Multiple Choice Questions: Anchoring Shuffled Answers

Mar 27, 2011

I am using QM for standalone quizzes; when p[resenting, all questions are multiple choice and randomized. I would like to shuffle all answers; however, in some questions I want to anchor a particular choice to the position defined when setting up the question – it is OK to shuffle the other choices.

For example, one multiple choice question has 4 choices to select from. The final choice reads “All of the above” and I would like “All of the above” to remain as the final choice under all circumstances while the other choices are shuffled.

I suppose this behavior would be declared on a question by question basis, since the use of “All of the above” choice appears only rarely in any particular quiz.

How can I accomplish this? (I read it somewhere in the past but just can’t find it right now)

Thanks ... Bill

9 Replies

blair parkin

13 years ago03/27/11 at 12:05 pm (UTC)

Hi Bill

I'm not sure if you can lock in position only one of the choices in a multiple choice question, but you can turn off shuffling for one question by selecting NONE in the Shuffle drop down for that particular question.

Blair

David Anderson
Staff

13 years ago03/27/11 at 1:30 pm (UTC)

Hi Bill,

You can anchor a specific choice by right-clicking the choice and selecting Anchor Choice. It will lock the question in place and rotate the un-anchored choices.

David

blair parkin

13 years ago03/27/11 at 2:17 pm (UTC)

Thanks David, that's a cool tip. Yet another hidden gem uncovered. Looking forward to using it in some of my future quizzes

Bill Finnerty
Author

13 years ago03/27/11 at 3:25 pm (UTC)

Excellent, I knew I had read this somewhere but couldn't find it anywhere.

Thank you, that's just what the doctor ordered ... Bill

Robert Howard

11 years ago01/24/13 at 5:49 am (UTC)

Is this possible to accomplish in storyline?

jay hoffman

11 years ago03/04/13 at 1:14 pm (UTC)

Robert Howard said:

Is this possible to accomplish in storyline?

Apparently not *sigh*...

Justin Grenier
Staff

11 years ago03/04/13 at 1:28 pm (UTC)

Hi, guys.

Unfortunately, this functionality doesn't currently exist in Storyline, but it would make a pretty cool Feature Request!

jay hoffman

11 years ago03/04/13 at 1:35 pm (UTC)

Justin Grenier said:

Hi, guys.

Unfortunately, this functionality doesn't currently exist in Storyline, but it would make a pretty cool Feature Request!

Justin,

Where would I submit a feature request of a publicly posted list of feature requests, so I know if one has already been submitted and I simply need to appended a "me, too!" or "like"?

Hey, one can dream ...