Quizzes - Managing Questions using Categories

Moodle uses categories to organize questions for use throughout the course.  Each time you create a quiz, Moodle also creates a question category.  You can also create a categories.  Any question in Moodle can be used in multiple places. Organizing those questions is essential to effectively finding and reusing them.  

Step 1

From the Course menu bar, select More, then Question Bank .

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Step 2  From the dropdown menu in the left corner of the screen, Choose Categories.

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Step 3 On the resulting screen, click add category. 

If your category has already been created, skip to step.

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Step 4 On the resulting screen, add a name for the new category. (You could use a name such as "Chapter 1," "Unit 1," or the name of a specific subject.)

Optionally, you may add information into the Category info section.

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Step 5 Click Add category.

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Step 6 To add / organize questions into a category, select Questions from the dropdown menu in the left corner of the screen.

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Step 7 Select the questions you wish to move into the category using the check boxes on the left. 

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Step 8 At the bottom of the screen, choose With Selected, then Move To.

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Step 9 On the resulting category, choose the category name, then click Move to.

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Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")  

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