In a multiple select question, learners can select multiple correct answers from 2 or more answer options. You can create new questions within an existing Test or Question Bank or directly from the Questions tab.
Creating a Multiple Select Question From the Question Library or Within a Question Bank
- From a web browser, go to your region's login page:
- Enter your email address and click Sign In.
If you are part of multiple institutions, from the dropdown, choose your institution and click Sign In.
- Enter your password and click Sign In.
- From the My Library tab, select Questions or Question Banks.
If you select Question Banks, open the Question Bank you want to add a question in.
- Click the New Question button.
- From the New Question Template window, select Multiple Select.
- In the Enter question text box, type in your question.
Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the question text.
- In the Enter answer text box, type in an answer choice.
Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the answer choice text.
- Use the checkboxes to indicate one or more correct answers.
- Optionally, click the lock to the left of one or more answer options.
This locks the answer into the same position, even if answer options are scrambled. This allows you to create questions using options like "all of the above" while enabling scrambled options.
- From the Options tab, you can
- Change the Points value of the question.
- Set the Columns for the answer choices.
Choose between 1 and 4 columns for the answer choice display. Learners will be presented with the answer options in the number of columns selected.
- Choose the Scoring Type from the dropdown.
- All or Nothing - Learners receive full credit for a correct answer OR no credit for an incorrect answer.
- 0 / 1 Partial - Learners earn points for correct answers and no points for incorrect answers.
- + / - Partial - Learners earn points for correct answers and lose points for incorrect answers that they select.
- Toggle the Answer to Require all correct.
Leaving this option off will award points as long as one of the correct answers is selected by the learner. Turning this option on will only award points if the learner selects all the correct answers.
- Link a Narrative or Case Study to your question.
A narrative is a descriptive passage, special instruction, a table, image, or other information that you can link to one or more questions. When taking an online exam or printed test, narratives are presented to the learner along with the questions they are linked to.
A case study is a set of one or more tabs with descriptive passages, special instructions, tables, images, or other information that you can link to one or more questions. Case Studies are typically used to mimic information as it would be displayed in a patient’s medical chart. When taking an online exam or printed test, case studies are presented to the learner, along with the questions they are linked to. - Toggle on Allow calculator use to allow learners to use an in-app calculator to answer the question.
- From the Metadata tab, you can view or edit metadata tags associated with the question.
- From the Feedback & Rationale tab, you can enter
- Instructor Annotations are additional notes that learners will never have access to, regardless of exam settings.
Use the abbreviated Rich Text Editor to format the question text and / or add a resource.
- Rationale refers to the reasoning or justification behind the question's answer. Understanding the rationale behind a question can help clarify its purpose and relevance.
Use the abbreviated Rich Text Editor to format the question text and / or add a resource.
- Advanced Feedback, when toggled on, allows you to enter specific Correct and Incorrect Feedback for each answer option in each blank.
- Correct Feedback is positive reinforcement of the correct answer.
- Incorrect Feedback can be constructive criticism or additional information that helps clarify why the learner's response is incorrect.
- Instructor Annotations are additional notes that learners will never have access to, regardless of exam settings.
- Optionally, you can click the Desktop, Tablet Portrait, and Mobile Portrait icons to preview how the question is displayed on different devices.
- When finished, click Save.
The question is added to your Question Bank and / or Questions library so you can use it in additional tests.
Creating a Multiple Select Question in an Existing Test
- From a web browser, go to your region's login page:
- Enter your email address and click Sign In.
If you are part of multiple institutions, from the dropdown, choose your institution and click Sign In.
- Enter your password and click Sign In.
- From the My Library tab, select Tests.
- Click the three vertical dots to open the action menu on the test you want to add a question to.
- Select Edit.
- Click the Add Question button.
- From the New Question Template window, select Multiple Select.
- In the Enter question text box, type in your question.
Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the question text.
- In the Enter answer text box, type in an answer choice.
Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the answer choice text.
- Use the checkboxes to indicate one or more correct answers.
- Optionally, click the lock to the left of one or more answer options.
This locks the answer into the same position, even if answer options are scrambled. This allows you to create questions using options like "all of the above" while enabling scrambled options.
- From the Options tab, you can
- Change the Points value of the question.
- Set the Columns for the answer choices.
Choose between 1 and 4 columns for the answer choice display. Learners will be presented with the answer options in the number of columns selected.
- Choose the Scoring Type from the dropdown.
- All or Nothing - Learners receive full credit for a correct answer OR no credit for an incorrect answer.
- 0 / 1 Partial - Learners earn points for correct answers and no points for incorrect answers.
- + / - Partial - Learners earn points for correct answers and lose points for incorrect answers that they select.
- Toggle the Answer to Require all correct.
Leaving this option off will award points as long as one of the correct answers is selected by the learner. Turning this option on will only award points if the learner selects all the correct answers.
- Link a Narrative or Case Study to your question.
A narrative is a descriptive passage, special instruction, a table, image, or other information that you can link to one or more questions. When taking an online exam or printed test, narratives are presented to the learner along with the questions they are linked to.
A case study is a set of one or more tabs with descriptive passages, special instructions, tables, images, or other information that you can link to one or more questions. Case Studies are typically used to mimic information as it would be displayed in a patient’s medical chart. When taking an online exam or printed test, case studies are presented to the learner, along with the questions they are linked to. - Toggle on Allow calculator use to allow learners to use an in-app calculator to answer the question.
- From the Metadata tab, you can view or edit metadata tags associated with the question.
- From the Feedback & Rationale tab, you can enter
- Instructor Annotations are additional notes that learners will never have access to, regardless of exam settings.
Use the abbreviated Rich Text Editor to format the question text and / or add a resource.
- Rationale refers to the reasoning or justification behind the question's answer. Understanding the rationale behind a question can help clarify its purpose and relevance.
Use the abbreviated Rich Text Editor to format the question text and / or add a resource.
- Advanced Feedback, when toggled on, allows you to enter specific Correct and Incorrect Feedback for each answer option in each blank.
- Correct Feedback is positive reinforcement of the correct answer.
- Incorrect Feedback can be constructive criticism or additional information that helps clarify why the learner's response is incorrect.
- Instructor Annotations are additional notes that learners will never have access to, regardless of exam settings.
- Optionally, you can click the Desktop, Tablet Portrait, and Mobile Portrait icons to preview how the question is displayed on different devices.
- When finished, click Save.
The question is added to your test and saved to your Questions library so you can use it in additional tests.