Create quiz activity


  1. Go to the course where the quiz is to be added and on the course home page click on Turn editing on.
  2. Choose on which topic the quiz activity is to be added and expand it. Click Add an activity or resource.
  3. From the list of activities and resource, choose Quiz.
  4. On quiz settings page a couple of options needs to be set in order to create the quiz, below is the list of settings needed to be filled-up and some settings that would be helpful in setting up the quiz: 
    • General
      • Quiz name (required) - name of the quiz to be displayed on course
      • Description - a brief description or can it be an instruction for the quiz
    • Timing
      • Open the quiz - date & time quiz attempts opens
      • Close the quiz - date & time quiz attempts closes
      • Time limit - time duration of the quiz to be created
      • When time expires - if time limit is enabled, controls the action that happens when a student was not able submit the quiz attempt on time.

    • Grade
      • Grade category - the category on the gradebook you want to set it to
      • Grade to pass - sets the grade/score to pass the quiz
      • Attempts allowed - number of retries the student can take the quiz
    • Extra restriction on attempts
      • Require password - if enabled, password is needed to be entered to access the quiz
  5. Click on Save and return to course to save & view the quiz on course, or Save and display to save & have a preview of the created quiz.


Refer to the Use group overrides for course/subject activities to schedule when the quiz is to be taken by a selected group/s in a course.