Fill-in question

Before the gaps can be created, it is necessary to create an exercise with the question. You can already create the answer field where the gaps will be inserted. Follow the steps below.

1. Navigate to your question bank or your course assignment.
2. Click New exercise, fill in a title and click Save.
3. Click New question and select Fill-in question.
4. In the screen that appears, three boxes will appear:
   • The question content field where the text of the question can be formulated. This text will appear on the top of the question and contains the assignment which the participants need to perform. It is possible to provide more information in this field, for example: Fill in the empty gaps in the text below. It is only possible to insert numbers.
   • The field where you can insert the amount of points
   • The answer field which contains the text with the gaps. In the rich content editor you'll see the button 'Gap'. You can check the instructions for both numerical answers as free texts field below.
5. Once you have created the gaps, click Save.

If Require numeric answer is checked, participants can only use numbers, points and the minus symbol (-) in their answer. When using this option, you can also include a margin.

1. In the places you want to create an answer field, click Gap and then click New gap.
2. A dialog will open. Fill in the gap name, check the box Require numeric answer. Optionally, fill in the margin (points). The box Case sensitive is not applicable for numeric answers. Optionally, check the box Set the width of the input field. This will set the width of the field in the interface, but it is not a restriction for students.
3. Click +Add answer and fill in the answer content.
4. Click Save.
   
5. The gaps are shown in blue. Below the answer field you can Edit or Delete the gap. Keep in mind, that if you delete the gap in the answer field, you should also delete the answer/option list below.
6. Click Save.
   

If Require numeric answer is not checked, the answers to fill-in questions are counted as "strings", meaning the exact answer must be filled in. In the settings of the gap you have the option to add other accepted answers. This is useful in cases where students may shorten answer options, such as 'laboratory' to 'lab'. It is also useful for words that have more than one way of spelling, such as 'analyse' and 'analyze'. The steps to create a gap with a free text field.

1. In the places you want to create an answer field, click Gap and then click New gap.
2. A dialog will open. Fill in the gap name, leave the boxes Require numeric answer and Margin unchecked. The box Case sensitive will check the answer on the student including the use of uppercase and lowercase letters. Optionally, check the box Set the width of the input field. This will set the width of the field in the interface, but it is not a restriction for students.
3. Click +Add answer and fill in the answer content. It is also possible to give partial points for answers, for example if you know that small spelling mistakes are made often.
4. Click Save.
   
5. The gaps are shown in blue. Below the answer field you can Edit or Delete the gap.
6. Keep in mind, that if you delete the gap in the answer field, you should also delete the answer/option list below.
7. Click Save

• Bonus
  This marks the question as a bonus question, which means the number of points awarded with this question will be counted until the maximum amount of points achievable for this assignment is reached. The points of the bonus question are not included in the maximum amount of points that can be achieved for the assignment If the student answers the question incorrectly, this will not be detracted from the number of points and the mark.
  
  
• Skippable 
  error_outline From the 5th of January 2025, the option to allow students to skip questions will be removed. More information can be found here.
  You will first need to assign which students are exempt from answering this question within the settings of your course. You can then enable which questions can be skipped by these students. During the taking session, students will see the content_cut next to the question to indicate that it is skippable for them. Although they can still see the question, they are not able to answer it. The number of points for this question will not be counted in their results. It is not possible to change this setting after the test has been taken.
  
  
• Show answer options
  Participants will have to choose the answer from a dropdown menu instead of writing it as an answer. This allows them to see all possible answers, so it functions as a different way to create a multiple-choice question. To enable 'Show answer options', click on the more_vert-icon, when editing the question.

• Partial scoring
  Participants will receive points when their answer is partly correct. For example, if the total number of points they can receive for a question is 2 and their answer is 50% correct, they will still receive 1 point. Without this option, they can only receive 0 or the maximum number of points.

1. Click the Grading scheme tab at the top of the assignment or question bank exercise.
2. Go to the question for which you want to set the grading scheme for. 
3. It is optional to fill in feedback that will be shown when the results are published for:
   • the question is answered correctly
   • the question is answered partially correctly
   • the question is answered incorrectly
4. You can use the Calculate points-button to calculate the maximum points. The points of all the criteria will be summed up automatically. Alternatively, you can manually set the maximum number of points. 
5. Click the more_vert-icon for more grading options.
6. Click Save.

• Model answer
  A solution for the reviewers (and for students when published). The model answer can be an extensive elaboration, an image, or a file.
  
  
• Use automatic scoring
  When you use automatic scoring for grading, you will need to select the correct answer options. The platform will automatically award the number of points set in the grading scheme for the question, either the full or partial points, depending on the setting. Disabling this option makes it possible to adjust the number of points awarded with each answer option. Both with the option enabled and disabled, the platform will automatically review the question, the difference is being able to differentiate between the number of points awarded for each answer.
  
  
• Limit minimum to zero points (For the points per criteria method only)
  With this option enabled, it is not possible to go below zero points when selecting the different criteria. It is still possible to manually adjust the number of points to go below zero with the adjustment option during the reviewing.
  
  
• Limit maximum to total points (For the points per criteria method only)
  In the grading settings it is possible to set the maximum amount of points achievable with the question, separate from the points per criteria When this number deviates from the maximum amount achievable by adding up the criteria points, this option will cap the maximum amount of points to this manually set number.

Submitted answers
When the test is finished, return to the Grading scheme-page and navigate to the fill-in question. Below the current answer options, you can view submitted answers that are not in the accepted answer list. If a submitted answer is also correct or similar to an accepted answer, such as having a different spelling, you can add it by clicking on the add -icon. This answer will then be added to your accepted options, allowing you to assign it a specific number of points (see the image below).