or-nothing multiple choice question (MCQ), the answers chosen by a student must correspond exactly to the correct answers defined in the question. If this occurs a student gets 100%. If there are any incorrect answers or not all correct answers are selected, the grade will be 0%.

• Steps for creating an all-or-nothing MCQ
  
• Tips for creating an all-or-nothing MCQ

Create an all-or-nothing MCQ

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
   • Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
   • Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
     
     
2. Select Multiple choice and click Add   
   
   
3. Give the question a category
   
   
4. Give the question a name (this will only be shown to teachers) (required field)
   
   
5. Fill in the question text (required field)
   
   
6. Give the question a default mark (required field)
   
    
   
7. Enter some general question feedback
   
   
   
8. Select whether you want to shuffle the question answers
   
   
   
9. Under Answers, fill in the choices. For all the correct answers, tick the checkbox Correct.
    
   
   
   
10. Click Save settings

Tips for creating an all-or-nothing MCQ

Bloom's level/s of taxonomy, what the item is testing (descriptor), and distracter plausibility:

Question tips

References and resources

• The Centre for University Teaching ran two workshops in 2013 with invited speakers from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER):
  MacKinnon, Philip, MCQ assessment workshop 24 June 2013
  Khoo, Siek Toon, Introduction to measurement concepts and assessment in education
  "Bloom" search results (eLearning literature and resources collection)
  

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

• Example
• Steps
• Syntax of a cloze question
  

Embedded answers (Cloze) question is very powerful and flexible question type, but probably the most complex to setup.

It is powerful because:

• There can be many sub-questions within one cloze question, each weighted as you require.
• Sub-questions can be rendered/displayed in a range of formats – text/number entry, drop-down lists, radio button or checkbox lists.
• Different sub-question formats can be used within one question.
• The question can be laid out as required with the sub-questions embedded where required.

Steps

1. In the quiz (Quiz > Quiz administration > Edit quiz) or question bank (Administration > Question bank), click Create a new question
   
   
2. Select Embedded and click Add
   
   
   
   
3. Give the question a Category and Question name (required field)
   
   
   
   
4. Enter question text (this will include Cloze text – see note above) (required field)
   Tip:  You could try the Moodle Cloze editor (external resource) which can generate cloze from your text. Once generated, you can copy and paste it into the Question text area in this question.
5. 
   
   
   
6. Fill in General feedback (students will see this once they have answered the question)
   
   
   
   
7. Give a penalty and hint for each incorrect try
   
   
   
   
8. Click Save changes

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

• Create in the question bank or in the quiz
  
• Create a new question (from question types)
• Import/export questions
• Provide question/quiz feedback
• Duplicate (copy) a question

Create in the question bank or in the quiz

NOTE: Before creating questions, you should set up categories in the question bank. Then use one of the two methods below to create questions in those question banks.

1. Create from within the question bank

2. Create from within the quiz

1. Open your quiz
   
2. Click on the cog in the top right corner and select Edit quiz
   
   
   
3. Click on one of the Add links on right side of the page, then select a new question
   
   
4. Enter the details of your question, making sure you choose an appropriate question bank category* for your question
   
   
5. Save your question. You'll then be taken back to your edit quiz page.
   
   
6. Click on Edit to the right of your question and select Preview from the dropdown list to test if it is working as expected
    
   
   

   *Note: We strongly recommend that you do not use the category "default for your quiz name" as this category is segregated from the question bank. Questions in that category can't be used in other quizzes and can't be viewed with the main question bank. Storing questions in this segregated category can lead to confusion.

Create a new question (from question types)

Choose a question type and follow the instructions for creating under a category:

• Quiz - create an all-or-nothing multiple choice question
  
• Create a drag and drop question (into text or onto an image)
  
• Create an embedded answers (Cloze) question
• Create an essay question
  
• Create a fill-in-the-blanks question (select missing words)
• Create a matching question (pair two words together)
  
• Create a multiple choice question (MCQ)
• Create a numerical question (numerical answers)
  
• Create a short answer question
  
• Create a true/false question

Import/export questions

You could also import questions from a file, or export questions to a file – talk to your eLearning support team.

Provide question/quiz feedback

• Provide quiz feedback at quiz and question level

Duplicate (copy) a question

1. Open the question bank you want to duplicate a question in
   
   
2. Find the question you want to duplicate
   
   
3. Click on the Edit link next to the question and select Duplicate from the menu that appears.
   
   
   
4. The question will open in an editing screen, where you can make the changes you want (eg to the Question name) and continue editing
   
   
5. Click Save changes when you have finished editing the question duplicate
   
   
6. The duplicated question will now appear on your list of questions.

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

If you are interested in this question type, you may also be interested in Calculated, Calculated multichoice and Calculated simple. To create one of these types, at step 2 (below) select one of these options instead of Numerical.

