You can add to your theme @media css rules for the quiz page. Then if you set up the quiz with all questions on one page the students could use the browser's print option to print a clean version. You may need also to set the css to page break after one or two questions depending on their display size so that the printout will divide properly to pages. hth
where to put @media in which css and which class
See example at http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Print_style.
You can test locally in a quiz by adding a description question and in html mode adding the css inside a style tag:
<style type="text/css">
...
</style>
hth
Hello Itamar
Thanks for responding
I followed the example in the link but unfortunately it doesn't change the print style when I tested it on an existing quiz. I'm using moodle2.3
Is there any other way to get a print friendly version of quizes?
Nyree
The example is css-wise outdated. You need to put there the right css selectors according to your theme. For instance the css should hide the quiz header by means of
div.tabtree, div#header, div.navbar,
div.headermenu, div.paging, div#footer,
div.datapreferences {
display: none;
}
But the standard header selector has been changed to div#page-header in Moodle 2 themes and you need to change this css accordingly. If you use custom menu, you need to add to that list of selectors div#custommenu, etc.
Hello Itamar
I've been working on this all day, with some success,This is the css I've got so far:
but can anyone tell me how to get rid I rid of the grey borders / lines and shading? see attached image. Nothing is working!
Thanks very much
Nyree
You nee to use Firebug (or the equivalent tool in your favourite web browser) to find out what CSS rule is causing those borders. Then override that rule to get rid of them.
Yes that's what I've been using, maybe there's a way to hide all the borders?
I can't remove the left hand margin either
I'll keep trying
Thanks anyway
Nyree
Dear Nyree,
please did you find out how to remove the left border ?
I tried it with Firebug, but could not extent the text over the whole page, see the attachement.
Best, Miro
Dear Itamar,
would you please give us a little more know-how about adjusting the css-layout of the quiz page-to-print ? I partially succeeded with simple removal of some objects with the firebug addon, but I was left with this big left border ( see the attachement in my post below).
Best, Miro
You could try using a plug-in I developed (Moodle2Word Word table import/export) which allows you export question banks to Word table format. The Word format tables are reasonably neatly laid out, and suitable for printing. However, all parts of the question are displayed by default. To re-format the questions as a quiz, you need to download and install a Word template which has a command to hide all the answers, feedback and other stuff you don't want appearing.
Note that a question bank is not the same as a random selection of questions for a quiz though.
