Use the Fill in the Blank Drag and Drop question type to create a general pool of possible options that will be displayed to students when they are answering the question. Students drag and drop the correct answer into each blank.
There can be many more possible answers than there are correct answers.
Question setup
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Enter your question into the Question Setup field.
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Use the Rich Text Editor to format text or insert images and tables.
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Hover over icons to display tooltips.
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To generate a blank, type one underscore (_) into the text editor or click the Insert Response button in the stimulus toolbar. Each underscore corresponds to an answer blank in Correct Answer Setup. Add additional underscores to have multiple blanks in the question.
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Enter the Possible Responses you want to be displayed for the question.
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Click +Option to add another possible response.
The response order in this view is the same as that which will be displayed to students. Responses are not randomized. Drag and drop the possible responses within the Correct Answer Setup to change the order in which they will be displayed for students.
Correct answer setup
From Correct Answer Setup, drag each correct term to its matching blank. When a student takes the assessment, the options are listed below the question, and the student can drag the answers to the blanks defined in the Question Setup field.
Optionally:
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Select Duplicate Responses to allow students to match the same answer to more than one prompt.
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Click the + button at the beginning of the Correct Answer Setup area to set up an additional set of responses to the blanks in the question.
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In the percentage field, set partial credit and the percentage of possible points students can earn for this answer.
Configure scoring
If your question has more than one blank, choose your Scoring Type for the question after you have entered the correct responses to each blank.
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Exact Match requires students to answer all parts of the question correctly to receive credit. This option allocates 100% of the possible points for correctly responding to each response box and zero points if one or more responses are incorrect.
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Partial Match awards credit based on the number of correct responses. Available for supported question types. For scoring calculations and examples, refer to Partial match scoring.
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Optionally enter a Penalty Score to deduct points for incorrect responses when Partial Match scoring is enabled. For calculations and examples, refer to Penalty scoring.
Author notes
Enter Author Notes to explain why certain choices are incorrect, or why partial credit was given for alternate answers. This field only displays to authors with edit access. This information will not display to students.
Align learning objectives
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Click + Learning Objectives to display the Learning Objectives browser.
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From the available learning objectives, select a category and choose from the objectives.
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Click Align to add the objectives.
Preview and edit the question
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Click Preview Question to review how the question will display to students.
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Click Edit Question to return to the question editor. Alternatively, click X to close the question.