After selecting the Matching question type on the Test Canvas the Add/Modify Matching Question page appears. Matching questions allow Students to pair items in one column to items in another column. Instructors may include a different numbers of questions and answers in a Matching question.
Students will be granted partial credit for matching questions if they answer part of the question correctly. For example, if the question is worth eight points and the student gives the correct answers for half of the matches, they will receive four points.
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.

Follow the steps below to open the Add/Modify Matching 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.
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Step 1 Select Add Test, complete the Add Test page and select Submit.
Step 2 Select Matching in the Add Question: drop-down list and click Go.
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.
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Matching Question |
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Question text: [r] |
Enter the question, as it is to appear on the Test. The following options are available: · 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. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user. |
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Point Value: [r] |
Enter the point value for this question. |
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File: |
Click Browse to select a file to attach to the question. |
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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 |
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URL: |
Enter a URL to include with the question |
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Title: |
Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test. |
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Question Items |
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Number of Questions: |
Select the number of questions. This number will determine the number of Question fields that appear on the page. The maximum number is 20. |
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Question Text: |
Enter a question in each of the Question fields. Click Remove to remove a question. The number of questions will automatically be updated if an answer is removed. The following options are available: · 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. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user |
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File: |
Click Browse to select a file to attach to the question. |
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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 |
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URL: |
Enter a URL to include with the question. |
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Title: |
Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test. |
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Answer Items |
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Number of Answers: |
Select the number of answers. This number will determine the number of Answer fields that appear on the page. The maximum number of answers is 20. |
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Answer Text: |
Enter an answer in each of the Answer fields. Click Remove to remove an answer. The number of answers will automatically be updated if an answer is removed. The following options are available: · 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. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user |
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File: |
Click Browse to select a file to attach to the answer. |
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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 |
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URL: |
Enter a URL to include with the answer. |
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Title: |
Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test. |
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Submit Information |
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Cancel |
Select this option to return to cancel this question and return to the Test Canvas. |
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Continue |
Select this option to finish creating the Matching Question. |
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Assign |
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Match Question Items and Answer Items |
Select the corresponding letter value from the Answer Items column next to each number in the Question Items column. |
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Feedback |
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Correct Response: |
Enter a response that will appear if the Student answers the question correctly. The following options are available: · 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. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user. |
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File: |
Click Browse to select a file to attach to the response. |
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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 |
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URL: |
Enter a URL to include with the response. |
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Title: |
Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test. |
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Incorrect Response: |
Enter a response that will appear if the Student answers the question incorrectly. The following options are available: · 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. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user. |
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File: |
Click Browse to select a file to attach to the response. |
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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 |
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URL: |
Enter a URL to include with the response. |
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Title: |
Enter a title for the URL as it should appear on the Test. |
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Categories |
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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. |
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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. |
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