1. How to Create a Quiz

Quiz Setup

  1. In a course, with the editing turned on, choose Quiz from the activity chooser.
  2. Give it a name and, if required, a description.
  3. Expand the other sections to select the settings you want. With the default settings, students can repeat the quiz, moving freely between questions, each on a different page. There is no time limit and scores and feedback display once they have completed the quiz.
  4. To change any of these defaults, and for more information on configuring your quiz, see Quiz settings
  5. Click Save and display.
  6. Click Edit quiz
  7. Click Add and then click '+ a new question' (If you already made questions in the question bank, then click '+ from question bank' or if you wish to add a question randomly picked from a category of questions, click '+ a random question'.)


  1. Choose the type of question you want to add and then click 'Add' at the bottom:
  2. Add your question. For help, see the documentation Question types.
  3. Cick Save changes and repeat the steps for as many questions as you need.
  4. Click 'Save changes' when you have made your question.
  5. If you want, change the maximum grade for your quiz to reflect the number of questions.