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Question Library: Ordering Questions

Ordering questions allow students to place answers in the correct order by typing a number next to each answer.

Example:

Ordering questions.

 

To set up ordering questions:

1. Access Quizzes or Surveys and click Question Library.

2. Choose Ordering 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, Add a File to associate images with the question. Click Find to add an image that already exists in your course or click Browse to upload a new image.

7. Choose a Grading option:

8. Create items:

Attention If you have more items than the number of spaces provided, click Add Add Item to add more boxes. If you have fewer, click the trash can icon to Remove empty answer boxes.

9. If desired, add hints or feedback to a question by expanding the collapsible menus at the bottom of the page and entering text.

Attention 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.)

10. 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.