byBob Anthony

CFF Coach/Technology IntegratorWyomissing Area JR/SR High School

banthony@wyoarea.org

7.8 Quiz Module

7.8.1 Teachers can define a database of questions where they can add these questions to a course quiz or have the questions shared over the Moodle site.

7.8.2 Questions can be stored in categories for easy access and these groups of questions can be "published" to make them accessible to any quiz on the site.

7.8.3 Quizzes are automatically graded and can be re-graded if questions are modified.

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7.8 Quiz Module (2)7.8.4 There are many quiz settings options such as:

a. Quizzes can have a limited time window outside of which they are not available.

b. At the teacher's option, quizzes can be attempted multiple times and can show feedback and/or correct answers.

c. Quiz questions and quiz answers can be shuffled (randomized) to reduce cheating.

d. Multiple attempts can be cumulative, if desired, and finished over several sessions.

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7.8 Quiz Module (3)7.8.5 Questions allow HTML formatting, images and has a friendly tool bar.7.8.6 Questions can be imported or exported in many file formats.7.8.7 There are more than 10 question types, each with different scoring methods such as:

a. Multiple-choice questions supporting single or multiple answers.

b. Short Answer questions (words or phrases).c. True-False questions.d. Matching questions.e. Random questions.f. Numerical questions (with allowable ranges).g. Embedded-answer questions (cloze style) with answers within

passages of text.h. Embedded descriptive text and graphics is possible in questions.

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