Multiple choice

Procedure

Proceed as follows to create/edit a Multiple choice:

1. Select Authoring in the central menu of assessmentQ.
2. Go to the Items submodule.
3. Go to the folder in which you want to add your item
4. Click to add an item. 
5. Select Multiple choice.
   Result: The content pane of the item is opened.
6. Enter the item name in the breadcrumb at the top.
7. Click in the content block and fill in the instruction. 
   
8. Click + Add block if you want to add additional content blocks.
9. Click in the interaction block and enter the choices:
   • Select the radio button of the correct choice. 
     
   • Click + Choice if you want to add additional choices. 

   Note: In addition to the regular functionalities, it is also possible to use a beta functionality that automatically creates distractors based on the question and correct answer, see below.

10. Click Preview to try out your item. 

Beta feature: Automatic distractor generation

In the multiple-choice item, you can use a beta feature to automatically generate distractors. This is the first AI feature in assessmentQ that is powered by GPT-3.5 (the engine used by ChatGPT).

Proceed as follows to automatically generate distractors:

1. Create or edit the multiple-choice question of your choice. 
2. Click in the content block and fill in the question in the instruction block. 
3. Click in the interaction block and enter the correct answer.
4. Click Generate distractors. 
   Result: A pop-up is opened listing 5 suggestions for distractors.

   Notes:

   • Each time you click on the Suggest distractors button, another 5 distractors will be proposed.
   • Language detection in the AI algorithm ensures that the distractors are automatically in the language of your question. 
5. Select the distractors you want to add to your multiple-choice question. 
   
6. If you want to add the explanations as negative feedback for the selected answers:
   • Select Insert explanation as feedback at the top right.
   • Change the explanation if needed.
7. Click Add at the bottom right. 
   Result: The selected distractors are added to your multiple-choice question. 

Item specific options

When you open the Item tab, you can change the item type Multiple-choice to: 

When you click in the content block and open the Block tab, you can position the choices horizontally or vertically.

Changing the order of choices 

See Changing the choices order in Multiple choice and Multiple response.

Answer specific feedback 

Next to the general feedback, you can optionally add feedback for each answer separately. 

1. Click on the choice you want to add feedback to.
   Result: the tab Choice will open.
2. Add feedback When correct.
   When the choice is correctly selected or not selected, this feedback will appear.
3. Add feedback When wrong.
   When the choice is wrongly selected or not selected, this feedback will appear.

Additional options

Learn more about adding assets, adding feedback, selecting the correct scoring mechanism etc. in the section The assessmentQ item bank.