You have access to over 40 different question types to assess your students' knowledge. In this article, you can find the different available question types to help you set up your quiz successfully. These question types are split up into the following categories:
- Multiple choice
- Fill in the blanks
- Classify, match & order
- Record and Write
- Highlight
- Math
- Graphing
- Charts
- Chemistry
- Other
Authoring Help
When creating any question, you will find authoring help by clicking on the "i" icon in the top right of the question editor to help you with the setup and creation of your question.
Multiple choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple choice questions allow students to select one or more correct answer(s) from a number of potential answers. There are various Layout customisation options in this question type:
- Multiple choice - standard
- Standard UI with radio buttons beside response options.
- Multiple choice - multiple responses
- True or false
- Multiple choice - block layout
- Optimal UI for touch screen devices.
Choice Matrix
The Choice Matrix question requires students to evaluate one or more row items using a set of column options. Within choice matrix questions, educators have the option to choose one of the following:
- Choice matrix - standard
- Choice matrix - inline
- Choice matrix - label
Fill in the blanks
Cloze
Within "Cloze" fill in the blank questions, you will have the option to choose one of the following question types:
- Cloze with drag & drop
- Students drag their responses from a list of options set by the author, into empty response boxes.
- Cloze with drop-down
- Students select the correct answer from a response box drop-down menu situated in a passage of text
- Cloze with text
- Student can type their responses into empty response boxes that have been inserted by the author into a passage of text.
Label Image
Within "label image" fill in the blanks questions, you will have the option to choose one of the following question types:
- Label image drag & drop
- Students can select from a list of potential answers and drag them to the correct response box on the image. There is the option of allowing more than one correct response per container.
- Label image dropdown
- Students select their response from a response box drop-down menu located somewhere on an image.
- Label image text
- Students enter text into response box labels positioned on an image. This is similar to the Image drag & drop and Image drop-down questions, but students are required to type their own responses.
Classify, Match, & Order
Classification
Classification questions allow students to categorize a list of possible responses, in the form of words or images, into a table.
Match List
Match List questions require students to pair associated items, using one static list and one dynamic list.
Order List
The Order List question requires students to organize a list of responses into a specified order. This question can be used to reorder words, paragraphs of text, or sentences within a paragraph.
Sort List
The Sort List question type allows students to arrange items into their correct order by dragging the items from the Source area to the Target area. Students can drag, highlight, and move items between/within the lists using the arrows.
Record and Write
Audio Recorder
The Audio recorder question allows educators to implement audio recorders into a question. The embedded audio recorder can record, save, and playback a student's response. It is especially useful for language assessment. Educators set the audio Maximum Length in order to determine the number of seconds of audio allowed to be recorded by the student.
Essay
Essay with plain text: The Basic Essay question lets students give long, detailed answers (up to a maximum of 10,000 words) to questions. Educators can choose to enable or disable the following options:
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- Copy, Cut, and Paste.
Essay with rich text: This essay question also allows students to submit an essay response to a question, of up to 10,000 words with added formatting options listed designated by an educator. It's possible to allow students to include images in this question type. (Max 12 images. Image file type must be JPG, PNG, or GIF.) When setting up this question, educators can control what formatting options the student will see in their toolbar from the list below:
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- bold, italic, underline, bulleted list, numbered list, remove all formatting, left align, center align, right align, justify, quote, superscript, subscript, indent right, indent left, text direction left to right, text direction right to left, insert a horizontal rule, create a table, special character map, math character map, insert an image, undo, and redo.
Educators can also set the maximum word count to be below 10,000 for both plain text and rich text essays. It is also possible to enable or disable the word count from being visible to the student, using the show word count checkbox.
Short Text
The Short Text question requires students to respond to questions that have short, definite answers, for example, 1-2 words, or a number. The maximum character count for this question type is 250 characters, however the default is 50. You can change this value under "More options" at the bottom of the page.
If you want your question to be scored automatically, you can choose a single value that should be included in a correct answer. This can be either a partial or an exact match. At the moment it isn't possible to include more than one value in accepted responses, but you can add more variants of the correct answer by clicking on the plus symbol at the top.
