# Looking for a Moodle Quiz OMR Alternative?
Source: PaperSurvey.io Blog
URL: https://www.papersurvey.io/blog/moodle-quiz-omr-alternative
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Moodle Quiz OMR is a Moodle (open-source learning management system) plugin that lets us conduct assessments on paper and synchronize results in the grading system. Unfortunately, it has not been maintained and the last update was made in 2010. Running an unmaintained plugin against a modern Moodle install often means broken dependencies, compatibility warnings, and no security patches, which is a difficult position for any institution that has to keep collecting exam data every term.
Try PaperSurvey.io software to replace Moodle Quiz OMR in your institution.
PaperSurvey.io offers an OMR (optical mark recognition) and HTR (handwritten text recognition) quiz solution suitable for small to medium businesses and academic institutions. Instead of hosting and patching server-side software yourself, you design the quiz in your browser, print it, hand it out, and scan the completed sheets back in. The platform handles the rest, from reading the marks to compiling the results.
### Optical Mark Recognition and Handwritten text recognition
PaperSurvey.io recognizes checkboxes and radio boxes automatically from scanned surveys with a 99.99% accuracy. This mirrors the wider research picture: for checkbox fields, optical mark recognition matches manual double data entry for accuracy, about 3.52 errors per 10,000 fields versus 4.18 for double entry, with no statistically significant difference (Paulsen et al., 2020). That evidence comes from a small clinical cohort and covers marked checkboxes only, not handwriting, but it confirms that reading answer boxes by machine is as dependable as keying them in twice by hand.
For teams that used to type exam answers into a spreadsheet one row at a time, that finding matters. Machine reading removes the slow, error prone step of manual transcription while keeping the accuracy you would expect from a careful double entry process. Every scanned page is also stored as an image, so you can always open the original next to the recognized value and confirm exactly what a student marked.
Handwritten text from open response questions is recognized using a powerful AI handwriting recognition model. Short written answers, names, and identification numbers are read automatically, so mixed quizzes that combine multiple choice with a few written responses can be processed in a single pass rather than split into two separate workflows.
### A cloud-based software
PaperSurvey.io is a cloud-based software. Therefore, you may create and process paper surveys on any platform, whether you work on Windows, macOS, or a Chromebook. You may even upload scanned files from your phone, which is convenient when you are away from the office scanner and simply need to photograph a stack of completed sheets.
**You do not need to:**
* Install any additional software
* Be limited to a single device for recognizing scans
* Deal with hardware and software updates
* Renew licenses
* Backup data
* Think about scaling issues
Because everything runs in the browser, a colleague in another building or another country can open the same survey, review the recognized answers, and export results without installing anything or copying files between machines.
### Your branding
Upload your branding logo and customize colors, change the font to make the survey look professional and align with your branding style. A consistent, official looking form also helps respondents take the quiz seriously and makes printed sheets easier to sort when several assessments are running at once.
### Monthly/Yearly pricing
Only need to use the survey platform just for a few months? Simply cancel when you no longer need it and resubscribe when you want to use it again. This suits the academic calendar well, since exam and survey activity tends to cluster around the end of a term rather than spreading evenly across the year.
### Unique identifiers for multi-page surveys
Each page includes a unique identifier. This reduces errors, eliminates duplicates and simplifies form scanning and processing. If pages are dropped, printed twice, or shuffled during scanning, the identifier keeps every sheet tied to the correct respondent and the correct page, so nothing is silently double counted.
_You will receive a single PDF file containing a requested number of copies for printing._
### Data security
Your responses are handled on independently audited ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified hosting infrastructure. Data travels over encrypted connections and is stored with the hosting provider rather than on a shared campus machine, which removes a common weak point when sensitive exam records otherwise live on an aging local server.
### Zapier automation
Automate document uploads with Zapier actions and receive recognized data with recognition triggers. You can route recognized results straight into the tools you already use, such as a spreadsheet, a gradebook, or a notification channel, without writing any code.
### View Results Online
You can always check your survey results online immediately on any device and browser and always compare recognized information with actual document images. Filtering, sorting, and simple charts make it easy to spot patterns across a cohort, while the linked scan of each sheet keeps every number auditable.
### Export your data
When you are ready to grade or archive, export results to the formats your existing workflow already expects, so moving away from Moodle Quiz OMR does not force you to rebuild your reporting. Recognized answers, scores, and identifiers travel together, ready to import into a gradebook or a statistics package.
### Digitally fillable PDF Forms
Survey forms can also be completed digitally, without printing and scanning. Just open the PDF, fill the form, and upload. This is useful for remote students or for anyone who would rather type than fill a sheet with a pen.
### Web forms
As an additional collection source, collect responses on the web and have all the data in one place. Paper, digital PDF, and web responses land in the same project, so a class that mixes in-person and remote participants still produces one clean set of results.
### Try It Free
Ready to retire an unmaintained plugin? PaperSurvey.io gives you the same paper-to-grade workflow without a server to run. The free trial needs no credit card, so you can build a quiz, scan a real batch, and check the exports before committing. [Start your free trial](https://www.papersurvey.io/app/auth/register) and see how quickly scanned paper turns into graded, exportable data.
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