Updating a Moodle Quiz After Student Attempts

Instructors may need to update a Moodle Quiz activity after students have completed it. These updates could range from fixing a question that previously had an incorrectly marked correct answer, or adding in more relevant feedback for students based on their responses.

The instructions in this article will provide guidance on how to make changes to Quiz questions, as well as how to run a regrade so these changes are retroactively applied to Quiz attempts.

Updating a Moodle Quiz After Student Attempts

To update Quiz attempts:

1. Update the question or questions directly.
2. Regrade the existing attempts.

After this process is complete, each attempt will be updated to use the latest version of the updated questions, which can include changes to points earned by the student on their attempt.

Update the question

To update a question:

1. In the main Moodle course page, open the Quiz activity.
2. In the Quiz menu at the top of the page, select the Questions tab.
3. Find the specific question that needs to be updated, and select the gear icon to the left of the question title.
4. Make the necessary changes to the question, as if this were the first time creating the question.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save changes button.

Repeat these steps in the Questions page to modify other questions in this Quiz.

These changes are, at this point, only changed for future attempts of the Quiz. All Quiz attempts started and submitted before these changes were made will still refer to the previous version of those questions. If attempts need to be updated to reference the current version of those questions, regrade the quiz attempts.

Regrade the attempts

In order to update existing Quiz attempts to use a new version of a question, follow the steps below to dry run a regrade of the Quiz. This will preview any changes made to grades by the changes to this question.

1. Open the Quiz activity.
2. In the Quiz menu at top the page, select the Results tab.
3. Above the table of attempts, find and click the Dry run a full regrade button.
4. In the confirmation page that appears, click the continue button to return to the Results page.
5. Review the scores to ensure that the changes made are accurate to how the Quiz should function.

The Dry run a full regrade option enables a preview of what changes to grades will be made based on new question updates. The Dry run score is not displayed to students. If, at this point, the Dry run score is not accurate, return to the previous section and make edits to the questions again.

It is possible to regrade without making a dry run first, but making changes to grades without a preview of the changes is not recommended.

To follow through with the regrade:

1. Open the Quiz activity.
2. In the Quiz menu at top the page, select the Results tab.
3. Above the table of attempts, find and click the Regrade all button.
4. A confirmation page will load to verify the regrade has completed. Click the continue button on this page to return to the Results page.

The student scores will now be updated to reflect newly-set correct answers in questions updated prior to the regrade. Any new feedback added to questions will be visible to students when reviewing their prior quiz attempt.

Additional Resources

Quiz grades report (MoodleDocs)

Quiz reports (MoodleDocs)

Overview of Moodle Quizzes (DELTA Knowledge Base)

For additional assistance, please contact the LearnTech Help Desk at learntech@ncsu.edu or (919) 513-7094, or via the Get Help form on the DELTA Knowledge Base.