Editing Questions

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Editing Questions

Your question can be one of several types:

CHOICE: A typical multiple-choice question. The student can select one of several answers.
- To create, select the question type Choice, and enter your question text. Before each choice, enter the <?> symbol. When the student sees the question, a radio button will replace this symbol. For the answer, specify the number of the choice which is correct. ClassNet will automatically grade these answers.
- Example:
  Who was the 16th President of the United States?
  <BR><?>George Washington
  <BR><?>Abraham Lincoln
  <BR><?>George Bush
- Note: The <BR> symbol is HTML for a line break and causes each answer to appear on
  a new line. Without this symbol, the answers would appear on the same line. You may use HTML commands in your text to control the format. All questions should begin with a new paragraph and end with a horizontal rule.

BLANK: A typical fill-in-the-blank question. Select the question type Blank, and enter your question text. Surround your blank with <?>.....</?> delimiters (one line only). The blank will be the size of the blank you specify and any text between the delimiters will be the initial value of the blank. You may have multiple blanks.
- Example:
  The type of question which requires a student answer is <?>name...</?>.
- Type the answer in the answer editor and specify the judging options as needed. Separate answers by commas for multiple blanks. Alternate answers are separated using the '|' symbol. ClassNet will automatically grade these answers.
  - Please note: The "|" is the "pipe" symbol, and is located above the backslash key on most keyboards.
- Example
  choice | option, blank | essay
ESSAY: A text editor in which students enter free-form answers. Select question type Essay, and type in your text. Delimit the text editor using <?>....</?> . These may extend over multiple lines. Any text between the delimiters will be the initial value of the editor. Specify the size of the editor in the Essay Editor Size fields. The answer must be manually graded.
- Example
  What is your opinion of this software: <?> I believe that the software is...... </?>

OPTION: A pop-up list of option names. Select the question type Option, and type in your text, placing a <?> before each option and a </?> after the last option. Put the text for the correct option in the answer. The answer will be automatically graded.
- Example
  Which is your favorite pizza topping:
  <?>PEPPERONI
  <?>MUSHROOMS
  <?> CHEESE</?>
LIST - a listbox of options. Select the question type List, and type in your text, placing a <?> before each option and a </?> after the last options. Put the text for the correct option in the answer. The answer will be automatically graded.
- Example
  Which is your favorite color:
  <?>RED
  <?>BLUE
  <?>GREEN </?>

MULTIPLE: A multiple-choice question which allows more than one correct answer. Select the question type Multiple, and enter your question text. Before each choice, enter the <?> symbol. When the student sees the question, a checkbox will replace the symbol.
- Example
  Which is a type of tree?
  <?>OAK
  <?>PINE
  <?>CYPRESS

LIKERT: A multiple-choice question which generally represents a scale from one extreme to another. Likert scales are specified like Choice questions. However, since there is no right answer, a score is generated based on the answer selected. By default, the score is based on the order of the answer chosen. The first answer would be scored 1, the second 2, etc. Weights can be specified in the answer field if another scoring scheme is desired. The weights should be numbers (plus or minus) separated by commas.

Example
Answer: 5,4,3,2,1
Your view of computers is:
<?>Very unfavorable
<?>Unfavorable
<?>Neutral
<?>Favorable
<?>Very Favorable

The above example would present a Likert scale of five items which are reversed scored.
Feedback: With this question type, you can supply feedback, which will be displayed when the student views the answer (if you allow it). This would be a good place to put links to relevant information for the question.

Blank Judging Options

To grade a Blank question, ClassNet compares the correct answer with the student answer. You can control this judging process by using the following options:

Numeric: Treat the answer as a number and compare it numerically. Your answer can be a value like 3.14 or a range like -5.00:10.33. If Numeric is selected, all of the following options are ignored.

Textual: A text comparison will be made. This comparison is controlled by the following options:

Exact: The comparison is letter for letter. All the remaining judging options are ignored. If not selected, the following options are enforced if selected:

Capitalization: 'a' and 'A' will be considered different

Spelling: Words must be spelled exactly as in the answer. Otherwise, words that are "close" are accepted as the same.

Punctuation: Enforce the same punctuation as in the answer. Normally, punctuation is ignored.

Word Order: If the order of words in the answer is important, select this option.

Word Count: If you are only looking for a specified number of words in the answer select this option. Otherwise, extra words will be allowed.

Viewing

The best way to learn how to build a question is to enter text in the editors and click on View. The question as it appears to the student will appear in a separate window. Your data won't be saved until you click on Save.

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