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How to add a QuizA Quiz is an activity that consists of different types of questions including; multiple choice, matching, short answer and numerical. Quizzes can be developed as assessment or self-assessment tools and can help to provide feedback early feedback to students on how they are progressing through a subject.

Outline:

The purpose of this guide is to show users how to create a quiz inside the LMS.

What will the guide cover?

The guide will cover how to create a quiz, question categories and questions.

How long will this take?

To set up a quiz should take around 10 minutes.

What technology will it use?

LMS

Materials needed?

A device that allows updating LMS content.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Last Modified 19 January 2018

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Add a Quiz.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5Enable Editing..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5Add an activity or resource................................................................................................................................................................. 5Add a Quiz (continued)........................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Complete the settings............................................................................................................................................................................ 7Fill in the Quiz name and description.................................................................................................................................................. 7Edit the timing..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8Adjust the Grade................................................................................................................................................................................. 8Adjust the Layout................................................................................................................................................................................ 9Question behaviour............................................................................................................................................................................. 9Review options.................................................................................................................................................................................. 10Appearance....................................................................................................................................................................................... 11Overall feedback............................................................................................................................................................................... 11Common Module Settings................................................................................................................................................................. 11Restrict Access.................................................................................................................................................................................. 12Activity Completion........................................................................................................................................................................... 12Tags.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12Competencies................................................................................................................................................................................... 12Save and return to subject................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Add content to the quiz........................................................................................................................................................................ 13Navigate to the Administration block................................................................................................................................................ 13

Add a category..................................................................................................................................................................................... 14Create and name category................................................................................................................................................................ 14

Add questions to the category.............................................................................................................................................................. 15


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Go to question bank.......................................................................................................................................................................... 16Select category................................................................................................................................................................................. 17Create a new question...................................................................................................................................................................... 18Complete the question settings......................................................................................................................................................... 19Question options............................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Moving questions to a quiz category.................................................................................................................................................... 21Locate the quiz category................................................................................................................................................................... 21Select the questions.......................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Adding questions to the quiz................................................................................................................................................................ 23Edit Quiz............................................................................................................................................................................................ 23Add questions.................................................................................................................................................................................... 24Add questions from a question bank category.................................................................................................................................. 25Edit the questions............................................................................................................................................................................. 26

Adding random questions from a category.......................................................................................................................................... 27Select the category and number of questions................................................................................................................................... 27Preview the questions....................................................................................................................................................................... 28Review the quiz................................................................................................................................................................................. 29

Import Questions into a Quiz................................................................................................................................................................ 30Select import and format.................................................................................................................................................................. 30

Quiz dashboard and Analysis................................................................................................................................................................ 31Access reports................................................................................................................................................................................... 31Review grades................................................................................................................................................................................... 32Review attempts............................................................................................................................................................................... 33Review or Regrade attempts............................................................................................................................................................. 33


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Comment or override mark............................................................................................................................................................... 34Further Support.................................................................................................................................................................................... 35End of guide......................................................................................................................................................................................... 35


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Add a Quiz

Navigate to the subject 1. On the top right of the page, select Turn editing on 2. Navigate to the week / section to which you would like to add a quiz and select

Add an activity or resource.


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Add a Quiz (continued)1. From the menu that appears, select Quiz.2. Then select Add at the bottom of the menu.


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Complete the settings

Fill in the Quiz name and description1. Add the quiz Name (mandatory field).2. Add a description of the quiz (optional field). 3. To display description on subject page, check this box to

appear on subject page.

Edit more settings1. To access the rest of the settings please select the

toggle/expand the links.

Also expand any Show more… links as well to see the section you are adjusting.


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Edit the timing1. Enable Open the quiz to set a date that the

quiz can be seen and accessed by students. To enable select the tickbox located to the right of the dates range.

Also enable Close the quiz to set a date that the quiz will no longer be available to students.

2. Enable Time limit to set how many minutes students have to complete the quiz.

3. Select what happens to quiz attempts that are open When time expires.

If you use any setting other than Open attempts are submitted automatically you will need to set a grace period in the Submission grace period. Select the tick box to enable.


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Adjust the Grade 1. Grade category can be set, once categories

have been setup in Gradebook. 2. Grade to pass value sets the minimum

grade required to pass.3. Attempts allowed is the number of times a

student is able to do the quiz.4. Grading method can be altered if there are

numerous attempts, this includes, the highest grade achieved during attempts, the average of the grades, the first attempt of the last attempt.

Adjust the Layout 1. New page when creating the quiz you can limit

how many questions there are per page. For example, a new page for every question or a new page every 3 questions.

2. Toggle the Show more… link and consider changing the Navigation method can be set to free or sequential. When sequential is enabled the student must move through the quiz one question after the other and will not be able to return to previous pages or skip ahead.


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Question behaviour 1. Shuffle within questions – when this feature is enabled

the answers will be shuffled within the question.2. How questions behave – this setting will allow you to

change when students receive feedback. The most commonly used options are Deferred which provides feedback after the quiz has closed or after the attempt. You can also select Immediate so students can get feedback on questions as they progress through the quiz.

