for that option.Multiple Choice items require students to select one option from a list of possible answer options, while Multiple Select items require students to select one or more options from a list of possible answer options. You can use the same template to create both item types.
To create a Multiple Choice/Select 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.In the Create Multiple Choice Options section, sample response options are already provided. You can click each of these options to replace the sample text with the desired text for each response option.
3.Optional: To add additional response options to the item, click Add Option and enter the content for the new option that appears.
a.Optional: To remove a response option, click for that option.
4.In the Construct Answer Keys section, enter a value in the Maximum Score field to specify the maximum score for the item.
5.Optional: To allow students to select multiple response options, set the Multiselect toggle to Yes. Then specify how many response options students can select at once in the Maximum Selections field.
6.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, select the response options that students would select in order 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.
7.Optional: If the item has more than one valid answer, create additional answer keys:
a.Click 
beside the Point field. A new response area tab appears.
b.Repeat step 6.
c.Optional: To remove an answer key, click in the tab for that answer key.
8. 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.
9.To save the item, click Save above the template.