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How do I set up Multiple Answer questions?

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Multiple answer questions ask students to identify all correct from a list of possible answers.

Multiple answer question options

Buzz allows you to set these up in various ways:

Multiple answer questions with clickable inline answers

You can place answers (text and/or media) within sentences or to appear horizontally after question. They appear within clickable dotted-line boxes, and students can select all that they think are correct.

To enable this option, check the Show inline box in the Interaction card. If the order that the options appear is important to the question (as in the example shown above), check the Maintain response order box.

If the order that the options doesn't matter (as in the example below), you don't have to check the Maintain response order box.

Multiple answer: Graphic hot spot questions

You can format Multiple answer questions as graphic hot spot interactions where you give students an image with clickable hot spots that they can select to answer a question.

For this option, check the Graphic box in the Interaction card of the question editor.

Learn more: How do I create a Multiple answer: Graphic hot spot question?

Multiple answer questions with checkboxes

You can list the answers (text and/or media) vertically under the question with checkboxes next to them. Students can check all that they think are correct. This is the default functionality in Buzz, so you aren't required to check anything particular in the Interaction card.

Create Multiple answer questions

Multiple answer questions can be added to assessments and practice questions activities:

  1. Add the Assessment or Practice Questions activity.
  2. Add a multiple answer question to the activity.
  3. Follow the directions, below.

Question content

  1. Specify how many Points the question is worth.
  2. Enter the question as you want it displayed to students.
  3. Enter the answer options in the fields below. Check the box next to the answer option(s) that are correct.
  4. Use the answer option side menus to:
    • Remove the option.
    • Lock the options position in the list.
    • Create feedback for students to see when they choose that specific option.
  5. Click Add answer to create new answer options.
  1. If you are building a multiple answer question with inline answers, you are prompted to add placeholders to the question where the answer options should appear. place the cursor where you want them and click append placeholder. To delete placeholders, place the cursor at the end of the placeholder and hit ctrl + delete.
  1. This section pictures and explains the default visual editor; enable the Text editor to create and edit questions with the advanced Text editor.

Feedback

Click Add feedback to create various types of feedback.

Interaction

To manage the question's Interaction:

Metadata

Add the question to an existing Group with the associated ID, or create a new one. Groups allow you to vary settings for different questions.

Learn more: How do I vary attempt limits by question?

Objective mastery

Click Choose objective in the Objective mastery card to review and align the question with objective(s). Once you've clicked it, you can:

  1. Use the Filter field to search for specific objectives.
  2. Check the boxes next to objectives to align them with the question. This makes it possible to set up Formative and Remediation assessments.
Objectives

Score

Use the Score card to indicate:

  1. If you want to allow for Partial credit.
    • And, if so, if you want to automatically Round the score.
  2. If you want the question to count as Extra credit.
Score

Variables

With the Variables section you can create a range or list of variables for use in the question.  

Variables

Calculator

Check the appropriate box(es) to provide students with one or more of the following calculators to use with this question (Basic, Standard, and/or Scientific). This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

Protractor

Make a protractor available to students while they complete this question. This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

Ruler

Make one or more rulers (6 inch, 12 inch, 15 centimeter, 30 centimeter) available to students while they complete this question. This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

Companion Material

Click Add material in Companion Material to attach any supplemental documents students need to complete this question. You can do this by:

  1. Pointing to existing resources in the course.
  2. Uploading new files (PDFs only).
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