Editing Quiz Questions

  • Moodle version(s): 3.x, 4.x
  • Last updated: October 2, 2020
  • By: Amy Spielmaker

This guide covers how to access the question bank and find and edit questions that are used in course quizzes.

How to Access the Question Bank

The best way to edit your quiz questions is from the question bank. Here’s how to get to the question bank from your course:

  1. Go to your main course page.
  2. Select the More tab from the course menu, then choose Question Bank.

If you’re using Moodle 3.x, you can find the Question Bank by clicking on the gear icon in the top right of the screen then selecting More… and then click on the Question bank link.

Editing the Questions

  1. From the category dropdown – (a) in the screenshot below – select the category with the quiz question(s) you want to edit. If you’re not sure what category the questions are in, you can just select the “Top” category and then check the box that says “Also show questions from subcategories” – (b) in the screenshot below. This will show you all the questions in your course.
  2. To find the question you’re looking for, you can do Ctrl+F, or Cmd+F, to type in some of the text in the question name to find it. Or you can just look through the list (it’s automatically sorted alphabetically by question type).
  3. Once you’ve located the row with the quiz question you want to edit, click the Edit dropdown then select Edit question.
  4. You can then edit the question or answer text, points the question is worth, and question feedback. Click Save changes when you’re done.