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
   
• Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
  
• Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
  
  
2. Select Numerical and click the Add button.
   
   
3. Give the question a Category
   
   
4. Give the question a Category Name (required field)
   
   
5. Enter question text (required field)
   
   
6. Decide on the default mark for the question (required field)
   
   
   
7. Fill in General feedback (students will see this once they have answered the question)
   
   
   
8. Select answer 1, the error for getting it wrong, and the grade. Do this for all other correct/incorrect answers
   
   
   
9. Provide feedback for the answer (whether right or wrong)
   
   
   
10. Under Unit handling and Units, decide on the configuration (this will only apply if the answer is not a whole number)
    
    
11. Click Save changes
    
    
12. Preview the question to make sure it works correctly

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

You have added a category to the question bank and created questions. 

Now you can create the quiz, then add questions to it.

Add the Quiz activity

1. In the topic, click the Turn Edit On button
   
   
   
2. In the module where you want to add the quiz, click Add an activity or resource
    
   
   
3. Select Quiz from the Activities tab

Quiz settings

General

Give the quiz a Name and Description

Timing

Under Timing, you can choose to give the quiz Open and Close dates. Tick the Enable box to the right of the date you wish to enter, then enter the date.

Timeline block: The 'Close the quiz' date will show to students in the Timeline block.

Depending on the purpose of your quiz, you may want to change the default settings (see below). You can also click the question mark prompt next to some options to find out more about a setting.

You can make the quiz available at different times for different groups or users in the Group overrides or User overrides   sections via the Actions menu.

• Before the opening time, the quiz will be unavailable to students – they will be able to view the quiz introduction but not the questions. Quizzes with start times in the future display both the open and close date to students.

• After the closing time, students will:
  • not be able to start new attempts and any open attempts will be automatically submitted.
  • still be able to see the quiz description and review their attempts. What they see will depend on the settings you choose for Review options (ticked boxes in the 'After the quiz has closed' column).

Time limit

If enabled, the time limit is stated on the initial quiz page and a countdown timer is displayed in the quiz navigation block (see image to the right). Once the timer runs out, the quiz is submitted automatically. If the quiz close time is reached before the time runs out, the quiz will be automatically submitted (ie student does not get full time). You can make the quiz timing different for different groups or users in the  Group overrides or User overrides sections via the Actions menu.

Grade

Grade category

If you have categories in your gradebook (eg for a quiz set), select the category you wish the quiz to be in here.

Attempts allowed 

Unlimited (default), 1-10

Your choice here depends on what and how you are testing (ie the purpose of your quiz):

• If a diagnostic test, then probably choose 1; if a formative test, then maybe more often as the student is in the learning process.
• If the quiz is shuffled (see Layout) or has random questions (see quiz - add questions), then the student will get a new version for each attempt, useful for practice purposes.

You can change the allowed number of attempts for different groups or users in the Group overrides or User overrides sections of the Administration > Quiz administration settings block.

Grading method

Highest grade (default), Average grade, First attempt, Last attempt

This setting only applies if more than 1 attempt is allowed. If each question builds on the last, you might set it at Last attempt, as you want to see that students are gaining knowledge/understanding progressively.

Layout

• Question order: Shuffled randomly – if selected, the order of questions in the quiz will be randomly shuffled each time a student starts a new attempt at the quiz. 

• New page: You may want to group questions on a particular topic together, but not too many on one page as this will require students to scroll.  It is recommended that you do not use the setting 'never, all questions on one page', as student activity within the quiz will be less frequently logged and less information will be captured regarding the attempt.

• Navigation method: leave as Free (default) unless the quiz is building knowledge (last question relates to next question etc).

Question behaviour

• Shuffle within questions: if Yes (default), the option must also be enabled in question settings (when you create a new question).

• How questions behave: Deferred feedback (default) – students answer each question and submit the entire quiz, before anything is graded or they get any feedback.
  

Note:  CBM stands for 'certainty-based marking' – if you choose this option, students will need to say how sure they are that the answer is right and will be penalised accordingly. More information about CBM (MoodleDocs)

• Show more… > Each attempt builds on the last: if multiple attempts are allowed and you set this to Yes, then each new attempt contains the results of the previous attempt, so students can concentrate on just those questions they answered incorrectly last time. If you choose this option, each attempt by a particular student uses the same questions in the same order, independent of randomisation settings. To show a fresh quiz on every attempt, select 'No' for this setting.

