In a fill-in-the-blank question, learners can fill in one or more blanks in a sentence or paragraph using a dropdown menu or typing the correct answer. You can create new questions within an existing Test or Question Bank or directly from the Questions tab.
Creating a Fill-in-the-Blank 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 Fill in the Blank.
- In the Enter question text box, type in your question.
Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the question text.
- In the question text box, highlight the word you’d like your learners to fill in and click Add Blank.
The text is added to the Drop Down and selected as the correct answer. You can add multiple blanks to a question.
- Click Add distractor and type in an additional dropdown 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.
- From the Options tab, you can
- Set the question Mode of Drop Down or Text Entry.
Drop down shows prepopulated answer choices and distractors and text entry requires learners to type an answer choice. Distractors will not be lost when switching between modes.
- Change the Points value of the question.
- 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.
- Rationale - Learners are assessed on whether they understand the cause and effect relationships between blanks. The total possible score is calculated as the number of blanks minus one times the points setting. The first blank does not score the learner points. If the learner gets the first blank correct, they earn points based on how they answer the rest of the blanks. If the learner gets the first blank wrong, they earn no points for the rest of the blanks, regardless of whether the blanks were answered correctly or not.
- Toggle the Answer options.
- Toggle Unique Drop Downs to allow separate dropdown options and distractors for each blank in the question.
- Toggle Duplicate Answers to allow 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 drop downs when a learner selects them for a blank.
- 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.
- Set the question Mode of Drop Down or Text Entry.
- From the Metadata tab, you can view or edit metadata tags associated with the question.
- From the Feedback & Rationale tab, you can enter
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Fill-in-the-Blank 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 Fill in the Blank.
- In the Enter question text box, type in your question.
Use the Rich Text Editor to edit the question text.
- In the question text box, highlight the word you’d like your learners to fill in and click Add Blank.
The text is added to the Drop Down and selected as the correct answer. You can add multiple blanks to a question.
- Click Add distractor and type in an additional dropdown 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.
- From the Options tab, you can
- Set the question Mode of Drop Down or Text Entry.
Drop down shows prepopulated answer choices and distractors and text entry requires learners to type an answer choice. Distractors will not be lost when switching between modes.
- Change the Points value of the question.
- 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.
- Rationale - Learners are assessed on whether they understand the cause and effect relationships between blanks. The total possible score is calculated as the number of blanks minus one times the points setting. The first blank does not score the learner points. If the learner gets the first blank correct, they earn points based on how they answer the rest of the blanks. If the learner gets the first blank wrong, they earn no points for the rest of the blanks, regardless of whether the blanks were answered correctly or not.
- Toggle the Answer options.
- Toggle Unique Drop Downs to allow separate dropdown options and distractors for each blank in the question.
- Toggle Duplicate Answers to allow 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 drop downs when a learner selects them for a blank.
- 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.
- Set the question Mode of Drop Down or Text Entry.
- From the Metadata tab, you can view or edit metadata tags associated with the question.
- From the Feedback & Rationale tab, you can enter
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.