1

Timed Moodle essays:

Good practice for timed management in prep for exams

Learners can type in Word and then copy and paste their

submission

Marks are recorded in the grade book

Can be taken ‘under exam conditions’

A duplicate assignment with extra time can be made to

accommodate learners who are identified with learning

disabilities/difficulties

Unlike other Moodle quiz questions the teacher has to manual

mark it!

Use the Moodle Quiz Essay question

for timed assessment

In this session you will learn how to:

Create an essay quiz question

Add an essay question to a Moodle Quiz

2

There are 2 parts to complete for this exercise:

STEP 1: Create your question

STEP 2: Create your quiz and add your essay quiz question.

1) Turn editing on, click into the Admin block and

Question bank. Select Essay question and click next.

2) Add a title and type in the assignment brief and instructions.

3) You can add links to websites, information pdfs, audio files and embed a video as well if you

wish.

4) Work your way through the options and design your essay assignment quiz question etc to

meet your requirements.

SAVE YOUR CHANGES.

1) Turn editing on, click to upload an activity or resource and select Quiz,

click OK.

2) Add a title and description.

Use the Moodle Quiz Essay question for timed assessment

PLEASE NOTE

You do not have to choose

number of lines as by

default there is no limit.

STEP 1

STEP 2

3

Set the time limit

3) Work your way through the options and design your essay assignment with the

time and date restraints, number of questions to be answered grading system etc to meet your

requirements.

SAVE YOUR CHANGES and click SAVE AND

DISPLAY.

Click to Edit quiz, (a) find your essay question and click on the<< to add it to the quiz. (b)

Use the Moodle Quiz Essay question for timed assessment

a b

PLEASE NOTE

The Save button is near the

top of the screen by the

title of the quiz

4

When the learners click to start the quiz they are

warned that this is a timed activity.

The learner’s view of the timed essay

The time starts as soon as they

learner begins the activity.

It the learner comes out of the activity and

then returns, the time will resume counting

down from where they left off.

AND any text they have entered previously

will not be saved. On completion of the task the

learner clicks Finish Attempt.