Review options

Tick the options you would like to choose from the table. Default settings are After the quiz is closed (if a closing date for the quiz has been set).

Appearance

• Decimal places in grades: Default is 2. This option determines how many digits will be shown after the decimal point when the grade is displayed. A setting of 0 for example will display grades as integers (whole numbers). 

• Show blocks during quiz attempts: Default is No – this is about usability (better display, no distractions).

Extra restrictions on attempts

These settings may be useful if you are using a FLO quiz as a final exam.

• Require password: If you specify a password then participants must enter the same password before they can attempt on the quiz. 

• Require network address: You can restrict access for a quiz to particular subnets on the LAN or internet by specifying a comma-separated list of partial or full IP address numbers (eg 192.168. , 231.54.211.0/20, 231.3.56.211). This is especially useful for an invigilated quiz/exam, where you want to be sure that only people in a certain room are able to access the quiz. 

• Enforced delay between attempts: You can set a time (from seconds to weeks) between the first and second attempt on a quiz. You can also (or alternatively) set a time from seconds to weeks for subsequent attempts after the second attempt (eg you might allow a student to take the quiz twice immediately with no delay, but if they want to improve their score with a third attempt, they are forced to wait a week and use the time for extra revision).

• Show more… > Browser security: the options in this section offer various ways to try to restrict how students may try to 'cheat' while attempting a quiz.  

Overall feedback

Overall feedback is feedback shown to a student after they have completed an attempt at the quiz. You can set the grade boundary (eg 100%, 65%, 50%) and apply appropriate feedback according to the range the student falls within (eg if a student gets below 65% they are referred to more information). This is a useful feature in a formative quiz where students are informing themselves/the teacher what they know/understand.

Common module settings

These settings are only relevant if you have groups and groupings set up in your FLO site. 

• Group mode: you can choose whether the quiz should be organised by group.
  Note: This only affects the results screen and allows you to filter results based on group enrolment.

Restrict access

None (default), Activity completion, Date, Grade, User profile, Restriction set

For example, you might have a series of quizzes and they need to do one before another – this would be the activity completion option but you would first need to enable completion tracking in the topic settings and quiz activities.

Activity completion

Apply these settings if you have enabled completion tracking for the topic and this activity.

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

The essay question in quiz requires manual grading (marking).

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
• Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
• Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
  
  
2. Select Essay and click Add
       
   
3. Give the question a name (this is seen by teachers only) and fill in the Question text. You will probably want to change the Default mark to a number higher than 1
   
   
   
4. Provide general question feedback
   
   
   
5. Set the student's Response options:
   
   
   1. If the response requires that students enter text, you can set up a minimum/maximum number of words that each student will be allowed to submit.
      
      
   2. If you want students to upload a file, select Allow attachments and choose a number from the drop-down menu (Note: if students are required to write a long essay as part of a quiz, we strongly recommend they write it in Word and either upload the file or copy and paste into the response box).
      
      
   3. You can also list specific file types (e.g. docx, pdf, etc.) if you want to restrict what types of files students can submit.
      
      
   4. You can also set a maximum file size limit for the attachments.
      
      
      
6. Click Save changes
   

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

This question type can be tricky if there is more than a one-word answer (which may have spelling problems!), or variations on the answer. You can avoid this problem by:

• using wildcards (*) – see information below Steps
  
• putting in the question stem (Question text) a proviso such as 'Please separate words with a comma' (if a two-word answer) or other similar guidance
• anticipating the variations and adding those to the answers with 100% as the correct grade for each variation

It would be a good idea to test this question on several users before you try it with students in the real situation, especially if it is assessed.

You can manually mark a short-answer question to avoid these problems.

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
• Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
• Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
  
  
2. Select Short answer and click Add   
   
   
3. Give the question a Category
   
   
4. Give the question a Category Name (required field)
   
   
5. Enter question text (required field)
   
   
6. Decide on the default mark for the question (required field)
   
   
   
7. Fill in General feedback (students will see this once they have answered the question)
   
   
   
8. Select the correct answer and grade
   
   
   
9. Provide feedback for the answer (whether right or wrong)
   
   
   
10. Click Save changes
    
    

Using wildcards

You can use the asterisk character (*) as a wildcard to match any series of characters. For example, use:

ran*ing

If you really do want to match an asterisk then use a backslash like this: 

\*

fuel*oxygen

Example

Here are some answers and scores for a question "What does a rocket burn?"

