Create Text Drag and Drop Items

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

For example, a Text Drag and Drop item could provide a sentence with a missing word and ask students to fill in the blank with a vocabulary word from the provided word bank.

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

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, place your text cursor where you want to put the drop box, then select 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 then select Clear Drop Area.

3.The template displays sample word bank options below the text box. You can select these answer 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 answer options, select Add Draggable Option and enter the content for that answer option in the box that appears.

a.Optional: To remove a draggable option, select beside that option.

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

6.Optional: To set the maximum number of times students can drag each answer 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 reuse each word bank option in multiple drop boxes.

7.Optional: To require students to use each answer 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 answer 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.

• If a sample response is already entered, you may need to drag it out of the response area first.

b.In the provided response area, drag the answer 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 correct or partially correct answer, you can select beside the Point field to create additional answer keys. Repeat step 8 for each answer key you add.

a.Optional: To remove an answer key, select 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, select Save above the template.