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The Assignment activity in Moodle allows students to submit files on the course website. The lecturer and the teaching staff can give a grade and feedback. Each student sees only his submission and feedback. In this activity, you can define access restrictions for a group of students, by date, by other submissions, etc. Assignment (File submission) The "Assignment " activity allows students to submit files on the course website. The lecturer and the teaching staff can grade and add feedback on the submission. Each student sees only his submission and feedback. Creating an Assignment activity 1. Turn on Edit mode 2. Click on and choose “Activity or resource ” 3. Choose “Assignment ” 4. In the "Assignment name " field, write the name of the assignment. 5. In the “Description ” and "Activity instructions " fields, it is possible to type in relevant remarks or instructions for the activity. 6. In the "Additional files " field, you can attach files related to the assignment activity (for example: questions page, submission template, etc.) 7. There are two ways to attach a file to an assignment: Option A - Dragging from a folder in your computer: Option B - Clicking on the arrow in the middle of the "Additional files " field. In the window that opens, click on "Choose File", then select the desired file. To finish, click on "Upload this file ". Assignment settings options Availability 1. "Allow submissions from " - from what date a student can upload a file for submission It is necessary to mark V next to "Enable " and set the desired time. 2. "Due date " – the deadline for submission (students see this date in the assignment instructions). 3. "Cut-off date " – from what date it will no longer be possible to submit (students do not see the date). 4. "Send a reminder message to lecturer by " – sends a reminder to the lecturer about grading submissions. Day Month Year Hour Minute If the "Cut-off date " is not set, students will be able to submit late. Both you and they will receive an indication of the actual date of submission and how many days late it was submitted. 5. "Time limit " – When checked, you can limit the time for submitting the assignment after opening the assignment page and instructions. This is useful for a home exam, for example, that the students receive the instructions for the test within the assignment and have limited time to submit it. 6. "Lock submission when the time limit passes " - from what date it will no longer be possible to submit (students do not see the date), available if "Time limit " is enabled. 7. "Always show description " – When checked, the "Description " and files added will be available to students as long as the assignment is available. Submission types 1. You can define what students will submit in the "Submission types " section: File submissions – An external file that is uploaded to Moodle. Online text – Students can write a text submission in Moodle. 2. In order to limit how many files the students will be able to submit, select the number in the "Maximum number of uploaded files " box. 3. If you want to determine the type of files to be submitted (e.g. only Word or PDF files) you can set in the section "Accepted file types " by writing the file type in the text box or clicking "Choose ". 4. After clicking "Choose ", you can choose from the different types supported by Moodle in the window that opens, then click "Save changes ". Grades 1. You can set the assignment to "None ", "Scale " (Pass/Fail, Submitted/Not Submitted) or "Point " (default option). By choosing this option you can set a "maximum grade " for the assignment (the default is 100). 2. To set up anonymous submissions, in the "Anonymous submissions " field, check "Yes " so that graders cannot know the identity of the students. In Anonymous submissions , after grading students' identities must be disclosed so that they can see their grade and feedback. Click here for more instructions. Access restriction You can hide the assignment until a certain date in the "Restrict access " section. 1. Click on "Add Restriction ". 2. In the window that opens, choose "Date ". 3. Set the date when the assignment becomes available. Open eye : Students see that there is an activity but you can't open it. Closed eye : Students will not see the activity. 4. To finish, click on the "Save and return to course " button at the bottom of the page. There is no indication of the time of student's entry into the activity until the assignment is submitted. It is possible to document the student's entry into this component by activating the "Honor Code Declaration " and selecting the "None" option. In this situation, a record is created of the student's entry into the exam/assignment component even without actually signing the declaration. Click here to go to the guide for adding Honor Code Declaration

You can share content with students, as well as create activities so students can interact, share insights, assess their learning and connect with the teaching staff. Resources & Activities in Content Add a file Create a files folder Add a label (text and media area) Unilabel (media display) Add a link Embed using HTML (e.g. Padlet or Google Slides) Add a video (link to YouTube) Tab display (collection of pages) Moodle.org Activities Forum activity - discussion among the students Forum NG - private forum with students Board activity Journal activity Reflection activities Collection Glossary activity Choice activity (one-question survey) Questionnaire activity Moodle.org Checklist activity Moodle.org Database activity Moodle.org Create an interactive video (H5P) H5P.org Create an interactive presentation (H5P) H5P.org Create Flashcards (H5P) H5P.org Resources Podcast on Moodle Page resource Book resource Learning Map resource Scheduler resource

Learn how to use the seetings in an Assignment in Moodle so students can submit together in predefined groups. The assignment grade will be given to the whole group and each student will see the submission and feedback of his group only. Groups must be defined before submissions begin. Group submission - Assignment The "assignment in groups" activity allows students to submit files on the course website in predefined groups. The lecturer can give a grade and feedback to the entire group. Each student sees the submission and feedback of his group only. Before starting, the submission settings must be defined in groups, before the assignment submission date. Once students have started submitting (even if in "Draft" mode), it will not be possible to set it. In this guide: Divide the students into groups Create the assignment Adjust the settings for group submission Dividing students into groups The students in the course can be divided into groups in several ways. Click on the link to read the instructions: Group choice activity : The students choose which group/s to join through the activity. Groups created by the lecturer : The lecturer can divide the students into groups on the course website. Random division into groups : The lecturer can create groups with random participants and set the number of groups or number of students in each group. Upload groups from Excel to course website : The lecturer can upload a list of groups and the students in each group from an Excel file. Creating the assignment Click here for a guide on creating an assignment Adjusting the settings for group submission 1. In the "Assignment " settings, go to the "Group submission settings " section If you already created the assignment, click on it and then on "Settings " in the management menu on the right 2. Set the "Yes " option in the "Students submit in groups " section 3. Leave the option "No " in the "Require all group members to submit " section so that not all group members are required to submit their assignment files separately The file will automatically appear with all group members and each of them will receive the grade and feedback, even though they will be given separately. 4. In "Grouping for student groups ", select the grouping that will be used in the assignment. Click here for instructions on creating a "Grouping" 5. Click on "Save and display " to finish and view the content 6. After the students' submissions, click on "View all submission " 7. In the next page, it shows the list of students, to which group they belong and assignment file that belongs to all members of the group Student Group Assignment

Instructions and explanations for online exams in Moodle Online Exams in Moodle This guide summarizes the instructions and explanations for online exams in Moodle. What's on this tutorial: Preparing exam in Moodle Time extensions Honor Code Declaration Communication during exam When the exam is ready Backup for the Exam Support online exams FAQ preparing the exam FAQ during exam FAQ exam is over Preparing the exam in Moodle Exam in "Quiz" item Exam in "Assignment" item Time extensions Honor Code Declaration Communication with the students during the exam When the exam is ready Backup for the Exam Support for online exams in Moodle FAQ - preparing the exam FAQ - during the exam FAQ - after the exam is over Preparing exam in Moodle Preparing the exam in Moodle 1. Choose exam type: There are two main items that are used on an online exam in Moodle: “Quiz”: for question types such as “multiple choice”, "true /false", essay etc. "Assignment": files submission by the students Exam in "Quiz" item 1.1 Exam in "Quiz" item Variety of question types: In Quiz item you can create and integrate different types of questions such as: multiple choice; multiple answers (choosing several correct answers); true/false; Drag and drop words (from word bank); matching questions; Numerical questions; essay questions (including the option to limit the number of words per answer); and more. Editing options in Quiz type exam Integration of question types: It is possible to integrate question types or use one type throughout the exam. Shuffle answers: You can choose whether to shuffle answer (choices) in the question (each student will receive the choices in the question in a random order). Shuffle questions: You can choose whether to shuffle questions in the exam (each student will receive the questions in the exam in a random order). Random questions from question bank: You can create a large question bank and set the exam so each student will receive X questions from the question bank, thus each student will receive a different question in the exam (for example - creating 40 questions in a category in the question bank, and each student will receive 4 questions from that category). Quiz settings and organization Sections: The exam can be divided into subject segments