1. oxygen*fuel

    with a score 100% 
   

2. *fuel*

    with a score 50%
   

3. *oxygen*

    with a score 50%
   

4. *air*

    with a score 40% 
   

5. * 

    with a score of 0%
   

The order of the answers is important. The answers are evaluated from 1st to last. When a match is found the process stops. If no match is found, the question is scored wrong and the general response is used. It is a good practice to put a wildcard as the last answer so the evaluation process knows what to do when nothing above it matches.

If any answer is the right answer (eg a non-graded open-ended quiz), you could have as the only answer * (worth 100%). This means all answers are acceptable. Make the question worth 0, and if you make the quiz non-graded (i.e. worth 0) it will not appear in the Gradebook. 

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

Steps

1. Open the quiz and either:
   • Edit the quiz, click on an Add link on the right side of the page, and select + a new question.
   • Open the question bank and click on the Create a new question button
     
     
2. Select True/False and click Add
       
   
   
3. Give the question a category
   
   
4. Give the question a Name (required field)
   
   
5. Enter question text (required field)
   
   
6. Give the question a default mark (required field)
   
   
   
7. Fill in general question feedback
   
   
   
8. Select the correct answer (true or false)
   
   
   
9. Enter feedback for response 'true'
   
   
   
10. Enter feedback for response 'false'
    
    
11. Click Save changes
    

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

• Before the quiz opens (edit question/s)
  
• After the quiz opens: 
• Edit the quiz question/s 
• Regrade the quiz (with/without random questions)
  

Before the quiz opens

This action relates to the 'Plan' step for Quiz. If, before a quiz opens, you discover that a question requires editing or correction, it can be easily edited. 

1. Click the Topic Management button (cog icon) on the main menu, then the Question bank link
   
   
   



2. Use the Select a category drop-down list and select the category that contains the question
   
   
   
3. The questions contained in the category will appear. Locate the relevant question, then select Edit question from the Edit drop-down menu. After making the required changes, click Save changes.
   
   

If you discover the error after student access has commenced, it is possible to regrade your quiz. When a quiz question is altered, all instances of that question will be altered (ie if the question is used in another quiz it will also be altered). Students will not be notified of the changes made.

After the quiz opens 

There are two steps to this process – edit the quiz question/s and regrade the quiz.

Step 1. Edit the quiz question/s

Edit a quiz question for all students

1. Click on quiz link      
   
   
2. Click the Edit quiz link in the Actions menu       
   
   
   
3. Click on the cog to edit the question
   
   
   
4. Make changes, click Save changes
   

Edit a quiz question for selected students

1. Click on the quiz link
   
   
2. Click the Actions menu cog and choose Grades under the Results link
   
   
   
3. Choose the student and question in the Grades screen (scroll down) and click on the mark link (in the example below, it is 0.25)
   
   
   
4. In the next screen, scroll down and click on the Make comment or override mark link
   
   
   
5. Add a comment or change the mark
   
   
   
6. Click Save
   

2. Regrade the quiz

Quiz with no random questions

If you change the mark for a question to 0, you don't need to regrade. 

If you adjust an answer (eg in an MCQ), you will need to regrade. You cannot change the question type (eg in an MCQ, you will need to leave it at one answer only, and make two answers correct, both worth 100%, rather than change the MCQ to multiple answers allowed).

1. Click on the quiz
   
   
2. Click Attempts at the bottom of the screen
   
   
3. Next to Show only attempts tick the box 'that have been regraded/are marked as needed regrading'
   
   
   
   
4. Click Dry run a full regrade (to see the outcome before you actually regrade – it is not a required step)
   
   
   
   
5. Click on the Continue button once the 'Regrade completed successfully' screen has appeared
   
   
   
6. Once completed, the attempts that need regrading will appear in the regrade column with 'Needed' appearing
   
   
   
7. Click on the 'Regrade attempts marked as needed regrading' button
   
   
   
8. Click 'Continue' button once Regrade completed successfully appears
   
   
9. To complete the process click Regrade all
   
   
   
10. Click Continue button once 'Regrade completed successfully' appears. You will now notice that the regrade column disappears, indicating that your quiz has been regraded 
    

Quiz with random questions

If you need to remark one question you will need to identify which students were given the question, as that particular question could have occurred in any order (eg question 1 for some students but question 4 for others).

Example: If you have a randomised quiz of 20 questions, the problem question could be given in any of the 20 possible positions within the quiz.

