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Creating Moodle Question Bank Questions

Moodle’s question bank lets you create and reuse questions across quizzes. This archived walkthrough uses the 2016 interface and demonstrates four core types: multiple choice, true/false, matching, and short answer.

Write questions that test the intended learning outcome, give each question a clear name, and preview it before using it in a live quiz.

Moodle question bank with multiple choice, true false, matching, and short answer questions

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Opening the Question Bank

Open the existing quiz. When it has no questions, use the administration block and follow the quiz administration/question-bank path to Questions, then select Create a new question.

Opening Moodle quiz with no questions Opening Moodle question bank from quiz administration Creating a new Moodle question

Multiple-Choice Question

Choose Multiple choice and click Add. In the general area, select a category, enter the question name and text, and set the default mark.

Selecting Moodle multiple choice question type Entering multiple choice question details

Add the answer options. For a single-correct-answer question, set the correct option’s grade to 100% and leave the incorrect options at None. Options can also include images, video, or HTML content when needed.

Configuring multiple choice answers and grades Editing combined feedback for multiple choice question Saving multiple choice question

The question bank lists the new question with controls to edit, duplicate, preview, or delete it.

Moodle question bank controls for created question

True/False Question

Create another question, choose True/False, and enter its category, name, text, and default mark.

Selecting Moodle true false question type Entering true false question details

Choose whether the correct answer is true or false, write appropriate feedback, then save the question.

Choosing false answer and feedback for true false question Saving true false question

Matching Question

Create a new Matching question. Set the category, name, text, and mark, then enter each prompt together with its matching answer. The source example uses three written prompts and three written answers.

Opening new Moodle question dialog Selecting Moodle matching question type Entering matching question general settings Entering matching prompts and answers Saving matching question

Short-Answer Question

Create a Short answer question and complete its general settings. Add every accepted spelling or valid wording as an answer and assign each accepted answer a grade of 100%.

Opening new question dialog after matching question Selecting Moodle short answer question type Entering short answer question settings Adding alternative accepted short answers Saving short answer question Question bank containing created questions

Summary

The question bank now contains reusable question types. In the next step, select these questions from the bank and add them to the quiz in the desired order.


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