Open question for digital tests

To create an open question in a digital test, follow the steps below.

1. Navigate to your question bank or your course assignment. 
2. Click New exercise, fill in a name and click Save. 
3. Click New question and select Open.
4. Formulate the question in the question content field.
5. Fill in the number of points the question is worth.
6. Choose the answer field type.
7. Fill in the page height of the answer field.
8. Click the more_vert-icon for more options.
9. 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 icon 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. 
  
  
• Predefined answer 
  Set a predefined answer which students can keep, edit or delete. This will show up in the answer field. Please keep in mind, that if you convert a digital test to a written assignment, the predefined answer will not copy over to your written assignment. This is also the case when you add an open question with a predefined answer from a question bank to your written assignment. An example is shown in the picture below.
  
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Word limit 
  Limits the maximum amount of words that can be submitted in the student's answer. Once a student reaches this limit, the answer field will automatically close and no new characters can be added. We advise mentioning the word limit in the question, so students can factor this in while typing their answer. If you do not want to use the word limit, you can also disable it. Keep in mind, that the word counter in Ans is an estimation, the words are counted by splitting the text by whitespaces. 

To add a grading scheme to an open question in a digital test, follow the steps below.

1. Click 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 the more_horiz-icon and click Edit. 
4. Click the dropdown menu Grading type* and choose your method.
5. Click the more_vert-icon for more grading options.
6. Click Save.

*Read more about Grading methods here.

• Model answer
  A solution for the reviewers (and for participants when published). The model answer can be an extensive elaboration, an image, or a file.
  
  
• Start with zero points (For the points-per-criteria and rubrics grading method only)
  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 (For the points-per-criteria grading method only)
  error_outline From the 5th of January 2025, the option to limit points to zero or the total points for open-ended questions will no longer be available. More information can be found here.
  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 (For the points-per-criteria grading method only)
  error_outline From the 5th of January 2025, the option to limit points to zero or the total points for open-ended questions will no longer be available. More information can be found here. 
  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.