Adding quiz questions
  • 21 Jun 2022
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Adding quiz questions


Article Summary

When adding a quiz to a course (or editing an existing course), you can start adding quiz questions. 

  1. After saving your quiz activity settings, select Edit quiz. Alternatively you can navigate to Edit quiz under the Quiz administration menu.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Choose from:
    • + a new question: Create a brand new question
    • + from a question bank: Add an existing question from a selected question bank
    • + a random question: Select a question bank category from which a randomly selected question will be added to the quiz
  4. If you're creating a new question, select the question type, then click Add.
  5. Configure the question settings. There are a number of settings that are common across question types, but see Quiz question types for more information on specific types.
  6. Configure the question feedback as required, then click Save changes.
  7. After adding questions to a quiz and before any attempts have been made, you are able to preview, edit, move and delete each question as required.
    • Use the Preview icon (Preview icon)to review and test a question
    • Use the Edit icon (Edit icon) to change or update the content of the question
    • Use the Delete icon (Delete icon)to remove a question, provided it is not being used in another quiz activity
    • Use the Move to icon (Move icon) to reorder the questions in your quiz via drag and drop
    • Use the Remove page break icon (Remove page break icon) to merge questions into one page
Review our examples of the different question types to see how they work.

Quiz without any questions.

Quiz question editing screen.

C025 - Quiz(1)There are two courses in the Totara Academy about using quizzes in Totara Learn, Getting started with quizzes and Advanced quiz Using these courses you can learn more on how to use these features, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.


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