You can add a quiz comprising various question types. A well thought-out quiz is ideal for assessment in an open online course that does not have ongoing tutor or teacher support. Certain question types are better suited to a tutor-supported course.

You can allow the quiz to be attempted multiple times, with a time limit, where the questions shuffled or randomly selected from the question bank.

Each attempt is marked automatically (except for essay questions, which can only be marked manually) and the grade is recorded in the gradebook.

You can also choose when and if hints, feedback and correct answers are shown to learners.

Quizzes may be used:

• as course exams
• as mini-tests for reading assignments or at the end of a topic
• as exam practice, using questions from past exams
• to deliver immediate feedback about performance
• for self-assessment. 

The Moodle website has more information about configuring Moodle quizzes.

Note that after a quiz has been attempted, it is only possible to make minor textual (but not functional) amendments, and they cannot be added or deleted. Therefore it is far better to make sure the quiz questions are all correct and functioning properly before making the course and quiz available to learners.

A quiz’s completion criteria can be set so that the learner must complete all the questions (regardless of whether a pass grade has been achieved) or that they have to achieve a passing grade. If the completion of a quiz leads to a digital badge or a certificate, you can use formative and summative quizzes in different ways – for example:

• a series of three quizzes that the learner needs to complete without a passing grade, followed by an end-of-course quiz that does require a pass grade
• the learner needs to pass all four formative and summative quizzes
• if you don’t want a learner’s learning journey to be included in the badge criteria, only the end-of-course quiz needs a pass grade. 

You could also have a badge for each section of a course.

When you set up a quiz’s grading, you are advised to read the guidance on setting up activity and course completion tracking, badges and Custom Certificate.