Ordering: standard question type

Use the Ordering questions question type to assess students' ability to arrange items in sequence.

Question setup

1. From Question Setup, enter your questions or instructions.

   • Use the Rich Text Editor to format text or insert images and tables.

   • Hover over icons to display tooltips.

2. In the Options fields, enter the terms that students must arrange. These terms will auto-populate in the Correct Answer Setup.

   • Click +Option to add additional choices.

   • Click x for an option field to remove the choice from the question.

Correct answer setup

Terms entered in the Options field are automatically displayed in Correct Answer Setup. Drag and drop them into the correct order.

Optionally, add alternate correct answers:

• Click the + button at the beginning of the Correct Answer Setup area to set up an additional set of acceptable responses to the blanks in the question.

• In the percentage field, set partial credit and the percentage of possible points students can earn for this answer.

• Set the Correct Answer Threshold to determine how close to the correct answer a student’s response must be to be marked correct. For threshold examples, refer to Correct answer thresholds.

Configure scoring

Choose a Scoring Type for the question after setting the correct answer.

• Exact Match requires students to place all items in the correct sequence. This option allocates 100% of the possible points for placing all items in the correct sequence and zero points if one or more items are incorrect.

• Partial Match awards points based on how many positions students place correctly in the ordered list. For scoring calculations and examples, refer to Partial match scoring.

• Optionally, select Partial Pairwise Per Response to award points based on how closely the student's sequence matches the correct order. For For scoring calculations and examples, refer to Partial pairwise per response.

Additional setup options

Select a Layout to determine how the options will appear to students.

Button

List

Inline

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

1. Click + Learning Objectives to display the Learning Objectives browser.

2. From the available learning objectives, select a category and choose from the objectives.

3. Click Align to add the objectives.

Preview and edit the question

1. Click Preview Question to review how the question will display to students.

2. Click Edit Question to return to the question editor. Alternatively, click X to close the question.