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Quizventure
Activities ::: mod_quizgame
Maintained by John Okely, Stephen Bourget
Part of set Gamification.
Quizventure is an activity module that loads quiz questions from the course it's added to. The possible answers come down as space ships and you have to shoot the correct one.
Quizventure v3.1-r2 for Moodle 2.9, 3.0, 3.1
Mary Cooch
Montag, 22. August 2016, 23:02
Usability
7/10
Technical
9/10
- General comments
- This plugin is particularly suited to courses where the subjects which require a lot of factual recall, for example vocabulary and grammar learning in languages, algorithms in computing, dates and events in history. Inspired by the space invaders games of the 80s, Quizventure brings an element of fun to what could normally be plain hard work, motivating students to keep practising in order to shoot as many alien space ships as they can. It works extremely well for reluctant students who end up m...
- Usability
- The plugin is easy to install and use with a Quick guide and accompanying video. Once added to the site, it can be selected from the Activity chooser.However, for it to work, the course question bank must have multiple choice and/or matching questions in the category which is chosen when setting up the activity. (This isn't made clear at the time of creation so it is worth reading the documentation.) It might be worth creating dedicated categories just with these question types for use in Quizve...
- Technical
- The plugin is currently maintained by John Okely of Moodle HQ. It is also one of the specially selected plugins to feature in the Moodle for School package. As such you can expect its code to be of a high quality and for it to be reliably maintained long term.
Quizventure v3.0-r1 for Moodle 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.0
Michael de Raadt
Montag, 7. Dezember 2015, 07:45
- General comments
- A fun game that utilises questions for repetition and reinforcement.This is a novel plugin developed by John Okely, a Moodle Core developer, so it can be relied upon. Plugins survey usage - The plugin was not covered by the Plugins Usage Survey (2015), but it was mentioned, even though it is a new plugin. Supported versions 2.7 to 3.0 As at 7 Dec, 2015. Update frequency Regular Feedback about plugin Limited, posiitive Some on Plugins Directory page and some on ...