Is it possible to fix the position of the description question on each page of a quiz, and the rest of the questions will shuffle?
Or maybe using some other option, we can add directions for answering a particular set of questions in the quiz.
https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Building_Quiz
Only for new quizzes, you can select the Edit Quiz icon. Then select the edit icon (pencil) and add a Section Title.
Then add the specific question to this section.
Add a new section - title it.
Add the random question for the remainder of the section.
This only works for new quizzes. Existing quizzes cannot be updated into sections.
Kind Regards
Only for new quizzes, you can select the Edit Quiz icon. Then select the edit icon (pencil) and add a Section Title.
Then add the specific question to this section.
Add a new section - title it.
Add the random question for the remainder of the section.
This only works for new quizzes. Existing quizzes cannot be updated into sections.
Kind Regards
Thanks for your reply.
Section titles come on the right side block showing quiz navigation
Section titles come on the right side block showing quiz navigation
So, it will not solve the purpose of showing the complete directions or question instructions.
Sorry, I didn't completely finish my response.
I added question type - Description (which really isn't a question)
I added question type - Description (which really isn't a question)
maybe that is what you are trying to achieve?
I think am not able to put up my question properly. Let me rephrase it again.
I already said that I have one question as Description Type, and I want to fix its position at the top of the section and choose the option 'shuffle', to shuffle other remaining questions of the section.
But as the description is also a type of question, it also gets shuffled. That's why I want some way to fix this question and exclude it from the rest of the questions so that it won't get shuffled and instead get displayed at the top of the section.
I already said that I have one question as Description Type, and I want to fix its position at the top of the section and choose the option 'shuffle', to shuffle other remaining questions of the section.
But as the description is also a type of question, it also gets shuffled. That's why I want some way to fix this question and exclude it from the rest of the questions so that it won't get shuffled and instead get displayed at the top of the section.
Your Description question needs to be in its own section, as Shirley suggested up above.
Yes, using sections in a group is a little harder, but you should experiment and read the Moodle docs, https://docs.moodle.org/402/en/Building_Quiz
Yes, using sections in a group is a little harder, but you should experiment and read the Moodle docs, https://docs.moodle.org/402/en/Building_Quiz
You could try the following approach.
1. Put the questions you want shuffled into their own category in the question bank, e.g. "Cat A" with 5 questions.
2. Create the section, but don't set the "Shuffle" flag.
3. Add the Description question to the section as the first question.
4. After the description question, click the link to Add > a random question, and select the category "Cat A". Set the "Number of random questions" field to 5, so that all the questions in the category will be included.
I believe that this will force all 5 questions to be presented to each student, but the order will be different in each case.
If you don't want to put them into a separate category, you could use tags instead or as a complement.
From a question organisation perspective, it is better to include the Description question within the category. I found that the selector for random questions does not include "Description" questions, which surprised me, but is quite convenient in this case.
1. Put the questions you want shuffled into their own category in the question bank, e.g. "Cat A" with 5 questions.
2. Create the section, but don't set the "Shuffle" flag.
3. Add the Description question to the section as the first question.
4. After the description question, click the link to Add > a random question, and select the category "Cat A". Set the "Number of random questions" field to 5, so that all the questions in the category will be included.
I believe that this will force all 5 questions to be presented to each student, but the order will be different in each case.
If you don't want to put them into a separate category, you could use tags instead or as a complement.
From a question organisation perspective, it is better to include the Description question within the category. I found that the selector for random questions does not include "Description" questions, which surprised me, but is quite convenient in this case.