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Setting up Moodle quiz for alternative assessments Josh Lim, Rachel Applegate, Yvonne Moore Learning Technologists Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team tel@bath. ac. uk @talktelbath Contingency Planning – assessment options

Today’s session This session is for staff who have department approval to run a quiz as an alternative assessment and have notified the TEL team This session will provide: • A summary of key consideration when setting up Moodle quiz for alternative assessments during COVID-19 • A brief 'guided tour' of a Moodle quiz (highlighting key settings) • A summary of key points for managing quiz attempts (assessment availability, deadlines, extensions, quiz results reports) • Links to step-by-step guidance and where to get further help Arrived late? • A member of the TEL team is also running chat (for connection issues, quick queries) • If you arrive late you can flick through presentation

Context: what are ‘alternative assessments’? • Semester 2 assessment period • all newly created ‘alternative assessments’ - replacing inperson assessments • Recommended settings to – simplify set-up, submissions and marking – optimise service stability at scale • No need to change or recreate existing coursework submissions Options for online assessment during COVID-19

Before you start • Guidelines for setting up quizzes have been created for the current assessment period • Read the guidance (even if familiar with Moodle quizzes) 1. Dos and Don'ts of online assessments PDF 2. Quiz settings Setup and FAQ 3. Creating a Quiz Assessment in Moodle as an alternative assessment (PDF) Some settings will be different from the ones you normally use formative quizzes e. g. visibility of feedback

Moodle quiz settings Step by step instructions with screenshots: Creating a Quiz Assessment in Moodle as an alternative assessment (PDF) Quiz settings (rubric, availability, timing etc) Extra time Edit question set View, amend, export grades

Setting up the Moodle quiz Key things to remember: • Read the guidance and follow carefully • Use default settings unless otherwise specified • Name your quiz clearly • Give clear instructions to students (University Rubric, Academic Integrity Declaration) • Consider using grade transfer • Adjust availability or duration for students with DAPs • Test: Preview your quiz, check availability

Demo A brief tour of a Moodle quiz (key settings)

Top tips for setting up To recap • Read the guidance and follow carefully • Check assignment visibility – before and after • Preview your test tel@bath. ac. uk

Question types • MCQ True/False • Short Answer/Essay • Cloze (“gap” fill) • Drag and drop markers question type • Numerical/calculated Preview the demo quiz. Download the quiz to import to your Moodle course and see the settings

Calculations Quizzes in Moodle • Numerical – input numerical answer – Optional tolerance and unit(s) – Can set Feedback/score for different answers • Calculated – – • as Numerical above access to calculator syntax (e. g. sin(), log(), floor(), etc. ) randomise variables with generated wildcards {x}. share wildcards with other questions in the category Calculated Multichoice – As Calculated, but with distractors set using wildcards. Tip: use the Moodle equation editor or La. Te. X-like maths, e. g. (frac{1}{pi}^2)

Reporting • Various options for reporting – grades, responses, statistics • Allows analysis of performance by question • Review individual responses Moodle quiz reports

Moodle question bank Each Moodle course has a Question bank (Course admin > Question Bank) to: • Create new questions • Edit/preview • View, organise, search, store • Re-use questions Note: new Questions in a Quiz are added to the Question Bank Course Cat. Topic A Cat. Alligator Q Badger Q Topic B Cat. Topic B 1 Cat. Cougar Q Topic B 2 Cat. Dog Q Topic C Cat. Elephant Q Practice Quiz 1 Practice Quiz 2 {x 1 random from Topic A Cat. }

Tips: Managing question banks • Use duplicate button to create question variations • Use Preview button to test different inputs and check feedback • Use Tags to search your question bank by tag • Use Categories – To organise questions to “folder” hierarchy – To add a random question to a quiz icon for question type Question name Edit Preview tags duplicate delete Use a standard Question Naming convention • • • Give descriptive names (i. e. avoid Q 1) Structured conventions: difficulty-topicquestion type (e. g. single answer, multiple answer, fill in the blanks etc. ) An example might be: hard-debugshellprogram-ma Use leading zeros for repeat questions (i. e. 01) Note: Question name is not visible to students!

Importing/Exporting Moodle questions Importing from: • Existing files e. g. Blackboard, Web. CT • Plain text formats (e. g. Aiken & GIFT) can be drafted in a texteditor, MS Word or scripted*. Aiken Format • Very simple • Limited (no feedback, MCQ only) What is the correct answer to this question? A. Is it this one? B. Maybe this answer? C. Possibly this one? D. Must be this one! ANSWER: D Exporting • Whole question banks can be exported • If you need to manage instances of questions on different courses: please contact tel@bath. ac. uk GIFT Format • Clear markup • MCQ, T/F, Gapfill, number (range) • Feedback • Partial credit // true/false : : Q 1 name: : 1+1=2 {T} * Writing a script supports question variants & randomisation // MCQ + feedback answers : : Q 2: : What's between orange & green in the spectrum? { =yellow # correct - great! ~red # wrong, it's yellow ~blue # wrong, it's yellow }