Matching

Background

In Matching the user must arrange (match) the elements in a column according to the corresponding element in the first column where the order of elements is fixed.

Procedure

Proceed as follows to create/edit a Matching item:

1. Go to Authoring > Items.
2. Go to the folder In which you want to add your item.
3. Click on to add an item.
4. Select Matching.
   Result: The content pane of the item is opened.
5. Enter the item name in the breadcrumb at the top.
6. Click on the content block and fill in your instruction. 
7. Optionally, add a title and / or image in the column headers. 
8. Enter the elements in the correct order to the columns.
   • Click  to add additional elements. 
     
     
     
   • Click on an element to add feedback to this element.
     
9. If you want to:
   • add an extra column, click on 
   • delete a column, click on
   • maneuver between the different elements, click on the arrows at the bottom right:
     
10. Click Preview to try out your item.

Item specific options

When you open the tab Item, you can change the item type Matching to:

When you open the answer block and select the tab Block, you can:

• hide the column headers:
  
• customize the width of the columns:
  
• autoscale the images and allow zooming in the player 
  (only if the picture is larger 500 pixels, otherwise the Zoom icon will not appear).
  
• Choose the initial order of the elements in the player
  

Additional options

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