Printing a Blank Moodle Quiz Attempt

Instructors may need to print a hard copy of a Moodle quiz attempt to allow a student to take the exam in person or for other needs.

Moodle does not provide a direct mechanism for printing blank quiz attempts. By adjusting some Quiz settings and print settings, the instructor can create a blank Quiz preview that can then be printed using their browser.

This article provides instructions for printing a Moodle Quiz to paper.

Printing a Blank Moodle Quiz Attempt

If students have already attempted the Quiz in Moodle, this process may not work. Instructors would need to make a duplicate of the quiz first, and then attempt to follow these instructions.

To adjust the settings of the Quiz:

1. Open the Quiz page.
2. In the Quiz menu at the top of the page, click the "Settings" tab.
3. In the Quiz Settings page, find and expand the "Layout" section.
4. Set  "New page" to "Never, all questions on one page".
5. Ensure the "Repaginate now" button is checked.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Save and display" button.

After this, click on the "Preview quiz" button to launch a preview.  This preview will serve as the print version of the Quiz.

1. After the preview has loaded, right click anywhere inside the Quiz.
2. In the right-click menu that appears, choose the "Print" option to open the Print dialog.
3. In the Print menu that appears, scroll through the document to verify everything is appearing correctly.
4. In the top right corner, set "Destination" to the printer, or to "Save as PDF" to save it as a file.
5. In the bottom left corner, click the "Print" or "Save" button.

This will generate either a printed copy to the printer set in the "Destination" field, or a PDF file saved to the instructor's machine so that it can be printed elsewhere.

As a final step, adjust the settings of the Quiz again to set "New page" to its original settings.

Additional Resources

Quiz Activity (Moodle Doc)

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