Developing graded assessments using quizzes
As you put together your lessons and assignments, you will need an assessment strategy. In online courses, it is very useful to be able to incorporate self-grading quizzes. Moodle offers a flexible quiz builder. Each question can include any valid HTML code, such as graphics, formatted text, and media. A question can include anything that you can put on a Moodle resource page.
In most instructor-led courses, a quiz or test is a major event. Handing out the quizzes, taking them in the middle of a class, and grading them can take up a lot of the teacher's time. In Moodle, creating, taking, and grading quizzes can be much faster. This means that you can use quizzes liberally throughout your courses. Here are some instances where you can use quizzes:
- You can use a short quiz after each reading assignment to ensure that the students complete the reading. You can shuffle the questions and answers to prevent sharing among the students...
