The Moodle™ Setup and Installation Guide

Method #1 (Single Select)

• Go to Administration → Course administration → Users → Enrolled users, and click the button that says “Enroll users” (it should be located either at the top right, or bottom left)

• If you want to change the role of the users you are enrolling, use the “Assign roles” dropdown to select a different one

• Select your desired enrollment options

• Search for the user, and click the “Enroll” button opposite their name. The user’s name in the list will indent. You will know a user has been successfully enrolled when users name in the list is indented, and the enroll button disappears

• Finally, you can either click the button that says “Finish enrolling users”, or just close the “enrol users” box

• The users should now appear in the list of enrolled users.

Method #2 (Multiple Select)

• Under Administration → course administration → users → enrollment methods, click the icon that says “enroll users”, in the editing column opposite where it says “manual enrollment”

• From the list of users are not enrolled, select the users you wish (Shortcut: use Ctrl + click to select multiple users)

• “Add” these selected users to the enrolled users list and then click ‘save as’

Part 5: How to Create a Moodle Quiz

Now that we have shown you how to set up Moodle, courses, and users, it’s time to learn how to set up the most used Moodle feature – Quizzes! Knowing how to create a Moodle quiz is going to be essential for Moodle administrators and teachers as it is a great way to test knowledge comprehension before, during and after modules and courses. The great thing about the Quiz feature in Moodle is that quizzes can be set up to be automatically marked, or saved for grading by the instructor later.

Building a quiz in Moodle can be done in two ways. You can either wholly create a new quiz through the quiz activity setting, or select pre-existing quiz questions from the Question bank in Moodle. We will go through both of these quiz creating options in Moodle with you.

Creating a Quiz Activity, through Moodle’s Quiz Settings

The very first step in creating a Moodle quiz, is going to: Add an activity or resource>Quiz. If you don’t see this, you should be able to use the dropdown Add an activity>Quiz. Now you should be able to access the following fields under Quiz Settings:

1. Give the quiz a name, and a description.

You will also have the option of making the description visible on the course page – this is a box you will tick.

2. You have the option of managing the following date settings:

• The date and time the quiz opens, and closes – i.e. students can begin taking the quiz sometime within this time period. It’s also possible to set different start dates for the same quiz, for different groups or users in Moodle.

• The time limit students have when taking the quiz. Initially, this setting will be turned off by default, so it must be enabled if you wish to have this option.

3. Manage Grade settings (Collapsed by default):

• Grade category – You can select “Uncategorized”, or select one of the categories you might have in your gradebook if you wish.

• Set the minimum grade students need to obtain in order to pass

• Set the number of attempts you want students to be allowed (Unlimited/#)

• If you set multiple attempts at a quiz, you can also choose the grading method. Eg. choose the highest grade, average grade, first grade, or last grade in the attempts.

4. You can manage the quiz layout

• You have the option of displaying the quiz over several pages (you can also limit the number of questions per page)

• You can control the navigation method. You have one of two options:

  • Sequential: students are forced to go through questions in the set order, without the ability to go back to older questions, or forward to later ones.

  • Free: students can go back to older questions, or move forward to see later ones.

5. Question behaviour (collapsed by default)

• You can set questions to shuffle if you wish.

• Manage how questions behave. Eg. deferred feedback, immediate feedback, interactive mode, conditional questions

• You can allow redo’s within a quiz attempt

6. Appearance management

• You can enable students pictures to be displayed

• You can manage how you want grades displayed – i.e. How many digits will be shown after the decimal separator.

7. Overall feedback.

This is the feedback shown after a quiz attempt has been completed. The grade will be displayed, with the feedback underneath.

Adding Questions to a Moodle Quiz

1. Go to Administration>Quiz Administration>Edit quiz

2. Click “Add”, and select the option to add a new question, or the option to select an existing question from the Question Bank (if you select the latter, you have the option of selecting a random question).

Moodle’s Question Bank is a collection of all quiz questions used by one school/organization. Questions are saved, ready to be reused again for a different course offering at a later time. This is particularly useful within departments. For example, if one History teacher creates a quiz, those carefully crafted questions can be recycled for other History classes in the future. It’s a great way to collaborate within a school or organization allowing for the iteration of better quizzes and significant time savings! Questions can also be created right within the Question Bank, without actually being created as part of a quiz first.

Creating a New Question within the Question Bank

3. After clicking Add, a screen will appear so you can choose the type of question to add.

4. There will be a question form on the next screen, where you can put in your question, as well as the grade you wish to give the correct answer. When you’ve done this, click Save Changes.

5. Add responses and feedback that will be displayed when students give a certain answer. For example, if question is correct – “That’s right!” If the answer is wrong, the correct response can be given.

Choosing a Question from the Question Bank

6. After clicking Add, click the “+” sign next to the question you have chosen. You can select one, multiple, or all questions.

7. If you are choosing a random question from the Question Bank. After clicking Add, click on “+ a random question.” If you want to add multiple random questions, simply put in the number of questions you want.

8. You can also add section headings to each page of the quiz. On the first page, click on the pencil icon at the top of the page, and typing in your question. On succeeding pages, go to Add > a new section heading, and then type in your heading. The headings you have created will be visible in the Quiz navigation block.

9. If you want to randomize questions, simply check the box at the top of the screen that says “Shuffle.”

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