Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to

Joan Coy

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781849519885
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

In Detail

Enhancing learning experience and improving student success has many instructors searching for effective tools. Moodle Quiz is just such a tool to aid instructors in creating powerful assessment experiences for their learners.

"Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to" is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step procedures, which will help you take advantage of the real power that is behind Moodle Quiz, and give you a good grounding in using it to achieve effective assessment in your courses.

This book covers how Moodle Quiz module can be used to create effective assessment FOR and OF learning in your courses. It will take you through a number of clear, practical recipes that will help you harness the power of Moodle Quiz quickly and painlessly.

You will begin by learning to set up clear categories, carefully designed questions and helpful feedback to create the question bank that is the foundation of Moodle Quiz. Once you have configured the quiz and specified your security requirements, you can select questions by hand or randomly. Once learners have completed the quiz you can interact one-on-one or examine statistical data for large groups using the easily generated reports.

Using "Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to" you will learn how to create effective quizzes and how to provide meaningful feedback and evaluate results.

Approach

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. Step-by step application of the features of Moodle Quiz provides a good grounding in creating effective assessment FOR and OF learning.

Who this book is for

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. If you are doing any kind of instruction using Moodle as your Learning Management System, this book is for you! Strong assessment is one of the keys to effective instruction and successful learners. Readers are expected to have a basic working knowledge of Moodle and access to a course they are instructing.

Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to

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Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to

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First published: January 2013

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Credits

Author

Joan Coy

Reviewers

Rafael Reyna Camones

David Le Blanc

Acquisition Editor

Joanna Finchen

Commissioning Editor

Meeta Rajani

Technical Editor

Prasad Dalvi

Project Coordinator

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Proofreader

Katherine Tarr

Production Coordinator

Melwyn D'sa

Cover Work

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Cover Image

Conidon Miranda

About the Author

Joan Coy has taught High School Math and Science in Canada for over 30 years. She is currently the Principal of PAVE, a Grade 4 to 12 online school (which is using Moodle as the LMS). Being a Moodle Certified Teacher, she administers on the PAVE site, and has taught online Moodle training courses with Open2Know. Joan chairs an Alberta wide educator group for the purpose of sharing Moodle courses and best practices, and as well, serves on the Program Committee for the Canadian Moodlemoot. This is all part of her passion for this open source virtual learning environment. She has presented provincially, nationally, and internationally on topics related to teaching mathematics, online education, Moodle, and assessment.

Aside from working, Joan is part of a landscaping tree farm in Northwestern Alberta with her two children. She enjoys painting, making stained glass, travelling, skiing, and gardening in her free time.

About the Reviewers

Rafael Reyna Camones is a consultant of information technology. He has experience in the development of modules for Moodle and currently focuses on the integration of e-learning platform with mobile devices (iOS, Android, and Windows Phone).

He graduated as Systems Engineer from the Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión. He has trained university staff in the use of Moodle and developed a pilot for implementation.

In his spare time he enjoys a good conversation and exchange of ideas.

David Le Blanc, BA, B.Ed, M.Ed, PhD (ABD)

David Le Blanc is an experienced online guide, Moodle expert, and e-learning practitioner. He has been working in computer-based learning since the mid '80s and in secondary education for the past 22 years. Currently, David works with local school districts and colleges to design online learning and to support educators to deliver courses in the Moodle learning environment.

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Preface

Moodle is the leading open source learning management system. Moodle Quiz provides learners with effective ways to interact with course content. It is one of the core modules in Moodle and an impressive tool in achieving the goal of creating interactive, flexible online learning experiences that help learners take control of their educational environment.

Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to shows you a variety of ways to use the Moodle Quiz tool to...

Table of contents

• Instant Moodle Quiz Module How-to