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Interactivity > Multiple Choice Question
A page that presents one multiple choice question (MCQ). This can have a single correct answer or require learners to choose several answers to successfully complete the task.
The Quiz page type has the same properties and allows you to set a number of MCQs on one page.
Example demo
or view at Xerte Page Types > Interactivity: Multiple Choice Question (opens in new tab).
Editor Interface
Top Level: Core Properties
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page Title | Text that appears in header of published page | Text | |
| Align Text | Swaps round the right and left panels. | Drop- down | |
| Instruction | Content that appears in the left panel or at the top of the page (depending on Panel width) | Text+ (Toolbar) | Use this to give the context or instructions for the task. Other content (e.g. images, audio, video) can be embedded here. |
| Question | This can either be a question, or a question followed by the stem of a statement (which is completed in different ways by the answer options). | Text+ (Toolbar) | |
| Question Type | {Single Answer/Multiple Answer} | Drop-down | |
| Panel Width | {Small/Medium/Large/Full} Dimension of the right panel (which includes the Question, the Check button and the Feedback) | Drop- down | Full puts all the content in one panel. Experiment with this setting to take account of dimensions of content in each panel. |
Top Level: Optional Properties
Page-specific
Note that if you add Feedback … from Optional Properties, this adds 3 separate properties, each explained in the table below.
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer order | The order in which the answer options are displayed to students: {Sequence/Random} (Sequence refers to the order in which the options appear in the Editor Interface). | Drop-down | |
| Feedback: General Feedback | This is optional feedback which can be displayed irrespective of the answer selected by the learner. | Text+ (Toolbar) | |
| Feedback: Mark Answer | Here you can choose whether or not to indicate to learners that their answers are correct or incorrect. The default is to provide this kind of feedback. | Tick box | |
| Feedback Order | Three types of feedback can be provided, and here you select the order in which this appears to learners: The default is General > Answer > Correct/Incorrect. | Drop-down | General - see General Feedback above; Answer - specific to individual answer options, eg. why a specific answer is incorrect; Correct/Incorrect - see Feedback: Mark Answer above |
| Tracking Score Weight | Allows the task on the page to be weighted relative to other scored pages in the project. | Number | See the Tracking and Weighting page for more information on weighting. |
General
Top Level: Language Options
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feedback Label | The header that appears above the feedback when it is display | Text | Default - “Feedback” |
| Single Answer Correct | Feedback | Text | Default - “Your answer is correct!” |
| Single Answer Wrong | Feedback | Text | Default - “Your answer is incorrect” |
| Multi Answer Correct | Feedback | Text | Default - “You have selected all the correct answers” |
| Multi Answer Wrong | Feedback | Text | Default - “You have not selected the correct combination of answers” |
| Check Button Label | Text on button for submitting answer and revealing feedback. | Text | Default - “Check” |
Click on New Answer to open the Answer properties. You need to add a New Answer for each of the options related to your question.
Answer: Core Properties
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer | One of the options which learners will choose from. | Text+ (Toolbar) | In addition to text, other content (e.g. images, audio, video) can be embedded here. |
| Label | You may not need to edit this. This label is only displayed in the authoring interface and on a Results Page (if you include one in your project). | Text | Default - “Answer” |
| Feedback | The feedback that is displayed if this answer is submitted. | Text+ (Toolbar) | In addition to text, other content (e.g. images, audio, video) can be embedded here. |
| Correct | This is where you mark up answer options as incorrect or correct. In the authoring interface this is displayed as {False/True}. | Drop-down |
Answer: Optional Properties
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Feedback | Allows an audio recording to appear in the feedback for this answer. | Link to Media Browser |
Further information
If you plan to have several MCQs grouped together in your project, it may be better to use the Quiz page type, particular if you have instructions or contextual content that are common to all questions. This will save you time when editing, and will reduce the number of pages in the project.
You will have seen that the MCQ page type (and also Quiz) offers a lot of flexibility around feedback. You can provide any of the following;
- general feedback which is displayed irrespective of the learner's response
- an indication of whether the learner got the question correct or incorrect
- feedback on specific answers
If you plan to use MCQs regularly, it will pay dividends to think through carefully the type of feedback you want to provide and how this will impact on learning. Your choices around feedback will relate to the cognitive load of the task on learners, and the extent to which they are prepared to engage with the task. At one extreme, you can provide a lot of feedback on the first attempt; at the the other you can force learners to complete the task successfully before giving feedback. Clearly, if individual learner performance is tracked and assessed, this will affect engagement.