Moodle 2.0

Evaluating Students with Quizzes, Choices, and Feedback
Type of question
Embedded Answers
(Cloze)
Description and tips for using
An embedded answers question consists of a passage of text, with
answers inserted into the text. Multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and
numeric answers can be inserted into the question. Moodle's help file
gives the following example:
Multiple Choice
Notice that the question presents a drop-down list first, which is
essentially a multiple-choice question. Then, it presents a short
answer (fill-in-the-blank) question, followed by a numeric question.
Finally, there's another multiple-choice question (the Yes/No
drop-down) and another numeric question.
There is no graphical interface for creating embedded answers
questions. You need to use a special format that is explained in the
help files.
Multiple choice questions allow a student to select a single answer,
or multiple answers. Each answer can count toward a specified
percentage of the question's total point value.
When you allow a student to select only a single answer, you
usually assign a positive score to the one correct answer and zero
or negative points to all of the other, incorrect, answers. When you
allow the student to select multiple answers, you usually assign
partial positive points to each correct answer. That's because you
want all of the correct answers to total 100%. You also usually
assign negative points to each incorrect answer. If you don't bring
down the question's score for each wrong answer, then the student
can score 100% on the question just by selecting all of the answers.
The negative points should be equal to or greater than the positive
points, so that if a student just selects all of the answers, they won't
get a positive score for the question. Don't worry about the student
getting a negative score for the question, because Moodle doesn't
allow that to happen-zero is the lowest possible score.
On the Editing Quiz page, if you have chosen to shuffle the answers,
check all of the multiple choice questions that you use in the quiz. If
any of them have answers like "All of the above" or "Both A. and C."
then shuffling answers will ruin those questions. Instead, change them
to multiple-answer questions, and give partial credit for each correct
answer. For example, instead of "Both A. and C." you would say,
"Select all that apply" and then give partial credit for A. and for C.
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