Creating Multiple Choice or Multiple Select Items

Multiple Choice items require students to select a single option from a list of possible answer options, while Multiple Select items require students to select one or more options from a list of answer options. The same template is used to create both item types.

For example, a Multiple Choice item could be a “true or false” question, while a Multiple Select item might ask students to select all the synonyms for a vocabulary word from a list of options.

1.To fill out the template, in the Compose Item Prompt section, replace the sample text with the content for the item's question. You can use the toolbar in this box to format text and insert media elements.

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 an option, click beside it and then click Delete.

b.Optional: To enter the rationale for why a response option is correct or incorrect, click beside it, then enter a description in the Add Rationale field and click Save.

4.In the Construct Answer Keys section, enter the item’s highest possible score in the Maximum Score field.

5.Optional: To allow students to select multiple response options, set the Multiselect toggle to Yes. Then specify the maximum number of response options students can select at once in the Maximum Selections field.

6.To create answer keys for the item, do the following:

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

• If a sample response is already entered, you may need to clear its checkbox first.

b.In the provided response area, select the response options that students would need to 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 correct or partially correct answer, you can click beside the Point field to create additional answer keys. Repeat step 6 for each answer key you add.

a.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.