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A '''quiz''' provides automated grading and various feedback options.  
 
A '''quiz''' provides automated grading and various feedback options.  
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| '''Maximum grade''' is the highest possible score assigned to the '''quiz''' by the teacher.  
  
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Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey
 
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Latest revision as of 09:41, 2 March 2026

Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Creating a Quiz in Moodle

Author: Nancy Varkey

Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, quiz activity, quiz configuration, question bank, random questions, quiz preview, Moodle quiz


Visual Cues Narration
Slide: Title Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Moodle 4.5 - Creating a Quiz in Moodle.
Slide: Learning Objectives In this tutorial, we will learn:
  • What is a quiz in Moodle
  • How to use the question bank and create a quiz
  • How to edit a quiz
  • How to preview a quiz
Slide: Target Audience This tutorial is intended for teachers who want to create a quiz in Moodle.
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.

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.
Point to the user icon We are logged in as teacher Nitya Jeevan.
Click on My courses → Calculus Click on My courses and Calculus.
Click on ‘Turn editing on’ Ensure that editing is turned on at the top right.
Slide Let’s understand what a quiz is.

A quiz allows the teacher to assess students through various types of questions.

A quiz provides automated grading and various feedback options.

Basic Calculus → Click “Add an activity or resource” → Quiz → Expand all To create a quiz, scroll to Basic Calculus.

Click Add an activity or resource and select Quiz.

Click Expand all.

Name: Quiz for Basic Calculus

Configure Timing

Open time: 1 July 10am

Close time: 1 July 5pm

Time limit: 10 mins

Type the quiz name.

Description is optional, and configure Timing settings.

Configure Grade to 8, Layout to Every 5 questions and Question behavior as shown in the screenshot Configure Grade, Layout and Question behavior.
Next we’ll configure the Review options settings.
Show “Review options” section Under Review options, choose what the student can see after the attempt—such as feedback, correct answers, and scores.
Click “Save and return to course” → Point to the quiz Scroll down and click Save and return to course.

The quiz is now created!

Click “Quiz for Basic Calculus” Click Quiz for Basic Calculus.
Click Add question To add a question from the Question Bank, click Add question.

On the next page, click Add, and select from question bank.

Point to Default for Math-101

Select Calc-Matching-004 and Calc-TF-002

Default for Math-101 is the default question category displayed.

Select both questions, and click Add selected questions to the quiz.

Point to the 2 questions'

Add → a random question

The 2 questions are visible in the quiz now.

To add random questions, click Add and select a random question.

Click Apply filters On the next page, click Type or select dropdown.

Select MCQs with single answers and click Apply filters.

MCQs with single answers → Number of questions - 2 In Number of random questions choose 2.

Click Add random question.

Short answer questions - add 1 random question to the quiz Repeat the same steps for Short answer questions question category

And add 1 random question.

Point to the 5 questions in the quiz The quiz now contains a mix of random and specific questions.

Each question carries 1 mark.

Highlight this portion Now, let’s look at the settings for Maximum grade, Total of marks and Shuffle.
Point to Maximum grade → Change to 100 and press Enter Maximum grade is the highest possible score assigned to the quiz by the teacher.

Change this number to 100 if you wish to have the score in percentage.

Point to Total of marks → Change the marks for any 1 question to 2 and revert the change Total of marks is the sum of the marks of individual questions within that quiz.

If you change the marks of the individual questions, by editing like this, the total will also change.

Point to Shuffle and check the box Let’s enable the Shuffle option.

This will shuffle the order of the questions for each student in their individual quiz.

Recall that the passing grade was set as 8 earlier.

We will go back and change it after this.

Click the Save button After configuring the quiz, click the Save button.
Click Quiz in the menu Click the Quiz menu. You can see all the quiz settings that you configured.
Recall that the passing grade was set as 8 earlier.
Click Settings in the menu → Expand all → Grade to pass: 80 → Scroll down and click Save and return to course We will go back to the Settings.

And change Grade to pass to 80 or any grade of your choice.

Save the changes.

Click "Quiz for Basic Calculus" Click Quiz for Basic Calculus.
Click Quiz menu → Grade to pass: 80.00 out of 100.00 It now says Grade to pass: 80.00 out of 100.00, which is what I set.
Click Preview quiz You can preview the quiz using Preview quiz option.
Click Start Attempt Read the standard instructions in the pop-up.

And click Start Attempt button.

This is exactly how the student will view the quiz.

Point to the countdown timer clock The countdown timer clock begins.
Answer the questions → click Finish Attempt Start answering the questions.

Then click Finish Attempt at the bottom.

Next page → click Submit all and finish On the next page, click Submit all and finish.
Pop-up → click Submit all and finish In the pop-up also, click Submit all and finish.
Scroll the attempt Scroll and review your quiz attempt and grades.
So, that’s how you create a quiz in Moodle with the question bank.

And preview an attempt.

Slide: Summary

To summarise, we learnt:

  • What a quiz in Moodle is
  • How to use the question bank and create a quiz with specific and random questions
  • How to preview a quiz
Here is the summary of this tutorial.
Slide: Assignment

As an assignment, open the quiz settings and set the Overall feedback as follows:

  • Feedback for Grade boundary 100%: Excellent performance
  • Feedback for Grade boundary 50%: You need to work harder
  • Feedback for Grade boundary 30%: Please meet the teacher separately to discuss how to improve your performance
We encourage you to try out this assignment.
Slide: Acknowledgement

Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey

This tutorial is brought to you by EduPyramids Educational Services, SINE, IIT Bombay.

Thank you for watching!

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey

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