1. In the quiz, click the Actions menu cog and choose Manual grading under the Results link
   
   
2. Click the Also show questions that have been graded automatically link
   
   
3. Locate the problem question for each of the possible question slots and edit however many results there are by clicking on update grades in the Automatically graded column. (The random question has a round symbol next to the question name. ) In the case below, you will need to edit 2 attempts on this question
   
   
   
4. Once you have edited the question and saved the edits, you will see that this question is no longer automatically graded – you have manually regraded the question
   

This entry relates to the Quiz activity.

You can import quiz questions into the question bank from a text editor (eg Microsoft Word). The instructions below relate to multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in text format only (ie no images etc).

If you need help, contact your local eLearning support team.

Steps

In a text editor

1. Create your MCQs in a text editor such as Word, using this template (Aiken format). Choose the format for your questions (Option 1 or Option 2) and follow the instructions

2. Save your MCQ file as a .txt file and save in a UTF-8 format
   

   
   

In your FLO topic

    3. Create a category in the question bank for your questions (if you don't already have one) – this is where your imported questions will be located

    4. From anywhere in the topic, go to the Topic management panel > Topic settings > Import

        If you are inside the quiz, you can also use the cog icon in the top-right corner of the page and select import

5. In the 'Import questions from a file' screen, select Aiken format for the File format (suitable for these question types/file type) 

 

7. Under Import questions from file, either Choose a file... or drag and drop in the box, and click Import 
 

8. The next screen will show you the questions you have imported. Click Continue  

9. The next screen will show you the question bank category you have put your imported questions into. Check that your questions are there (you can also move them to another category if you want) 

The Quiz activity enables a teacher to create out-of-class quizzes comprising questions of various types, including multiple-choice, matching, short-answer and numerical. See Active quiz if you wish to use a quiz in a face-to-face lecture/tutorial (ie in class), with a classroom of computers/tablets/phones (devices). 

• Is a quiz the right tool for what you want to do? Find out about other options

1. Plan your quiz

The better your planning, the less likely you are to run into a problem once students start doing the quiz. Therefore, it is advised that you have a process for creating your quiz. Your college may have policies or guidelines around quizzes. Whether you are starting from scratch or revising a current quiz, these concepts, planning questions and tips that may help:

• What is your quiz's purpose? The answer will determine the settings you choose when you create the quiz. 
• Quiz – purpose and settings – what are you wanting students to do?
• What principle/knowledge are you testing – does the quiz item test it? 
• Line up quiz questions against the learning outcomes (you could include this information in the quiz question)
• Connect the questions with Bloom's level/s of taxonomy (Wikipedia) – again, what is being tested? 
• Be creative – you could use scenarios, embed videos/other resources, provide learning pathways (eg hints, tips, more information, think again) 

Follow the links below to start the process.

• Add a category to the question bank – it is good practice to set up a question bank and category/ies before you create the quiz
• Create a new question (question types) 
• What question types are suitable?
• What category will the question sit under?
• Import/export questions – do you need to?
• Import questions (multiple choice in a text file)
• Provide quiz feedback at quiz and question level – the level of feedback will depend on your quiz's purpose

2. Build your quiz

You have planned your quiz – its purpose (which determines quiz settings), the category/ies and questions, the feedback you will provide. Now you are ready to set up the quiz.

1. Create a quiz
2. Add questions to a quiz (edit quiz) – including random questions
3. Edit quiz questions (and regrade quiz) 
4. Calculate a topic total including the best X from Y grades – if you have multiple (eg weekly/two weekly) quizzes in a topic and want to count the best 8 out of 10 (for example)

3. Test your quiz

You've created your quiz and added questions. If you are confident the quiz is ready, it is a good idea to preview it to see if it works before making it available to students. When you preview the quiz, you will experience it as a student.

• Quiz - review and test your quiz

4. Administer your quiz

While the quiz is open, you can view how students are progressing (submitted or not, how many attempts so far etc). Once the quiz has closed, you can finalise the grades.

• Change settings for a group or user (override/extension) (dates, timing and number of allowed attempts, extension)
• Manually mark essay (or other) questions in a quiz
• View results and reports (grades, responses, statistics, manual grading)
• Edit quiz questions (and regrade quiz) 

5. Review your quiz

Reviewing your quiz (question validity, student experience and learning outcomes, alignment with topic learning outcomes) entails collecting data, analysing the data, and acting on it. Your data may also include student feedback – verbally and electronically. This step feeds into future quiz planning (step 1).

• View results and reports (grades, responses, statistics, manual grading)
• Learning analytics and FLO
• Is quiz the right tool for what you want to do? Find out about other options