You can design matching questions that ask students to match words or images with a category they fit in.
They can be set up to ask students to drag answer choices into the category drop boxes.
Note: Keyboard shortcuts are provided for the drag-and-drop option.
Or students can check the box for the category that aligns with each answer choice.
To set up a categorization drag-and-drop question
Matching questions can be added to assessments and practice questions activities.
- Add the Assessment or Practice Questions activity.
- Add a matching question to the activity.
- Follow the directions below.
Question content
Once you've added the Matching question:
- Scroll down to the Interaction card and check the Categorization and Drag and drop boxes.
- Provide a Choices title that appears with the draggable answer choices (optional).
- Specify a Choices orientation, which determines where the answer choices sit in relationship to the category targets (above, below, or to the right or left) (optional).
- Specify the following sizes (optional). If you don't specify a size, Pearson Connexus dynamically sizes to the content you use.
- Choice width and Choice height, which is the width and height of each draggable choice.
- Answer width and Answer height, which is the width and height of each category target.
- Scroll back up and specify how many points the question is worth.
- Enter the question as you want it displayed to students.
- In the left column, enter your answer choices (the items you will place in categories).
- In the right column, enter the categories they align with.
- Select Add match to create the number of matches you want in the question.
- Select Add distractor if you want to create answer options that don't align with anything (to increase difficulty).
- Complete the rest of the question cards as you want.
To set up a categorization checkbox question
Matching questions can be added to assessments and practice questions activities.
- Add the Assessment or Practice Questions activity.
- Add a matching question to the activity.
- Follow the directions below.
Question content
Once you've added the Matching question, do the following:
- Scroll down to the Interaction card and check the Categorization box.
- Scroll back up and specify how many points the question is worth.
- Enter the question as you want it displayed to students.
- In the left column, enter your answer choices (the items you will align with categories).
- In the right column enter the categories they align with.
- Select Add match to create the number of matches you want in the question.
- Select Add distractor if you want to create answer options that don't align with anything (to increase difficulty).
- Complete the rest of the question cards as you want.
