Quizzes & Question Types

    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 choice

    Allows the selection of a single or multiple responses from a pre-defined list.

    True/False

    A simple form of multiple choice question with just the two choices ‘True’ and ‘False’.

    Matching

    The answer to each of a number of sub-question must be selected from a list of possibilities.

    Short answer

    Allows a response of one or a few words that is graded by comparing against various model answers, which may contain wildcards.

    Numerical

    Allows a numerical response, possibly with units, that is graded by comparing against various model answers, possibly with tolerances.

    Essay

    Allows a response of a few sentences or paragraphs. This must then be graded manually.

    Calculated

    Calculated questions are like numerical questions but with the numbers used selected randomly from a set when the quiz is taken.

    Calculated multichoice

    Calculated 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 simple

    A 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 text

    Missing words in the question text are filled in using drag and drop.

    Drag and drop markers

    Markers are dragged and dropped onto a background image.

    Drag and drop onto image

    Images 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 matching

    Like 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.