Manage questions

Some properties of a question are the same for each question type. You can find these below.

Rich content editor

Each question in Ans has a rich content editor to format the text and add additional information to the question. The options are mentioned below.

• You can use HTML to format the text (code).
• It’s possible to make text bold(format_bold), italic (format_italic)or to underline text (format_underlined).
• You can make use of subscript (subscript) and superscript (superscript).
• You can format the size of the text or use code as content(¶). To highlight the code in the correct way, click the <>-icon and change the code-line from <pre> to <pre class="hljs #code_language">. (For example <pre class="hljs python>)
• It’s possible to insert tables (table_rows), URLs (link), images (image) and files (file_upload). Currently, the position option for images only applies to images in digital tests.
• It’s possible to add lists, with enumeration (format_list_numbered) or with dots (list).
• It's possible to undo (undo) or redo (redo) changes.
• You can give parts of a text a specific colour (font_download).
• You can insert equations (functions) or variables (Variable).
• You can insert emojis (insert_emoticon). 
• With the microphone button (mic) you can record audio which will be embedded in the question directly.

Points

For each question, you need to define the maximum amount of points a student can earn for the question. For some question types you have additional options for points.

General question options

Each question has extra options which can be enabled. The standard options for each question are mentioned below. Options may differ depending on the question type chosen. You can find these options when you click the three dots more_vert -icon in the top right corner of the question.

• 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
  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, they will see a notification informing them that they can skip the question. The number of points for this question will not be counted in their result. It is not possible to change this setting after the test has been taken. More information on how to set skip exercises can be found here.
  
  
• Predefined answer
  Set a predefined answer which students can keep, edit or delete. This will show up in the answer field. This option is only possible for the open question type in a digital tests.
  
  
• Word limit 
  Limits the maximum amount of words that can be submitted in the participant's answer. Once a student reaches this limit, the answer field will automatically close and no new characters can be added. This option is only possible for the open question type in a digital tests.
  
  
• 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.

Grading options for questions

• Start with zero points
  If this option is enabled the marking of this question will always start at zero points and the points will be added up when selecting the criteria. When this option is disabled, the marking will start with the maximum amount of points that can be awarded for this question and selecting the criteria will be subtracted from this maximum. This means that the criteria should be added as minus points of the total amount. The reviewer can then select the criteria if the student did not meet this with their answer, so it can be detracted from the total amount of points.
  
  
• Limit minimum to zero points
  With this option enabled, it’s 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
  In the grading settings, it’s 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.
  

Questions that have already been created can be reused in different exercises within that assignment. Reusing questions can save you time. 

To copy a question to another exercise, follow the steps below. 

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
3. Select your course or use the search bar. 
4. Select your assignment or use the search bar.
5. Go to the question you want to copy. 
6. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Copy. 
7. Click the dropdown menu Exercise and select the exercise you want to copy the question to.
8. Click Save.                                                                   

If you have created multiple questions within an exercise, you may want to change the order in which the questions are displayed. 

To change the order of questions, follow the steps below.

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
3. Select your course or use the search bar.
4. Select your assignment or use the search bar.
5. Go to the question within the exercise that you want to change the order of. 
6. Drag and drop the question to the desired place.

After creating a question, it is possible to change the question type. For example, you may decide that you would like to change an open question to a multiple choice question. 

To change the question type, follow the steps below.

1. Click the domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click label_importantCourses in the menu at the top.
3. Select your course or use the search bar. 
4. Select your assignment or use the search bar. 
5. Navigate to the question that you want to change the question type of. 
6. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Edit.
7. Click the more_vert-icon and click Change question type.
8. Select the question type and click Save.

The grading scheme is dependent on the question type. All closed-ended questions have their own type of grading scheme. Open-ended question types can be graded by using the grading methods, points per criterion, slider or rubrics with levels.

To add a grading scheme to open question types, follow the steps below. 

1. Click the domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
3. Select your course or use the search bar. 
4. Select your assignment or use the search bar. 
5. Click the tab Grading scheme.
6. Go to the question for which you want to set the grading scheme.
7. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Edit. 
8. Click the dropdown menu Grading type* and choose your method.
9. Click the more_vert-icon for more grading options.
10. Click Save.

More information about adding a grading scheme to your questions, can be found in this article.

Within an assignment, you may want to use the criteria of one open-ended question for other open-ended questions. To do this, you can copy criteria from one question to another.

To copy criteria from one question to another, follow the steps below. 

1. Click domain School name in the menu on the left.
2. Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
3. Select your course or use the search bar.
4. Select your assignment or use the search bar. 
5. Click Grading scheme. 
6. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Copy criteria. 
7. Select the assignment containing the question you want to copy the criteria to and click Save.
8. Select the question you want the criteria to be copied to and click Save.