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Create a Matching Question

  1. Open the question bank. (For instructions, see Open the Question Bank.)
  2. Click the Select a category drop-down menu and select the desired category.

    Select a category
  3. Click Create a new question.

    Create a new question
  4. Select Matching.

    Matching
  5. Click Add.
  6. Under General, click the Category drop-down menu and select the desired category.

    Current category menu
  7. Under General, in the Question name field, enter a name for the question.

    Question name
  8. In the Question text field, enter the instructions.

    Question text
  9. If desired, in the General feedback area, enter feedback that students will see after they answer the question (regardless of whether they answer the question correctly).
  10. If you DO NOT want the order of the answers to be randomly shuffled for each attempt, then uncheck the Shuffle the choices checkbox.
  11. Under Answers, enter the matching items and their answers.

    Answers
  12. If desired, under Combined feedback, enter additional feedback for correct, partially correct, and/or incorrect answers.
  13. If desired, for quizzes that use Interactive with multiple tries or Adaptive mode behavior, under Multiple tries, specify a different penalty value for each incorrect attempt and/or enter hints that students will see when they select an incorrect answer.
  14. Click Save changes.