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In addition to viewing student submissions to assignments individually from within Moodle, you can download all submissions to a particular assignment as a zip file. This can be helpful if you wish to print submissions, or view them in a separate window while grading.
On your course page,...
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Embedded answers (Cloze) questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that can have various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice, short answers and numerical answers. This format utilizes specific key words and characters which Moodle then translates into the...
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The essay question type gives the respondent room to compose a longer essay in response to a question (that may include an image). These must be scored manually by an instructor.
Example of an essay question:
Question Set-up
In the ?Question Bank, ?select the desired question category, then...
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With a single click, Moodle allows you to export and download an entire Forum, discussion (thread), or single post.
Forum
To export and download all contributions to a forum, click Export whole forum (at top of page).
Discussion Thread
To export and download an entire discussion thread, click...
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Respondus desktop software for Windows allows you to import a variety of question types from a text (.txt) or rich-text (.rtf) file. This page explains how to format questions for import.
For information about downloading Respondus (free for UMass Amherst faculty and staff), see Respondus:...
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The Forum activity in Moodle allows teachers to grade individual forum posts made by students. Instructors and TAs assign a rating to selected posts in a specific Forum. The ratings are then aggregated according to your Forum settings and displayed in the Moodle gradebook as a single grade item....
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Student interaction is a key strength of Moodle. While instructors can easily use activities in Moodle to deliver content and assess learning, Moodle also supports student-led activities and collaboration, especially in combination with using groups. This document discusses some strategies and...
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The OWL Link in Moodle enables your students to access course activities in OWL directly from Moodle. Students who use this Link automatically receive an OWL account and are added to the roster of your OWL section.
Grades are not synced between OWL and Moodle, but instructors who use the Moodle...
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Matching questions provide a list of sub-questions along with a list of answers. The respondent must "match" the correct answers with each question.
Example of a matching question:
Create a New Matching Question
In the ?Question Bank, ?select the desired question category, then click ?Create...
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“Wiki” tools (from the Hawaiian for “quick”) were originally created to make it easier to build and maintain web sites, but it is their collaborative features that have taken off. A wiki is indeed a fast method for creating content as a group. It's a hugely popular format on the Web for creating...
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In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions - single answer and multiple answer.
Example of a multiple choice question:
Question set-up
In the ?Question Bank, ?select the desired question...
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Wikis are a series of inter-linked web pages. To navigate between wiki pages, users should follow the links added to a page in edit mode. Clicking on a link to a page will take users to that page. When designing a wiki, it is helpful to create links that go backward (such as back to the home or...
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From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question in that they enter their answer into a short edit box. The difference is that the answer has to be numerical, and answers are allowed to have an accepted error range. This allows a continuous range of answers...
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When you add an Assignment activity to a Moodle course, you can choose from a number of settings. The first two settings are required; the remaining are optional. This page describes each setting.
For more information about creating or editing an assignment, see Add an Assignment Activity in Moodle...
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Learn how to publish a Respondus file to Moodle. This could be a quiz you have imported to Respondus from a properly marked-up text file (See Import Questions to Respondus), obtained through the Respondus Test Bank Network, or built directly in Respondus.
Before you start:
Familiarize yourself...
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The following are brief descriptions of the quiz question types used in Moodle at UMass Amherst. For more specific help with each question type, please see the linked pages or contact the Instructional Media Lab (545-2823 or instruct@oit.umass.edu).
Calculated and Calculated...
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Instructors and teaching assistants can use the Attendance activity to record student attendance. Students can view their own attendance record and cannot change it. Each mark (e.g., Present, Late, Excused, Absent) is assigned a point value, and the aggregate score for each student appears in a...
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Moodle makes it easy to reorder and move Resources, Activities, Sections and Blocks within your course. If Javascript is enabled in your browser (recommended), you can drag-and-drop the items to a new location on the page. If Javascript is not enabled, you will be able to click to move items up or...
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About Respondus
UMass Amherst has obtained a campus-wide license for the Respondus software. Respondus is a Windows desktop application for creating and managing quizzes.
Quizzes can be printed to paper or published directly to Moodle.
Respondus allows the bulk import of questions from a...
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Instructors can release activities and resources to students in different ways. An activity or resource can be released to an individual or by group, date, grade, or completion status.
Becuase Moodle does not have a dedicated "release criteria" tool, you will either use Groups or the Restrict...
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