Short Answer
A short answer question requires participants to respond with a word or phrase. Only participants using a ResponseCard XR, ResponseCard NXT, QT Device or TurningPoint app may respond to a short answer question.
A QT/QT2 device can support up to 512 characters and an NXT can support 160 characters for short answer questions in the PowerPoint and Anywhere Polling environments.
In the Self-Paced Polling environment, a short answer response can have up to 16 characters using QT/QT2 or NXT devices.
Before You Begin
A new question list must be created or opened for editing. To open a question list for editing, select the Content tab, select a question list and click Edit Question List on the Question List Overview screen.
- Select a question from the question list.
- Select Short Answer from the Question Type drop-down menu.
- Enter a keyword(s) for the correct answer in the box provided.
Multiple keywords should be separated with a semicolon.
NOTEThe following symbols are supported:
ResponseCard NXT as of firmware version 2.0.0 and QT Device
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ResponseCard XR as of firmware version 1.2.1
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