Activity — Quick Quiz

Compose a few questions inline; it publishes a graded online exam in one step.

What it is

A Quick Quiz is the fast way to add a graded quiz: you compose a few questions right in the Add-activity sheet, and on save it publishes a full Online Exam and attaches it. It is a picker-only shortcut — the saved activity is a normal Online Exam, so it behaves (and is edited) exactly like one.

How to add it

In Course content, click Add activity in a topic.

Set the title, duration and max attempts, then add questions — Multiple choice (mark the correct option), True / False, or Short answer (optional expected answer for auto-marking) — each with its own marks (configMode: quickquiz).

Click Add to course — a published exam is created and attached.

Publishing a quick quiz uses one paper credit. Afterwards it is an ordinary online exam — to change the questions, open it in the exam builder (the activity’s edit form links straight there).

What students see

Students navigate to the exam page (openMode: navigate → /exam/:id) and attempt it — timed and auto-graded, just like any Online Exam.

Grading & completion

A Quick Quiz is gradable; its score reaches the gradebook from the student’s exam attempts (gradeSource: examattempts), and completion is automatic on submission. Being auto-graded, it also supports completion conditions (open, or a minimum grade) in the activity settings.

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