How to Author FIB (Fill in the blank) Drop Down
- 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 FIB DropDown from the dropdown menu.
- Click Confirm to open the Create FIB DropDown Question page.
- On the Create FIB DropDown 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
- Text with Blanks – to add sentences along with placeholders termed as Blank Identifiers. Using the rich text editor you can also add media from asset library, math equations, table, ordered list etc. using the formatting bar.
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Media – can be used to add a media file on the question details.
- Without media – (default)
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With media – when selected, displays the Add media from Assets button which allows choosing media from the 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 on Add Selected
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Blanks – to manage the blanks using various actions such as:
- Add – to add additional correct answers for the corresponding blanks
- Delete – to remove a choice, you can click the delete icon to the right.
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Advanced Options – Additional choice level option that can be added such as:
- Correct Feedback
- Incorrect Feedback
- Score
- Distractor Answer for Blank (mandatory)
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Feedback – allow you to add:
- Global Correct Feedback
- Global Incorrect Feedback
- Click Save to create the FIB DropDown 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.
Note: In Canvas LMS, the FIB Dropdown question types will be displayed in the Quiz section as Matching Questions.