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Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Creating question categories in Moodle 

Author: Nancy Varkey

Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, question categories, question management, question filtering, category deletion, question organization, Moodle questions


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|'''Slide: Title''' 
| Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on '''Moodle 4.5 - Creating question categories in Moodle.''' 

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|'''Slide: Learning Objectives''' 
| In this tutorial, we will learn: 
* What are '''question categories'''
* How to use '''question categories''' 

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|'''Slide: Target Audience''' 
| This tutorial is intended for '''teachers''' who want to create '''question categories''' within a '''Question bank''' in '''Moodle'''. 

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|'''Slide: System Requirements''' 

This tutorial is recorded using: 
* Ubuntu Linux OS version 22.04 
* Moodle version 4.5 
* Firefox browser 

You can use any OS or web browser of your choice. 

| Recorded with '''Ubuntu, Moodle 4.5,''' and '''Firefox.'''  

Use any '''OS''' or '''web browser''' of your choice. 

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|'''Slide: Prerequisites''' 

To follow this tutorial, ensure you have: 
* Moodle 4.5 installed and
* Teacher access to a Moodle course 
* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org
| Here are the prerequisites to learn this video. 

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| Point to the user icon 

| We are logged in as '''teacher Nitya Jeevan'''. 

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| Click on My courses → Calculus → More → Question bank 
| Click on '''My courses''' and '''Calculus'''. 

Then click on '''More''' and '''Question bank'''. 

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| Click on ‘Turn editing on’  
| Ensure that '''editing''' is turned '''on''' at the top right. 

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| Screen: Course page (logged in as teacher)  
| Let us begin with understanding the '''Question categories'''. 

We use '''question categories''' to better organize questions. 

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| Questions dropdown → select Categories 
| Click the '''Questions''' dropdown to reveal the options. 
Select '''Categories.'''' 

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| Edit Category page → Default for Math-101 → 7  
| The '''Edit Category''' page shows one category - '''Default for Math-101'''. 

In brackets it shows '''7''' which indicates the total number of questions in this '''category'''. 

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| Click Add category → Name: MCQs with single answers  
| Click '''Add category''', provide a name, and save. 

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| Point to the new question category  
| The new '''question category''' appears in the list. 

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| Create Short answer questions, TF questions Point in the list  
| Likewise, create 2 other '''question categories'''. 

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| Categories dropdown → select Questions  
| Click the '''Categories''' dropdown and select '''Questions.'''' 

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| Select Calc-MCQ-001, Calc-MCQ-003, Calc-MCQ-006 
| In the list of questions, select the 3 MCQs. 

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| Click on With selected and Move to 
| At the bottom of the list, click on '''With selected''' and '''Move to.'''' 

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| Open the dropdown → select MCQs with a single answer → Move to 
| Open the dropdown, select '''MCQs with a single answer''' and click '''Move to.'''' 

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| Point there (MCQs with a single answer) when recording  
| We see the 3 MCQs in the filtered list of '''MCQs with a single answer question category'''. 

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| Click Type or select dropdown → select Default for Math-101 → click Apply filters  
| Click '''Type or select''' dropdown, select '''Default for Math-101''' and click '''Apply filters'''. 
Notice there are 4 questions now, instead of 7. 

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| Select Calc-ShortAnswer-005 and Calc-ShortAnswer-007 and move to Short answer questions No recording for this  
| Repeat the same steps to move corresponding questions to '''Short answer question category.'''' 

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| Click Type or select dropdown → select Top for Calculus → check Also show questions from subcategories → click Apply filters Point to the list  
| Click '''Type or select''' dropdown, select '''Top for Calculus'''.

Check '''Also show questions from subcategories''' and click '''Apply filters'''. 

Now all questions from all the '''subcategories''' are visible. 

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| '''Question categories''' will help in choosing random questions when creating a '''quiz'''. 
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| Click on Create a new question → MCQ is default selection → click on Add → click Category dropdown → scroll down → click Cancel
| After adding '''question categories''', when we click on '''Create a new question''', we get the option to select the '''category'''. 

But for now, scroll down and click '''Cancel.'''' 

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| Questions dropdown → select Categories → TF questions → Delete
| Click the '''Questions''' dropdown and select '''Categories.'''' 

To delete a '''question category''', click the '''Actions menu''' and '''Delete'''. 

Read the warning message and click '''Delete.'''' 

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| So, that’s the quick explanation of '''question categories''' in the '''Question bank''' in '''Moodle'''. 

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|'''Slide: Summary''' 
To summarise, we learnt:
* What question categories are
* How to use question categories to better organise the Question bank 
| Here is the summary of this tutorial. 

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|'''Slide: Assignment''' 
As an assignment, add a new question category named '''“Numerical Questions”'''. 
| We encourage you to try out this assignment. 

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| Slide: Acknowledgement 

Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey
|This tutorial is brought to you by '''EduPyramids Educational Service, SINE, IIT Bombay.'''  

Thank you for watching!