3. Allow redo within an attempt – if selected students can reattempt another version of the quiz question. Note this will not work on Essay questions.

4. Each attempt builds on the last – where multiple attempts are permitted this setting can be enabled for each new quiz attempt.


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Review options 1. During the attempt settings

are only relevant for some behaviours, like 'interactive with multiple tries', which may display feedback during the attempt.

2. Immediately after the attempt students will be able to view the selected options immediately after 'Submit all and finish' is selected.

3. Later, while the quiz is still open students will be able to view the selected options two minutes after submission and before the quiz close date.

4. After the quiz is closed settings apply after the quiz close date has passed. If the quiz does not have a close date, students will not receive any of the feedback associated with this quiz.


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Appearance1. Show the user’s picture when enabled will show the students

name and picture on-screen during attempts.2. Decimal places in grades this setting will define how many

decimal places are displayed for grades.3. Decimal places in question grades this setting specifies the

number of digits shown after the decimal point when displaying the grades for individual questions.

4. Show blocks during quiz attempts can assist with reducing distractions and reduce cheating if blocks contains links to resources.

Overall feedbackOverall feedback is text that is shown after a quiz has been attempted. By specifying additional grade boundaries (as a percentage or as a number), the text shown can depend on the grade obtained.

Common Module SettingsCommon module settings control whether content in visible to students. You can also add a group restriction in this setting. For more information on restricting access for groups see groups and groupings guide.

Restrict AccessRestrict access allow you to control access based on date, grade, users and activity completion.


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Activity CompletionIf Activity completion has been activated in your subject settings, it will appear in your activity or resource settings. You can elect for a student to mark the activity as completed or for graded items automatically indicate completion to students. Activity completion is indicated by a check box to the right of the activity on the home page.

TagsTags not currently used.

CompetenciesFor more information on enabling Competencies, please refer to the Competences guide.

Save and return to subject1. Once you have finished adjusting/editing the settings select Save

and return to subject.


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Add content to the quiz You can add categories and questions to a subject via the Question bank link in the Administration block before you set up your quiz. You can also add them after you have set up the quiz in LMS.

Navigate to the Administration block

1. Below the Navigation block on the left hand side of your subject is the Administration block.

2. You can then either navigate directly to the Questions or to Categories.

* Note: if you can’t see the categories section, you may need to press the plus button on the left of the question bank title to expand the section.


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Add a category

Create and name categoryIt is recommended that you first set up a quiz category. This not only allows you to add questions randomly from a quiz category but also keeps some order to your quiz questions which can be visible in other subjects.

1. Once in the Categories area, navigate to the bottom of the Categories area and add the name of the category.You can start with the Subject name and add additional sub categories after as required.

2. Then select Add category.3. Your quiz category will appear in the list.


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Add questions to the categoryTypes of questionsThere are a number of standard question types:

Calculated: Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the use of wildcards that are substituted with individual values when the quiz is taken. More on the Calculated question type

Description: This is not a real question. It simply prints some text (and possibly graphics) without requiring an answer. This can be used to provide some information to be used by a subsequent group of questions, for example. More on the Description question type

Essay: In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent writes an answer in essay format. More on the Essay question type

Matching: A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The respondent must "match" the correct answers with each question. More on the Matching question type

Embedded Answers (Cloze Test / Gap Fill): These very flexible questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and numerical answers. More on the Embedded Answers question type

Multiple Choice: In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions - single answer and multiple answer. More on the Multiple Choice question type

Short Answer: In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers, with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case. More on the Short Answer question type

Numerical: From the student 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 continuous range of answers to be set. More on the Numerical question type


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True/False: In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False.

Go to question bankOnce you have added your quiz category navigate to the Administration block.

1. Select the Question bank link.

Select category

You will then be taken to the Question bank page.1. Select the drop down menu. 2. Then select the category.


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Create a new question1. Once you have selected the category to add your questions to select the Create a new

question button.2. From the menu that appears select the desire question format.3. Then select Add.


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Complete the question settingsFor this example we’ll use a True or False question.

1. Select the Category you wish to add the question to (if applicable)2. Add the Question name.3. Insert the Question text. 4. Adjust the Default mark which is set to 1 to the desired mark.5. Add any General feedback.6. Adjust the correct answer using the dropdown menu.7. Insert the True feedback.8. Insert the False feedback9. Then select Save changes.


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Question optionsThere are many other types of quiz questions you can add using LMS Quiz.When you select Create a new question you can select the type of quiz and once selected in the menu a description will appear.


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Moving questions to a quiz category

Locate the quiz category1. If you have already built questions and want to add or sort them to a quiz category, navigate to the Administration tab select

the Question bank link and then the Categories link that appears.2. Then search for your category you wish to add questions to from the categories list and select the number next to the

category. This will either be (0) or a number if quiz questions have been added to the category.