and determine that the order of the segments will be fixed, but within each segment the questions that will appear in it will be mixed. Navigation in the questions: You can choose whether the navigation between the questions will be free, or it will be sequential (it won’t be possible to return to previous section. Example: If a student moved to section 2, he will not be able to return to section 1. Quiz availability: You can set a start date and end date. In addition, it is possible to set a time limit - from the moment the student has started the exam (for example, an exam that is set for three hours, and from the moment a student’s starts the exam, they have one hour to answer it). Quiz settings and organization Grading: For closed questions (such as multiple choice, multiple answers etc.) the exam is automatically graded, for assay questions the grading is manually. You can see “statistic report” of the whole quiz and of each question. If there is a question that needs to be canceled or to accept another answer as correct, you can update and recalculate the grade Grades availability for students: It is possible to set if and when students will see the grade/feedback/exam form, etc. Anonymity: It is important to note - in Quiz activity there is no option for student anonymity For instructions for creating a "quiz" click here For more tutorials for “quiz” and grading option click here Exam in Assignment item 1.2 Exam in "Assignment" item in the "Assignment" activity, students are asked to submit a file on the course website (for example Word files; PDF or any file type) Editing options in “Assignment” type exam Availability: You can set a start date and end date. In addition, it is possible to set a time limit - from the moment the student has started the exam (for example, an exam that is set for three hours, and from the moment a student’s starts the exam, they have one hour to answer it). You can also choose whether to allow late submissions and set until when to accept late submissions (or if at all) Number of files: you can set how many files can be submitted File type: it is possible to limit the type of files that students can submit Grading and reviewing the exam Grading: The grading is possible in three main ways: Grading directly in the assignment page - recommended View the file directly from the assignment without the need to download submissions to your personal computer; Allows adding comments directly on the file, providing general comments, and grade the submissions. Downloading the files one by one, grade, and upload the checked file back. Downloading all the files at once and upload the checked files at once. Grades need to be typed in separate in the assignment item or uploaded from excel. Grades availability for students: At the end of grading process, the grades, notes, and feedback files can be made available to students at once. Revealing grades: at the end of checking the assignments, the grades, comments, and feedback files can be revealed to the students at once. Anonymity: It can be set that students' names will be hidden at the time of grading. However, it is important to note that after the grades are given, in order to transfer the grades to the course “grader report” and/or make them available to the students - it is necessary to reveal students’ identity so that anonymity is removed. For Instructions for creating a “assignment” click here For more tutorials for “assignment” and grading option click here Time extensions Time extensions In both types of exams, time extensions can be set in the following ways: Time extension for groups by ID numbers (creating groups from an Excel file) Time extension for groups by name (creating the groups manually) Time extension for a specific student Honor Code Declaration Honor Code Declaration In both types of exams (quiz and assignment), you can add an Honor Code Declaration (with or without Zoom supervision) *When adding the Honor Code Declaration, you can see which students have seen the exam. For instructions click here Communication during exam Communication with the students during the exam Define how the students contact the lecturer during the exam. For example: a class forum, personal forum, or email. For instructions for communication options in Moodle, click here. * Make sure to explain the students before the start of the exam what the communication option during the exam When the exam is ready When the exam is ready When the exam is ready, it is recommended to send an email to Virtual TAU , in order to go over the settings and make sure they are set correctly for the exam (in the email please include the course number and the date of the exam). It is recommended to do so a few days before the exam. Backup for the Exam Backup for the Exam In order to prepare in case of a general malfunction during the exam, you should prepare in advance: 1. The exam file. In assignment - a backup file in the form of a doc or pdf document In quiz - download a copy of the exam from Moodle (instructions ). 2. Students mailing list. It is important to download the students' email list from Moodle before the exam date (instructions ). Support online exams Support for online exams in Moodle Virtual TAU team is available for any question or consultation regarding the online exams: Sunday to Thursday, 08:00-17:00 Mail: virtualt@tauex.tau.ac.il Questions and inquiries: 03-6405527 Real-time exams (only): 050-2142588 * Exam support is for faculty members only, not for students. During the exam, the students must contact the lecturer/teaching assistants/faculty representative. The lecturer/representative can contact Virtual TAU. For real-time exams malfunction, please send an email with the following details: Subject: Urgent! Real time exam in course ________ Body of the mail: General issues: Course name and number Phone number Description of the problem Specific student problem: Course name and number The name of the exam item as it appears on Moodle Phone number Student full name and ID number Description of the problem Screenshot If the student reports a general malfunction such as: the Moodle crashed, disconnected and can't return to the exam, "thrown away” from the exam, etc., in addition to the above details, add the student computer IP number. FAQ preparing the exam FAQ - preparing the exam Which Moodle item can be used for an exam? There are two main components that enable an online exams in Moodle: "Quiz": allows different types of questions such as “multiple choice”, "true /false", assay etc. (for instructions ) “assignment": allows students to submit files (for instructions ) I want the order of some of the questions to be fixed and some to be in random order For instructions click here How to hide the course materials during the exam For instructions click here Are there instructions for students how to make sure the exam was submitted? Yes, below is a link that can be forwarded to students with an explanation of how to verify that the exam has been submitted: Instructions in English | Hebrew How can you make sure that the exam is set correctly in Moodle? The best way is to contact Virtual TAU to check the settings for the exam Mail: virtualt@tauex.tau.ac.il FAQ during exam FAQ - during the exam The exam has started, and the students do not see the exam Check that the quiz/assignment item is available to students: Enter the quiz/assignment, click on "Settings” in the top bar, scroll down to the "Common module settings" section and make sure in the "Availability" field that "Show on course page" is set. If the exam item is available and the students do not see it, check the “access restrictions”: Enter the quiz/assignment, click on "Settings" in the top bar, scroll down to the " Restrict access" section and check if there is a restriction that prevents the students from seeing the item If everything looks OK and yet the students do not see the exam, contact Virtual TAU A student reported that they had a technical malfunction, how can I add them time extension? A time extension can be set for specific student during the exam For instructions click here Please note, if the additional time is given after the student's submission time has passed, in addition to the additional time, you should add an additional attempt (in the field “Attempts allowed”) so that they can continue the exam. Due to a delay, it was decided to extend the exam time for all students To extend time for all students: Enter the exam item and click on "Settings” in the top bar In the "Timing" section set the updated time Save changes Please note: 1. If you also set a "time limit" you need to add time to the limit as well 2. If there are students/groups with time extension, it is necessary to set their time separately: Enter the exam item and in the “Settings overrides exist” field click the group/users overrides Click the settings (“gear” icon) next to the group/user Set the time Save changes This time extensions setting needs to be repeated for each group/user that time extensions were set for them In an exam in "assignment" type item, student submitted a file and requests to replace it 1. Enter the assignment > click "View all submissions" in the top bar 2. In the submission table, locate the student 3. In the student's row, click on "Edit" and then on "Revert the submission to draft" 4. Please note, if the submission “Cut-off date” has passed, time extension should be set as well How do I see how many students have started the exam? Enter the quiz item > the "Answer attempt: XX" field indicates the number of students that started their attempts. By clicking on the "Answer attempt: XX" link, you will see a table of all the attempts that have started. FAQ exam is over FAQ - after the exam is over After the exam is over, a mistake was discovered in one of the questions. How to recalculate the grade without weighting this question? For instructions click here I want to accept another answer as correct in a specific question. How to do this? For instructions click here How do I see the exam statistics? For instructions click here How do I grade essay questions? For instructions click here How to make the exam grades available to students? In "quiz" item: 1. Enter the quiz, click on "Settings" in the top bar 2. Go to the "Review options" section 3. In the "After the quiz is closed" column, mark V in the "Marks" field 4. If you want the students to also see the exam form they submitted, you can also mark V in the "The attempt" and additional options. In "assignment" item: 1. Enter the assignment 2. In the in the message shown in blue, click “Click to make available” 3. In the next window, you can choose whether to send a message to the students about the grade’s availability.

