Match question

Create a match question

To create a match question, follow the steps below.

1. Navigate to your assignment or create a new assignment. 
2. Click New exercise, fill in a name and click Create.
3. Click New question and select Match.
4. Formulate the question in the 'Question*' field.
5. Fill in the number of points the question is worth.
6. Click + Add row. Repeat this for all rows. To delete a row, click the delete-icon. 
7. Click + Add column. Repeat this for all columns. To delete a column, click the delete-icon. 
8. Click the dropdown menu Correct alternatives*and select One or Multiple.
9. Click the dropdown menu Match layout* and select Matrix or Drag and drop. 
10. Optionally, click the dropdown menu QUESTION FEEDBACK to:
    1. Add a model answer. 
    2. Show feedback on answer level. Feedback on answer level can be made visible during the publication or during the taking of a digital test if the option 'Feedback' is enabled in the Accessibility settings. This is explained further here. You can choose to fill in feedback that is shown to students when:
       • The question is answered correctly.
       • The question is answered partially correctly (only when the 'Custom' tab is selected).
       • The question is answered incorrectly.
11. Optionally, add learning objectives in the 'Objectives' field.
12. Click Create.

The screenshot below shows how the matching question appears to students when the Matrix layout is selected.

The screenshot below shows how the matching question appears to students when the Drag & drop layout is selected.

To provide each student with a unique version of a match question and minimise the likelihood of copying, variables can be incorporated into both the row and column content of a match question. This enables the parameterisation of match questions. 

Adding a grading scheme to a match question

Adding a grading scheme to a match question is done in the same way for both layout options,  whether it is the Matrix or Drag and drop layout. To add a grading scheme to a match question, follow the steps below. 

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.
3. Click on edit-icon. 
4. If automatic scoring is enabled, you can set the correct answers by clicking on the box that correctly identifies the matched pair. You can enable automatic scoring for a question by clicking on the settings-icon and checking the box Use Automatic Scoring.
   
5. If automatic scoring is disabled, the grading scheme can be specified by entering the number of points you wish to attribute to each correct matched pair. You can disable automatic scoring for a question by clicking on the settings-icon and unchecking Use Automatic Scoring.
   
6. Optionally, click the QUESTION FEEDBACK dropdown to:
   1. Add or adjust the model answer. 
   2. Provide feedback to participants that is shown during the taking of a digital test if the option 'Feedback' is enabled in the accessibility settings of the assignment. The feedback can be filled and shown when:
      • The question is answered correctly.
      • The question is answered partially correctly (only possible when the 'Partial scoring' is enabled). 
      • The question is answered incorrectly.
7. Optionally, add or adjust the learning objectives in the Objectives field. If there are no learning objectives added to the question bank or course, the field will not be visible.

Options for a match question

For additional options, click the settings-icon. You will see the following:

• Bonus
  This marks the question as a bonus question, which means that its points are not included in the maximum amount of points achievable for that assignment. If a student answers the question incorrectly, this will not be detracted from the number of points and the mark. However, when awarding points, it is possible to achieve more points that the maximum points achievable for the assignment.
   
• Partial scoring
  Students 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.
  Enabling partial scoring can increase the applied guess correction. Since students can earn points for partially correct answers instead of an all-or-nothing approach, they may be more likely to guess additional answers. This article provides a more detailed explanation of how the guess correction is calculated.  
   
• 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
  With this option enabled, it is impossible 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
  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.