Setting up a quiz this way means that learners will see the same questions in the same order every time they attempt the quiz.

If you want learners to see different questions each time they attempt the quiz, you will first need to set up new categories in the question bank and writing at least one alternative version (or ‘variant’) of a question.

You can set up categories before you start creating questions. The example below assumes that: 

• you’ve created questions and a quiz by following the guidance above
• you will use the same question type for each variant. 

Go to the Administration block on the left-hand side of the screen and click on Question bank, and then Categories.

On the new screen, Edit categories, you’ll see a list with the heading ‘Question categories for “Quiz: [the name of your quiz]’, which will have a number in brackets corresponding to the number of questions you’ve written for it.

Click on the Add category button. This opens a pop-up box, also named Add category. 

• Select the Parent category from the drop-down list. You should select the option Default for [the name of your quiz], again with a number in brackets.
• For this example let’s assume you want to create variants for Question 1. Enter ‘Question 1 variants’ into the Name field.
• You don’t need to add Category info or an ID number.
• Click on Add category. 

Your new category will now be listed on the Edit categories screen.

Go to the Administration block on the left-hand side of the screen and click on Question bank, and then Questions. 

• Each question appears in a row. Find Question 1 and select the tickbox at the start of the row.
• Click on the With selected button and select Move to…. 
• A pop-up box will appear named Move the selected questions to…. Under the Question categories heading, select the ‘Question 1 variants’ category that you’ve just created from the drop-down list.
• Click on Move questions and then Confirm. 

Question 1 will now appear in the new category.

To create a variant, go to the question and click on Edit. Select ‘Duplicate’ from the drop-down list. 

• Note that each question (and therefore each variant) needs a unique Question name. By default the duplicate will have the same Question name as whatever you gave Question 1, but with ‘(copy)’ added.
• You may want all variants for Question 1 to have the same Question name but with ‘Variant 1’, ‘Variant 2’, etc. added at the end – whatever works best for you.
• You can then edit the question as preferred, amending the question text, answers and feedback.
• Click on Save changes. 

Repeat this process for as many variants as you need for Question 1 – three is usually enough for variety.

After you have created all the Question 1 variants for your quiz go to the Administration block on the left-hand side of the screen and click on Questions. 

• On the new page, titled Questions, click on Add and select + a random question. (If you’ve already set up a quiz using the guidance above but want to start again, you may want to delete the questions you added previously by clicking on the trash/Delete icon.)
• On the pop-up menu that appears, called Add a random question at the end, you'll see the questions you have created in a table at the bottom. Above the questions is a drop-down list labelled Type or select…. Click on this and select the ‘Question 1 variants’ category, and then click on the Apply filters button.
• The variants you created for Question 1 will now appear in the list. By default the Number of random questions drop-down list will be set at 1 – don’t change this.
• Click on Add random question.
• Your random question will now appear on the Questions page. 

You can repeat this process to create variants for all the questions in your quiz.

Alternatively, you may prefer to set up a quiz where you have written (for example) ten questions but the learner only answers five by changing the number in the Number of random questions drop-down list.