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Create a Multiple Choice 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 Multiple choice.

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

    Current category menu
  7. In the Question name field, enter a name for the question.

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

    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 multiple answers are allowed, then click the One or multiple answers drop-down menu and select Multiple answers allowed.
  11. If you DO NOT want the order of the answers to be randomly shuffled for each attempt, then uncheck the Shuffle the choices checkbox.
  12. Under Answers, enter the answers, grades, and feedback. (If only one answer is allowed, then set the grade for the correct answer to 100%.)

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