Realtime Quiz

Activities ::: mod_realtimequiz

Maintained by

Davo Smith

Face-to-face quiz with all students answering the questions at the same time.

Latest release: 6 weeks

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438 downloads

77 fans

Current versions available: 3

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A multiple-choice quiz designed for use in a face-to-face lesson.

Each student receives each question at the same time with a time limit to answer it (default 30 seconds). In between each question the correct answer is displayed, along with the number of students giving each answer (and some statistics about the percentage class / individual correct answers). This allows each question to be discussed before moving on.

Teachers can review the answers, once the quiz is finished, to identify any areas that need to be covered again.

Recent improvements (2010) include:

Ability to add a picture to each question
More attractive question display
Easier question editing
Reduced network traffic & improved stability (particularly on wireless networks)

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Will Taylor
Sun, 29 Apr 2012, 10:32 AM
regarding incorporating the existing quiz bank -
please add me to the "very interested!" list
Will Taylor
Sun, 29 Apr 2012, 10:34 AM
am having a great time w this module - will give it a real-time spin in an online class of 300+ students next week - will let you know how it goes. lends it self beautifully to the pedagogical style of my teaching - thanks!
Davo Smith
Mon, 30 Apr 2012, 4:32 AM
@Will - glad you're enjoying it. Will be interested to learn how it copes with 300+ students (not that I don't think it will - but I never had an opportunity to try with more than about 20).

Question bank integration would be a nice idea, but this plugin isn't very high on my priority list these days, so I'm not sure I'll ever get around to it (short of an offer to fund the development).
Zenia ...
Wed, 6 June 2012, 3:39 AM
hello everyone...
I've already pluged in this activity but I cannot add a picture. Only text.. There's no option for.. I have version 2.2.3. What should I do? Thanks in advance
Davo Smith
Wed, 6 June 2012, 3:04 PM
Pictures are currently 1.9 only (due to the vastly different way that Moodle 2+ handles files). I plan to convert the feature at some point, but it will have to wait until I have some spare time to work on this plugin again.
merrycris marcos
Mon, 5 Nov 2012, 3:28 PM
how to join in this activity? need help
Davo Smith
Mon, 5 Nov 2012, 4:16 PM
merrycris - I'm not quite clear what you are asking for help with. Are you having difficulty installing the plugin on your Moodle site? Are you not sure how to create a quiz, once the activity is installed? Or are students having difficulty joining a quiz, once you've created it?
Neil Johnson
Wed, 7 Nov 2012, 10:42 PM
I cannot see how to add pictures and I do not see individual student results.
Davo Smith
Wed, 7 Nov 2012, 10:44 PM
The Moodle 2.x version does not support adding pictures (it is on my todo list, but so are many other items).

To see individual student results, click on a question in the results and it will list which students gave each answer.
Davo Smith
Tue, 8 Jan 2013, 4:48 PM
To update - the latest Moodle 2.x version now uses a HTML editor for questions, so images (and other files) can be embedded
B Shivaram
Thu, 10 Jan 2013, 4:11 AM
Davo Smith:
Wonderful product. Installed your latest version successfully om moodle 2.3.3. (except that HTML editor shows up first time and disappears!). Anyway, two other features would be nice to have:
(a) The module currently displays the percentage of students who answered correctly at the end of the quiz and each question also.
But it would be nice to have a more fine grained feature, where percentage of choices A, B, C, D etc are displayed at the end of each question.

B. Shiv
Davo Smith
Thu, 10 Jan 2013, 5:46 AM
@B Shivaram - I've had one other person mentioning a problem with the HTML editor in 2.3 - I'll have to investigate further (it works fine when I've tested it in 2.4).
The number of people who gave each answer is already displayed at the end of each question. You can also review all the answers afterwards by clicking on the 'view responses' tab.
B Shivaram
Thu, 10 Jan 2013, 12:55 PM
Davo Smith: Thanks for the quick response. Wolla ! Upgraded to 2.4 and works like a charm ! HTML editor is on.
I suppose in addition to images one could also input SVG code (or HTML5 canvas for that matter)?
B Shivaram
Thu, 10 Jan 2013, 11:17 PM
One other question:
What does it take to add "Require password" and "Require network address" options to RTQ similar to the main Moodle core Quiz options? Can instructions for code modification spelled out in a few sentences or is it just too complex?
Davo Smith
Fri, 11 Jan 2013, 3:43 AM
@B Shivram - you would need to modify mod_form.php to add the new settings, db/upgrade.php and db/install.xml to add somewhere to save the new settings and version.php to trigger the database upgrade. After that, you would need to add some logic to whichever part of the code you wanted to restrict access to (probably somewhere in view.php) to check for those settings and then either retrieve and compare the IP address or ask the user for the password and compare. Not a big job, probably about an hour's work for someone who knows what they are doing with Moodle code.