Options for different question types

Updated 05 Mar 2024

If you create or edit a question for Learning Catalytics, most of the information you enter is standard across all types of questions. Options information, however, varies by question type.

Question options

On the Add Questions and Customize Module page, you also set other options specific to each response type. When you are done, be sure to click Save and Finish.

Automated Synchronous

Start times. Click in the field to display the date/time calendar where you can select a date and time for automatically starting a session. Or leave blank if you want to start the session manually.
To give students a number of options for when to participate in a session, click + Add start time and repeat the previous step. Students get to choose which session to join.
Be careful not to schedule the sessions too close together. A session is automatically terminated when another session begins, so allow plenty of time between sessions to avoid ending any automatically paced session prematurely.
When you add multiple start times, the Learning Catalytics Gradebook creates a column for each one. For example, if you create three start times, there will be three columns in the Learning Catalytics Gradebook. A student's score is in the column for the session in which the student completed the module; the other columns display 0 (zero) for the student's score. If you plan to download the scores, you may want to edit the .csv file to remove the zero scores. If you transfer the scores to a Mastering or MyLab course, the transfer will add three columns for this module to the MyLab and Mastering Gradebook.
Hide sessions for this module from students, used primarily for quizzes in instructor-led sessions. When you select this option, any active sessions for the module aren't visible to students when they open Learning Catalytics. Instead, students must enter the Session ID that you reveal to all students in the class simultaneously. That way you can ensure that everyone starts the session at the same time.
Start first question after. Accept the default (5 minutes), or change the length of the time allowed to let students join the session.
Present correct answer for. Accept the default (1 minute), or change the length of time each correct answer and explanation are displayed before the next question is displayed.
Lower bound for grouping and Upper bound for grouping establish the percentage range of correct answers for each question that will trigger automatic peer grouping. The default values of 30 and 70 are can be edited, but are generally suitable because:
- If less than 30% of responses are correct, students might not be able to learn more in peer discussion because misunderstanding is too widespread.
- If more than 70% of responses are correct, the material is understood by enough students to move on to the next question. Remediation can occur later through other means.
Tip: If grouping doesn't occur, it's particularly important for each question to have an explanation of the answer. Students see the correct answer and explanation at the end of each question.

Self-Paced

Start at. Click in the field to display the date/time calendar where you can select a date and time to automatically start the session. Or leave blank if you want to start the session manually. For an in-class quiz, this would be the time when the questions become available to all students to begin work.

Next to this field you can also click Change my time zone to check or change the time zone associated with your Learning Catalytics account.

More about the time zone

Initially this time zone is the same as the time zone of the connected Mastering course. If you change that time zone in Mastering Course Settings, you can use this setting to update the time zone in Learning Catalytics to match.
End at. Click in the field to display the date/time calendar where you can select a date and time to automatically end the session up to two years in the future. Or leave blank if you want to terminate the session manually.

If you leave this value blank, the session is automatically terminated after 28 days. If you want the session to remain open for more than 28 days, you must specify an End date/time. Note that until a session ends, scores are not sent to the Learning Catalytics Gradebook, and students cannot review the session for study.)

For an in-class quiz, this would be the time when the questions are no longer available to students. Thus, the Start at and End at values can serve as a start and stop timer for all students at once. Outside of class, these values should span a longer, more flexible period (1 or more days, perhaps) during which students can work at a time that suits them, but must finish by a deadline. This deadline isn't visible to students, so you should tell them about it.

Both in class and outside of class, students can access and change their responses at any time up until the session is stopped—either manually, when you click the Stop Session button, or automatically, based on the End at value or 28 days after the session starts.
Students should be asked to select a seat when logging in. Clear this check box if you plan for students to complete this assignment outside of the classroom.
Hide sessions for this module from students, used primarily for quizzes. When you select this option, any active sessions for the module aren't visible to students when they open Learning Catalytics. Instead, students must enter the Session ID that you reveal to all students in the class simultaneously. That way you can ensure that everyone starts the sessions at the same time.
Do not allow students to review their performance on this module. If checked, students do not see sessions for this module in the list of older sessions that they can review.

