


These settings control a Quiz activity separately from the actual content of the quiz, i.e. For example, you can configure a quiz to have no time limit, or the quiz can be timed such that students have a set number of minutes within which to complete it. Step 2: Create and configure a new Quiz activity in the Section of your course where you want the quiz to appear.Ī Quiz activity in Nexus can be configured in a variety of ways depending on your pedagogical goals. For more, see Use the Nexus Question Bank. You can create new questions from scratch, or you can copy a Question bank from another Nexus course (such as one you taught in a prior semester), or you can import questions from a separate file. Question categories can also be nested hierarchically. The Nexus Question bank allows you to create, preview, and organize questions in categories before using them in a Quiz activity. Step 1: Create and organize questions in your course's Question bank.

The following steps summarize the recommended process for creating a quiz in Moodle: Note: Questions used in Questionnaires and Choice activities are not stored in the Quiz question bank. See Add a Questionnaire Activity in Nexus, and Add a Choice Activity in Nexus (Single Question Poll). Nexus provides separate tools to take surveys and polls, rather than assess students. The Question bank serves as an organized repository of all the questions in your course, separate from any quiz activities that might use them. The Quiz activity lets you administer a wide range of questions (see Quiz Question Types in Nexus below) within a specific layout and order, provide different kinds of feedback based on how a student performed on the quiz, and control the ways that students can access the quiz. Nexus quizzes are comprised of a Quiz activity that contains one or more questions from your course's Question bank. Quizzes in Nexus are used to evaluate student understanding of material. Question Types An Overview of Quizzes in Nexus Use a Nexus Quiz to evaluate student understanding of your course material. Use a wide range of question types to design your layout and order, and provide different kinds of feedback based on how your students performed.
