{"id":1978,"date":"2012-11-06T19:27:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T19:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/11\/06\/description-question\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:29:35","slug":"description-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/moodle\/description-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Description question in the Moodle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another nice feature of the <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wordpress-changing-the-site-url-and-home-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to view the courses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moodle 2.3 Question bank<\/a> is the <strong>Description question<\/strong>. This question is actually no question at all. The Description question allows the instructor to add text to quizzes to give information about the quiz. Also, when quizzes are retaken, the <strong>Feedback<\/strong> section of this question type can display information about retaking the quiz. This type of question is good for explaining any important information about the test, such as time limits, basic test information, grade points, etc. The Description is just like the <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/moodle\/label-module\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for more info on this article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Label module<\/a> in the course resources section.<\/p>\n<h3>Adding a Description Question<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/moodle\/moodle-login-administrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click for more information\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log into the Moodle Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Front page settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Question bank<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Questions<\/strong> in the <strong>Settings<\/strong> section to the left. Click <strong>Create a new question<\/strong>. Select <strong>Description<\/strong> (The Description question is represented by the <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_104_description-question_description.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"description question moodle\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"> icon.) and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<br style=\"clear: both;\">\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_104_description-question_description-question-1-add.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"description-question-1-add-moodle\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_104_description-question_description-question-1-add.gif\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; float: right;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>On the <strong>Adding a Description question<\/strong> page, enter the <strong>General<\/strong> settings for the question. The Question name will need to be short for separating it from the other questions in the Question Bank. In the Question text box, type the description of the Quiz and other relevant information about the quiz. This is used for placing a plain text within a quiz. The feedback box text will display when the quiz is re-attempted.<br style=\"clear: both;\"> <\/p>\n<p>When done with the general settings, click <strong>Save changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_104_description-question_description-question-2-final.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"description-question-2-final-moodle\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/edu_moodle_104_description-question_description-question-2-final.gif\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When previewing the Description question, it should look something like the snapshot to the right. The description can be edited at any time by clicking the edit icon next to the description question in the Question bank. <br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations, the Description question was added to the Question bank. To review the last article on creating True or False questions click <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/moodle\/true-false\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to view the previous article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another nice feature of the Moodle 2.3 Question bank is the Description question. This question is actually no question at all. The Description question allows the instructor to add text to quizzes to give information about the quiz. Also, when quizzes are retaken, the Feedback section of this question type can display information about retaking<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/moodle\/description-question\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moodle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Making a Description question in the Moodle | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another nice feature of the Moodle 2.3 Question bank is the Description question. 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