(You also set the Allow review after delay period in the Learning Catalytics course settings. Until the specified period has elapsed, questions and answers for any delivered module are not available for review.)

Self-Test

Start at. Click in the field to display the date/time calendar where you can select a date and time to automatically start the session. Or leave blank if you want to start the session manually. For an in-class worksheet, this would be the time when the questions become available to all students to begin work.

Next to this field you can also click Change my time zone to check or change the time zone associated with your Learning Catalytics account.

More about the time zone

Initially this time zone is the same as the time zone of the connected Mastering course. If you change that time zone in Mastering Course Settings, you can use this setting to update the time zone in Learning Catalytics to match.
End at. Click in the field to display the date/time calendar where you can select a date and time to automatically end the session up to two years in the future. Or leave blank if you want to terminate the session manually.

(If you leave this value blank, the session is automatically terminated after 28 days. If you want the session to remain open for more than 28 days, you must specify an End date/time. Note that until a session ends, scores are not sent to the Learning Catalytics Gradebook, nor optionally transferred to any Pearson course gradebook, and students cannot review the session for study.)

For an in-class worksheet, this would be the time when the questions are no longer available to students. Thus, the Start at and End at values can serve as a start and stop timer for all students at once. Outside of class, these values should span a longer, more flexible period (1 or more days, perhaps) during which students can work at a time that suits them, but must finish by a deadline. This deadline isn't visible to students, so you should tell them about it.

Both in class and outside of class, students can access and change their responses at any time up until the session is stopped—either manually, when you click the Stop Session button, or automatically, based on the End at value or 28 days after the session starts.
Allow students to respond to each question multiple times. If selected, students will be allowed to answer each question as many times as they wish. Students will not receive feedback, and only the last response before the session ends will be recorded.
Do not allow students to review their performance on this module. If checked, students do not see sessions for this module in the list of older sessions that they can review.

(You also set the Allow review after delay period in the Learning Catalytics course settings. Until the specified period has elapsed, questions and answers for any delivered module are not available for review.)

Descriptions of Options

The following table lists each question type and provides descriptions of its options. For some question types, it is possible to set up the question for automatic scoring. Other question types are either always or never automatically scored.

Click each question type below to see its details, or click above the side menu (if visible) to expand or collapse all details at once.

Question type & automatic scoring (, , )	Options (when you create or edit) Tip: Click a Show options link below, or click above the side menu (if visible) to expand or collapse all options at once.
Composite sketch Never	Show options If you have added multiple images, select the Background image from the drop-down list. This is the image that students will interact with to sketch their responses. For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image. Click to select the Pen color for student sketches, and the Background color for transparent images.
Confidence Never	Show options Enter Choices one at a time; or, if you have copied a list of choices to the Clipboard, you can Paste several at once. Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box. To remove any choice, click the X next to it. If this question has one or more Correct choices, check the boxes next to those choices. When you preview or deliver this question, you see the selected choice(s) in bold text, and see the letter for each correct answer listed under Answer. Students do not see these indicators. Optionally, in Text that should appear after the choices (if any) enter additional text that students will see with the question. Select Randomize order of answer choices if you want to display the response choices to students in a random order. If you randomize options, you can also select Anchor the last answer choice. This option ensures that a choice like "All of the above" always appears as the last choice.
Data collection Never	Show options Only include responses between n and n: Set a range of numerical responses to be included in the results histogram. Enter a positive number with one or two decimal places to set the lower limit, upper limit, or both. Students don't see this range. If they enter a value outside of the range, they see this message to let them know: "You responded to this question; your response was [n]. Your data is out of the range specified by the instructor. You can click Change response if you want to replace your current response with a new one." Student responses that include three or more decimal places are rounded to two decimal places.
Direction Always	Show options If you have added more than one image for the question, select the Background image to use. This is the image that students will interact with to draw their responses. For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image. You can select one of three options for anchoring the arrow that students draw: Anchor arrow at tail means the correct position of the end of the tail is revealed as soon as a student clicks or taps the screen. The student drags the arrow to position the head. Anchor arrow at head means the correct position of the head is revealed as soon as a student clicks or taps the screen. The student drags the arrow to position the tail. Do not anchor arrow does not reveal anything about the arrow's position. The student draws the arrow freely. You can select whether to score the response as follows: Score based on direction only, and then enter a value for Tolerance for scoring angle of response, in degrees. Score based on direction and magnitude, and then enter a value for bothTolerance for scoring angle of response, in degrees, and Tolerance for scoring magnitude of response, in pixels. Left-click and right-click within the image to set the tail and head of an arrow. Result you see when you click Save & Preview:: Notes: These positions aren't related to whether or how you have chosen to anchor the arrow on student screens. To reposition one of the end points, left-click or right-click outside the image, and then left-click or right-click in the image again to set the new position. If you select Edit question to return to where you set the arrow's position, your red and green points will appear to have moved, but they are still positioned as you set them.
Expression Always	Show options Enter the Correct response using your keyboard, or select Enable Math Palette, which gives both you and students access to the palette for entering the correct answer. Select Ignore capitalization if you want X and x to be considered the same variable.
Highlighting Never	Show options In Passage to highlight, enter the text that students will interact with on their devices. This simple text cannot be formatted. Don't include instructions here. Use the Prompt editor (above) to enter instructions.
Image upload Never	No options to set
Long answer Never	No options to set
Many choice Always	Show options Two methods are available for entering text choices: Copy a list of choices, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question. Enter each choice separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each choice.) Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box. To remove any choice, click X. Select one or more choices as Correct, or for an opinion question, don't select any correct choice. (Students will select zero, one, or many choices.) [Optional] If you want to provide a hint or other comment after the choices (visible to students before they submit their responses), Enter Text that should appear after the choices. Click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any choice to move its position up or down in the list students see. Or select Randomize order of subquestions to display the subquestions in random order on student devices. You can also select Anchor the last answer choice. This option ensures that a choice like "All of the above" always appears as the last choice.
Matching Always	Show options For each Subquestion (left), enter one correct matching Option (right). The options can match more than one subquestion, but each subquestion can have only one correct option, as in this question that asks students to match each island nation with the ocean where it's located: Subquestions must be unique, but an Option can be repeated—with exact spacing and capitalization. For example, "Atlantic" and "atlantic" are considered two separate options, so both would be listed. Students see Matching questions as a list of subquestions with a drop-down list that includes all available options. As you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box. To remove any pairing, click X. Click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any subquestion to move its position up or down in the list students see. Or select Randomize order of subquestions to display the subquestions in random order on student devices. (Options in the dropdown list are always randomized, regardless of whether this box is selected.) For this question to be scored, it must have correct responses (as opposed to a question that surveys for opinions or preferences, for example), and you must select This question has a correct response.
Multiple choice See options	Show options Two methods are available for entering text choices: Copy a list of choices, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question. Enter each choice separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each choice.) Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use the enhanced editor to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box. To add an image as a choice, first use Add Images to upload the image, and then click (to image). The text box for adding a choice is replaced by a drop-down box, where you can select an uploaded image. (A new drop-down box appears as you select an image.) To switch the next empty choice back to text entry, click (to text). To remove any choice, click X. [Optional] Select one or more choices as Correct. For an opinion question, don't select any correct choice. (Students will select only one choice, regardless of whether you select zero, one, or multiple correct choices.) [Optional] If you want to provide a hint or other comment after the choices (visible to students before they submit their responses), Enter Text that should appear after the choices. Click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any choice to move its position up or down in the list students see. Or select Randomize order of subquestions to display the subquestions in random order on student devices. You can also select Anchor the last answer choice. This option ensures that a choice like "All of the above" always appears as the last choice.
Numerical Always	Show options Enter the Correct response, with or without units. Include units if your want students to enter units. What units are allowed? Important: If the answer includes a unit, append the unit value when creating the question. Students need to append the unit value when answering or their answer won't be marked correct. Units aren't case-sensitive and equivalent units count as correct. [Optional] Specify a range of tolerance values to consider an answer correct if it falls between n and n inclusive. If you included units in the correct response, include them here too.
Priority See options	Show options Your can use this Question Type to collect preferences or opinions about choices. Or you can require students to put the choices into a correct order. You can enter choices in the correct order (if any), or you can rearrange the order later. Two methods are available for entering choices: Copy a list of choices, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question. Enter each choice separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each choice.) Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box. To remove any choice, click X. [Optional] If you want to require students to put the choices in a correct order, select This question has a correct response reflected by the above ordering, and be sure that the choices are ordered correctly. If necessary, click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any choice to move its correct position up or down. If you select this option, students see the choices in randomized order.
Ranking Always	Show options This Question Type asks students for the correct sequence of items, including specifying that two or more items in the list are equal. Enter items in the order you want students to see (presumably not the correct order). Two methods are available for entering items: Copy a list of items, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question. Enter each item separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each item.) Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box. To remove any choice, click X. To change the order of the items you entered, click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any item to move its position up or down in the list students see. Use the drop-down boxes under Correct ranking to specify the correct order, starting with the first, lowest, or smallest item first. Then select its relationship (< or =) to the second item. Continue selecting items and relationships until the order is complete. [Recommended] Click Save & Preview now to make sure the items and the answer are ordered as you want.
Region Always	Show options> If you have added multiple images for the question, select the Background image from the drop-down list. This is the image that students will interact with to indicate their responses. For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image. In the image you selected for the background, click to set a point at one edge of the region that students need to click or tap. Students don't see the region you create. Click another point to define a line segment at the region's perimeter. Tip: If your region has any curved edges, this and subsequent segments might need to be fairly short. You cannot drag points or segments into different positions, but you can click Clear to remove all segments and start over. Your third click defines a triangle. Keep clicking in sequence around the periphery of the region until you have fully enclosed the region. This example uses 13 points. Don't worry if your line segments cross, as shown in the second image. Your next click will probably uncross them. You can click Add another region to start a new region. Important: Do this before you click into the image to add the first point for the new region. Select All regions required for correctness if students must click or tap to identify all of the regions you create.
Short answer See options	Show options Enter a Correct response if the question should be scored. If you enter a correct response, you can also select Scoring should be case-sensitive and Consider this a regular expression.
Sketch Never	Show options If you have added multiple images for the question, select the Background image from the drop-down list. This is the image that students will interact with to sketch their responses. For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image. Click to select the Pen color for student sketches, and the Background color for transparent images.
Slide Never	Show options To display a static image as a slide, no options need to be set. Just click Add Images to select an image file to upload, and drag the uploaded file into the Prompt box for the question. If you add a PowerPoint file, adding a Prompt for the question is optional, but it helps you identify the question when you want to present the slides. Click Add/Change PowerPoint to select (or replace) a .PPT or .PPTX file to present in a module session. If you use Office 2016, you need to change the PowerPoint slides to 4:3 aspect ratio before uploading them to the question. File size must be less than 20MB, and animations, videos, and links in the presentation are not supported. To edit the presentation itself, open it and make changes in your presentation editor. Then click Add/Change PowerPoint again to upload the new version. See the Using Learning Catalytics in Class (Instructor-Led Synchronous) or Learning Catalytics mobile delivery topics for delivery info. For information on using a PowerPoint presentation, see the video Upload a PowerPoint Presentation into an Instructor-Led Synchronous Module. Also refer to the online Learning Catalytics Quick Start Guide and search on powerpoint.
Word cloud Never	No options to set

Question type & automatic scoring
( Green check mark - Always , Yellow check mark - Sometimes true , )

Options (when you create or edit)
Tip: Click a Show options link below, or click above the side menu (if visible) to expand or collapse all options at once.

Composite sketch

Composite Sketch sample answer

Never

Show options

If you have added multiple images, select the Background image from the drop-down list. This is the image that students will interact with to sketch their responses.
For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image.
Click to select the Pen color for student sketches, and the Background color for transparent images.

Confidence

Confidence sample answer

Never

Show options

Enter Choices one at a time; or, if you have copied a list of choices to the Clipboard, you can Paste several at once.
Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box.
To remove any choice, click the X next to it.
If this question has one or more Correct choices, check the boxes next to those choices. When you preview or deliver this question, you see the selected choice(s) in bold text, and see the letter for each correct answer listed under Answer. Students do not see these indicators.
Optionally, in Text that should appear after the choices (if any) enter additional text that students will see with the question.
Select Randomize order of answer choices if you want to display the response choices to students in a random order. If you randomize options, you can also select Anchor the last answer choice. This option ensures that a choice like "All of the above" always appears as the last choice.

Data collection

Image Properties sample answer

Never

Show options

Only include responses between n and n: Set a range of numerical responses to be included in the results histogram. Enter a positive number with one or two decimal places to set the lower limit, upper limit, or both.
- Students don't see this range. If they enter a value outside of the range, they see this message to let them know:
"You responded to this question; your response was [n]. Your data is out of the range specified by the instructor. You can click Change response if you want to replace your current response with a new one."
- Student responses that include three or more decimal places are rounded to two decimal places.

Direction

Direction sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options

If you have added more than one image for the question, select the Background image to use. This is the image that students will interact with to draw their responses.
For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image.
You can select one of three options for anchoring the arrow that students draw:
- Anchor arrow at tail means the correct position of the end of the tail is revealed as soon as a student clicks or taps the screen. The student drags the arrow to position the head.
- Anchor arrow at head means the correct position of the head is revealed as soon as a student clicks or taps the screen. The student drags the arrow to position the tail.
- Do not anchor arrow does not reveal anything about the arrow's position. The student draws the arrow freely.
You can select whether to score the response as follows:
- Score based on direction only, and then enter a value for Tolerance for scoring angle of response, in degrees.
- Score based on direction and magnitude, and then enter a value for bothTolerance for scoring angle of response, in degrees, and Tolerance for scoring magnitude of response, in pixels.
Left-click and right-click within the image to set the tail and head of an arrow.

Result you see when you click Save & Preview::

Notes:
- These positions aren't related to whether or how you have chosen to anchor the arrow on student screens.
- To reposition one of the end points, left-click or right-click outside the image, and then left-click or right-click in the image again to set the new position.
- If you select Edit question to return to where you set the arrow's position, your red and green points will appear to have moved, but they are still positioned as you set them.

Expression

Expression sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options

Enter the Correct response using your keyboard, or select Enable Math Palette, which gives both you and students access to the palette for entering the correct answer.
Select Ignore capitalization if you want X and x to be considered the same variable.

Highlighting

Highlighting sample answer

Never

Show options

In Passage to highlight, enter the text that students will interact with on their devices. This simple text cannot be formatted.
Don't include instructions here. Use the Prompt editor (above) to enter instructions.

Image upload

Image upload sample answer

Never

No options to set

Long answer

Long Answer sample answer

Never

No options to set

Many choice

Many Choice sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options

Two methods are available for entering text choices:
- Copy a list of choices, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question.
- Enter each choice separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each choice.)
Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box.
To remove any choice, click X.
Select one or more choices as Correct, or for an opinion question, don't select any correct choice. (Students will select zero, one, or many choices.)
[Optional] If you want to provide a hint or other comment after the choices (visible to students before they submit their responses), Enter Text that should appear after the choices.
Click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any choice to move its position up or down in the list students see.
Or select Randomize order of subquestions to display the subquestions in random order on student devices. You can also select Anchor the last answer choice. This option ensures that a choice like "All of the above" always appears as the last choice.

Matching

Matching sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options

For each Subquestion (left), enter one correct matching Option (right). The options can match more than one subquestion, but each subquestion can have only one correct option, as in this question that asks students to match each island nation with the ocean where it's located:

Subquestions must be unique, but an Option can be repeated—with exact spacing and capitalization. For example, "Atlantic" and "atlantic" are considered two separate options, so both would be listed.

Students see Matching questions as a list of subquestions with a drop-down list that includes all available options.
As you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box.
To remove any pairing, click X.
Click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any subquestion to move its position up or down in the list students see.
Or select Randomize order of subquestions to display the subquestions in random order on student devices. (Options in the dropdown list are always randomized, regardless of whether this box is selected.)
For this question to be scored, it must have correct responses (as opposed to a question that surveys for opinions or preferences, for example), and you must select This question has a correct response.

Multiple choice

Multiple Choice sample answer

Yellow check mark - Sometimes true See options

Show options

Two methods are available for entering text choices:
- Copy a list of choices, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question.
- Enter each choice separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each choice.)
Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use the enhanced editor to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box.
To add an image as a choice, first use Add Images to upload the image, and then click (to image).

The text box for adding a choice is replaced by a drop-down box, where you can select an uploaded image. (A new drop-down box appears as you select an image.)

To switch the next empty choice back to text entry, click (to text).
To remove any choice, click X.
[Optional] Select one or more choices as Correct. For an opinion question, don't select any correct choice. (Students will select only one choice, regardless of whether you select zero, one, or multiple correct choices.)
[Optional] If you want to provide a hint or other comment after the choices (visible to students before they submit their responses), Enter Text that should appear after the choices.
Click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any choice to move its position up or down in the list students see.
Or select Randomize order of subquestions to display the subquestions in random order on student devices. You can also select Anchor the last answer choice. This option ensures that a choice like "All of the above" always appears as the last choice.

Numerical

Numerical sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options

Enter the Correct response, with or without units.

Include units if your want students to enter units. What units are allowed?

Important: If the answer includes a unit, append the unit value when creating the question. Students need to append the unit value when answering or their answer won't be marked correct.

Units aren't case-sensitive and equivalent units count as correct.
[Optional] Specify a range of tolerance values to consider an answer correct if it falls between n and n inclusive. If you included units in the correct response, include them here too.

Priority

Priority sample answer

Yellow check mark - Sometimes true See options

Show options

Your can use this Question Type to collect preferences or opinions about choices. Or you can require students to put the choices into a correct order.
You can enter choices in the correct order (if any), or you can rearrange the order later. Two methods are available for entering choices:
- Copy a list of choices, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question.
- Enter each choice separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each choice.)
Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box.
To remove any choice, click X.
[Optional] If you want to require students to put the choices in a correct order, select This question has a correct response reflected by the above ordering, and be sure that the choices are ordered correctly. If necessary, click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any choice to move its correct position up or down.

If you select this option, students see the choices in randomized order.

Ranking

Ranking sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options

This Question Type asks students for the correct sequence of items, including specifying that two or more items in the list are equal.
Enter items in the order you want students to see (presumably not the correct order). Two methods are available for entering items:
- Copy a list of items, one per line, and then click Paste several at once to paste them into the question.
- Enter each item separately into the empty text box. (A new box appears as you enter each item.)
Regardless of how you enter text choices, you can use enhanced editor features to add formatting. The editor appears automatically as you enter text or click back into a text box.
To remove any choice, click X.
To change the order of the items you entered, click and drag the double-pointed arrow at the left of any item to move its position up or down in the list students see.
Use the drop-down boxes under Correct ranking to specify the correct order, starting with the first, lowest, or smallest item first. Then select its relationship (< or =) to the second item. Continue selecting items and relationships until the order is complete.
[Recommended] Click Save & Preview now to make sure the items and the answer are ordered as you want.

Region

Region sample answer

Green check mark - Always Always

Show options>

If you have added multiple images for the question, select the Background image from the drop-down list. This is the image that students will interact with to indicate their responses.
For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image.
In the image you selected for the background, click to set a point at one edge of the region that students need to click or tap. Students don't see the region you create. Click another point to define a line segment at the region's perimeter.

Tip: If your region has any curved edges, this and subsequent segments might need to be fairly short. You cannot drag points or segments into different positions, but you can click Clear to remove all segments and start over.

Your third click defines a triangle. Keep clicking in sequence around the periphery of the region until you have fully enclosed the region.

This example uses 13 points. Don't worry if your line segments cross, as shown in the second image. Your next click will probably uncross them.
You can click Add another region to start a new region.

Important: Do this before you click into the image to add the first point for the new region.
Select All regions required for correctness if students must click or tap to identify all of the regions you create.

Short answer

Short Answer sample answer

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Enter a Correct response if the question should be scored.
If you enter a correct response, you can also select Scoring should be case-sensitive and Consider this a regular expression.

Sketch

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If you have added multiple images for the question, select the Background image from the drop-down list. This is the image that students will interact with to sketch their responses.
For students using a screen reader, you can add Alternate text to describe the background image.
Click to select the Pen color for student sketches, and the Background color for transparent images.

Slide

Slide sample answer

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Word cloud

Word Cloud sample answer

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