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Interactivity > Model Answer
A page that presents the learner with a box into which text can be typed, in response to an instruction or question. The user clicks on a Check Button, which reveals a model answer, for comparison with the learner's text.
Example demo
or view at Xerte Page Types > Interactivity: Model Answer (opens in new tab).
Editor Interface
Core Properties
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page Title | Text that appears in header of published page. | Text | |
| Page Text | Content that appears in the left pane or at the top of the page. | Text+ (Toolbar) | Use this to give the context or instructions for the task. Other content (e.g. images, audio, video) can be embedded here. |
| Prompt | Text that appears above the text entry box. | Text+ (Toolbar) | This is typically an instruction or a question that the user answers by typing into the text entry box. |
| Feedback | Feedback revealed after hitting Feedback button. | Text+ (Toolbar) | |
| Panel width | {Small/Medium/Large/Full.} Dimension of the right panel (gapped text). | Drop-down | Full puts the Page Text above the gapped text. Experiment with this setting to take account of dimensions of content in each panel. |
Optional Properties
Page-specific
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer Required Before Feedback | Check button is greyed out, and only works when the user types into the text box. | Tick Box | |
| Copy and Paste Info | If added, reveals text (at the feedback stage) explaining how to select all the text on the page, and then copy and paste into another application (e.g. Word). | Text+ | |
| Image | Allows an image to be added, which appears between the prompt and the text entry box. There are no image resizing or relocation options. |
General
Language Options
Most of the Language Options for this page relate to the Copy and Paste Info optional property.
| Property | Description | Type | Additional information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Check Button Label | Text on button that reveals model answer. | Text | Default - “Feedback” | |
| Instruction Header (a) | For Copy and Paste: text that appears at the top of the selected text. The Xerte project page number is automatically inserted after this text | Text | Default -“The instruction and question on page” | |
| Instruction Header (b) | For Copy and Paste: text that prefaces the Prompt. | Text | Default - “was:” | |
| Response Header | For Copy and Paste: text that prefaces the user's response. | Text | Default - “Your response was:” | |
| No Answer Header | For Copy and Paste: text that indicates no answer has been attempted. | Text | Default - “You didn't answer this question.” | |
| Example Header | For Copy and Paste: text that prefaces model answer. | Text | Default - “The example answer was:” | |
| Select Button Label | For Copy and Paste: allows “Select Text” button (which initiates copy and paste process) to be customised. | Text | Default - “Select Text” | |
| Copy Shortcut Text | For Copy and Paste: allows instruction in the header of the selected text pop-up to be customised. | Text | Default - | |
| Answer Field Hidden Aria-Label | Hidden label for screen reader so that the text entry is labelled and spoken to the user. | Text | There is a Tooltip for this. |
Further information
This page can be tracked.
If you want the learner to complete the task and download their response and the feedback, consider using the Documentation page instead. This allows for a greater variety of task types, and generates a Word document as output, without the learner having to copy and paste into a document.
You may want to make a clearer distinction between the text provided in the task (i.e. the Prompt and Feedback) and the learner's response, by using italics or a different font for the Prompt and Feedback.