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Adding Questions to the Question Bank

Learn how to create questions in the question bank

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to add questions to the Moodle question bank for use in quizzes using a specific quiz type as an example.

Note

This article also demonstrates how to employ the questions in the Select missing words type quiz.

Procedure

  1. Start in Edit mode.

    Screenshot of edit button.

  2. Select the More tab.

    Course tabs with the More tab highlighted.

  3. Select Question bank.

    The More dropdown menu highlighting the Question bank option.

  4. Click Create a new question.

    Button labeled Create a new question.

  5. For this quiz, choose Select missing words from the quiz type options and then click Add.

    Quiz type options with Select missing words type quiz chosen.

  6. Fill in your question name and the question text. For this type of question, you must place the numerical answer in double square brackets.

    Text boxes for the quiz title and a description/instructions.

  7. Fill in your answers. The answer must match the choice number.

    Quiz answer choices 1-3.

  8. Save your changes.

    Button labeled Save changes and continue editing.

  9. Click the Quiz tab and test your quiz.

    Button labeled Preview quiz.

  10. Your quiz will look like this.

    Sample of quiz appearance.

  11. Students will select an answer from a dropdown menu.

    View of answer dropdown menu choices.

  12. It will look like this on the course page.

    View of quiz item on course page.
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