The Quiz is an activity in Moodle that allows you to create a quiz or a test inside the course website. A Quiz can include questions of various types, such as multiple choice, matching, true/false and essay questions. Closed questions (such as multiple choice, true/false) are graded automatically according to the settings. Quiz The "Quiz " is an activity that allows you to create a quiz or a test inside the course website. The Quiz can include questions of various types, such as multiple choice, matching, true/false and essay questions. Closed questions (such as multiple choice, true/false) are graded automatically according to the settings. Essay questions allow students to answer the question in text and therefore need to be graded manually. Do not duplicate a Quiz What's on this tutorial: Create questions in the Question bank Create a category in the Question bank Create a rubric for grading Essay questions Create the Quiz activity Add questions to the Quiz Add images to the Quiz Edit the Quiz pages Limiting the answer attempts in the Quiz Add a password to the Quiz Print a copy of the Quiz How to create a category in the Question bank? The questions in the Course question bank can be divided according to different categories (for example, divided into subjects/degrees of difficulty/time). Below are instructions for creating a new question category. 1. Enter the course website. 2. Click on "More " in the course's top menu. Then, click on "Course question bank ". 3. In the dropdown menu, choose "Categories ". 4. In the page that opens, click on "Add category ". 5. In the section "Parent category ", select the parent category. In the "Name " field, enter a title for the new category. To save, click on the "Add Category " button at the bottom of the screen. How to move a question to a different category? 1. To move existing questions from one category to another, enter the "Course question bank " and check V on the checkbox next to the relevant question or questions. At the bottom of the page, click on "With selected ", and then "Move to... ". 2. In the page that opens, select the category in the dropdown menu, and then click on the "Move to " button. Updating a question in the course question bank will change the question in all quizzes . Therefore, it is advisable to create a category and questions for each quiz separately . How to create a question in the Course question bank? 1. Enter the course website. 2. Click on "More " in the in the course's top menu. Then, click on "Course question bank ". 3. In the page that opens, select a category and then click on "Create a new question... ". 4. Click on the type of question that you would like to add and click on "Add ". You can find a detailed explanation on the main question types available in Moodle.org. Click here to access it. How to create a rubric for grading essay questions? An essay question is checked manually. If the grading is divided between the teaching staff, it is recommended to build a rubric to make the process more efficient and coherent between the different graders. 1. Choose "Essay " as the question type and click on "Add ". 2. Type in the name of the question, the content of the question, and the response options. If there is a template to be followed by the students, define it in the "Response Template " field. * These instructions will be visible to students on the response input box. 3. You can enter the rubric for the quiz and the instructions for the graders of the essay question in the field "Information for graders ". * These instructions will be visible to those with teaching faculty permission in the course only. 4. To finish, click "Save changes ". Create the Quiz activity It is recommended to create each Quiz separately and not duplicate . If a question from the Course question bank is changed in a duplicated quiz, the question will also be changed in the original quiz, even if the original quiz has already ended and has been graded. 1. Enable " Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click on "Add an activity or resource " at the bottom of the section you would like to add your item to. 3. On the activity chooser, choose “Quiz ”. 4. In the "Name " field, type in the name of the quiz. 5. in the " Description " field, you can add opening instructions. C heck V in the checkbox " Display description on the course page " so the instructions will appear on course website, even before entering the quiz. Timing section 1. In the section "Open the quiz ", check V in "Enable " and choose the date and time of the start of the quiz. 2. In the section "Close the quiz ", check V in "Enable " and choose the date and time of the end of the quiz. Day Month Year Hour Minute 3. In the "Time Limit " section, you can determine the duration of the exam from the moment the students begin. Check V in the "Enable " and type in the number of weeks/days/hours/minutes/seconds allocated for the exam. Example : On "Open the quiz " the start time was set for 14:00 On "Close the quiz " the end time was set for 15:00 On "Time limit " it was set for 15 minutes The students will be able to take the quiz in the defined time range (14:00-15:00), but from the moment they start answering the test, they will have fifteen minutes to complete it, else it closes automatically. In this example, if the student started the quiz at 14:55, they will have 5 minutes to complete the exam. (the end time overrides the time limit). Grade section limit attempts You can define the number of attempts the students are allowed when answering the quiz. Layout section 1. In the "New page " field, you can define if the questions will all appear on one single page or define how many questions will appear on each page. 2. By clicking on "Show more ", in "Navigation method " you can select "Free " or "Sequential ". Select "Free " to allow students to navigate freely between the questions during the quiz. That is, even if they have answered a question and moved on, they will be able to go back at any time until the test is closed. Select "Sequential " if you want the students to navigate according to the order of the pages and questions. When the quiz includes many questions, it is recommended to divide the questions into several pages. Click here to learn how to edit the quiz pages. If it is a small number of questions (10-15 questions), it is recommended to present each question on a separate page. Question behaviour section To randomly mix the order of the question choices, you can set the section "Shuffle within questions " as "Yes ". In this situation, if you define in a certain question that choices will not be mixed, only in that question will the choices remain in their order. If you define "No " in the above section, the choices will never be mixed, even if a certain question was defined differently. Review options section 1. You can define what the students will see and when. In the quiz it is advisable not to allow automatic feedback at all . Please note: in the upper left corner, the option "The attempt " in the column "During the attempt " - is permanently marked. During the attempt The students will be able to see what they chose during the answer to the test (in real time). Immediately after the attempt The feedback will appear to the students immediately after the submission (after clicking "Submit all and finish " and until they exit the exam). Later, while the quiz is still open The feedback will appear to students from the moment of submission until the Quiz is officially closed. For example: if a student submitted at 14:55 and the test closed at 15:00, the student can log out and log in to view the feedback, until 15:00. After the quiz is closed The students will be able to see the feedback only after the closing date of the Quiz, without limitation. For example: if the test closes at 3:00 p.m., the students will be able to see the feedback starting at 3:00 p.m. and without a time limit as long as the settings have not been changed. "The attempt " - Shows all the questions (including choices) in the quiz and how the student responded to each question. "Whether correct " - Displays whether the students response to each question is correct, partially correct, or incorrect. "Marks " - Shows the numerical grade for each question and the grades awarded to the student. "Specific feedback " - Shows the feedback for the response to the answer as set when adding the question. Each response to a question can have feedback for both correct and incorrect answers. "General feedback " - Displays the general feedback for the whole question as set when adding the question to the quiz. You can use the general feedback to give students some background to what knowledge the question was testing. "Right answer " - Reveals the correct answer to each question, even if the student answered incorrectly. "Overall feedback " - Displays feedback for the entire quiz depending on the student's grade, as set in the quiz settings. 