Highlight
Drawing
The Drawing question allows students to answer a question using different drawing tools such as a compass, straightedge (ruler), and text annotations on a provided image.
When setting up this question, it's possible to toggle the following tools to be accessible when answering this question during the quiz:
Educators can also select stroke colors and opacity using the color picker tool.
Shading
The Shading question provides a visual representation of functions and calculations, including fractions and ratios. Educators are able to format a set of cells, which are shaded by the student as their response.
When setting up this question, educators can shade out some of the cells. They will appear highlighted when the student sees the question. For this go to the Shade cells section and shade the cells on this grid. Note that students will be able to deselect pre-shaded cells. This can, however, be prevented by enabling Lock shaded cells.
It is also possible to make an image appear when students click on a cell. There are two validation methods available in Shading questions:
- byLocation - Used when the task is to highlight specific cells on the grid. Educators will need to click on the correct cells on the grid in order to indicate the correct response.
- byCount - Used when the task is to select the correct amount of cells. Educators set the number of cells in order to validate the question. Cell positions will not be considered when validating the question.
Token Highlight
The Token Highlight question requires students to highlight certain words, sentences, or paragraphs by clicking on the text.
Hotspot
The Hotspot question type allows educators to upload an image and outline target regions (hotspots) within the image, for validation. Students will be able to click on the target region(s) to input a response. This question type will allow educators to create as many outlines as needed. It is also possible to configure colors for the hotspot areas. Area attributes can be set either globally (applied for all areas) or individually (applied only to specific areas).
Math
Math Formula
The Math Formula question types allows students to easily enter complex math as a response, with advanced validation capabilities using math-specific scoring methods, in conjunction with our purpose-built math engine.
Use the Math Formula question type if the student response only requires one line of math. If you need the student to use multiple lines of math, you may want to use Cloze Math or Math Essay.
Math Formula question types include:
- Math with text
- Math with matrices
- Math question generator
- Math wit units
Cloze Math
In the Cloze Math question type, the student enters a math response into one or more response boxes, set by the author. These response boxes can be placed on more than one line, as part of an equation or inline with text.
The Cloze Math with Image question allows students to easily enter complex math formulas as a response on top of an image.
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- It is possible to prevent image scale so that the image size does not scale when the screen size has changed.
Math Essay
The Math essay with rich text question type allows students to input text and math formula within the same response, usually when a response needs further explanation or math is required to be entered within the text of a written document. This question is manually scored.
Math can be inserted into the text via the add math tool
which will open the math keypad when selected. Students can then edit the inserted math by clicking on the math to re-open the keypad.
Educators can control what formatting options the student will see in their toolbar from the following list:
Graphing
Graphing
The Graphing question type requires students to plot points, lines, and shapes on a coordinate grid. Educators can plot different shapes on the graph such as:
- Line
- Plot
- Ray
- Segment
- Vector
- Circle
- Parabola
- Sine
- Polygon
Number Line
Number Line Drag & Drop: The Number Line Drag & Drop allows students to drag points or images onto a number line.
- Educators can set Minimum and Maximum values of the number line and also enter a number line title. This title will be displayed underneath the number line. Educators can then list possible responses for students to drag on the number line when taking the quiz.
Number Line Plot: The Number Line Plot question type requires students to plot points on a line or stack points above a line.
- Educators can set Minimum and Maximum values of the number line and also enter a number line title. This title will be displayed underneath the number line. Educators can then set a value for the number of responses allowed. This determines the number of elements that students can add to the number line.
Charts
Charts
Bar chart: Create an interactive bar chart for students. Educators have the option to pre-populate the chart with as much or as little, data as desired.
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The Max Y-Axis value defines the maximum height of the Y-axis of the chart.
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In the Chart Data section, educators can add a name for the chart and add data for each individual point.
Line chart: Create an interactive line chart for students. Educators have the option to pre-populate the chart with as much or as little, data as desired.
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The Max Y-Axis value defines the maximum height of the Y-axis of the chart.
