Configure available quiz question types

The question types settings section allows a Site Administrator to control which question types are available on the site in a quiz or lesson activity.

To manage the available question types, follow these steps:

Select Quick-access menu > Plugins > Question types > Manage question types.
Use the show/hide icons (,) to enable or disable a question type.
Use the arrows to change the order the question order type appear.

In the No. questions column you can see how many times each question type is used. Click the number to get a list of all the courses using that question type.

The Manage question types page, showing how many times each question type is used.

For more details on each of the question types, please see Quiz question types.

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