Adding Questions/Answers Individually

Adding Questions/Answers Individually

1. Go to your course’s Admin Console from the dropdown menu in the top right

2. Go to the Questions tab

3. Click the “Add Question” button 

Questions:

Required - 

• Question Text: Can include mathematical symbols, images, tables, superscripts, subscripts, and snippets of computer code

• Question Type: Single correct response or multiple correct responses 

• Question Topic: 

  • While it’s possible to assign multiple topics, we recommend only having one topic per question 

    • When deciding between multiple topics, we recommend going with the one that is the highest level or the one that’s taught last in the curriculum

  • You can create new topics on the edit question page by clicking the “Add Topic” button 

• Answer Order: 

  • The default is unchecked, with answers in random order

  • We don’t recommend fixing the answer order to create all/none of the above questions 

    • Instead, consider having multiple correct answers and asking students to select all that apply

Optional - 

• Questions Title:  

  • All questions have an auto-generated question number, but we recommend adding a title, though you need to enable the “Show question titles to students” parameter in Settings for it to be visible

  • Titles must be unique to avoid loss of data

  • We recommend not including dates to prevent students from seeing some questions as stale and making them identifiable - i.e. using term, exam number, and question number

• Add Hints: If included, they are available immediately and display once students click “Show Hint”

• Add Solutions: 

  • If you’ve enabled the "Display correct answer and solution after two failed attempts” parameter in Settings, the correct answer will be shown to students

  • You also add additional information about that answer or a walk-through of the problem to be displayed as well 

• Enable Multipart Questions: Link questions so they always appear in a specific order by specifying the number of the question you want to come before or after the one you’re editing

Answers:

Required - 

• Answer Text: Can include mathematical symbols, images, tables, superscripts, subscripts, and snippets of computer code

• Answer Options:

  • You must include an answer in each answer option tab - delete options you aren’t using and add more by clicking the “Add another answer” button at the bottom as needed

  • The default is two options 

    • To change this, go to the Settings tab in the Admin Console and edit the “Default number of answers for new problems” parameter

• This is the correct answer: Check this box for correct answer choice or choices

Optional -

• Explanation:  we recommend including additional information on the answer options to scaffold students’ learning 

Once you’re done creating the question, be sure to check the publish this question so it becomes visible to students (active vs inactive) checkbox under the title text field