Interactive video quiz · Moodle

Interactive video quizzes for Moodle

Add graded questions to any video in a Moodle course. Annoto installs once as an LTI 1.3 external tool, the quiz appears on the timeline inside the activity, and scores land in the Moodle gradebook without exports.

LTI 1.3 external toolMoodle gradebook itemAny video source
Week 4 · Moodle activityQuiz · 3 questions
04:1213:40
Question · 04:12
Which phase separates the sister chromatids?
Prophase
Anaphase ✓
Telophase
Correct. Score synced to the gradebook.
What it is

What is an interactive video quiz on Moodle?

An interactive video quiz in Moodle is a set of questions pinned to timestamps on a video inside a Moodle activity. Playback pauses at each one, the student answers, sees feedback and continues. Annoto adds the quiz as an LTI 1.3 activity, so it sits in a section beside forums and assignments, follows your weekly or topics format, and can be duplicated, backed up and restored with the rest of the course.

The video can come from anywhere Moodle already serves it: files in Moodle, Kaltura, Panopto, YouTube, Vimeo or your streaming server. Instructors write questions in the player or let Lumo, Annoto's AI copilot, draft them from the video. Multiple choice, multiple answer, true/false, fill in the blank and open-ended questions all work. The full authoring flow is on the in-video quizzes page.

InstallOne LTI 1.3 external-tool configuration for the whole site
Where it sitsA Moodle activity in any section, any course format
GradesA normal gradebook item, verified by RGSS
HostingSelf-hosted and MoodleCloud alike
How it works

From Moodle video to graded quiz in three steps

1

Install once via LTI 1.3

Your Moodle admin registers Annoto as an external tool. One configuration covers every course on the site, whether Moodle is self-hosted or on MoodleCloud, and sign-on and roles come along automatically. There is nothing to compile and no core code to patch.

2

Add the activity and the questions

Add the Annoto activity to a section, point it at the video, and drop questions at the moments that matter, or review Lumo's draft. Choose pop-up or docked layout, graded or practice mode, then preview and publish.

3

Grades flow to the Moodle gradebook

Each graded activity arrives as a normal gradebook item that can live in a category and carry a weight. Quiz scores sync automatically through LTI 1.3, verified by the Reliable Grade Sync System.

What you can do

A full assessment workflow inside the Moodle activity

Authoring, layout, feedback, reuse and grade sync are all built into the player your learners already use. No separate quiz builder, no export step.

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Every question type

Multiple choice, multiple answer, true/false, fill in the blank and open-ended. Each question can carry points, feedback, retries, a time limit and shuffled answers.

Pop-up or docked

Interrupt playback with a pop-up for a must-answer checkpoint, or dock the question beside the side panel so learners keep watching while they respond.

Instant feedback

Learners see whether they were right the moment they answer, with the instructor's explanation while the context is still on screen.

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Fast-forward lock

Require an answer before playback continues, so the key moments are never skipped at double speed.

Edit after publishing

Versioning lets you fix a question after it is live. Changes sync automatically, with no re-upload.

Reuse across courses

Copy a quiz from one course to another, including Blueprint copies, so an assessment built once scales across sections and terms.

Moodle specifics

How the quiz behaves inside a Moodle course

Where does the quiz sit in the course page?

In Moodle terms, Annoto behaves like any other activity. It sits in a section, follows your course format, and moves like any other block when you reorganise between semesters. With restrict access rules you can gate a follow-up assignment until the video activity is complete, which turns a recording from optional background material into a defined step in the learning path.

What do students and teachers see?

Students and teachers arrive authenticated through Moodle's own sign-on, with roles carried across: teachers author and moderate, non-editing teachers get the permissions you would expect, students answer. Nobody creates a second account or resets a password for a tool they did not know they had.

How should the gradebook entry be set up?

Keep the video-engagement grade small but real. Grade quiz scores on accuracy, and if you also use a watch threshold for activity completion, keep the two in separate categories so a course leader can see whether a struggling student has a watching problem or an understanding problem. Practice-mode quizzes stay out of the gradebook entirely.

Does it depend on which video platform we use?

No. The same layer rides on top of Kaltura, Panopto, YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia and files served from Moodle itself, and switching a video source later does not lose the quiz or its results. Setup steps for registration, course configuration and gradebook mapping are at docs.annoto.net.

Lumo AI Copilot

Lumo drafts the quiz, you decide what stays

Lumo watches the course video and drafts questions at every level of Bloom's taxonomy, from quick recall to create-level tasks. You review, edit and publish. A back catalogue becomes assessable in an afternoon rather than a semester.

8 hrs → 5 minto build a full, Bloom-aligned quiz from one video

How auto-generated quizzes work →

Results you can act on

Know exactly how learners performed

Every answer feeds a live assessment view for each learner and for the whole cohort, and the Reliable Grade Sync System pushes scores to the gradebook and verifies each write.

  • Per learner: score, completion, correct-answer rate, time on each question, every answer given
  • Per cohort: completion, grade distribution, the items most of the group missed
  • Export by CSV or pull through the API for institutional reporting

Engagement analytics →

Questions

Interactive video quizzes on Moodle, answered

Do quiz scores reach the gradebook automatically from Moodle?
Yes. Annoto runs in Moodle as an LTI 1.3 external tool and passes quiz scores back through the standard grade services into a normal gradebook item, verified by the Reliable Grade Sync System. There is no CSV export and no manual re-entry, and practice-mode quizzes stay out of the gradebook.
Can Annoto write the questions for me?
Yes. Lumo, Annoto's AI copilot, watches the course video and drafts questions across every level of Bloom's taxonomy in minutes. You review, edit and publish. Auto-generated questions use the same formats as hand-written ones, so they are graded and passed back the same way.
Can I stop students from skipping ahead?
Yes. You can restrict fast-forwarding until learners complete the optional or mandatory questions, so they cannot skip past the checkpoints that matter. Use it for must-know material and leave it off elsewhere.
Do we have to move our videos out of Moodle?
No. Annoto overlays the video wherever Moodle already serves it: files in Moodle, Kaltura, Panopto, YouTube, Vimeo or your streaming server. Nothing is re-uploaded or re-encoded, and switching the source later keeps the quiz and its results.
Are the quizzes accessible and is the data protected?
In-video quizzes are built to be fully accessible to all learners, and the interface meets WCAG 2.1 AA. Annoto is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and supports FERPA, GDPR and DPA obligations, so the security review is usually a document exchange rather than a rebuild.
How long does a rollout take?
A pilot course is usually live within days because nothing migrates. Enable the integration, pick one course and one recording, add a handful of questions, and look at the results after two weeks. Questions survive across terms once written, so the effort compounds.
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Go deeper

Annoto for MoodleDiscussion, completion tracking and analytics inside Moodle.Learn more In-video quizzesQuestion types, layouts, grading policy and analytics in depth.Learn more Auto-generated quizzesLet Lumo draft a full quiz from a video, then refine it.Learn more Annoto for any LMSLTI 1.1 and 1.3 for every LMS, or the SDK for any site.Learn more
The same quiz layer on other platforms:KalturaPanoptoCanvas

See a quiz run on your own Moodle video

Book a 20-minute demo and watch questions, feedback and grade sync work on your course video, inside the Moodle activity your learners already use.