HOW TO CREATE QUIZ

It is easier to create a Quiz/Exam if you have a Word Document File Format Quiz/Exam and just
convert this file to GIFT FORMAT.

Procedure for converting Word Document to Text (UTF-8) Format:

1. Open your Quiz/Exam in Word Document.
2. Line 1 should start with the First Question (Remove all unnecessary text prior to your
question number 1 such as the headings, name, date, etc)
3. In order for the Quiz to be randomized, remove all the numberings in your Quiz/Exam.
4. Each question must be separated by 1 (one) line only.
5. Your choices should be enclosed with curly brackets { }
6. Correct answers should have a prefix of = (equal sign) and incorrect answers should
have ~ (tilde).
Examples for No 4-6:

Dr. Nilo L. Rosas is the University President of New Era University. {TRUE}

Iglesia Ni Cristo Founding Anniversary is celebrated every {

=twenty-seventh
~twenty-third
~twenty-fourth
} of July.

Japanese characters originally came from what country? {

~India
=China
~Korea
~Egypt}

Two plus two equals {=four =4}.

Match the following countries with their corresponding capitals. {

=Canada -> Ottawa
=Italy -> Rome
=Japan -> Tokyo
=India -> New Delhi}

What's the answer to this multiple-choice question?{

~wrong answer#feedback comment on the wrong answer

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~another wrong answer#feedback comment on this wrong answer
=right answer#Very good!}

Jesus Christ was from {

=Nazareth #Yes! That's right!
=%75%Nazereth #Right, but misspelled.
=%25%Bethlehem #He was born here, but not raised here.}

7. Save as the file, Select under Save as type: Plain Text

8. Click: Save button (File Conversion dialog box will be displayed)
9. Click: Other Encoding: button, then Select: Unicode (UTF-8)
10. Click: OK button

Procedure for Creating Quiz in your Course:

1. Go to your Course (ex. English 1)
2. Click Turn Editing On button
3. Go to the section where you want to add a Quiz
4. Click Add an Activity or Resource
5. Under ACTIVITIES, select Quiz
6. Click Add button
7. General box:
a. Type Name of your Quiz
b. Type Description (optional)
8. Timing:
a. Open the Quiz: Click Enable box and set the Date, Year and Time
b. Open the Quiz: Click Enable box and set the Date, Year and Time
c. Time Limit: Click Enable box and set time limit in minutes
d. When Time Expires: Select Open attempts are submitted automatically
9. Grade:
a. Attempts Allowed: Select 1
10. Layout:
a. New Page: Select Every Question (or select your preference)
b. Click Show More…
c. Navigation Method: Select Free
11. Question Behavior:
a. Shuffle within Questions: Select Yes
b. How questions behave: Select Deferred Feedback

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 12. Review Options:
Note: Uncheck all The Attempt boxes

13. Appearance:
a. Decimal places in grades: Select 0 or 2
14. Extra restriction on attempts: Click Show More…
a. Require Password: Type Password for your Quiz (Click Unmask box to check)
15. Overall Feedback: (Ignore)
16. Common module settings: Click Show More…
a. Group mode: Select Separate groups (if you have multiple sections for this
subject so that you can generate separate result per section)
17. Activity completion (Ignore)
18. Click Save and Display button

Procedure for Importing Questions from Text File:

1. Click the Action Button

2. Select: Categories,
3. Click: Default for Name of your quiz (0)
4. Under Edit this category: Click: Save changes button
5. Click Import tab above
6. Under File Format: select GIFT Format
7. Drag and Drop the file (NameOfYourQuiz.txt) to Import questions from the file box
8. Click Import button
 (Note: If All the questions from the file were imported with no error, you will see
2 messages: (1) Parsing questions from import files. (2) Importing ___ questions
from file) then, questions will be displayed
9. Then, Click Continue button
 Note: if errors found, it will display which question caused the error. The usual error
comes from the curly brackets { }, tilde ~, equals =, or a space in between questions).
In the example, one of the questions has no closing bracket which caused the error.

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 10. Click to go back at the top left of the screen, you will be back to Import questions from
file
11. Correct the text file, Save the file then repeat step 6 to 9
 (Now the questions were already available in the question bank under the
NameOfYourQuiz category)

Procedure for adding Quiz from the Question Bank:

1. To add now the quiz, click the NameOfYourQuiz link under the navigation bar above
 You will be back to Edit quiz with No questions have been added yet
2. Click Edit Quiz button
3. Click Add dropdown list
4. Select + from question bank
5. From the Select a category box: Select Default for NameOfYourQuiz
6. To select ALL the questions, click the box before the letter T of Question
7. Click Add selection questions to the quiz
8. Note the Total of Marks and Maximum Grade should be the same. You can also edit
the total points for a specific question, then change, the maximum grade and Save.

9. Click the NameOfYourQuiz link under the navigation bar above

10.Congratulations! The Quiz is now ready.

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