How do I set up Ordering questions?

Ask students to put items in the correct order.

Ordering questions can be added to Assessments and Practice Question activity types.

To add an Ordering question, first enter an Assessment through the Editor tool.

1. Navigate to the Questions tab.

2. Click the + create new question.

From the drop down menu, select Ordering .

Specify how many points the question is worth
Enter the question in the first field as you want it displayed to students
Indicate the correct Order
Click to add another entry

Feedback

1. Click Add feedback to create various types of feedback.

2. Choose the feedback type from the dropdown and enter the desired content in the field below. You can choose:

Feedback for When answer is correct.
Feedback for When answer is incorrect.
Feedback that is Always delivered.
Custom feedback for questions from specific Groups and/or when a specific Condition is met. This option allows you to set up conditions.

Interaction

To manage the question's Interaction:

Indicate how you want the answer option Labeled
Check Maintain response order box to randomize only the order of the answer options
Check Show inline to have the options show without labels.
Check Display workspace to give students a rich text editor where they can record their notes and processes as they work on the question

Metadata

Add the question to an existing Group with the associated ID, or create a new one. Groups allow you to vary settings for different questions.

Objective Mastery

Click Choose objective in theObjective mastery panel to review and align the question with objective(s). Once you've clicked it, you can:

Use the Filter field to search for specific objectives.
Check the boxes next to objectives to align them with the question. This makes it possible to set up formative and remediation assessments.

Score

Use the score panel to indicate if you want to allow for partial credit, and if so, if you want to automatically round the score. You can also indicate If you want the question to count as extra credit.

Variables

With the Variables section you can create a range or list of variables for use in the question.

Calculator

Check the appropriate box(es) to provide students with one or more of the following calculators to use with this question (Basic, Standard, and/or Scientific).

Companion Material

Click Add material in Companion Material to attach any supplemental documents students need to complete this question. You can do this by pointing to existing resources in the course or uploading new files (PDF's only).

Echo is constantly being improved based on the feedback from users and we strive to keep our documentation up to date. If this document doesn’t match what you are seeing in Echo, please let us know.

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