Scenario
As a content owner, you have an assessment in PlusPlus to which you want to add questions or edit questions already on it.
Solution
Add questions to an assessment
First, if you haven't created an assessment to add questions to, see How to create an assessment.
Go to the assessment you want to add questions to, open the context menu (button with three dots), and select Edit.
On the Content & Details tab, scroll down to the Assessment Questions section.
Open the context menu (button with three dots) for the Assessment Questions header, select Add Question, and choose between the following:
Multiple Choice - create a new multiple choice question
Short Answer - create a new short answer question
If you have added sections to the assessment, use the context menu for the section you want the question in instead.
In future releases, you will also be able to add an existing question to your assessment from a question bank. The question bank will include all questions previously created for any assessment.
Create the question and click Create.
Go deeper for more on creating questions.
Add images and formatting to a question
The Question field is a rich text editor. You can format text, add links, insert tables, and insert images directly into the question.
To add an image, click Insert image in the editor toolbar, or drag and drop an image file into the field. Supported image formats are PNG, JPG, and GIF.
The feedback fields and, for multiple choice questions, each choice's content and feedback fields use the same editor, so you can add images there too.
Manage, edit, or reorder questions on an assessment
Questions added to an assessment display in the Assessment Questions section on the Content & Details tab. The Items sidebar on the left lists every question and section.
To remove all questions, open the context menu (button with three dots) for the Assessment Questions header and select Delete. To remove your sections but keep the questions in them, select Remove All Sections (Keep Content).
Use the drag handle (button with six dots) on a question to drag and drop it into a new position.
Open the context menu (button with three dots) for a question to do one of the following:
Edit the question
Go deeper for more on editing questions.Delete the question from the system
You can only delete a question if it has not been answered by an assessment taker and if it is not included on another assessment.
In future releases you will also have the option to Preview questions from this menu.
Go deeper
Create multiple choice questions
Open the context menu (button with three dots) for the Assessment Questions header or a section, select Add Question, and then Multiple Choice.
Enter the Question. You can format the text and insert images.
For each choice, enter the Choice content (the answer text) and the Choice feedback.
The feedback is shown after that choice is chosen and submitted, and helps assessment takers understand what the correct answer is.To add more possible answers, click Add Choice.
Select the correct answer.
You can only have one correct answer for a multiple choice question.Click Create (or Update if you're editing an existing question).
You can also use the drag and drop button (button with six dots) to reorder the possible answers.
Create short answer questions
Open the context menu (button with three dots) for the Assessment Questions header or a section, select Add Question, and then Short Answer.
Enter the Question. You can format the text and insert images.
Optionally, enter Feedback on a correct answer and Feedback on an incorrect answer.
The matching message is shown after the question is answered and helps assessment takers understand what the correct answer is.Add Accepted Answers using:
a text operator - any of, none of, contains, and so on
For a full list of available operators, see the Short answer examples.text - enter the words, numbers, or phrases that determine acceptable answers, depending on the operator you used
See the Short answer examples for more.
Click Create (or Update if you're editing an existing question).
Short answer examples
You configure Accepted Answers for short answer questions using an operator and a text value. An operator (like Any of) determines how the system looks for the text values in answers given. The following table explains each available operator, along with examples of their use in a short answer question.
Operator | Deems answers acceptable when... | Question configuration example | Acceptable answer example | Case-Sensitive |
Contains | the text value appears anywhere in the answer given | What is the primary contribution of the Unified Process method to software development? | The iterative process
(because of the inclusion of iterati "iteration" or "iterative method" would also be correct) | No |
Is | the text value is exactly the same as the answer given | What is the primary contribution of the Unified Process method to software development?
Is "iteration" | iteration | Yes |
Starts with | the text value starts with your search term | What is the primary contribution of the Unified Process method to software development? | iteration
(because it starts with iterati; in this case "the iterative process" would be incorrect) | No |
Ends with | the text value ends with your search term | What is the primary contribution of the Unified Process method to software development?
Ends with "ration" | iteration
(because it ends with ration; in this case "iterative" or "iterative process" would be incorrect) | No |
Matches | the answer given includes any one of the text values | What is the primary contribution of the Unified Process method to software development? Matches "iterative process" "iteration" "iterative method" | iterative process
(because it includes iterative process; unlike Any of, in this case "the iterative process" would also be correct; "iterative" would be incorrect | Yes |
Any of | the answer given is exactly the same as any one of the text values given | What is the primary contribution of the Unified Process method to software development? Any of "iterative process" "iteration" "iterative method" | iterative process
(because it matches iterative process exactly; in this case "the iterative process" would be incorrect | Yes |
You can also have multiple correct answers using the Short Answer option in combination with "Any of" to have more than one right answer
