Types of Quiz Questions

Multiple Choice

• • Students pick correct answer from a list. Question can have one or multiple correct answers.

Matching

• • Students match one set of information to another. 

True/False

• • The only answer options are true or false.

Essay

• • For an essay question. Teachers can provide students with a template for scaffolding their answers. 

Calculated

• • Makes use of variables to give each student a unique question in the quiz. Questions must be numerical. 

Calculated Multichoice

• • Similar to calculated questions, but formulas can be included in the answers.

Calculated Simple

• • The same as the calculated question type, but with a simpler creation interface.

Drag and Drop Into Text

• • Students drag missing words into sentences/paragraphs.

Drag and Drop Markers

• • Students drag markers onto an image. 

Drag and Drop Onto Image

• • Students drag labels or images onto an image.

Embedded Answers (Cloze)

• • A paragraph of text with various question types within the paragraph.

Gapfill

• • Fill in the blank questions with drag and drop or dropdown options.

Numerical

• • Like a short-answer question, but allows for numerical answers with an accepted margin of error.

Ordering

• • Students drag words, phrases, or sentences into the correct order.

Random Short-Answer Matching

• • Like a matching question, but questions are drawn from a category.

Select Missing Words

• • Like the drag and drop into text question, but uses drop-down options instead of dragging. 

Short Answer

• • Students can enter a word or phrase for their answer. 

Essay (Auto-Grade)

• • Like a regular essay question, but teachers can have Moodle grade the answer based on a variety of characteristics.

Description

• • 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.