Video Guide

Create an Either/Or Question (YouTube, 1m 31s)

Overview

Questions can be added to a test (refer Create a Test guide) or pool (refer Create a Pool guide).

This question type includes the following answer options:

  • Yes/No
  • Agree/Disagree
  • Right/Wrong
  • True/False - consider using the True/False question type

Example question

Is Canberra is the captial of Australia?

a. Yes
b. No

Select question type

  1. Click on the Create Question button.
  2. Select Either/Or from the dropdown list.

Create question button selected with either/or circled from the drop down menu

Question

  1. Enter a title for the question in the Question Title textbox.
  2. Enter the question in the Question Text textbox.
  3. Optionally, to add an image within the Question Text textbox, refer to the Insert an Image using the Text Editor guide.

Question setup with question title and the question text box circled

Options

  1. Select Vertical from the Answer Orientation dropdown list.

Options with answer orientation circled

Answers

  1. Select the required option from the Answer Choices dropdown list.
  2. Select the required Correct Answer radio button.

Answers setup with answer choices drop down bok and the correct answer radio button circled

Feedback (optional)

Giving specific correct or incorrect response feedback is optional. 

  1. Enter correct response feedback in the Correct Response Feedback textbox. 
  2. Enter incorrect response feedback in the Incorrect Response Feedback textbox. 

Feedback section with the correct response feedbask and incorrect response feedback text boxes circled

Categories and Keywords (optional)

Adding categories and keywords to questions allows you to search your tests and pools for questions by topic, category, level of difficulty or keyword.

Add a new topic/category/level of difficulty/keyword:

  1. Click on the Add button.
  2. Enter a word in the Add Tag textbox. 
  3. Click on the OK button to submit.

add new category

Add an existing topic/category/level of difficulty/keyword:

    1. Click on the Add button.
    2. Click on the Choose from Existing button.
    3. Select a word from the dropdown list.

    add existing category

    Tip: Click on the (x) button to delete a topic/category/level of difficulty/keyword.

    Instructor Notes (optional)

    1. Enter any notes for the marker in the Instructor Notes textbox.

    Note: Instructor notes cannot be viewed by students.

    Instructor notes with text box circled

    Submit

    1. Click on the Submit button.
    2. The question will then be added to your test.

    View of newly created either/or question.