1. A Multi-Short Answer question is used when asking students to list some out of a larger pool of possible answers.  For example, list 3 of the academic schools at C of C.
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Multi-Short Answer Question
A Multi-Short Answer question is used when asking students to list some out of a larger pool of possible answers.  For example, list 3 of the academic schools at C of C.
2. The first step to create a  Multi-Short Answer question is to open the course Homepage and click Grades.

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3. Click Quizzes

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4. Click the arrow next to the appropriate quiz.

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5. Click Edit

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6. Click Create New.

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7. Click New Question.

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8. Click the type of question you want to add. In this case click Multi-Short Answer.

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9. Click the Title Box if you would like to create an identifying title for the question.

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10. