Add/Modify Question – Multiple Choice

 

Overview

After selecting Multiple Choice question type on the Test Canvas the Add/Modify Multiple Choice Question page appears. Multiple-choice questions allow the users a multitude of choices. In multiple-choice questions, users indicate the correct answer by selecting a radio button. The number of answer choices is limited to 20.

 

Note: Survey questions cannot be assigned a point value, keywords or to a category. Surveys are not graded; therefore answers are not correct or incorrect.

 

Add/Modify Multiple Choice Question

 

Find this page

Follow the steps below to open the Add/Modify Multiple Choice Question page.

 

Step 1                 Select Test Manager in the Assessment area of the Course Control Panel.

 

Step 2                 Click Modify next to an existing Test.

 

OR

 

Step 1                 Select Add Test, complete the Add Test page and select Submit.

 

Step 2                 Select Multiple Choice in the Add Question: drop-down list and click Go.

 

Fields

The table below details the fields on this page. Some of these fields may not be available based on the options chosen on the Test Creation Settings page.

 

Field

Description

Multiple Choice Question

Question text: [r]

Enter the question, as it is to appear on the Test.

·          Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well.

·          Plain Text: Displays text as written.

·          HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.

·          ∑: Opens the MathML Equation Editor.

·          +: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor.

Click Preview to view the text as it will appear.

Point Value: [r]

Enter the point value for this question.

File:

Click Browse to select a file to attach to the question.

Action:

Select an action for the attached file in the drop-down list:

·          Create a link to the file

·          Display the media file within the page

URL:

Enter a URL to include with the question.

Title:

Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test.

Answers

Number of Answers:

Select the number of possible answers to this question from the drop-down list. This number will determine the number of answer boxes that appears on the page.

Answer:

Enter an answer to the question. Select the Correct option next to the correct answer to the question.

·       Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well.

·       Plain Text: Displays text as written.

·       HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.

·       ∑: Opens the MathML Equation Editor.

·       +: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor.

Click Preview to view the text as it will appear.

Click Remove and the answer will be removed. This action is irreversible.

File:

Use Browse to select a file to attach to this answer.

Action:

Select an option from the drop-down list to choose the action for this file.

URL:

Enter a URL to include with the answer.

Title:

Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test.

Feedback:

Enter feedback that Students will view for this specific answer to the question.

File:

Use Browse to select a file to attach to this feedback.

Action:

Select an action for the attached file in the drop-down list:

·          Create a link to the file

·          Display the media file within the page

URL:

Enter a URL to include with the feedback.

Title:

Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test.

Feedback

Correct Response:

Enter a response that will appear if the Student answers the question correctly.

·       Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well.

·       Plain Text: Displays text as written.

·       HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.

·       ∑: Opens the MathML Equation Editor.

·       +: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor.

Click Preview to view the text as it will appear.

File:

Use Browse to select a file to attach to this response.

Action:

Select an action for the attached file in the drop-down list:

·          Create a link to the file

·          Display the media file within the page

URL:

Enter a URL to include with the response.

Title:

Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test.

Incorrect Response:

Enter a response that will appear if the Student answers the question incorrectly.

·       Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well.

·       Plain Text: Displays text as written.

·       HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.

·       ∑: Opens the MathML Equation Editor.

·       +: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor.

Click Preview to view the text as it will appear.

File:

Use Browse to select a file to attach to this response.

Action:

Select an action for the attached file in the drop-down list:

·          Create a link to the file

·          Display the media file within the page

URL:

Enter a URL to include with the response.

Title:

Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test.

Categories

Categorize

Click Categorize and the Categorize Question page will appear, enabling the Instructor to associate the question with an existing category or to create a new category. Categories are only available if the Add categories to questions option is selected on the Test Creation Settings page.

Keywords:

Enter keywords for this question. When searching for questions in another Test or Pool, Instructors may search by keyword. When this type of search is performed the system will search through the keywords entered in this field.