Printing a Moodle Quiz

Moodle does not have a built-in print option for quizzes. To print a quiz (with or without answers), you must temporarily adjust several settings, preview the quiz, and then use your browser’s print function.

Follow the steps below and remember to revert your settings afterward to avoid affecting student access.

Step 1: Hide the Quiz

To prevent students from accessing the quiz while you adjust settings:

1. With editing mode enabled, locate the quiz on the main page of your Moodle course.

2. Click Edit to the right of the quiz.

3. Select Hide.

Step 2: Disable Respondus LockDown Browser 

If Respondus LockDown Browser is enabled, Moodle will not allow you to preview or print the quiz.

1. Open the Respondus Dashboard.

2. Disable LockDown Browser for the quiz. 

3. Return to your quiz in Moodle.

Step 3: Adjust the Quiz Layout Settings

To print the entire quiz at once, all questions must appear on one page.

1. Next to the quiz, click Edit > Edit settings.

2. Under the Layout heading, locate the New page setting.

3. Select “Never, all questions on one page.” 

   

4. Click Save changes.

Step 4: Adjust the Review Options Settings (Optional)

This step is only necessary if you want to print the quiz with correct answers displayed.

If you are printing the quiz without answers, skip to Step 5.

1. In the Quiz settings, scroll to the Review options section.

2. In all three columns:

   • Immediately after the attempt

   • Later, while the quiz is still open

   • After the quiz is closed

3. Enable:

   • The attempt

   • Right answer

4. Click Save changes. 

   

Step 5: Preview and Print your Quiz

1. Collapse the blocks on the right and left side of the screen using the burgundy arrow to make printing cleaner.

2. From the quiz page, select Preview from the Administration menu. 

   

3. Click Start attempt.

4. You will now see all questions displayed on one page. If printing without answers, proceed to step 6.

If printing with answers, continue to the optional step below.

1. Click Finish attempt.

2. Select Submit all and finish.

You will now see all questions with the correct answers displayed.

Step 6: Print or Save as PDF

Use your browser’s print function:

1. Click the three dots at the top of your web browser.
2. Select print from the drop down menu.
3. Next to Destination, select Save as PDF  

Step 7: Revert Quiz Settings

After printing, restore your quiz to its intended configuration.

1. Go back to Edit settings.

2. Adjust the Layout to your preferred number of questions per page.

3. Click Repaginate now, if prompted.

4. Update the Review options so students only see what is intended (for example, remove “Right answer”).

5. Click Save changes.

6. If you disabled Respondus LockDown Browser earlier, re-enable it in the Respondus Dashboard.

Step 8: (Optional) Use AI to Format Your Printed Quiz

After saving your quiz as a PDF or copying it into Word, you may notice spacing, answer alignment, or formatting issues. AI tools can help quickly clean this up.

How to Use AI Effectively

1. Copy the quiz content into Word.

2. Paste the content or upload the file into Copilot.

3. Use a clear prompt such as:

“Format this quiz to be used as a paper based quiz. Keep the questions in the same order.

• Use consistent numbering
• Place answer choices on separate lines
• Do not change wording"

Note: you can give Copilot an example of  what you would like the questions to look like.

Review the output carefully before distributing to students.