2. To save, click on "Save and display ". Add questions to the Quiz How to add questions to the quiz? A. Add questions from one of the categories in the question bank B. Add a random question from a category add questions from category A. Add questions from a category in the question bank 1. Enter the quiz by clicking on it's icon on the Course webpage. 2. Click on "Quiz questions " in the quiz top menu. 3. Click on "Add " and then choose "from question bank ". 4. In the window that opens, click on the dropdown menu in the " Select a category " section and select the relevant category. 5. Check the questions that you would like to add to the quiz with a V. To finish, click on "Add selected questions to the quiz ". When the test includes many questions, it is recommended to divide the questions into several pages. If it is a limited number of questions (10-15 questions) it is recommended to present each question on a separate page. At this stage you can perform the following actions: A. Determine the "Maximum grade " for the test - it is recommended to keep the default of 100. Moodle calculates the quiz grade based on the "Total of marks " and the points awarded in each question. B. Choose whether to "Shuffle " questions (each student will receive the questions in a different order) add random question B. Add a random question from a category You can select a category from which each student will receive a random question. For example, if there is a pool of 50 questions in a category, and 5 were added as random questions, each student would receive 5 different questions from the category, randomly. 1. After entering the relevant quiz in the course menu, enter "Quiz questions ". In the window that opens, click on "Add " and select "a random question ". 2. In the " Category " section, choose the desired database (category) in the dropdown menu. 3. In "Number of random questions ", choose how many questions from the category will be included in the quiz. 4. To finish, click on "Add random question ". 5. Random questions in the test are marked with a cube icon. At this stage you can perform the following actions: A. Determine the "Maximum grade " for the test - it is recommended to keep the default of 100. Moodle calculates the quiz grade based on the "Total of marks " and the points awarded in each question. B. Choose whether to "Shuffle " questions (each student will receive the questions in a different order) Add images to the Quiz When images are added to questions in the quiz, the image may not be displayed in full. In this guide you will find instructions on how to set the image as a responsive image (an image that is displayed in a way adapted to the size of the screen). How to add images to the quiz that adjust to fit the screen (responsive)? 1. Enter the "Course question bank ". Option 1 : Click on " More " in the course's top menu. Then, click on " Course question bank ". Option 2 : Through the quiz, click on "Course question bank ". 2. Click on "Edit " next to the question with the image you want to make responsive (self adjustable). 2. Click on the image (the image will appear in blue). 3. Click on the image icon in the text editor. 3. In the "Image properties " window, check "Auto size " in the "Size " section. 4. Click on "Save image ". 5. To finish, in the "Edit question " page, click on "Save Changes " on the bottom of the screen. How to make sure that the image is responsive? 1. Enter the Quiz page. 2. Click on "Preview quiz ". 3. Go to the relevant question through "Quiz navigation ". 4. Reduce the size of the window by clicking on the panel icon in the corner of the browser. 5. You can change the window size by placing the mouse cursor at the edge of the window (the cursor is displayed as a double arrow), then clicking and dragging it. If the image does not change its size, contact Virtual TAU and we will be happy to check and help. Edit the Quiz pages What's in the guide? Divide the questions in the quiz into pages Dividing the questions into chapters using headings Organize the order of the questions Assign points to questions divide into pages How to divide the questions in the quiz into pages? To add or remove a page in the quiz pages, use the arrows next to the questions. Clicking on the arrows pointing out creates a new page that separates the questions. Clicking on the arrows pointing towards each other removes the page and merges the questions from the previous pages. Add page Remove page add a section heading How to add a section heading? You can divide the test into chapters and give them a name by adding a section heading. 1. In the Quiz questions page, click on "Add " and then, click on "a new section heading ". 2. Click on the pencil icon, type the desired section title and save by pressing Enter on the keyboard. 3. After the division into chapters, checking V in the "Shuffle " checkbox on the left will allow shuffling the questions only within the same section . The section titles and the questions' order will be visible to the students in the quiz. If you are not interested in add a title, you can press the "space" button on the keyboard and press Enter to save. That way, the title box will be empty and the questions in the test will appear in sequence. change the question order How to change the order of the questions? You can change the position of the question by pressing the "four arrows" icon and dragging the question to the appropriate place. question points How to assign points to questions? Updating points for a question is performed by clicking on the pencil symbol, typing the score for that question, and pressing Enter to save. If all the questions have the same number of points (the default is one), they will have the same weight in the quiz final grade. Add a password to the Quiz Creating a password in the Quiz activity It is possible to set a password in advance, so only the students will be able to enter the quiz activity. How to set a password in a Quiz? 1. Enter the quiz you created. 2. Choose "Settings " in the quiz page top menu. 3.In the "Extra restrictions on attempts ", click on "Click to enter text " and enter the password you want to set. 4. To save, press Enter on the keyboard. 5. Clicking on the "eye" icon will reveal the password. 6. Clicking on the pencil again will allow you to change the password. It is important to remember to send the password to the students. Print a copy of the Quiz 1. Enable " Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. If the right-side menu is closed, click on the tab to open the menu. 3. In the right-side menu, click on "Add a block ". 4. In the window that opens, click on "Print exams ". 5. A new block will be created on the right-side menu. If the right-side menu is not open, open it. 6. In the newly created block in the right-side menu, check V in the check box next to the quiz you want to print. Click on "Print " next to the name of the quiz. Checking the box with a V means that the printed test will include the correct answers. Therefore, if you want the test to be printed without the correct answers, do not check the box with a V, only press the "Print " button. 7. The test will now be previewed. To finish and confirm the print, scroll down and click on "Print " again.

