When students try to close an attempt they should get a popup window warning them about the consequences and asking if they really want to do that. Are your students not getting that?

One thing you can do is allow unlimited attempts at the quiz (one of the quiz settings).

From non non (nbhansen at midway.uchicago.edu) Thursday, 6 April 2006, 07:37 PM:

Yes, they see the popup, but the default text doesn't warn them to make sure they have answered everything. And besides, you know how people will sometimes not read things before clicking.

You suggest making unlimited attempts. That is not going to work for an exam with essay questions. How does the teacher know when the student has finally finished attempting it? One doesn't want students changing essays after they have been graded. The workshop module seems more appropriate for that sort of thing, not the quiz.

I think it is another feature that may be contributing to this problem. There often can be a lot of pages in a quiz. If the student clicks the button to save a page, it doesn't take him to the next page as one would expect, it just keeps him on the same page. He must choose the next page he wants to go to himself. There is always the chance he might accidentally skip a page. This is what seems to have happened with my students. It would make more sense if Submit this Page were changed to Submit this Page and Go to Next. You can always keep the navigation there if students want to jump around, but forcing them on to the next page will make it a higher probability they will see the next page and not skip it.

From non non (nbhansen at midway.uchicago.edu) Monday, 10 April 2006, 08:51 PM:

Gustav-Of all the quiz related requests I have made, now that I have started my course, this has become my most desired feature. The VAST MAJORITY of my students are making this mistake and it is eating a lot of my time dealing with it. I have quizzes that take a lot of time and students come and go from them over a day or two to finish them and they almost inevitably forget a question or a lot more before they submit.

From non non (nbhansen at midway.uchicago.edu) Monday, 12 June 2006, 06:45 PM:

There is another request for something like this here:

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=46717

as you see I did not complete one item ? 2a. This was because I hit the wrong button. I find them very similar and close together and you have to concentrate extremely hard to make sure you hit the right one. Could they be separated and the final one made less prominent?

I understand it may be too far developed for you to make major amendments to exercises now. But it can be a little confusing when the safe this page and the Submit for review buttons are at the bottom of EACH page and also identical in colour and shape.

perhaps the submit for review button could be an entirely different shape - and also set either at the top or the bottom of the exercises.