Create Matching Questions

Ask students to match items correctly. Matching questions can be added to assessments and practice questions activities.

1. Add the Assessment or Practice Questions activity.
2. Add a matching question to the activity.
3. 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. Pair your matches as you enter them, so that the value for 1. matches the value for a., 2. matches b., and so forth.
4. Two matches are included by default; select Add match if you want more.

5. This section pictures and explains the default Visual editor; select Text 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 drop-down 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:

• Check the Maintain response order box to randomize only the order of the first column (1., 2., etc). Otherwise both column orders are randomized.  
• Check Drag and drop if you're building drag and drop questions. This only appears if the Show as drop down menu isn't checked. If you check the Drag and drop box:
  • A Graphic checkbox appears. Check it to create a Graphic drag and drop matching activity, where you can place the answer target on an image and ask learners to match answer options (text and/or media) to data in the image.
    • Note the accessibility message: Graphic questions are not accessible for users who require keyboard-only access or screen readers.
  • A Remove used choices from list checkbox appears. Check it if you want each answer option to be used only once, and answer options will be removed from the list once they've been placed.
• Indicate whether you want the responses to Show as drop down menu (these options behave slightly differently for drag and drop vs. dropdown menu questions). This only appears if the Drag and Drop isn't checked.
  • When checked, you can indicate if you want them to Show inline with the question.
• 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 enabled in your domain, you can also allow students to record and upload video or audio responses as part of their notes.
• 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 selected, 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

Selected 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).

Matching questions: inline drag and drop

You can place answer targets within sentences, and create a list of draggable answers (text and/or media) to accompany them. Students can drag the answers to the targets they think match.

For this option, check the following boxes in the interaction card of the question editor:

• Maintain response order
• Drag and drop
• Show as drop down menu
• Show inline

If you want the choices to be usable only once, click the Remove used choices from list.

 

Matching questions: drag and drop

You can format the Matching questions to automatically list answer targets on the left and draggable answer options (text and/or media) on the right. You can include additional distractors if you want (notice that the watermelon and mango images don't have a text match). Students can drag the answers to the targets they think match.

For this option, check the Drag and drop box in the Interaction card of the question editor. If you want the choices to be usable only once, select the Remove used choices from list.

Matching questions: graphic drag and drop

You can format the Matching questions as graphic drag and drop interactions where you give students an image with targets, and a list of draggable answer options that they can drag and drop on those targets.

1. Set an image as the backdrop for your answer targets on the left.
2. Place and size the targets anywhere on the image.
3. Create a list of answer options (text and/or media) that are displayed on the right under Choices.
4. Learners drag the answer options to the content they match on the image.

For this option, check the Drag and drop and Graphic boxes in the interaction card of the question editor. If you want the choices to be usable only once, select the Remove used choices from list.

 

Learn more: How do I create a Matching graphic drag and drop question?

Matching questions: dropdown menus