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How do I set up Multiple Choice questions?

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From a list of possible answers, ask students to identify the one correct answer. Multiple choice questions can be added to assessments and practice questions activities.

  1. Add the Assessment or Practice Questions activity.
  2. Add a multiple choice 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:
  5. Click Add choice to create new answer options.
  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:

  1. Indicate how you want the answer options labeled.
  2. Check the Maintain response order box if you want the answer options to always appear as you entered them.
  3. Check the Show inline box to place the answer options inside a dropdown menu at the end of the question for the student instead of using radio buttons.
  4. Check Display workspace to give students a rich text editor where they can record their notes and processes as they work on the question.
  5. If one or more passages have been included in the activity, you can select one to attach to this question from the Include passage dropdown.
  6. Provide a Custom question definition (contact support for additional assistance).

Metadata

The Metadata card lets you attach information to questions:

  1. Assign a Difficulty level to each question can help track your overall assessment difficulty.
  2. Add a question to an existing Group.
  3. The question ID is a unique identifier for this question.

Objective mastery

From the Objective mastery card, you can align the question with objective(s).

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 for the question.
    • 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).

Students can access Companion material by clicking the Files icon in the toolbar.

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