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Open question

Mike Rietveld
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An open question is one of the most used question types within Ans. Besides the default options, you have the option to limit the amount of words a student can type. Besides that you can work with a predefined answer. A predefined answer is shown to all students when they start with the question. Students can make use of the same rich content editor as teachers can make use of. They have 1 additional functionality, which is the webcam photo. Students can make a photo with their webcam which will embed this photo in their answer. This can be used for question types where a handwritten answer is preferred. The amount of words and characters that the student has used will also be shown. 

Open questions need to be graded manually. To support you in doing this, you can make use of criteria, rubrics or slicers.

How to create an open question?

  1. Sign in to Ans.
  2. Create an assignment. Read here how to create an assignment. 
  3. Click New exercise, fill in a title and click Save.
  4. Click New subquestion and select Open question.
  5. Fill in the question description.
  6. For a handwritten assignment fill in the page height of the answer field.
  7. Click the more_vert-icon at the top of the question and you can use various options.
  8. Click Save.

Options for an open question:

  • Bonus: this marks the question as a bonus question.
  • Skippable for special students: this question will not be taken into account for the grades of special students.
  • Predefined answer: set a predefined answer which students can keep, edit or delete.
  • Word limit. 
  • Start on new page (For handwritten assignments only).

How to review an open question?

  1. Click Criteria in the menu at the top.
  2. Go to the question for which you want to set the criteria.
  3. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Edit. 
  4. Click the drop-down button Grading method and choose your method:
    • Points per criterion:
      1. Click Save and click the add-icon.
      2. Fill in the criterion description, set the number of points and click Save. 
      3. Repeat this for all criteria
      4. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Edit. 
      5. You can use the Calculate points-button to calculate the maximum points. The points of all the criteria will be summed up automatically.
        Or You can manually set the maximum number of points. 
    • Slider:
      1. Set the maximum number of points. 
    • Rubrics with levels:
      1. Click Save and click the add-icon.
      2. Fill in the name of the level and fill in the level description. 
      3. Set the number of points and click Save.
      4. Repeat this for all criteria
      5. Click the more_horiz-icon and click Edit. 
      6. Set the weight of the levels. 
      7. You can use the Calculate points-button to calculate the maximum points. The points of all the criteria will be summed up automatically.
        Or You can manually set the maximum number of points. 
  5. Click the more_vert-icon and you can use various options.
  6. Click Save.

Options for grading:

  • Grading description: a solution for the reviewers (and for students when published). The grading description can be an extensive elaboration, an image, or a file.
  • Start with zero points (For the points-grading method only): select this to let every student start with zero points before grading.
  • Limit minimum to zero points (For the points-grading method only): select this to let every student get no negative points for this question.
  • Limit maximum to total points (For the points-grading method only): select this to let every student get a maximum amount of points of the total amount of points for this question.

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