Create Ordering Questions

Important: Pearson Connexus® enables Administrators and Teachers to customize courses in many ways. While this is one of the more powerful features of this next-generation platform, there is the potential that making customizations in some courses could compromise the functionality, alignment, or efficacy of your virtual program. For more information, please contact Pearson Connexus Support. Phone: 844-597-3224 Email: pcxsupport@pearson.com  Creating and modifying assessment questions is an advanced feature of Pearson Connexus.  Refer to articles contained in the Editor Section of  Pearson Connexus Support if you have questions on how to access or use these features.  

Ordering questions ask students to put items in the correct order. Ordering questions can be added to assessments and practice questions activities.

1. Add the Assessment or Practice Questions activity.
2. Add an ordering question to the activity.
3. Then follow the directions, below.

Question content

1. Specify how many Points the question is worth.
2. Enter the question as you want it displayed to students.
3. Enter the answer options in the fields below. Check the box next to the answer option(s) that are correct.
4. Use the answer option side menus to:
   • Remove the option.
   • Lock the options position in the list.
5. Enter the Correct order in the field below.
6. Select Add order entry to create new answer options.

7. This section pictures and explains the default visual editor; enable the Text editor to create and edit questions with the advanced Text editor.

Feedback

Select Add feedback to create various types of feedback. Choose the feedback type from the dropdown and enter the desired content in the field below. You can choose:

1. Feedback for When answer is correct.
2. Feedback for When answer is incorrect.
3. Feedback that is Always delivered.
4. Custom feedback for questions from specific Groups and/or when a specific Condition is met. This option allows you to set up conditions (contact support for additional assistance).

Interaction

To manage the question's Interaction:

1. Indicate how you want the answer options labeled.
2. Check the Maintain response order box to randomize only the order of the answer options.
3. Check Display workspace to give students a rich text editor where they can record their notes and processes as they work on the question.
4. Provide a Custom question definition (contact support for additional assistance).

Interaction

To manage the question's Interaction:

• Indicate how you want the answer options labeled.
• Check the Maintain response order box if you want the answer options to always appear as you entered them.
• Indicate whether you want the answer options to Show as drop down menu (this overrides an label you choose).
• Check Display workspace to give students a rich text editor where they can record their notes and processes as they work on the question.
• If one or more passages have been included in the activity, you can select one to attach to this question from the Include passage dropdown.
• Provide a Custom question definition (contact support for additional assistance).

Metadata

Add the question to an existing Group with the associated ID, or create a new one. Groups allow you to vary settings for different questions.

Learn more: How do I vary attempt limits by question?

Objective mastery

Select Choose objective in the Objective mastery card to review and align the question with objective(s). Once you've clicked it, you can:

1. Use the Filter field to search for specific objectives.
2. Check the boxes next to objectives to align them with the question. This makes it possible to set up Formative and Remediation assessments.

Score

Use the Score card to indicate:

1. If you want to allow for Partial credit.
   • And, if so, if you want to automatically Round the score.
2. If you want the question to count as Extra credit.

Variables

With the Variables section you can create a range or list of variables for use in the question.  

Calculator

Check the appropriate box(es) to provide students with one or more of the following calculators to use with this question (Basic, Standard, and/or Scientific). This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

Companion Material

Select Add material in Companion Material to attach any supplemental documents students need to complete this question. You can do this by:

1. Pointing to existing resources in the course.
2. Uploading new files (PDFs only).

Additional Articles: 

• Creating Questions for Assessment and Practice Questions Activities
• Activity Types
• Create Course Activities
• Create Passages for Assessments and Practice Questions