Moving Questions


Any question can be moved to a different position in the quiz. To complete any of these activities, select the Quiz in Moodle, then click on Questions in the Contextual menu.


1. Click and hold on the four-directional arrow to the left of the question to be moved.


Four directional arrow to the left of the question



2. Drag the question to its new location and release.




Removing Questions


Questions removed from the quiz are NOT deleted from the Question bank.


1. Click the trashcan icon to the right of the question text.


Trashcan icon



2. Click Yes in the popup confirmation window.


Confirm are you sure you want to remove this Multiple Choice question. Yes or no.




Section Headings


Sections can be created that will separate questions into groups. These changes need to be made in the Edit Quiz screen.


1. To add a title to the default section, click on the pencil icon directly above "Page 1" and type the Section Heading text. Hit enter when done.


Pencil icon



2. To add a new Section Heading, click the word Add that appears to the right of any page other than Page 1.


3. Select +A new section heading.


Add + a new section heading



4. Click the pencil icon and type in the Section Heading text. Hit enter when done


New Heading




Question Shuffling


1. On the Edit Quiz screen, check the Shuffle checkbox in the upper right-hand corner to shuffle the order of questions for each student.


Shuffle checkbox



2. Each Section Heading has its own shuffle checkbox. Questions will not be shuffled between two sections. 




Question Weighting


By default, each question has a weight of 1. To change the weighting of any question:


1. Click the pencil icon to the right of the question text.


Pencil icon



2. Type the new question weight and hit the enter key.


3. The total of points beneath the maximum grade will show the sum of the weights.


Total of points appears under the maximum grade




Change the number of questions per page


1. Click the Repaginate button.


Repaginate



2. Use the dropdown to select the number of questions that should appear on each page, and click the Go button.


Repaginate with a number of questions per page followed by the Go button



Return to the Quiz main resource page for more information on other topics.