Creating Text Drag and Drop Items

Text Drag and Drop items require students to fill in the blank "drop" boxes in a sentence or paragraph by dragging response options into those boxes from a word bank.

To create a Text Drag and Drop item from the template:

1.In the Compose Item Prompt section, replace the sample text with the content for the item's question. You can use the toolbar to format text and insert media. For more information, see Appendix D.

2.The Enter Text and Set Drag and Drop Options section displays sample text content, including a blank drop box. Replace this sample content with the text content and the blank text boxes for your item.

a.To insert a blank drop box in the response area, click Insert Drop Area. You can insert multiple drop boxes, if necessary.

b.Optional: To remove a blank text box from the response area, select that text box and click Clear Drop Area.

3.The template displays sample response options below the text box. You can click these response options to replace the sample text with the text that students will be able to drag into the drop boxes.

4.Optional: To create additional response options, click Add Draggable Option and enter the content for that response option in the box that appears.

a.Optional: To remove a draggable option, click trash icon beside that choice.

5.In the Construct Answer Keys section, enter a value in the Maximum Score field to specify the maximum score for the item.

6.Optional: To set the maximum number of times students can drag each response option into a drop box, enter the required value in the Maximum Matches of Each Answer Option field. If you enter a number greater than 1, students will be able to drag each response option into multiple drop boxes.

7.Optional: To require students to use each response option a certain number of times, enter the required value in the Minimum Matches of Each Answer Option field. Students will not be able to complete the item until they have used each response option the specified number of times.

8.To create the answer key for the item, do the following:

a.In the Point field, enter the score for a correct (or partially correct) response.

b.In the provided response area, drag the response options into the drop boxes required to earn the score entered in the Point field.

c.Optional: In the Explanation field, explain why the entered response is worth the score you specified.

9.Optional: If the item has more than one valid answer, create additional answer keys:

a.Click add answer key beside the Point field. A new response area tab appears.

b.Repeat step 8.

c.Optional: To remove an answer key, click trash icon in the tab for that answer key.

10.Optional: If you want to provide a description of the scoring criteria to view in reports for the item, mark the Include Scoring Description checkbox. Then fill out the Description and Exemplar fields that appear.

11.To save the item, click Save above the template.