Hi,
to explain what I am asking (and to which I couldn't find an answer) let me assume that my question bank contains the following category and subcategories:
Mammals -
|_ Cows
|_ Horses
|_ Dogs
|_ Cats
|_ Lions
Now, I want to create a quiz with one random question in every subcategory.
If I choose to add 5 random questions from category "Mammals" and I check the "Allow subcategories" box then, if I am not mistaken, my quiz actually gets 5 random questions but there is no guarantee that they are chosen just one in every subcategory: two, or even more, can very well belong to the same subcategory.
So, it seems to me that the only way to obtain such a quiz is to add manually five random questions, one per every subcategory.
My question is: am I right or am I missing something? I made a little research, but I couldn't find anything relevant.
Closely related: assume I want to create a quiz regarding just felines. Can I instruct Moodle somehow to extract two random questions just from the subcategories "Cats" and "Lions"? (BTW: tags are not an option, so I guess this could really be not possible).
Many thanks
In reply to mario S
Re: Is it possible to create a quiz with one random question chosen in every subcategory in one stroke?
by Rick Jerz -
There may be different ways to accomplish your desire. You seem to be on target. Here is what I would do.
In Moodle's question bank, I would create a sub-category (maybe below your course or some other category, depending on how you are organizing your question bank) called Mammals. Then, I would create five more sub-categories for the types of animals. Then, put the appropriate questions into each animal-type sub-category (like 10 questions).
Then, on the quiz side of things, add the first question to the quiz, randomly picking one question from the Cows sub-category. Then, add a second randomly selected question from the Horses category, and so forth. Then I would randomly jumble all questions on the quiz.
The answer to your second question is yes. Just use those two sub-categories.
Incidentally, you can't do this with other major LMSs, only Moodle. Also, make sure to practice.