"Mark as done" button The "Mark as done" button appears by default under each resource or activity on the course website for both the lecturer and the students. A student who has completed an activity can click the button to mark themselves as completed. The lecturer has the option to set conditions for completing an activity and even specify that this button will not appear under certain activities or resources, or will not appear at all on the course website. What's in the guide? How can a student mark an activity as completed? How can the lecturer set conditions for completing an activity? How to set up automatic grading for activities according to the "Activity completion" conditions? How can a student mark an activity as complete? conditions for completing an activity? automatic grade How to disable the "Mark as done" button? How do I disable the "Mark as Done" button? How can a student mark an activity as completed? 1. Click the "Mark as Completed " button next to a completed resource or activity. 2. The button will change to "Done ". You can click the button again at any time to return the button to the "Mark as Done " state. Good to know! The instructor can track the completion of the activity using the "Activity Completion" Report located on the course Reports page, in the top management bar of the course website. How can the lecturer set conditions for completing an activity? A lecturer can set conditions for completing an activity and in this way monitor and see that students have completed the activity in the "Activity Completion" Report. Also, once the student has completed the activity, the "Mark as done " button will automatically change to a green "Done " button. 1. Go to the resource/activity settings. 2. In the "Activity Completion " section, you can set "Completion Tracking " according to the resource conditions, and you can also set a completion date, in the field "Expect completed on ". Important to know: The completion date, if set, will not appear to students, but will only appear in the "Activity Completion" Report that appears in the course's Reports page. How to set an automatic grade for activities according to the "Activity completion" conditions? New! The lecturer can set an automatic grade in the activities: Assignment, Forum, Forum NG and Questionnaire. This means that the student will receive an automatic grade for the activity after completing it, according to the conditions for completing the activity that the lecturer defined in that activity. 1. Click to enter the activity Settings, in the top menu: 2. The conditions for completing an activity vary from activity to activity. Here we will present some examples of defining an automatic grade: A. In the Assignment - In the "Grade " section, define a "Maximum Grade " In the "Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". You can define that the student must submit the assignment by the completion date in order to receive an automatic grade. B. In the Forum - In the "Whole forum grading " section, under the "Grade " heading, select the "Point " option and set a "Maximum grade ". In the " Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". You can set, for example, that the student must post one discussion or one response in order to receive an automatic grade. C. In the Forum NG - in the "Grade " section, under the heading "Grading scale " define "Point " and define what the "Maximum grade " is. In the " Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". You can define, for example, that the student must create one discussion or respond once by the activity completion date in order to receive an automatic grade. D. In the Questionnaire - In the "Response Options " section, the "Submission Grade " must be defined. In the " Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". It can be defined that the student must submit the questionnaire in order to receive an automatic full grade. How do I disable the "Mark as Done" button? The lecturer can disable the "Mark as Done " button so that it does not appear under the resources and activities on the course website. Canceling the button will eliminate its existence for students as well, not just from the lecturer's perspective. The lecturer has two options for disabling the button: • Disabling the "Mark as Done " button across the entire course website • Disabling the "Mark as Done " button in specific activities Disabling the "Mark as Done" button across the entire course website 1. Click the "Settings " button on the course top menu. Disabling the "Mark as Done" button across the entire course website. 2. In the "Completion Tracking " section under the "Show activity completion conditions " heading, select the "No " option. 3. To finish, click on "Save and display ". Disable the "Mark as Done" button on specific activities 1. On the course website, in the top management bar, click on "More ". In the menu that opens, select "Course Completion ". 2. In the "Course Completion " drop down menu, select the "Bulk edit activity completion " tab. 3. Select the relevant activities and click the "Edit " button. 4. In the "Completion Tracking" section, select the "Do not indicate activity completion " option. 5. Finally, click the "Save Changes " button.

Giving factor to an exam in course site on Moodle. The factor (Offset) option is available for every grade item (such as quiz, assignment, etc.) Giving factor to an exam You can give a factor to a Quiz (exam) or Assignment directly in the grader report, without changing the original grades in the grade item itself (such as quiz, assignment, etc.) If you want to add bonus points in the course grade for specific students, click here for instructions. How to give a factor in Moodle? 1. On the course website, click "Grades" in the top menu. 2. In the next window, select “Gradebook setup” in the “Grader report” dropdown menu, on the top left. 3. In the row of the grade item, click "Edit" and then “Edit Settings” 4. On the next page, click in the “Show more...” link in the “Grade item” section 5. In the “Offset” field, write the points to be added as factor 6. To finish, click on the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page. The factor points will be added to the grades, up to the maximum grade set in the item. For example, If a 3 point is set in the "offset" field: for a student who received a 90 on the exam, the updated grade will be 93 for a student who received a 98 on the exam, the updated grade will be 100

A guide for actions and functions available to instructors during and after a lesson or meeting on Zoom, including how to start a meeting, how to manage the toolbar, using Spotlight for Everyone, checking that the lesson is being recorded, displaying a high-resolution video, as well as accessing the attendance report on Moddle and downloading the recording to the computer. Before Meeting During & After Meeting Teaching Tools Audio & Visual Support During & After Meetings This guide includes: During the Meeting Starting a meeting Managing a meeting Spotlight for Everyone setting Checking recording Sharing a video After the Meeting Accessing the meeting attendance report Downloading a recording to a computer Starting a meeting 1. Enter the Zoom activity on the relevant course site in Moodle . 2. Click on Start next to the relevant meeting Managing a meeting At the beginning of the meeting, it is recommended to check the following actions: The meeting is recorded in the cloud (for instructions on recording a meeting, click here ) The camera is on (pressing the Video button) The Chat window and the Participants window appear on the screen Going over the Host tools options according to the needs of the lesson Decide whether the recording will include a video of the speaker only, and if so set Spotlight for Everyone . For instructions on how to set up the meeting like this, click here . 1 2 3 4 5 1 Participants Clicking on the "Participants " button allows you to see the number of participants in the meeting. The number that appears in brackets represents the number of participants (including the host) You can control the permissions granted to each participant individually General permissions can be controlled 1. Participants 2. Chat 2 Chat Clicking on the "Chat " button allows you to correspond with all participants in the meeting and also with individual participants individually. In the chat you can send text, icons (Emoji) and files. Note: It is possible to block the sending of messages or limit the sending of messages for the host and co-host only 3. Share Screen 3 Share Screen More about Screen Sharing Clicking "Share Screen " allows you to share your computer screen (or certain windows). You can share a single window or the entire screen. After selecting the desired option, click on the Share button Choose how the speaker will be seen while sharing the screen Share the sound played on the computer Share a video from the computer If you use two screens , you can select the option to share both screens and then you will be able to switch between them while sharing the screen. For this purpose choose: Hold Ctrl on your keyboard to select the screen in the top row 4. Record 4 Record Clicking the Record button will start the recording of the session. To make sure the meeting is being recorded, you can see that the Record button has changed to Pause/Stop Recording . Also, a recording icon appears in the upper left corner of the session. All recordings are automatically saved in the Zoom cloud of the user account (unless otherwise defined) and go to Panopto automatically. Setting the recordings to be saved on the computer: Go to https://zoom.us/ Sign in to your Zoom account Click on My Account Click on Settings on the left-hand menu Go to the Recording tab in the top menu and scroll down to the "Automatic recording " field Select "Record to Computer " 5. Security Participants can change username in the meeting Creates a waiting room Participants can share a screen Participants can activate cameras 5 Participants can share Whiteboards Participants can use apps from Zoom Marketplace Participants can record meeting to their computer Participants can request the meeting will be recorded to the cloud Security Locks the meeting so that additional participants cannot enter the class Hides the profile pictures of the users Participants can correspond in chat Participants can turn on microphones Participants can share Notes Participants can set a time for the meeting Participants can request the meeting will be recorded to their computer Participants can share Docs Participants will not be able to : turn on cameras and microphones, write in the chat, share the screen and draw on the screen) Spotlight for Everyone setting Zoom will only record the speaker/presenter by choosing Spotlight for everyone. This is only possible if the speaker's camera is turned on, and at least 3 participants have joined the session. Note: To record this way, you must ensure that in the session's settings, only "Active Speaker" is selected and not "View Gallery". Go to the Zoom website Click "Settings " on the left-hand menu Click "Recording " from the upper menu Scroll down an enable "Cloud recording " Uncheck "Gallery View " Recording the session without the participants' video 1. Enter the Zoom session 2. Click on "Video " in the tool bar to turn on the camera 3. Click on the 3 dots in the corner of your personal window. 