Moodle Quiz
Moodle Quiz
Moodle Quiz has a range of features you can use to design quizzes, assess students, and provide feedback.
What is a Moodle Quiz?
Moodle Quiz can be used as a tool to assess students’ learning or as an assessment for learning activity. It enables you to create quizzes using a variety of question types such as multiple choice, true-false, matching, and open ended questions. It has built in features for automatic marking and feedback, weighted marking, dependent question types, and a Question bank that serves as an organised repository of all the questions in your unit.
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Design for academic integrity
Learn how to design Moodle quizzes that support academic integrity.
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Add and customise a Quiz
Learn how to add a question to a Quiz and settings you can use to customise how it operates.
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Add Quiz questions
Learn how to create new quiz questions, edit questions or add existing questions from the Question bank, a database containing previously created quiz questions or questions imported from another unit.
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Format a Quiz
Learn how to use different formatting and layouts to give your quiz a clear structure.
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Manage the question bank
The Question bank is a repository of quiz questions. Learn how you can create questions inside the Question bank, import and export questions from other Moodle units. You can also create categories to group questions, which random questions can be drawn from.
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Grade a Quiz
Learn how to grade Quiz answers, as well as view Quiz reports.
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Regrade a Quiz
Learn how to regrade individual Quiz attempts, or all attempts.
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Enable extensions and allow quiz reattempts
Learn how to extend the completion date or reopen a quiz to individual students or a group of students by using user overrides.
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Add a STACK quiz question
The STACK quiz question type in Moodle allows you to set multi-part questions that address mathematical ideas and concepts. Learn how to add a STACK quiz question and create a simple calculated question.
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Embed quiz questions
Learn how to embed quiz questions in your Moodle unit with the ATTO text editor. To be embedded, they must be assigned a category ID and ID number. Embedded quiz questions cannot be graded and are recommended for formative assessment only.
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Frequently asked questions
View frequently asked questions about Moodle quiz.
Benefits of Moodle Quiz
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With Moodle Quiz, you can:
- Set up immediate feedback for students or delay feedback until the Quiz has closed
- Set up quizzes with automatic marking to reduce your workload
- Create a question bank of quiz questions that can be reused
- Students are familiar with the platform which reduces overhead in preparing students for this format
In addition to these benefits, Moodle Quiz has a lot of features to provide you with flexibility in creating your online assessments.
- Quizzes can be linear or randomised with dependent questions
- Quizzes can be set up to allow multiple attempts
- Most question types can be graded automatically with automated feedback that varies with the student response
- Can use datasets that create randomisation of some question types to preclude collusion
- Can create time-restricted assessments to require students to start and finish the assessment within a specific time period (be mindful of potential internet bandwidth and connectivity issues when restricting the assessment time)
Note: Essay type questions require you to manually enter the grade and feedback.
Supporting your students
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How to support your students
Provide clear instructions
When creating an assessment, it is important that you provide students with clear guidelines, instructions and grading requirements. This can be done by writing instructions in the quiz, showing the question value, and letting them know the deadlines and time requirements.
Provide feedback to students
Feedback is a crucial part of the learning process. One of the best ways to support your students using a Moodle Quiz is to give them feedback. Whether that is via the automated feedback system or manual feedback.
Use quizzing as a learning tool
Consider using a quiz as an assessment for learning tool where you get students to complete a quiz after reading an article or watching a video, or even as a way to pre-test their understanding of a topic.
Let students become familiar with the quiz format
Before using a Moodle Quiz as a final assessment, it is recommended that you provide students the opportunity to complete a non assessable quiz using Moodle Quiz. Knowing the platform and the way questions are presented can help reduce anxiety.
What resources and services are available to students
Quizzes (Library resource)
This resource provides students with an overview of the Moodle Quiz platform and some of its functionalities.
eExams
Monash has created a comprehensive site to support students in preparing for their eExams which you should share with your students. It provides information on: How eExams work and its rules; How to sit an on-campus and off-campus eExam; How to prepare for their exams in terms of study skills; Device and system set-up; Troubleshooting and tips; Where to get help and support
Compulsory Unit Modules - Academic Integrity and Respect at Monash
Both Australian and Malasian new students need to complete the compulsory unit on academic integrity. If you are teaching a first year unit or have new students in your unit, you can share the link to these modules for them to complete.
Learn HQ: maintain academic integrity
Suite of resources to help students apply and maintain principles of academic integrity at Monash. Students will learn what academic integrity is and why it is important, what to do and avoid in order to maintain it, and how to avoid unintentional breaches.
