Question Library: Multi-select Questions

Multi-select questions allow students to make more than one selection from a set of possible answers.

A related question type is multiple choice, which allow students select one answer from 2 or more options. See Multiple Choice Questions for details.

Example:

Multiple-select questions can have several right answers.

To set up multi-select questions:

1. Access Quizzes or Surveys and click Question Library.

2. Choose Multi-Select Question from the Create New drop-down menu, then click Go.

3. Enter a Title to easily distinguish one question from another when building new quizzes, re-using questions, and/or grading. (Titles will not appear in the final quiz.)

4. If you wish, set the Point Value and Difficulty Level of the question. (This is optional, as it does not effect how Carmen grades question.)

5. Enter the Question Text in the box provided.

6. If desired, select Add a File to associate an image with the question. You can either use an image already loaded in your course or upload a new image from your computer.

7. Choose enumeration (how you'd like answer options numbered) and the Style in which you'd like answer choices displayed (Vertical, Horizontal or from Drop-down menu).

8. Choose a points option for Grading:

All or nothing - a student who answered any option incorrect would get a score of 0.
Right minus wrong - a student would get positive points for answering any option correctly and negative points for answering any option incorrectly; equal positive and negative points will cancel each other out.
Right answers - a student would get positive points for answering any option correctly without any penalty for incorrect answers.

9. Enter answer choices in the boxes provided.

Click the box next to randomize options to be randomize answer options when they're delivered to students.
Type the answer text in the text box.

If you have more answer options than the number of spaces provided, click the Blank icon to add more boxes. Click the Remove icon to remove extra answer boxes.You can also enter feedback for students to see if they select a particular answer.

Check the box to the right of each correct answer.

Leaving an incorrect answer unchecked is considered to be a correct response. Keep this in mind when choosing your Points option (see above).

10. If desired, add hints or feedback to a question by clicking the expandable menus and entering the text.

You must enable Hints when setting up quiz properties in order for hints to appear to students. If hints are enabled, students can click a link to receive them. (See Setting Up Quiz Properties to enable hints for a quiz.)

11. Click Preview to view your question as it will appear during use and grading. Click Save to save the question and return to the main page, Save and Copy to save the question and create a new question of the same type and that retains the copied properties, or click Save and New to continue creating questions of the same type.