Multiple Answers

A Multiple answers item requires that the respondent select the correct answer(s) from a list of available responses. A Multiple answers item is different from a Multiple choice item because Multiple answers can include more than one correct response, and the respondent must identify all the correct answers from the responses provided.

NOTE: In this version of the test, the Multiple answers type is not used, in order to limit the complexity of tasks to the level of the Multiple choice item type. This type of item is more appropriate for advanced students.

To create a new multiple answers item:

  1. From the Items page, point to Add an item, then click Multiple answers from the drop-down list. The Multiple answers page appears.
  2. Configure the General Settings section.
  3. Configure the Multimedia section.
  4. Configure the Properties section
  5. In the Content – Multiple Answers section, set up the Instructions:
    • Add the image(s) to support the Instructions using the text editor. Align the image(s).
    • Enter the general description of what the respondent must do beneath the images in the Instructions field. Align the text.
  6. Enter the question or task in the Statement field.
  7. In the Answers - Response options area, for A, enter an answer text or image in the text field.
  8. Repeat step 7 for B in the Answers - Response options area.
  9. To add more answer choices, click the + button beside the text/image field and repeat step 7 for each new choice.
  10. To remove an answer choice, click the x button beside the text/image field of the answer choice you want to remove.
  11. To identify the correct choices, click the check box beside each correct answer.
  12. When the multiple answers question is complete, click the Save button.
  13. To see how the question will appear to a respondent, click the Web preview button; the item appears in a new tab/window.