iTa'leem Training: Question Bank and Quiz Activity

iTa'leem Training: Assessment Module | Quiz

Date: 26 March 2021 | 10:30am -11:30am

Dr. Azlin Nordin | KICT

T O P I C S

creatING QUESTION ITEMS

CreatING and managING question banks

• Utilizing categories
• Import/export question banks

• Types of question items

creating a quiz

• Setting a quiz
• Executing a quiz
• View and download result

GENERAL TIPS

Q&A

• Backup Quiz
• Misc

What you should know about QUIZ in iTa'leem?

Introduction

• Question bank: create, preview, and edit questions in a database of question categories.
• Categories: categorize your question items
• Question items: each item to be used in a quiz
• Quiz: a set of question items

Question Bank

• This feature allows us to create, preview, and edit questions in a database of question categories.
• The categories can be limited to being used on the site, course or quiz level.
• The questions in a category can be added to a Quiz or to a lesson activity via an export process.
• How to access question bank?
• Course administration > Question bank
• For each category, you can:
• delete
• edit
• move up
• move down
• make child

Export Questions

• GIT format
• AIKEN format
• Moodle XML format
• XHTML fomat

• Aiken format
• Blackboard
• Embedded answers (Cloze)
• Examview
• GIFT format
• Missing word format
• Moodle XML format
• WebCT format

Import Questions

Question Bank | Tips

Arrange relevant questions in the respective categories

Descriptive names

SAMPLE

May also consider grouping based on marks, level of complexity, types of question, chapters

May utilize sub-folders

Question Types

Question Type

Advanced

Intermediate

Beginner

1. Drag and Drop | Text
2. Drag and Drop | Marker
3. Drag and Drop | Image
4. Embedded Answers | Cloze

1. Calculated
2. Calculated Multi Choice
3. Calculated Simple
4. Random Short Answer
5. Formula
6. Matching

1. Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
2. True False (TF)
3. Short answer
4. Numerical
5. Select missing word
6. Essay

Reference : https://docs.moodle.org/310/en/Question_types

Question Type | Beginner

1. Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)
2. True False (TF)
3. Short answer
4. Numerical
5. Select missing word
6. Essay

Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)

create single-answer and multiple-answer questions

May include pictures, sound or other media in the question and/or answer options (by inserting HTML)

Can set weight

Note: Click to view the sample

STEPS

Creating Question Items

Multiple Choice Questions

True False (TF)

In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent selects from two options: True or False.

Note: Click to view the sample

STEPS

Creating Question Items

True False Questions

Short Answer

In response to a question (that may include an image), the respondent types a word or phrase.

There may several possible correct answers, with different grades.

Answers may or may not be sensitive to case.

Note: Hover to view the sample

STEPS

Creating Question Items

Short Answer Questions

Numerical

• From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just like a short-answer question.
• The difference is that numerical answers may have an accepted error.
• This allows a continuous range of answers to be set.

Note: Click to view the sample

STEPS

Creating Question Items

NumericalQuestions

Select missing word

• Students select a missing word or phrase from a dropdown menu.
• Items may be grouped and used more than once.

Note: Click to view the sample

STEPS

Creating Question Items

Select Missing Word Questions

Essay

• This allows students to write at length on a particular subject and must be manually graded.
• It is possible for a teacher to create a template to scaffold the student's answer in order to give them extra support.

Note: Click to view the sample

STEPS

Creating Question Items

Essay Questions

Question Type | Intermediate

1. Calculated
2. Calculated Multi Choice
3. Calculated Simple
4. Random Short Answer
5. Formula
6. Matching

Question Type | Advanced

1. Drag and Drop | Text
2. Drag and Drop | Marker
3. Drag and Drop | Image
4. Embedded Answers | Cloze

Step 1

01

Create question items

General Flow for Creating a Quiz

Step 2

02

Create / set a quiz

Step 3

03

Execute the quiz

Step 4

04

View/download the result

Sample: An Excerpt of Table of Test Specification

STEPS

Creating Quiz

| Tips

• It is recommended to use randomized questions and also shuffle the questions and its options.
• Always review the marks for each question items and the total marks for the quiz.
• A good strategy is to group question items with the same marks in the same category, if you anticipate to randomize the questions in the future.
• You may set backup quiz for a particular student to access

| General Tips

• Use descriptive (meaningful) label for each question item
• Use descriptive categories for all your question items
• Always review your question by previewing the question
• Check that the mark(s) and answer(s) are accurate.
• You can provide explanation for the correct answer.

Q & A

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