6.7 Creating questions in a quiz

To add a question to a quiz, select "Slides" and click on "Manage slides".

Click on "Add" and select one of the available question types.

Question types

A quiz can contain the following question types:

Single answer
Multiple answer
Fill in the blank
Text blank
True or false
Matching
Numeric response
Sequence
Long fill in
Likert scale
Word bank
Crossword

Single answer

The objective is to identify the right answer among several possible answers (there is only one right answer). It is also known as "ABC-type answer".

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question.

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Type	Quantity	Required	Description
Option	As many as desired. At least one.	Yes	HTML text editable from the editor to write response options. From properties panel, it is required to select what is the right answer (True) and which of them are the wrong ones (False),
Positive feedback	One for each activity	No	Text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One for each activity	No	Text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One for each activity	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Multiple answer

The objective is to identify the right answer(s) among several possible answers (there can be more than one right answer). In the event that there are more than one right answer and only one of them is selected, the response will be considered wrong. This question type is also known as "multiple ABC-type".

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question.

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Type	Quantity	Required	Description
Option	As many as desired. At least one.	Yes	HTML text editable from the editor to write response options. From properties panel, it is required to select which are the right answer(s) (True) and which of them are the wrong ones (False),
Positive feedback	One for each activity	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One for each activity	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One for each activity	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Fill in the blank

The objective is to select the righ answer among several response options displayed on a box (combo blank).

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question.

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Type	Quantity	Required	Description
HTML	As many as desired.	Yes	Generic HTML text that can be placed at any position in the quiz.
Fill in the blank	One for each activity	No	Activity main component. Texts and combos of the activity can be added inside it.
Positive feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Components that can be included inside a Fill in the blank are:

Fill in the blank components

Tipo

Cantidad

Obligatorio

Descripción

Text

As many as desired.

Yes

HTML text that can be placed before or after a response area.

Combo blank

As many as desired.

Yes

Drop-down box where are the possible answers.

Another "Combo option" component can be added as a new option in the drop-down box. It is required to set which "Combo option" is the right (True or False). To do it go to the properties panel.

As many "combo options" as desired can be added.

Break line

As many as desired

No

This component allows creating paragraphs.

Text blank

The objective is to fill in the box(es) with the right answer.

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question..

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Type	Quantity	Required	Description
Text/TextBox Block	As many as desired.	Yes	Activity main component. Texts and response areas can be added to it.
Positive feedback	One for each activity	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One for each activity	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One for each activity	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

The following components can be included in a Text/TextBox Block:

Text/TextBox Block components

Tipo

Cantidad

Obligatorio

Descripción

Text

As many as desired.

Yes

HTML text that can be placed before or after a response area.

Text box

As many as desired.

Yes

Drop-down box where are the possible answers.

From the component properties, enter the right word in "Answer". Select "Broad" from the "typematch" drop-down menu for allowing a broad answer as valid (for example, no distinction is made between uppercase and lowercase).

By selecting "Exact" a user must type the word entered in "Answer".

As many text boxes as desired can be added.

Break line

As many as desired

No

This component allows creating paragraphs.

True or false

The objective is to identify which the premises offered is true. It works exactly like Single anwers question.

Matching

It consist of matching a concept with another concept. The concepts are in two different columns.

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Name	Type	Required	Description
Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question..
Verification by text	List	Yes	If the are several possible pairs for an element, select "True".It means, if two elements of the same column have the same text, both are right answers for their corresponding pairs in the other column.

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Type	Quantity	Required	Description
Matching	As many as desired.	Yes	HTML text that has to be matched with its corresponding option in the other column— this text can be modified from the editor. The options are shown jumbled. The right-column options have to be matched with the left-column options.
Positive feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Numeric response

It consist of entering a number:

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question..

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Type	Quantity	Required	Description
Question title	One	Yes	This component is already set to default, we do not have to add it. It allows adding HTML text to the question statment.
Text box	One	Yes	This component is already set to default, we do not have to add it. It contains the number that will be the answer to the question statment. The right value of the question is set by entering a number in "Answer". From the Text box properties, we can set the conditions to be met ("Equal to","Not equal to", "Between", "Greater than","Greater than or equal to", etc.). In the event the result is between two values, there are text delimiters to be entered in "Answer" : "-" dash, ";" semicolon and ":" colon.
Positive feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Sequence

The objective is to order a series of elements as it is indicated in the statement. To do it, drag and drop an element on another to interchange their positions.

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question.

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Name	Quantity	Required	Description
Option	As many as desired.	Yes	HTML texts to be ordered as indicated in the question statement— this text can be modified from the editor. As many options as desired can be added.
Positive feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedback	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Long fill in

It consist of entering an answer in a certain number of lines, it also is known as "Free writing". It is usually assessed by a teacher, not by the tool.

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question.

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Component	Quantity	Required	Description
Text box	As many as desired.	Yes	Number of rows that determines the box size to enter the answer.
Neutral Feedback	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.
Break line	As many as desired.	No	It allows creating paragraphs.
Text	As many as desired.	Yes	HTML text that can be modified from the editor. It can ve placed in the middle, before or after the response area.

The text in HTML, as well as allows including formatted text, also allows adding images and links to other project components. For further information, check the templates documentation you will use on your project.

This is the properties panel display of the "Text Box" component:

Likert scale

It is a non-assessable question to check the level of agreement or disagreement by scaling responses.

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Properties	Name	Type	Required	Description
	Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
	Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question..

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Component	Quantity	Required	Description
Question	As many as desired	Yes	Question statement. It can be modified from properties panel ("Question title").
Scale	As many as desired	Yes	Score for levels to assess the proposed statements ("Title").
Scales	One	Yes	Component that includes "Scale" and "Question" components.
Neutral feedbacks	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

Word bank

The objective is to drag and drop each box on its corresponding gap in a statement.

This type of question is configured exactly the same as the Text blank question.

Crossword

It is the typical crossword. The objective is to solve clues to fill the squares with the answers.

Properties that can be edited in this question type are:

Name	Type	Required	Description
Ponderate score	Numeric	Yes	Points obtained for answering a question correctly.
Attempts	List	Yes	Attempts a user has to answer a question..

Components that can be included in this question type are:

Component	Quantity	Required	Description
HTML	As many as desired	Yes	HTLML text that contains the clues to solve the crossword by entering the answers in the squares.
Positive feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the right response.
Negative feedback	One	No	HTML text to be displayed when a student gives the wrong response.
Neutral feedbacks	One	No	Generic text to be displayed, whether the response is right or not. It shouldn't be combined with the positive and negative feedback.

To configure the quiz, enter the letters in their corresponding cell. To solve the crossword each letter entered has to match with the letter that is contained in the cell.