Randomize Questions (MCQ / Short Answer/ Various)

If you're using the Quiz activity (test plugin) in Moodle, you can randomly assign 10 questions from a pool of 30 using the "Random question" feature from the question bank.

✅ How to Do It (Step-by-Step):

1. Create Your Question Bank:

   • Go to your course > More > Question bank.

   • Create a Category (e.g., "Test Pool – Chapter 1").

   • Add all 30 questions to this category.

2. Create a New Quiz:

   • Go to your course page.

   • Click “Add an activity or resource” > Quiz.

   • Name the quiz and set timing, attempt limits, etc.

   • Click Save and display.

3. Add Random Questions to the Quiz:

   • Click “Edit quiz”.

   • Click “Add” > “+ a random question”.

   • Choose the category you created.

   • Enter “Number of random questions to add” = 10.

   • Click Add random question.

4. ✅ Done!

   • Now, each student will get a random 10-question subset from the 30-question pool.

   • If you also enabled answer shuffling, every student’s test will look different.

💡 Bonus:

• You can add random questions from multiple categories to mix topics.

• Use different difficulty levels by organizing your bank into:

  • Easy

  • Medium

  • Hard

Use Quiz Availability + Open Date

When you set a quiz with an open date, Moodle automatically creates a calendar event and sends reminders if the student has calendar notifications turned on.

➤ Steps:

1. Go to your quiz > Edit settings.

2. Under Timing, set:

   • Open the quiz: (e.g., July 5, 10:00 AM)

   • Close the quiz

   • Time limit

3. Save the quiz.

📌 A calendar event will be generated, and students will be notified according to their preferences.