Moodle Quiz training Trainer's notes

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Moodle Quiz Training - Trainers Notes
Introduction
This version of the trainer's notes is for the 'no-show' approach where the
participants have to work things out for themselves with the aid of handouts.

Before you Start
   Restore Quiz Training from the backup in Moodle Training Backups
     Note: This course is also used by self-trainers throughout the year. Check
        reports for the existing course and contact recent users if necessary to warn
        them about reset, or keep and rename this course if it is actively being used.
   Set the default role for Quiz Training to Teacher (Editor) – necessary because this
    setting can’t be stored in the backup.
   Check that everything is in place: participants may have moved questions into
    difft categories!
   Collect / print Handouts: A-C
   Print list of attendees (CLT booking website)
   Print “Notes for General knowledge quiz” from Moodle

Timing
Training 120mins                             10am start             2pm start
Introduction 15 mins                         10:00-10:15            14:00-14:15
10 for latecomers, 5 session outline

Part A – Quizzes and questions 20 mins       10:15-10:35            14:15-14:35
5 demo, 15 hands

Part B – Creating questions 20 mins          10:35-10:55            14:35-14:55
5 demo, 15 hands

Part C – Putting a quiz together 30 mins     10:55-11:25            14:55-15:25
5 demo, 15 hands

Part D – Why/how to use quizzes? 15 mins 11:25-11:40                15:25-15:40
15 demo/discussion

Part E – Using the results 10 mins           11:40-11:50            15:40-15:50
10 demo/discussion/questions

Wrap-up & final questions 10 mins            11:50-12:00            15:50-16:00
Introduction
       Explain what will be covered:
            o how to create quizzes,
            o why create quizzes,
            o how to create effective quizzes
       Explain structure of course (5 sections, alternating demo with hands-on or
        discussion)
       Participants log in with own usernames (Quiz training default role is editor)

Part A – Quizzes and questions
Demonstration
   Log on as yourself (since you’ll need admin rights) and go to Moodle Training >
    Quiz Training.

   Go to the Demo Quiz and Preview it. Show the different question types.
    Emphasise the distinction between the quiz and the questions – one quiz can have
    many questions; one question can be used in many quizzes.

   Return to homepage. Right-click on Questions to open question bank in new
    window. Indicate the question type icons.

   Switch to the Quiz Demo category and show the questions that correspond to the
    quiz.

Hands-on
   Give out handout A and explain how handouts work

   Show where Quiz Training can be found.

   Explain that they become editors of Quiz Training by enrolling on it
Part B – Creating questions
Demonstration
   From the homepage, click Questions and choose the Default category.

   Go to the question bank and preview (but don't attempt) the Slavic Languages
    question in the Default category, as an example of a multiple-answer question
    (MAQ). Explain that we are going to 'look under the bonnet'.

   Edit the question and point out the phrasing of the question text.

   Explain that Penalty factor will be covered in the next section.

   Indicate the shuffling option and explain how it works in conjunction with the
    shuffle setting in the quiz itself.

   Point out the One or multiple answers? setting.

   Show the correct and incorrect options and explain grading system. Explain why
    correct answer grades add up to 100% and incorrect answers add up to -100%.

   Go back to preview to show how it works. Try various combinations:
          o One correct answer,
          o One incorrect answer – note grade is never less than zero,
          o All answers ticked.

   Point out Moodle Docs link for help with other question types.

Hands-on
Give out Handout B
Part C – Putting a quiz together
Demonstration
   Edit the Demo Quiz to highlight specific settings.

   Point out Questions per page setting and explain problems with using multiple
    pages.

   Point out Shuffle within questions option and relate it to the Shuffle option in
    individual questions.

   Use Demo Quiz (one question at a time) to demonstrate the problem. Make clear
    that this only applies to questions as you add them – it will not repaginate
    questions after they have been added.

   Go back to Demo Quiz and click Edit. Explain question weights and how they are
    scaled to give the overall grade.

Hands-on
   Give out Handout C

Follow-up
   Turn on Adaptive mode and Apply penalties for the Demo Quiz and review how it
    works. Refer back to the penalty factor setting in questions.
Part D – Why/how to use quizzes?
Demonstration
   Introduce pedagogy, explaining why Moodle quizzes can be useful:
        o Formative assessment, self-testing
        o Identifying and tackling misconceptions
        o Analysis of results to pick up on problems.

   Get participants together and discuss why they want to use quizzes and how they
    will make use of the results.

   Introduce the general knowledge quiz in Quiz Training that they will need to
    complete. Point out that the quiz was deliberately made difficult/stupid (no need
    for embarrassment later).



Hands-on & discussion
   Ask everyone to quickly complete the general knowledge quiz in Quiz Training.
    (NB This quiz uses role overrides to allow editors to attempt it.) Allow 4 minutes
    for everyone to complete this quiz.

   Class discussion: What makes a question good or bad?
            o Ambiguity in questions including bad grammar/spelling
            o Overly general feedback
            o Introduce distracters: too similar/dissimilar to/from the answer
            o Incomplete question sets
            o Does the question test what students are meant to know/learn?
            o Discuss difference and appropriateness of MCQ versus MAQ
            o Indelicate feedback: “NO! You are wrong!”
            o Sell-by date of questions
Part E – Using the results
Demonstration
   Quiz results can be used to review the progress of a single student, a class, or a
    whole cohort. They can also be used to review the effectiveness of questions and
    quizzes themselves.

   Enter the General knowledge quiz and click the Results tab to see the results
    from the participants themselves. Review Overview and Item analysis pages.

   Introduce the MCQ breakdown page, and show the breakdown of results. Focus
    on:

       o Summary stats at top

       o Student responses – which students are failing, which questions are
         causing them problems

       o Options chosen – are the distractors distracting enough?

   Show the richer MCQ breakdown from EC400 (via link on Quiz Training
    homepage)

   Click on key to change from correct to incorrect highlights

   Any questions, comments? Encourage further discussion.



Extra activity if time permits
   Ask each to create a quiz with one or two of their own questions.



Wrap-up
   Invite participants to send us their questions and quizzes for comments.

   Show contact details.