Moodle Quizzes
Types of Quiz Questions
Multiple Choice
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- Students pick correct answer from a list. Question can have one or multiple correct answers.
Matching
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- Students match one set of information to another.
True/False
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- The only answer options are true or false.
Essay
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- For an essay question. Teachers can provide students with a template for scaffolding their answers.
Calculated
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- Makes use of variables to give each student a unique question in the quiz. Questions must be numerical.
Calculated Multichoice
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- Similar to calculated questions, but formulas can be included in the answers.
Calculated Simple
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- The same as the calculated question type, but with a simpler creation interface.
Drag and Drop Into Text
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- Students drag missing words into sentences/paragraphs.
Drag and Drop Markers
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- Students drag markers onto an image.
Drag and Drop Onto Image
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- Students drag labels or images onto an image.
Embedded Answers (Cloze)
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- A paragraph of text with various question types within the paragraph.
Gapfill
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- Fill in the blank questions with drag and drop or dropdown options.
Numerical
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- Like a short-answer question, but allows for numerical answers with an accepted margin of error.
Ordering
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- Students drag words, phrases, or sentences into the correct order.
Random Short-Answer Matching
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- Like a matching question, but questions are drawn from a category.
Select Missing Words
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- Like the drag and drop into text question, but uses drop-down options instead of dragging.
Short Answer
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- Students can enter a word or phrase for their answer.
Essay (Auto-Grade)
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- Like a regular essay question, but teachers can have Moodle grade the answer based on a variety of characteristics.
Description
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- Not actually a question. Allows for text or images to a quiz. For example, a paragraph or picture that students need to refer to for subsequent questions. If using a label in this way, do not shuffle the question order.
Adding a Google Form to Moodle
1. Create your Google Form or Google Forms Quiz
2. Click the purple Share button in the upper right corner of your quiz.
3. If not already checked, check Collect email addresses so you know whose answers are whose.
4. Next to Send via, click the icon of the link to the right of the envelope.
5. Click Copy in the bottom right corner of the window to copy the link to the form.
6. Follow the instructions for adding a link to a webpage in your Moodle course.