Question Creation - Open Ended

How to Author Open-Ended Question 

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1. On the Project Dashboard, click on the Menu bar and select All Assessments.
2. From the Assessment Management screen, click the View button next to any assessment to navigate to the Assessment Question screen.
3. Click Create New Question on the top right corner of the screen.
4. Next, choose the question type. Select Open Ended from the dropdown menu.
5. Click Confirm to open the Create Open Ended Question page.
6. On the Create Open Ended Question page, enter the required details:
   • Question Title – to help you identify the question. The title is not displayed while previewing or rendering the assessment.
   • Question Stem – the main question body that is displayed above the options
   • Instruction Text – to help end-users perform an action
   • Media – can be used to add a media file to the question details. 
     • Without media – (default)
     • With media – when selected, displays the Add media from Assets button which allows choosing media from the local project repository or LOR.
       • Click on the Add media from Assets button
       • Select a file
       • You can search or apply filters to find the required image file.
       • On selecting the file, click Add Selected
   • Details – to add required information and create variants such as:
     • Without Response – You can add the answer to the question. The student can click on Check Answer to reveal the answer. 
     • With Response – You can add the sample answer and feedback. Both of these are shown when the student enters a short answer in a text area and clicks the Check Answer button.
7. Click Save to create the Open-Ended question.
8. On successful creation, a notification will be displayed on the screen.

Note: In Canvas LMS, the Open-Ended Question question types will be displayed in the Quiz section as Essay Question.