Create “Comprehension” Type Question

Publishers, school/district admins and teachers can create different types of questions on the platform. Comprehension is a collection of questions. You can add multiple question types within one comprehension question.

Note- You cannot add a comprehension type question within a comprehension. Comprehension questions are added on the “Questions” page and can be used while creating a standard test.

Follow the below steps to create a Comprehension 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 “Comprehension” type question from the Question Type menu.

You will be redirected to the “Comprehension” page.      

6. Enter the comprehension paragraph in the space provided using the Wysiwyg editor.

7. Choose a question type by clicking on the Question menu, and create questions for the comprehension passage. 

Note: You can create questions with multiple question types in the Comprehension type questions format. 

8. Click on the "Save" 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 the following optional question settings while creating a comprehension type question.

1. Set the question score

The platform provides a default scoring as 0 for comprehension question. Comprehension is a collection of different question types, therefore all the settings (including scores) for individual questions will be kept intact in the comprehension question. 

1. Click on the “Setting” icon. 

You will see a Setting pop up on the screen. 

2. You will see the sum total score for the comprehension question here.  

Note- This score cannot be edited directly, You can only edit the scores for individual questions in the comprehensions. 

2. 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 drop-down list. 

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

6. Click “Save.”

3. More Setting

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

 You will see the below “More Setting” option.

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