Overview of description types – Ans

After adding an exercise to your digital test or written assignment, you can add a New description and a New question. Adding a new description can assist students by not only providing them with additional text but also content like video and audio. Below is an overview of the description types you can use in your digital test.

When adding a description to a written assignment, you can select the content types 'Text', 'Text with image' and 'Image'. They are very similar in use with the digital 'Text' and 'Image'.

Click the more_vert-icon in the question if you want to change the content type.

Audio

An audio file can be added to a description for participants to play during a test. By default, participants can play the video an unlimited number of times. However, by clicking on the dropdown menu 'Number of plays,' you can set a specific limit on how many times a participant can play the video. If a limit is set, participants cannot rewind or scroll through the media file. Additionally, there is an option to disable the ability for participants to pause the video or audio.

Please note that the option to limit media plays does not apply to embedded media, such as YouTube videos. Participants will be able to see the remaining number of plays during the digital test session.

Would you like to record audio as a description? Please use the 'Text' content type instead.

Code

If you want to provide students with a code sample in the description, you can use the 'Code' content type.

Ans offers the possibility to make use of the following languages:

C++
C#
Haskell
HTML
Java
Javascript
LaTeX
Matlab
PHP
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Shell script
SQL
Swift

Text

You can add text to add extra information to your question. The text can be created with help of the text editor. Various functions of the text editor can be used. A few are described below:

Tables (table_rows) and URLs (link) can be added
Images (image) and files (file_upload) can be uploaded. Currently, the position option for images only applies to images in digital tests.
Equations (functions) can be written
Record audio (mic)

Would you like to upload an audio file as a description? Please use the 'Audio' content type instead.

error_outlineWe do not show vertical lines in tables. This is a deliberate design choice. The layout of a table in a digital test is aligned with the layout of tables in the platform, for example the list of question bank assignments or the list of results. Vertical lines are only visible when high contrast mode is enabled by a student while taking a digital test.

Video

A video file can be added to a description for participants to play during a test. By default, participants can play the video an unlimited number of times. However, by clicking on the dropdown menu 'Number of plays,' you can set a specific limit on how many times a participant can play the video. If a limit is set, participants cannot rewind or scroll through the media file. Additionally, there is an option to disable the ability for participants to pause the video or audio.

Ans supports a multitude of video extensions. These include, but are not limited to:

mp4
mov
avi
webm

You also have the option to add Youtube videos to the description by providing a link (limiting media plays is not available for Youtube videos). Watching YouTube videos in full screen mode is not possible due to YouTube's restriction on enabling full-screen functionality for embedded videos.

Image

An image can be added as a description. A caption can be added if desired. The following file types can be uploaded:

.jpeg
.png (for written assignments the png needs to include a background)
.gif

Would you like to add both text and image(s)? Please use the 'Text' content type instead.

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