4. Click on "Spotlight for everyone ". Only when there are 3 or more participants can the Spotlight for Everyone be enabled in the Zoom session. Checking the recording of meeting during the meeting 1. Enter the Zoom meeting 2. There are three ways to make sure the meeting is recorded: A. The recording icon should appear on the upper left side of the screen. If it does not appear, the meeting is not being recorded. B. In the toolbar at the bottom of the screen, if the "Pause/Stop Recording " button is visible, the meeting is being recorded. C. If the "Record " button appears instead of the Pause/Stop Recording button, the session is not recorded. Press the button to start recording. If the following option appear, choose "Record to the Cloud ". Sharing high quality video sharing from the computer With this option, video files can be opened from Zoom's built-in video player and shared, without other participants seeing the playback controls. Sharing the video in this way will improve the quality of the viewing experience of the participants. *This button is available for use starting from version 5.4.3 How to share video files in a Zoom meeting? 1. Make sure that the university Zoom account is connected in the Zoom application on the computer - click here for a reminder on how to connect to the application. 2. Update the Zoom software to a version that is at least above 5.4.3 - click here for a reminder on how to update a version. 3. Enter the Zoom meeting 4. Click on the "Share " button on the toolbar 5. Click on "Advanced ” 6. In the next screen, click on " Video file " 7. If you share a video file, make sure that both sections are checked: "Share sound " and "Optimize for video clip " and to finish click on "Share ". To share a sound file, remove the tick from the section: "Optimize for video clip " 8. In the pop-up window, choose from your computer the video you want to share or write the name of the video you were looking for. 9. If you have chosen to optimize the video, a message will pop up in the upper right corner informing you that the video images of the participants have been minimized in order to display the video in full screen mode, for optimal viewing. 10. After sharing the screen, if you wish to change the settings of the video or stop sharing it, you can do so from the My video file located at the top of the screen, by clicking on the 3 dots. 11. You may be asked to install a plugin for sharing video files. Confirm the Zoom request and it will be done automatically. If prompted to install, you may need to click "Share Screen " again after the plugin is installed. Accessing the meeting attendance report It is possible to get a report of the participants who attended the course Zoom meeting from the Zoom on the Moodle course website or from your account page in the Zoom website. You can also download the list to an Excel file. The list contains the following information: the names of the participants, join times, leave times and length of stay during the meeting. If a participant has entered and exited several times, he will appear several times in the list. 1. Enter the Zoom resource on the Moodle course website 2. In the next page, click on the tab "Previous Meetings ". 3. Select the meeting for which you would like to receive the list of participants and click Report . 4. In the window that opens, you can see the names of the meeting participants, their email addresses, their entry and exit times, and the duration of their stay in the meeting. You can also export the report to a CSV file. The report contains the names of the participants, but sometimes we see duplicate names. This happens because ZOOM records every login, so if a participant logs in, logs out, and logs back in, we'll see their name multiple times. Downloading a recording to a computer Zoom sessions that are saved on the cloud are backed up within hours to the Panopto video server. Two weeks after the date of the session, the recordings will be deleted from the Zoom cloud and will no longer be available. In order for students to access the recordings from the course website, they must be made available. Click here for instructions . This guide explains how to save recordings from the Zoom cloud and not Panopto. 1. Access the Zoom website 2. Click on "Sign in" or "My Account" to log in with your personal university account. 3. Click on "Recordings". 4. This page displays a list of all recordings that are saved on the cloud (up to two weeks from the day of recording). 5. Click on the title of your intended lecture (for example, "My Meeting "). You can identify the date of recording through the column "Start Time ". If the recording is still being processed, a notice "Processing Recording " will be displayed. 6. To download the recording to your personal computer, click on "Download ".

How to restrict access, see activities reports in Moodle, restore items from the recycle bin and perform operations on several items at once in the course site. Manage items in the course website What's in this tutorial: restrict-access Reports of quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities recycle-bin Performing operations on several items at once-Mass actions block Restrict access to an activity, resource or topic Reports on quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities Recycle bin - restoration of items on the course site Perform operations on several items at once (Mass actions block) restrict-access Restrict access to an activity, resource or topic In each activity or resource on the course site, you can define an access restriction, allowing access only to those who meet certain conditions. For example: activity availability only at certain times; access only to members of a certain group; only users who have completed a previous activity, and more. How to set access restriction? 1. Enter the activity for which you would like to restrict access (the instructions refer to "activity" but are also suitable for resources, topics, etc.). 2. Enter "Settings " in the top menu of the activity. 3. Scroll down and click on "Restrict access " 4. In the window that opens, click on "Add restriction ...". 5. In the panel that opens, choose the type of restriction you want: 1 2 3 4 5 1 The new activity cannot be started before the previous activity is completed 2 The activity will be available to students only from a certain date until a certain date (you must add a deadline "from" and then in the scrolling panel change to "until" and select the date) 3 If there are activities that are defined with a grade (such as an exam / assignment), it can be defined that the new activity cannot be started before receiving an X grade in the previous activity 4 If a grouping or group is defined on the course website, it can be defined that only their members will see the activity/resource 5 It is possible to define that an activity will be available only for certain students by adding the user/email of the relevant students. 6. After clicking on the desired restriction, it must be defined according to the sections: For example, by selecting date : on the date and time you set, students will have access to the item. Until then, it will be locked to them. For example, by selecting group : in the window that opens, select the group you want to connect with the activity. The members of the group you choose will be the only ones who can perform the activity. *To set access restriction for a group or grouping they must exist previously in the course. For instructions on creating groups, click here . 7. By clicking on the eye icon you will completely hide the item from the students. If the eye is open, the students will be able to see the item and restrictions. And that is how it looks from the lecturer point of view: Reports of quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities Reports on quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities On the Moodle course website, several reports of student activity are available for the lecturers: such as forums, assignments, quizzes, and H5P activities. How to download the reports to the computer? 1. Enter the course website 2. Click on "Reports " in the in the course's top menu. 3. In the menu that opens, click on one of the options to get the following information: For example: Summary of each student's activity in each forum - this option will display each student's interactions in forum activities Summary of each student's activity in each assignment - this option will display each student's submissions in all the assignments Summary of each student's activity in each quiz - this option will display each student's attempts in all quizzes H5P video modules (including attempts reviews links) - this option will show the attempts of each student in the H5P activities 4. On the new page a table that summarizes the list of submissions for each student is displayed. In this case, an example of "Summary of each student's activity in each assignment " is shown. The table will show status "Submitted ", "Not submitted " and "Raised draft " for each student. 5. To download the report, click on the scrolling panel "Download table data as " and select "Format Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xlsx) ". Click the "Download " button and save the file in the desired location. recycle-bin Restoration of items on the course site Items deleted on the course site can be restored by clicking on the "Recycle bin " button and selecting the items you want to restore. How to recover deleted items? 1. Go to the course website where items have disappeared and click on "more " in the upper management bar of the course. 2. In the menu that opens, select "Recycle bin " 3. The deleted items and their deletion date will appear on the new page, next to the item name 4. Click on the button in the "Restore " column to restore it. Performing operations on several items at once-Mass actions block Perform operations on several items at once (Mass actions block) Main actions that can be performed in items: show, hide, delete, duplicate, move to another section, indent (this action only exists in the course format "Collapsed Topics "). How to perform operations on several items at once? 1. Enable "Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. In the right menu, click on "Add a block ". 3. Select the option "Mass actions ". 4. The "Mass actions " block will appear on the right. 5. Now, for each of the items on the site, a check box will be added on the left side. The action you select in the "Mass actions " block will apply to all the selected items at once, for example "Hide ", "Indent " or "Move to section ". 6. In order to perform an action on all the items on the course site, you must click on "Select all " in the " Mass actions " block on the right. To cancel the selection, click "Deselect all ". 7. To select all the items in a certain topic, in the scroll box, select "select all in section " and then select the desired topic.

