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Add a Fill-in-the-blank Question

Online Documentation ANGEL 7.2 > Lessons Tab > Add a Fill-in-the-blank Question

ANGEL quizzes provide a fill-in-the-blank question type that ANGEL attempts to grade using a sounds-like algorithm to compare student responses to a list of instructor-provided acceptable answers.

To add a fill-in-the-blank question:

  1. Click the Add Question hyperlink (located in the quiz toolbar).
  2. Click the Fill-in-the-blank hyperlink or icon (icon).
  3. Type or paste the question text in the Text field.
  4. Type the allowed answers in the Allowed Answers field.
  5. Type a point value in the Points field to the correct answer.
  6. image  ANGEL attempts to grade fill-in-the-blank questions using a sounds-like algorithm to compare student responses to a list of instructor-provided acceptable answers.  Student responses that are phonetically “sound like” one of the instructor-provided allowed answers are counted as correct.  Depending upon the strictness of grading, it might be desirable to provide additional allowed answers to ensure phonetically incorrect student responses (that the instructor would have counted as correct) are counted as correct.  Allowed answers are not case-sensitive.

  7. Click the Save button.

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