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In the Chart Data section, educators can add a name for the chart and add data for each individual point.
Histogram
Create an interactive histogram for students. Educators have the option to pre-populate the chart with as much or as little, data as desired.
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The Max Y-Axis value defines the maximum height of the Y-axis of the chart.
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In the Chart Data section, educators can add a name for the chart and add data for each individual point.
Plots
Dot plot: Create an interactive dot plot for students. Educators have the option to pre-populate the chart with as much or as little, data as desired.
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The Max Y-Axis value defines the maximum height of the Y-axis of the chart.
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In the Chart Data section, educators can add a name for the chart and add data for each individual point.
Line plot: Create an interactive line plot for students. Educators have the option to pre-populate the chart with as much or as little, data as desired.
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The Max Y-Axis value defines the maximum height of the Y-axis of the chart.
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In the Chart Data section, educators can add a name for the chart and add data for each individual point.
Chemistry
Chemistry Formula
The Chemistry Formula question allows students to input full or partial chemical formulas into empty response boxes.
When creating a chemistry formula question, educators can enter the question stem in the Compose Question area and they can also enter chemistry expressions and response boxes in the template area. This is a LaTeX only area and LaTeX can be entered using the LaTeX Keypad. In order to add a response box, educators will need to enter {{response}} in the Template area.
Cloze Chemistry
The Cloze Chemistry question type allows students to enter chemical formulas into empty response boxes, which may form part of an equation, or appear in the middle of the text.
In the Chemistry Formula Image question type, students can input complex chemistry formulas on an image, using response boxes.
Chemistry Essay with Rich Text
The Chemistry essay with rich text question type allows students to input text and chemistry formula within the same response. This allows students to describe chemistry concepts and display chemical formula or equations relevant to their work.
Chemical formula and equations can be inserted into the text via the add formula toolwhich will open the formula keypad when selected. Educators can then edit the inserted formula by clicking on it to re-open the keypad. The keypad and the symbols available to the user can be configured by the educator when creating this question.
Educators can control what formatting options the student will see in their toolbar from the following list:
Other
File Upload
The file upload question type allows students to upload a file to their quiz submission, for review by the teacher. Files to be uploaded have a size limit of 10MB per file, and the Question type itself has a limit of 12 files in total.
Accepted file types include:
Image Annotation Upload
The image annotation upload question type allows students to upload and annotate an image. The question can be used in two ways. One way is using the annotation tool to add response boxes and label the image that has been uploaded by the author. This can be auto-scored. Another way is asking the students to upload an image themselves directly from their machine and then use the annotation tool to place and label the response areas. In this case, the question cannot be auto-scored.
Rating
The Rating question is useful for obtaining student feedback, or as a rubric for use by the teacher when providing feedback to the student. The Rating question consists of a bar made up of Rating buttons. You can control what the label is on each button - in the example above, the labels are 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Hovering over a button will display a tooltip, which you can also configure, in the example above the tooltips are unsatisfactory, average, credit, and perfect. An information button is displayed to the left of the Rating bar. When clicked, it will display the label, tooltip, and a description (set by the author), for each button on the Rating bar. The colors of the button labels in the information box can be changed.
Gridded
The Gridded question type has been developed based on the STAAR science assessments standards (Griddable Questions For Science), which use a type of open-ended question known as a griddable item.
The purpose of griddable items is to provide students with the opportunity to derive answers independently without being influenced by answer choices provided with the questions.
In this question type, students are presented with a grid of columns containing bubbles, with the numbers 0 to 9 in a vertical list underneath.
The answer grids can include a fixed decimal point or floating decimal points where the top bubble in each column contains the decimal point.
Students enter their answer in the top input field by clicking (or "shading") a numeral/decimal/plus/minus bubble underneath, or they can type directly inside the input field and the question will automatically "shade" the corresponding bubble in the column underneath.
See Also
- Quiz: Build an Item Bank
- Quiz: Create a Quiz
- Quiz: Import Quiz content from Moodle
- Quiz: Question types