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Select the questions1. Once you have selected the category you want to add the

questions to, it’s time to select where you want to draw the questions from. These may be sitting in an uncategorised category.

2. Once you have located your questions select questions you want to add by clicking the check box next to each one you want to add. The top check box will select all of the questions in the category.

3. Then from the dropdown menu select the category you wish to move the quiz questions into.

4. Then select the Move to >> button. The page should refresh and your new category will be populated with the additional quiz questions.

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Adding questions to the quiz

Edit Quiz1. Once you have created your questions you can then add them to

your quiz by selecting the quiz link on the main subject page.2. You will then be taken to the Quiz page. At the bottom of the main

content section, select the Edit quiz button.3. Important: Once questions are added to a quiz, the method to

begin editing a quiz changes. To edit a quiz with existing questions, you will need to select the quiz, then on the left hand side menu, under the Administration section, select Edit quiz.


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Add questionsFrom this page you can:

1. Adjust the grade. You can adjust this at anytime. If set to 0 it will not appear in gradebook.

2. Set the quiz to Shuffle.3. You can then select the Add link.

Once you select the Add link a pop up menu will appear and you can select to add a new question, a question from the question bank or a random question.If you are adding a new question follow the previous steps outlined in this guide.


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Add questions from a question bank category1. Select the dropdown titled Select a category.2. Select the questions by selecting the tick box next to the

question(s) you want to add.3. At the bottom of the list of questions, select Add selected

questions to the quiz.


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Edit the questionsAfter you have added your questions you can:

1. Adjust the Maximum grade and Save the quiz at any time.

2. Select the Shuffle option if desired.3. View the quiz questions using the

magnifying glass icon Delete the question using the x icon. You can also adjust the scoring of the question here by selecting the pen icon, entering the desired scoring and then selecting enter.

4. Use the Crosshairs icon to adjust the order of the quiz Edit the question itself using the cog icon.


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Adding random questions from a category

Select the category and number of questionsAdding questions from a random category means you can add questions to a quiz that will ensure students receive a random selection of quiz questions which are generally never the same. This can increase the integrity of your quiz and reduce cheating and collusion.

When adding from a random category you can add from an existing category or set up a new category.

If adding from an existing category:

1. First select the Category from which you wish to add the questions, from the dropdown menu

2. Then select the Number of random questions from the dropdown menu

3. Then select Add random questions

It is recommended that you don’t use the Random question feature using a new category and that you follow the previous steps when Setting up categories at the beginning of this guide.


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Preview the questionsOnce you have added your random questions they will appear in a list on the page.

To test that the quiz is functioning correctly you can select the Preview link in the Administration tab.


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Review the quizIf you are currently inside your quiz, you can review your quiz by using the Preview link in the Administration block.

1. Navigate through the preview by selecting each of the questions in the Quiz Navigation block.

2. You can also select the Next page button.Once you have finished reviewing your quiz make sure it is appearing in the Gradebook if the quiz is assessable with the correct weighting. You may also review the settings to ensure the dates, times and behaviour is working as desired.


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Import Questions into a Quiz

Select import and formatUse the quiz import function if you have questions from another instance of the LMS or similar platform.

1. From the Administration block select the Question bank link and then the Import link.

2. Select the File format your are using.3. Select the Import category and leave the default

settings as they appear. 4. Drag the file into the Import area or select the

Choose file button.5. Then select the Import button.


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Quiz dashboard and AnalysisTypes of reportsGrades - the grade, date/time started, completed, time taken for every quiz attempt for a specific quiz. There is also a graph which shows all scores.Reponses – which show table of answers for a quiz, with a row for each student. For example, it is possible to scroll down and see each students answer to the same question.Statistics - This report gives a statistical (psychometric) analysis of the quiz, and the questions within it. The top section of this report gives a summary of the whole quiz. The next section gives an analysis showing all questions in a table format. There are links in this section to edit individual questions or drill down into a detailed analysis of a particular question. The last section of this report is a bar graph of the percent of correct answers (Facility index) and the Discriminative efficiency index.

Access reportsYou can 3 kinds of analytics for the quiz. To access these reports

1. Select the quiz, then locate the reports from the quiz administration menu.


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Review grades1. Access the results of the quiz by

selecting the Quiz link and then selecting the Attempts link.


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Review attempts1. From this page you can filter the Attempts from

enrolled users who have or have not completed the quiz.

2. Filter attempts that are in progress or finished.3. You can also filter attempts that have been regraded

or remarked.

Review or Regrade attemptsIf a question in a quiz had an error or was deemed to be two of the possible answers then you can regrade the quiz question.You can also grade Short answer or Essay type questions from this page.

1. To review/regrade select the Review attempt link.


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Comment or override mark1. Once you have navigated to the specific question you can select the

Make comment or override mark link.2. Then leave feedback or a comment in the Comment text box.3. Regrade the mark if applicable.4. The select Save.


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Further SupportStaff For support in the use of the LMS, Echo360, Turnitin, PebblePad and Manage My Subjects contact Teaching Support.

StudentsGo to Student IT Support

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