How to Author an MCQ (Multiple choice question)
- On the Project Dashboard, click on the Menu bar and select All Assessments.
- From the Assessment Management screen, click the View button next to any assessment to navigate to the Assessment Question screen.
- Click Create New Question on the top right corner of the screen.
- Next, choose the question type. Select MCQ from the dropdown menu.
- Click Confirm to open the Create MCQ Question page.
Note: The Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) allows users to select one or more correct answer(s) from a number of potential options.
- On the Create MCQ 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
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Media – can be used to add a media file to the question details.
- Without media – (default)
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With media – when selected, displays the Add media from Assets button which allows you to choose media from the project repository or LOR.
- Click 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
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Choices – to manage the choices using various actions such as:
- Add – to add additional responses/choices using a rich text editor. You can also add media from the asset library, math equations, table, ordered list, etc. using the formatting bar.
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Multiple Responses
- No – (default) allows you to choose a single correct answer. Creates Multiple Choice Single Select questions.
- Yes – allow choosing multiple correct answers. Creates Multiple Choice Multiple Select questions.
- Correct Answer – to select the correct choice(s), check the radio button, or checkbox indicating the correct choice.
- Delete – to remove a choice, you can click the delete icon to the right.
- Drag and Reorder – the drag icon (triple bar) on the left allows you to drag the response choice and reorder them within the list.
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Advanced Options – an additional choice level option that can be added such as:
- Correct Feedback
- Incorrect Feedback
- Score
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Feedback – allows you to add:
- Global Correct Feedback
- Global Incorrect Feedback
- Click Save to create the MCQ question.
- On successful creation, a notification will be displayed on the screen.
- On the Assessment Question screen, click the Preview button to preview the created question.