Creating Quiz Shells
Add quiz shells to a course. First step in the process of creating a quiz.
Adding Quiz Questions
Add questions to a quiz shell. Second step in the process of creating a quiz.
Question Banks Explained
Brief explanation of question banks and how they persist in courses.
Question Types
Multiple choiceAllows the selection of a single or multiple responses from a pre-defined list. |
True/FalseA simple form of multiple choice question with just the two choices ‘True’ and ‘False’. |
MatchingThe answer to each of a number of sub-question must be selected from a list of possibilities. |
Short answerAllows a response of one or a few words that is graded by comparing against various model answers, which may contain wildcards. |
NumericalAllows a numerical response, possibly with units, that is graded by comparing against various model answers, possibly with tolerances. |
EssayAllows a response of a few sentences or paragraphs. This must then be graded manually. |
CalculatedCalculated questions are like numerical questions but with the numbers used selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken. |
Calculated multichoiceCalculated multichoice questions are like multichoice questions which choice elements can include formula results from numeric values that are selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken. |
Calculated simpleA simpler version of calculated questions which are like numerical questions but with the numbers used selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken. |
Drag and drop into textMissing words in the question text are filled in using drag and drop. |
Drag and drop markersMarkers are dragged and dropped onto a background image. |
Drag and drop onto imageImages or text labels are dragged and dropped into drop zones on a background image. |
Embedded answers (Cloze)Questions of this type are very flexible, but can only be created by entering text containing special codes that create embedded multiple-choice, short answers and numerical questions. |
Random short-answer matchingLike a Matching question, but created randomly from the short answer questions in a particular category. |
Select missing words
Missing words in the question text are filled in using dropdown menus. |
Description
This is not actually a question. Instead it is a way to add some instructions, rubric or other content to the activity. This is similar to the way that labels can be used to add content to the course page. |