The all-new Community Quiz is here
Community Quiz has been completely rebuilt for Joomla 6. This is not an update to the old component. It is a new architecture, a reimagined experience for both administrators and learners, and a large set of features that turn Community Quiz from a quiz tool into a full assessment, certification, and online-course platform.
If you have used Community Quiz before, the change will be obvious the moment you open it. If you are new, this is the best time to start.
Why we rebuilt it
The previous Community Quiz served thousands of sites well, but it grew over many years on top of an older approach. To deliver the things our users kept asking for, full courses, proper grading workflows, trustworthy certificates, and selling, we needed a modern foundation rather than another layer on the old one.
So we started again. The result is faster, cleaner, and far more capable, and it is built to keep growing.
A new architecture
The new Community Quiz is a single-page application. The administrator and the learner experience are both built with React, talking to a service-layer PHP backend designed for Joomla 6 and PHP 8.1.
What that means in practice:
- It feels like an app. Authoring, grading, and learning happen without constant page reloads.
- It is consistent. One dashboard covers quizzes, courses, grading, certificates, commerce, and reports.
- It is fair by design. Every attempt is snapshotted, so editing a quiz or its scoring never changes results that learners have already taken.
- It is responsive. The learner player works on phones, tablets, and desktops.
What is new
This release is large. Here are the highlights.
32 question types
Choose from 32 question types across eight groups: choice, text, matching, interactive, numeric, code, media, and specialised. That includes hotspot, cloze, drag-and-drop, numeric and calculated answers, code and SQL, confidence-based marking, observation, and OSCE stations.
A real exam builder
Organise an exam into sections, each with its own rules, timing, and navigation. Draw randomised question sets from question banks so no two sittings are the same. Plan balanced coverage with a blueprint. Choose an integrity level that ranges from open practice quizzes up to locked-down, proctored exams.
Automatic scoring and human grading
Objective questions are scored instantly, with partial credit, negative marking, grade bands, and section weighting. Written work flows into a grading queue with rubric marking, blind grading, and a regrade engine for when an answer key needs fixing. Automatic and manual marks combine into one final result.
Online courses
Community Quiz is now a learning platform. Build courses from modules and lessons, including video, reading, quizzes, assignments, and resources. Manage enrolment with capacity, waitlists, self-paced or cohort pacing, and scheduled content drip. Track progress, enforce completion rules, and award a certificate when a learner finishes.
Verifiable certificates
Design credentials in a visual template designer, then issue them automatically on a pass or a course completion. Every certificate has a unique ID, a public verification page, and a QR code, so anyone can confirm it is genuine. Open Badge support, CPD hours, expiry, renewal, and revocation are all built in.
Sell quizzes and courses
Community Quiz connects to our EasyCommerce component so you can charge for your content. Use one-time, subscription, or membership pricing; add bundles and coupons; offer free previews; and grant access automatically the moment payment clears.
Reports, modules, and integrations
Track attempts, results, enrolments, and revenue with built-in dashboards and reports. Place site modules for featured quizzes, a leaderboard, and a learner's own progress. And because it is built for Joomla, it works with categories, access levels, privacy tools, Smart Search, and your gamification extensions, and it sends branded, fully editable email notifications.
A reimagined experience
For administrators, everything lives in one place, grouped by what you are doing: author, learn, deliver, and organise. Settings are clear and centralised. The builder guides you from structure to publication.
For learners, the player is focused and fast. Exams are distraction-free, courses are easy to navigate, and certificates are a click away.
Moving from an earlier version
The new Community Quiz uses a new data model built for everything above. If you are coming from an earlier version, the component includes migration tooling to migrate your existing content. Always back up your site first, and test on a staging copy before going live. See the documentation for the current migration steps.
Get it today
Community Quiz is available now.
- Product page: https://shondalai.com/products/community-quiz
- Documentation: https://docs.shondalai.com/community-quiz/overview
- Support: https://shondalai.com/contact-us
If you run training, certification, education, or membership content on Joomla, the new Community Quiz gives you the whole pipeline, from the first question to a verified credential and a paid enrolment, in one component. We cannot wait to see what you build with it.