Adding Questions to Lessons

To create a new question, click on "New". To edit an existing Question, click on the title from the list of Questions.

Form Fields

Title: This is the title of the Question. This is for reference only. It is not displayed at the frontend.

Alias: The Alias will be used as part of the URL. Normally, you can leave this blank and Joomla will fill in a default value Title in lower case and with dashes instead of spaces.

1. Question Tab

Description: Enter the question to be displayed at the frontend. Here, you can add text, images, links or videos using Joomla! editor.

Lesson: Select the lesson for the question.

Type: Select the type of the question.

Types of Questions

Following types of questions are supported:

  1. Multiple Choice - Single: Single option is correct from two or more choices. The choices are displayed as radio buttons.
  2. Multiple Choice - Multi: One or more options is correct from two or more choices. The choices are displayed as checkboxes.
  3. Numerical: The answer of the question is number.
  4. Short Answer: The answer of the question is one or two words.
  5. Matching: The first column must be correctly matched against another column.
  6. True or False: The answer to the question is either true or false.

In development:

  • Description
  • Assertion Reason
  • Essay
  • Gap Fill
  • Ordering
  • Calendar

2. Options Tab

Add the choices for the Multiple Choice Questions. You can add as many choices as you want. Mark the option (or options in case of multiple correct choices) that is correct.

Answer: For numerical and short-answer type questions, enter the correct answer here.

Explanation: You can add explanation or any link or text to the question. It is visible on the 'Scores or Attempts Page' after the student has taken the test.

How to Add Quiz to Lesson?

You can add a test or a quiz to the lesson by assigning one or more questions. After you have added some questions for the lesson, edit the lesson. Under the Questions tab, enter the number of questions to display.

Questions: Enter the number of questions for the test. Enter 0 (zero) to disable the test for the lesson.

Marks: Enter the marks for one question. Total marks are calculated by multiplying the number of questions and marks per question.

Multiple Attempts: Toggle switch to allow multiple attempts for the test.

Grade Type: In case of multiple attempts, this setting determines how the final grade is calculated.

  1. Most recent attempt
  2. Average of all attempts
  3. Maximum (or Best) of all attempts

Attempt Gap: The duration (in days) for the student to be able to take the test again.

Question Sources: You can attach questions from other lessons. This allows you to reuse questions in multiple lessons.

On the front-end, you will see the option to take the test or quiz on the user learning paths page.