Forum Discussion
Rise quiz scoring for multiple response questions
How are students supposed to know that a multiple response question requires more than one answer, or even how many answers they need to select? When I tested the question when reviewing it it did not state how many correct answers there were. This is a really basic feature of most course authorship tools. Have I missed something?
As Phil said, the standard UI is that multiple-response (>1 correct) questions use checkboxes and multiple-choice (only 1 correct) questions use round "radio" buttons. You'll see this difference in the standard graded questions in Storyline and in Rise:
In addition, many folks add a short instruction at the end of the question, such as "Select the best answer" (for multiple choice) or "Select all that apply" (for multiple response).
- If a learner truly knows the content, they should be able to select the correct number of responses for a multiple-response question without being told how many are correct. However, I have had some clients who request that the instructions indicate the number of correct selections, e.g., "Select the 2 responses that apply."
Yes, I know that multiple-response questions use checkboxes and multiple-choice questions use round "radio" buttons because I am an instructional designer! But the course is not designed for me!
It needs to be intuitive, FOR THE STUDENT USER EXPERIENCE. This is instructional design 101. Create a course that helps the student learn as efficiently as possible.
All other course authoring tools I have ever used have a default instruction that indicates to the student how many answers they need to select. I should not have to enter this in manually for all my questions. It is a simple tweak to the code in the software and it will save time.
It is extremely frustrating to a student to have to try to guess how many correct answers there might be, and it is extremely frustating for an instructional designer to have to constantly enter this in manually.
Articulate is not cheap. I'm paying over $2000 per year to use it and I am shocked it does not have this basic functionality. I expected better.