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Turn your lecture notes into Moodle multiple choice questions

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Writing a Moodle multiple choice quiz from your own material

Building a Moodle multiple choice quiz from a lecture deck usually means rereading every slide, writing a correct answer, then inventing three plausible wrong ones. DeckOwl reads your PDF, DOCX, PPTX, notes or page photos and drafts multiple choice, true/false or open questions, each with an explanation, so you spend your time checking accuracy instead of starting from a blank page.

Multiple choice, true/false and open questions from PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, notes or photos
Each question includes an explanation for the correct answer
Moodle XML and QTI 2.1 export on the Pro plan
Free plan: 3 generations per month, study in the browser

Example Moodle multiple choice quiz questions

In Moodle's multiple choice question type, what does choosing "Multiple answers" change?It allows more than one correct option and shows checkboxes instead of radio buttons, so students can select several choices. Use it when a question has more than one correct answer.

In Moodle XML, what does the fraction attribute on an answer control?It sets the percentage of credit that answer earns, so 100 marks the full-credit answer and negative values penalize wrong picks. The fraction attribute is how grading is stored in the file.

If a multiple-answer Moodle question has two correct options, what fraction should each carry?50% each, so selecting both earns full credit and selecting one earns half. This keeps partial credit proportional to the correct choices a student identifies.

Which Moodle multiple choice setting changes the order of the answer options?The "Shuffle the choices" option randomizes answer order for each student attempt. It reduces the chance that students pass a question by remembering that the answer was always in position B.

Why group Moodle questions into categories in the question bank?Categories let you build quizzes that draw random questions from one topic. This keeps each attempt different while still covering the same material.

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Built from your own material

Upload PDFs, PPTX slides, DOCX files, plain notes or photos of pages. Text is read from images, so handwritten-scan textbook pages work too.

Explanations for every answer

Each generated question includes an explanation of why the correct option is right, which you can keep, edit or remove before exporting.

Export for Moodle

On the Pro plan, export Moodle XML and QTI 2.1 files and import them into your Moodle question bank in bulk rather than typing each question by hand.

How it works

Upload your source

Add a lecture PDF, slide deck, DOCX file or notes. Choose the question types you want, such as multiple choice, true/false or open questions.

Review the draft questions

Check each stem, correct answer and distractor against your source. Edit wording or delete any question that does not match what you taught.

Export or study

Export to Moodle XML on Pro, or keep the set in the browser on the free plan to practice before you build the Moodle quiz.

Review every generated question before it reaches students, especially the distractors, since a weak wrong option makes a question easy to guess. When the set looks right, export Moodle XML from Pro and import it into your question bank, where you can shuffle choices and group questions into categories for random quizzes.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I import multiple choice questions into Moodle in bulk?

Yes, on the Pro plan DeckOwl exports Moodle XML, which you can import through the Moodle question bank. Test the file in a sandbox course first so you can confirm the answer weights and formatting before students see it.

Should a Moodle multiple choice question have one correct answer or several?

Single-answer questions suit recall of one fact, while multiple-answer questions suit concepts with several parts. Moodle shows radio buttons for single answers and checkboxes for multiple answers, so pick the type before you write the distractors.

How many questions should a Moodle quiz include?

There is no fixed number, but 10 to 20 questions per topic is usually enough to check understanding without running past one sitting. Splitting a long unit into several shorter quizzes also helps students review in smaller chunks.

Is Moodle XML export included in the free plan?

No. The free plan gives you 3 generations per month and study in the browser, with no exports. Moodle XML and QTI 2.1 export are part of Pro at $14.99 per month.

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