You can manage course grades in Moodle, set assignment/exam weights, calculate averages, etc. Grade report settings The Grader Report displays all grades received and/or entered into Moodle. You can manage course grades in Moodle, set assignment/exam weights, calculate averages, etc. General information about the Grader Report: 1. Any Assignment or Quiz that appears in Moodle (and/or additional grade items) will automatically appear in the Grader Report. 2. Grades entered in activities of this type, such as Assignments and/or Quizzes (even in cases of quizzes where grades are given automatically) - are also updated directly in the Grader Report. 3. Grades can also be updated for activities that were not submitted through Moodle, such as: presenting reports, class activities, etc. 4. Grades can be uploaded from an Excel file to the course website by ID numbers. For instructions, click here . In this guide: Setting Grade Weights Creating a Grade Category Add bonus to course grade What's Shown on a Grade Report What Students See on a Grade Report Showing and Hiding Grades Set grade weights Create a grade category Add bonus to the course grade What's shown on the Grader Report What students see on a Grader Report Show and hide grades Setting Grade Weights 1. On the course website, in the top course management bar, click the "Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Gradebook setup ". 3. In the window that opens, a list of all assignments and grade resources on the course website will be displayed. 4. A "Weights " column will be shown in the table. The default setting is that each activity in the course that has been defined for a grade has the same weight, and the average of the grades of all resources is a simple average. You can give a weight to each resource of the overall grade. The weights are out of 1 or out of 100 - for example, if the weight of an assignment is 80%, you can write 0.8 or 80 in the Weights column. 5. After updating the weights, click "Save Changes " at the bottom of the table. Creating Grade Categories In the Grader Report, you can create categories. For example, if there are 3 assignments to submit in a course, and you want these assignments to together constitute 10% of the grade, you can define a category called "Assignments" and then specify that the category's weight is 10% of the course's final grade. 1. O n the course website, in the top course management bar, click the " Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Gradebook setup ". 3. In the window that opens, click the "Add Category " button. 4. In the window that opens, enter a name for the category and save changes. 5. At the bottom of the course grades table, a row will be added with the created category, which has a folder icon, and its default weight is 0.0. Define a weight for the category and save changes at the bottom of the table. 6. To move the relevant activities into the category folder, check the box at the far right of the desired activity row. 7. Scroll down the screen and under the table on the left, select the desired category in the "Move selected items to " field. 8. Now the Gradebook setup page will refresh and the selected items will appear under the category to which they were assigned. Add bonus to the course grade A bonus can be added to the grade report that will not be weighted in calculating the course grades. The bonus will be an additional numerical grade to the final grade of the course up to a maximum grade of 100. 1. O n the course website, in the top course management bar, click the " Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Gradebook setup ". 3. In the window that opens, click the "Add Category " button. 4. In the next window that opens, enter a name for the category and click on "Show more ". 5. In the Aggregation section, select "Bonus ". 6. At the end of the page, click on "Save changes ". The weight of the bonus category has no meaning in the "Gradebook setup". 7. To add a bonus to a student's grade - the grade must be entered manually on the "Grader report " page. In the scroll box at the top "Gradebook setup ", go to "Grader report ". 8. Enable "Edit mode " on the top right of the page. 9. In the category column, enter the bonus grade in the left field and press Enter on the keyboard. The cell will appear in yellow. The bonus category adds points without weight, and the final course score will not exceed 100. For example, if Student A's course grade is 89 and they receive 3 points as bonus, their final grade will be 92. If Student B's course grade is 99 and they receive 3 points as bonus, their final grade will be 100 (the Moodle grade will not exceed 100). How do I configure what is displayed in the Grade Report? 1. O n the course website, in the top course management bar, click the " Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Course grade settings ". 2. On the page that opens, scroll down a little to the "User report " section where various options appear. For each one, choose whether to display or not. 3. Finally, click "Save Changes ". For detailed explanations for each of the configurable fields, you can click on the question mark icon How do I know what students see in their grade report? Lecturers and teaching assistants see the grade report of all students in the course. Each student sees only their own grades. 1. Go to "Grades " in the top management bar of the course website. In the scroll box at the top of the screen that opens, go to "User report ". 2. On the page that opens, above the table on the left, select one of the students. 3. The table that will be displayed will be exactly the table that the student sees. If there is an activity that is not available to students: Lecturers will see the column in a hidden state (grayed out). Students will not see the column in the grade report. Assignments that students have already submitted and the lecturer entered grades but kept the grades unavailable to students: the teaching staff will see the assignment column and the grades entered in the grader report; Students will not see the assignment column in the grade report. When the assignment is made available to students, they will also be able to see the grades in the grade report. For instructions, continue to the next guide. How do I make grades hidden or visible to students? 1. Go to "Grades ". 2. Enable "Edit mode " on the top right of the page. 3. In each grade column in the table, choose whether to hide the grades or reveal them to students, by clicking the eye icon. Closed eye and title in gray = hidden grades. Open eye and title in blue = visible grades.

