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Creating a Multiple Choice Quiz

Learn how to add quiz questions with multiple choice answers

Updated over 6 months ago

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions for creating a multiple choice quiz

Procedure

  1. Turn on Edit mode

    Button labeled Edit mode

  2. Click Add an activity or resource

    link labeled Add an activity or resource

  3. Choose the quiz mini tile

    Small tile labeled Quiz

  4. Name the quiz, add instructions in the description box (optional), and check Display description on course page (optional)

    Text boxes for typing in activity title and instructions with a checked check box underneath

  5. In the Timing section, choose whether to set a time limit or not

    Boxes showing that the timing is set to 15 minutes

  6. In the Grade section, set the category, and number of attempts allowed, and the grading method

    Boxes showing a quiz activity with two attempts allowed

  7. Decide how many questions you want on each page. Just one is recommended in case there is a power outage

    Box in the Layout section showing one question per page

  8. Decide if you want to stick with the default question behavior settings

    Question behavior dropdown menu set to shuffle questions and provide deferred feedback

  9. Set any other criteria you prefer

    Partial view of settings sections, e.g., Appearance and Restrict access

  10. Save your changes

    Buttons labeled Save and return to course and Save and display

  11. Click the link to your newly created quiz

    Quiz activity as displayed on course page

  12. Click Add a question

    Button labeled Add question

  13. Click Add and decide whether you will pull questions from the question bank or create them on the spot. In this case, choose from question bank

    Dropdown menu for adding questions

  14. Click the box next to existing questions. Note you would have already had to have created the questions in your bank. The symbol showing three dots and three lines next to the checked boxes indicates these are multiple choice questions

    Sample of questions in the Question bank selected

  15. Click Add selected questions to the quiz

    Button labeld Add selected questions to the quiz

  16. Click Quiz to test the quiz

    Quiz activity tabs with Quiz selected

  17. This is what the quiz will look like

    View of question 1

  18. This is how it will appear on the course page

    Display of quiz on course page

  19. If you want more than one correct answer for a question, edit your questions in the question bank. From the course page, click the three dots (displayed in Edit mode) across from your quiz

    Three vertical dots located above Edit settings

  20. Click the Question bank tab and then click the pen next to the question you want to edit

    Link labeled Question bank
    Edit option for question #1 showing a pen icon

  21. Scroll down and choose Multiple answers allowed and then adjust the Grade. In the case of two correct answers, the Grade will be 50% for each instead of 100% for one

    Dropdown menu with Multiple answers allowed highlighted
    Grade percentage indicated as 50%

  22. Save your changes

Button labeled Save changes

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