Student Academic Success: Learning and Language Support
Encourage students to seek advice from learning and language support about understanding the assessment task. Students can make appointments or attend a drop-in session with a Learning Adviser who can assist them with interpreting and analysing the requirements of assessments. They can also learn about time management, including managing multiple assessment tasks across the semester.
Health and wellbeing: Counselling service
Share this link for counselling services so that students can obtain additional support around a number of issues from managing motivation, coping with stress and/or anxiety, prioritisation and managing perfectionism. This is a free service for Monash students.
Assessment and results: Special consideration processes
Share this link to let students know how to apply for special consideration that may allow them to obtain an extension, create another assessment, or sit a deferred exam. Monash provides Special Consideration for students who are experiencing exceptional circumstances beyond their control that affect their ability to successfully complete assessment tasks.
Related resources
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Besides Moodle quizzes, there are various tools you can use for online quizzes or knowledge checks, some more suitable for assessment of learning or assessment for learning.
Primary use cases for teaching | Online summative exams and assessments | Quickly gauge student understanding in class or to frame discussions | Embed quiz questions into an Interactive video | Adding questions within an activities or within a scaffolded lesson | Formative Knowledge self-checking, Displaying information in an interactive and engaging way |
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Multiple Choice/Multi Select | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
True/False | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Fill in the blank | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Essay | ✔ | no | no | ✔ | ✔ |
Matching/Drag and drop | ✔ | no | no | ✔ | ✔ |
Unique features | Can be used for timed, invigilated examinations for large cohorts | Instantly gauge student feedback in class | Great statistics and reporting | Best used as assessment for learning, though grades can be assigned | Templates, easy to set up, easy to embed into Moodle, Can link/not link to the gradebook |
Potential challenges | Takes time/planning to set up? Especially for invigilation | Responses not stored, usually anonymous | Not connected to Moodle gradebook | Navigation needs to be considered in the design, if not some students may not be able to review or retake their assessment questions | Lack of detailed statistics and reporting No collective database? |
Other related resources related to quizzes
Here are some additional resources that will help support you in using quizzes in assessment effectively.
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Writing assessment tasks
This resource will help you choose, design and write clear assessment tasks to assess learning outcomes.
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Designing assessment regimes
Here you will get some key recommendations and an overview on designing effective assessment regimes in line with best-practice principles.
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Marking and grading
Learn how to mark consistently through the appropriate application of criteria and moderation practices.
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Academic Integrity
Explore academic integrity principles, policies and procedures.
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eAssessments
Examine students' knowledge, skills and attributes effectively using online assessment activities
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Making Sense of Exams
This article “Should we do away with exams altogether? No, but we need to rethink their design and purpose.” goes through some of the myths associated with exams.
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University tests should be part and parcel of teaching - not stand-alone events
This article from The Conversation describes how to make exams more integrated with the teaching practice and how this can reduce exam stress.
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Exams might be stressful but they improve learning
This article from The Conversation goes through some of the benefits of exams and how they do enhance the learning process.
Relevant policies procedures
Monash has specific policies and procedures related to assessment. Take the time to review these to inform your teaching practice.
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Assessment Regime procedure
Explains requirements of developing and implementing an assessment regime for a unit, rules around scheduling, extensions, hurdles, alternative and supplementary assessments, and communicating assessment requirements.
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Scheduled Final Assessments procedure
Explains the requirements for timed major assessment tasks that are scheduled after the end of the teaching period including closed-book tasks, open-book tasks, and open-access tasks, as well as eAssessments.
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Grading schema procedure
Explains the final grades that are used at Monash in a range of assessment contexts, calculations of WAM, GPA and CGPA, and rules around the use of the withdrawn incomplete (WI) grade.
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Marking and feedback procedure
Outlines processes and principles for marking, blind marking, second marking, double marking, provision of feedback, quality assurance, finalising results, responsibilities, and re-marking requests.
Education Performance Standards
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The Education Performance Standards identify the expectations of education practice at Monash – See the Education Performance Standards for more details.
Impact on student learning | Impact on educational knowledge | Impact on educational environment | |||||
Effective teaching and learning | Responsive program design | Student- centred orientation | Professional learning engagement | Pedagogical content knowledge | Education research performance | Education innovation | Education leadership |
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You could address these Practice Elements by providing evidence of how you:
- Demonstrate effective contribution to design and development of unit materials and assessments
- Ensure that assessment questions align with learning outcomes and professional standards
- Demonstrate knowledge of a range of pedagogies and use evidence to inform improvement in your assessment design