Demonstration: Sequencing type item

A Sequencing item asks the respondent to place a group of elements in order. The elements can be either texts or images.

In my quiz entitled Multidiscipline, I have a Sequencing item on the subject of geography. I will click on this item in order to modify it.

Under the Content tab, I wrote the title of this item, and then the text in which I ask the respondents to place six countries in descending order in terms of their Human Development Index.

Then I add one of the elements to put in order, after having chosen, in a drop-down menu, whether I will use texts or images. For this item, I chose to use text elements. I added six elements for which I wrote the names of six countries in descending order according to their Human Development Index. For each of the elements, I can write positive feedback, which will show when the respondent places the element in the right order, or negative feedback in the opposite case. It is pointless just to write Correct answer or Incorrect answer, since this message will show automatically when the quiz is corrected, whether or not you have written a message. For this item, I wrote, as positive feedback for this item, the Human Development Index of the country along with its ranking.

A Sequencing item can include from 2 to 30 elements to be placed in order. Please note that too many elements can become difficult to manipulate in the Web version of this question.

As with all the other types of items, the Add-ons tab allows you to supply additional information. For this item, I have added links to two online encyclopaedias that offer information on this subject. Farther down, in the Media in the header section, I inserted a short text and an image that will appear over the text of the question in the published item.

Under the Parameters tab, I have the option of associating this item with a category. I placed it in the Multidiscipline category, which I had created previously. It is useful to categorize items in this way, to make it easier to find them in our library. And farther down, in addition to the parameters that are common to all of the question types (Weighting, Automatically start media and Display correct answer), this type of item offers a parameter offering you to choose the type of label that will appear on the left of each element in the published quiz. I chose to use numbers, which is an appropriate for Sequencing questions.

Let’s see a preview of how my quiz will appear when it is published. The two information sources I inserted in the Add-ons are on top of the screen. The text and image that I’d also added can be seen on top. Then we have the question statement, followed by the elements that the respondent must put in order. I answer the question by dragging and dropping the countries in the correct order. When I have finished, I click on Submit. Depending on my answer, either the message Correct answer will appear in green or Incorrect answer will appear in red after each of the elements, followed by either a green circle or a red square indicating whether the order is valid or not. Under each element, a positive or negative feedback message will appear that has been composed specifically for each element.

And there you are, the Sequencing item!