After students have finished a quiz in Moodle, lecturers can see the students' answers, grades, attempts, and statistics. Lecturers can cancel a question or accept another answer as correct and recalculate the grades and more. Review and grade a quiz in Moodle After the students finished the quiz you can see the students' answers, grades, attempts, statistics and more What's on this tutorial: Review attempts of students Manual grading essay questions Export quiz attempts to Excel Quiz statistics report Accept another answer Cancel a question Review students' quiz answer attempts Manual grading of essay questions Export quiz answer attempts report to Excel Quiz statistics report Accept another answer as correct and recalculate the grades Cancel a question and recalculating a grade after the exam is over Review attempts of students Review quiz answer attempts of students After the students finished answering the quiz, you can view all students' quiz results in one table, as well as view each student attempt, and manually add comments or update their grade. View all students results 1. On the course site, enter the relevant Quiz 2. In the quiz page, go to "Results" in the top menu. 3. Here you can see the quiz results table Note: There are "display options" and report filters ("what to include in the report") above the results table - if needed you can always reset table preferences. View student attempt 4. To view a specific student attempt, in the results table click “Review attempt” under the student’s name 5. Here you can view the attempt, add personal comments and override the grade General details of the attempt The question and the student's answer Add comments and/or override grade The student's response history 6. To finish, click “Finish review” on the “Quiz navigation” block on the top right Manual grading essay questions Manual grading of essay questions In a "Quiz ", there is an option to grade essay questions by question (and not per student). How to grade essay questions by question How to grade essay questions without displaying the students' names grade essay questions How to grade essay questions by question? 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. Go to "Results" in the top menu and, on the next page select “Manual grading” in the drop down menu on the top left. 3. On the next page, the essay questions list will be displayed. Review and grade the answers to a specific question, click on "grade" in the “To grade" column, or go to "grade all" , in the “Total” column. 4. On the top of the page, there are options to filter and sort the students' answers for grading Please note: Changes must be saved after giving a grade at the end of each page, so it is recommended to grade 5-10 questions per page. 5. Now, you will be able to see and grade the essay answers manually: On the left: The question number In the blue frame: The question text and the student's answer. In the green frame: In the "Comment" text box, you can write feedback for that answer. In the green frame: At the bottom you can grade that answer. 6. To go to the next page, or to finish grading, click “Save and show next” button at the bottom of the page. 7. To return to the essay questions list, click on link “Back to the list of questions” at the top of the page. grade essay questions without names How to grade essay questions without displaying the students' names Step 1: Change permissions in the quiz Step 2: Switch role to Teaching Assistant Step 3: Grade the assay questions Step 1: Change permissions in the quiz 1. In the relevant quiz item, click on “More” and then "Permissions" in the top menu. 2. On the page that opens, find the field "See student names while grading" (Ctrl+F can be used). In the row of "See student identity fields while grading" locate the "Teaching Assistant" permission and click on the trash can icon to remove the permission. 3. Now the “Confirm role change” window will open. Make sure that the permission is "Teaching Assistant” , and that the removal is from the ability to view the students' names while grading. To finish, click "Remove” . Step 2: Switch role to Teaching Assistant 1. Click on your initials in the upper left corner of the screen and click on "Switch role to...” 2. In the window that opens, select "Teaching Assistant" 3. Now next to your name initials, the permission "Teaching Assistant" will appear. At any stage, to return to the normal permission, click again on your name initials and then on “Return to my normal role”. Step 3: Grade the essay questions After changing the role, return to the quiz and grade the essay questions according to the “Manual grading of essay questions ” . Export quiz attempts to Excel Export quiz answer attempts report to Excel 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz item, go to the "Results" in the top menu 3. To export “results” table: Above the table on the left, select “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” in the drop down menu, and click “Download” To export students’ answers: 4. Select “Responses” in the drop down menu on the top left. 5. On “Display options” choose which data to display, and click “Show report” . 6. Select “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” in the "Download table data as " menu below, and click “Download” Quiz statistics report Quiz Statistics report 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz item, go to the "Results" in the top menu and select “Statistics” in the drop down menu on the top left. In the top table: General data of the quiz In the lower table: Statistics by question. Clicking on the name of the question will lead to detailed information Download to Excel: at the top of the page, in “Download full report as” field, select “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” and click “Download” Accept another answer Accept another answer as correct and recalculate the grades If needed, after students have finished the exam, it is possible to accept another answer as correct, and recalculate the grades accordingly. This option is available only in “Multiple choice” and “OU multiple response” questions type. Step 1 - Set another answer as correct in a question Step 2 - Recalculate the grades Step 1 - Set another answer as correct in a question accept another answer 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz activity, click on "Quiz questions" in the top menu 3. Click the gear icon on the relevant question to go to its settings If you use a “Random question” from a question category, click “See questions” , find the question and click on "Edit" and “Edit question" 4. In the field of the additional correct answer, change the "Grade" field to 100% (In “OU multiple response” mark “Correct” to the additional answer) 5. To finish, scroll down and click on “Save changes” recalculate grade Step 2 - Recalculate the quiz grade 1. In the quiz item, go to “Results” in the top menu. 2. Click on the "Dry run full regrade” button to see how the change you will be reflected in the students' grades. 3. At the end of the “Dry run” process, a "Regrade completed" message will be displayed, click “Continue” to finish. 4. Now you can see the grades after the recalculating 5. If the change is correct, click the "Regrade all " button to update the grades for all students. 6. At the end of the process, a "Regrade completed" message will be displayed, click “Continue” to finish. Cancel a question Cancel a question and recalculating a grade after the exam is over If a problem was detected in a question in the exam, it is sometimes necessary to cancel the question and recalculate the exam. How to recalculate the grade without weighting this question? 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz activity, go to the "Quiz questions" in the top menu 3. On the next page, find the question you want to cancel. Click the pencil icon and update its weight to 0 . 4. Press Enter to save and finish. 5. To see the new grade calculation, go to “Results” in the top menu. On the results table, you can see that the question now is not included in the quiz grade calculation.

Anonymous submissions in the Assignment allows you to check the submissions anonymously. It is important to ask the students not to specify personal details in the name of the file or in the content of the submission, in order to maintain the anonymity. Anonymous grading in Assignment Hiding the students' names in an Assignment in Moodle allows you to check the submissions anonymously. It is important to ask the students not to specify personal details in the name of the file or in the content of the submission, in order to maintain the anonymity. After finishing checking the assignments, the names of the students are revealed and the checked assignments, the grades, and the feedback are published. What's in this tutorial: How to make the students anonymous when checking the assignment? How to reveal the assignment grades to students after an anonymous check How do the students see the grades/feedback? How do you update the students about grades and feedback in the assignment? Hiding students' names before checking an assignment Publishing grades to students after anonymous grading How the students see the grades and feedback Updating the students about grades and feedback in the assignment How to make the students anonymous when checking the assignment? How to make the students anonymous when checking an assignment? 1. Enter the Assignment and then click on "Settings " in the top menu. 2. In the "Grade " section, check "Yes " in the "Anonymous submissions " dropdown menu, and click on "Save and display " to finish. This option can only be set before the students' submissions. Once there are submissions, it will not be possible to change it. 3. Click on "View all submissions " in the Assignment page to view the data of the submissions. Each student was given a random number without identifying details. How to reveal the assignment grades to students after an anonymous check How to reveal the assignment grades to students after an anonymous check? 1. After checking the assignments and in order to reveal the grades to the students, click on the " More " button in the top menu, and then on "Reveal student identities ". 2. In the pop-up window, click on " Continue " to complete and confirm the action. The grades will not be available to the students without revealing the identities 3. After that, click on "Please note, grades and feedback are not available to students. Click to make available ". 4. In the next page, choose whether to send a notification to students. If so, whether to send a message to all students or only to students who received a grade/feedback. To finish, click "OK ". How do the students see the grades/feedback? How do the students see the grades/feedback? Students must click on the assignment item to open a page with their submission details, grade, feedback, checked file, etc. The students can download the feedback as a file to the personal computer, and if a message appears "View annotated PDF... " it is possible to click on the link and view the content of the feedback online. How do you update the students about grades and feedback in the assignment? How do you update the students about grades and feedback in the assignment? After grades are made available to students, students can be notified that their assignment has been reviewed and given a grade/feedback, in two ways: Option 1: On the assignment grading page, mark with a V whether to send a message to a specific student whose work was graded. From the student's point of view, this is what the email will look like: Option 2: Make grades available to students. On the Assignment page, choose whether to send a message to all students or only to those to whom you have given a grade and/or feedback. And from the student's point of view, this is what the received email will look like: