Create and edit text match questions

Updated 19 Feb 2024

With text match questions you define the question and keywords or key phrases that students can enter for the answer. Each keyword or phrase has an associated score. You also define the number of lines that students can enter. Students enter words or phrase in the answer box and their score is based on the presence or absence of the defined keywords or phrases.

When creating or editing your question, you can switch among sections at any time. However, you may need to complete one section prior to opening another. If this is the case, a message appears directing you to enter the required information. You can click a section or subsection's bar to expand or collapse it.

The course saves your input as you enter it. To preview your question at any time, click Preview.

To view an example of the question type, click Sample Question.

  1. As you add an activity or while you are editing it, click Add Questions > Create New Question on the Questions page.

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    From the Today's View or any other page within a course, click Course Materials > Manage Question Bank and then click Add Course Materials.

  2. Click Text Match.

    A page appears with the following sections:

    • Questions & Answers
    • Hints
    • Preferences

    Notes

    • The best way to add activities (create assignments) is with the Course Materials Wizard. To access the wizard, select Course Materials from the menu bar. This wizard lets you add assignments by taking you to the Course Materials Library, copy materials from another course using the Course Materials Library, and manage your content library. Refer to Using the Course Materials Wizard for more information.
    • You can also add activities from the Course Materials Library and then move them to the My Course list where you can set appropriate scheduling. Use the Course Materials wizard to access the library.
    • Another option is to add an activity to the My Course list. If you do that, you will be prompted to save the new activity to the Course Materials Library. In this case, navigate to and select the Course Materials Library folder where you want to save the activity and then click Add and Close.
  3. In the Edit Question subsection, enter a Question title of up to 100 characters to identify the question in the Question Bank.
  4. Add a question narrative.
  1. Click the Add Answer subsection.
  2. Set the answer field text box size by entering the Number of lines students can enter.
  3. Type the Keywords that have to appear in the answer.

    To add more keywords, click Add.

  4. Enter the Score for each keyword.
  5. (optional ) Enter Feedback for each keyword. To format the feedback text, click the Edit button to open the content editor.
  6. If you want the application to consider text case when grading the question, under Options, select Case sensitive. For example, if enabled, "month" and "Month" would be considered different answers.
  1. Add any hints you want to include for the question.
  2. Set the question's preferences.
  3. Click Save and Close.

On the Questions page, you can use the question's options menu to edit, delete, or try out the question. If you have access to the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page in the course, you have access to additional question options, such as Preferences and Tryout.

  1. When creating or editing an activity, select Edit from the question's options menu on the Questions page.

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    From within a course, click Course Materials > Manage Question Bank and select Edit from the question's options menu.

  2. Make your changes.
  3. Click Save and Close.