In a drag and drop question, learners can move answer options from a word bank into one or more blanks in a sentence or paragraph. You can create new questions from within an existing Test or Question Bank or directly from the Questions tab.

Creating a Drag and Drop Question From the Question Library or Within a Question Bank

1. Log into EchoExam with your instructor account.
2. 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.

3. Click the New Question button.
4. From the New Question Template window, select Drag and Drop.
5. In the Enter question text box, type in your question.
   

   Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the question text.

6. In the question text box, highlight the word you’d like your learners to fill in from the word bank and click Add Blank.
   

   The text is added to the Word Bank and selected as the correct answer. You can add multiple blanks to a question.

7. Click Add distractor and type in an additional word bank option that is not part of the correct answer.
   

   Repeat to add more distractors.

   Click the vertical dots to the left of a distractor to rearrange them.

8. From the Content tab, you can
   • Change the Points value of the question.
   • Toggle Duplicate Answers on.
     

     Duplicate Answers allows the learner to choose the same answer for more than one blank in the question. This can be used when more than one blank has the same answer, or to increase the difficulty level of the question. When this is on, answer options will not be removed from the word bank when a learner selects them for a blank.

9. From the Metadata tab, you can view or edit metadata tags associated with the question.
10. Optionally, you can click the Desktop, Tablet Portrait, and Mobile Portrait icons to preview how the question is displayed on different devices.
11. 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 Drag and Drop Question in an Existing Test

1. Log into EchoExam with your instructor account.
2. From the My Library tab, select Tests.
3. Click the three vertical dots to open the action menu on the test you want to add a question to.
4. Select Edit.
5. Click the Add Question button.
6. From the New Question Template window, select Drag and Drop.
7. In the Enter question text box, type in your question.
   

   Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the question text.

8. In the question text box, highlight the word you’d like your learners to fill in from the word bank and click Add Blank.
   

   The text is added to the Word Bank and selected as the correct answer. You can add multiple blanks to a question. 

9. Click Add distractor and type in an additional word bank option that is not part of the correct answer.
   

   Repeat to add more distractors.

   Click the vertical dots to the left of a distractor to rearrange them.

10. From the Content tab, you can
    • Change the Points value of the question.
    • Toggle Duplicate Answers on.
      

      Duplicate Answers allows the learner to choose the same answer for more than one blank in the question. This can be used when more than one blank has the same answer, or to increase the difficulty level of the question. When this is on, answer options will not be removed from the word bank when a learner selects them for a blank.

11. From the Metadata tab, you can view or edit metadata tags associated with the question.
12. Optionally, you can click the Desktop, Tablet Portrait, and Mobile Portrait icons to preview how the question is displayed on different devices.
13. Changes are saved automatically.
    

    The question is added to your test and saved to your Questions library so you can use it in additional tests.