Create “Multiple Choice” Type Question

Publishers, school/district admins and teachers can create different types of questions on the platform. In a multiple choice type question, there can be one or more than one correct answer and the rest of the options are distractors that are plausible but incorrect answers to the question.  These questions are added on the “Questions” page and can be used while creating a Standard test.

Follow the below steps to create a multiple choice type question:

1. Log in to the portal.

2. Click “Assessment” on the left-hand side menu.

3. Click “Questions” in the sub-menu.

You will be redirected to the “Questions” page. Here you can view the list of questions that are already created.

4. Click “New Question” to add a new question. 

5. Click on “Multiple Choice” type question from the question type menu. 

You will be redirected to the “ Multiple Choice Question” page.

6. Enter the question text and the choices in the space provided with the help of the Wysiwyg Editor.                                                                                                                       

Note:  It is mandatory to add a minimum of 2 choices for each question. You can add more than 2 choices for a question, by clicking on the “Add Choice” button. Click on the "Delete" icon in front of each choice to delete a choice.

7. Select the correct answer by clicking on the tick button in front of each choice.

Note: For multiple choice type questions, you can have more than one correct answer. 

8. Click on the tick icon to save the question.  

Note- The platform also provides multi-language support based on user-language. The question author could create the version of assessments and question in multiple languages by selecting the language from the drop-down menu and based on the user language the appropriate language version of the assessment will be shown to the users. 

Example - If the question author creates an assessment in Spanish and English language both. When a user with the Spanish language will attempt this assessment then they will have all the questions presented in the Spanish language and if, it's an English language user then in  English translation will be shown.

You can opt for the following optional question settings while creating a multiple choice type question.

1. Add Hint

1. Click on the “Add Hint” button to add a hint to the question. This hint will be visible to the student, if they opt for the "Hint" option while answering the question.

 2. Click on “New” in the “Hints” box to add new hints. You can add a maximum of 5 hints for each question.  

3. Check the “Deduct Marks on Every Hint” checkbox and enter the number of marks to be deducted (equal to or less than the total marks of the question) in the space provided. These marks will be deducted if a student takes the help of hints to answer the question. 

2. Add Teacher Hint

Click on the “Add Teacher Hint” button to add a hint to the question. This hint will be visible to the teacher when they are evaluating the student's response for the question.

3. Add Question Level Feedback

Question author can provide correct and incorrect answer feedback for the multiple-choice type question, using this feature. This feedback will be visible to the student at the time of question evaluation.

1. Students will get the correct answer feedback if they have given the correct answer for the question.

2. Students will get the incorrect answer feedback if they have given the incorrect answer for the question.

1. Click on the “Setting” icon.

You will see a setting pop up on the screen. 

    2. Toggle ON the “Feedback” option to enable question level feedback. 

3. Enter the “Correct Answer Feedback” and/or the “Incorrect Answer Feedback” in the space provided.

4. Add Choice Level Feedback

Question author can provide answer feedback for each choice in the multiple choice type question. This feedback will be visible to the student at the time of question evaluation.

• Students will get the answer feedback, according to the options they have selected.

1. Click on the “Setting” icon. 

You will see a setting pop up on the screen. 

2. Toggle ON the “Feedback on Choices” option to enable choice level feedback. 

3. Enter the “ Answer Feedback” for each choice in the space provided.

5. Set the Question Score 

The platform provides a default scoring of 1 for each question. You can change the score from the Settings. 

1. Click on the “Setting” icon. You will see a setting pop up on the screen. 

2. Enter the score in the space provided. 

6. Set the Question Tag

You can set meaningful tags with each question.

1. Click on the “setting” icon. You will see a setting pop up on the screen.

2. Search for a tag from the search box or click “Browse.” 

   3. You will see the below "Add_tag" pop up if you click on “Browse.”

4. Select a category from the dropdown list. 

5. Check the "Tags" checkbox in the Tag Description box. 

6. Click “Save”. 

7. More Setting

You can handle various other question settings by clicking on “More Setting.”

    You will see the below “More Settings” option

1. Shuffle Choices - Toggle ON “Shuffle Choices” to shuffle the choices every time the student gets the question. 

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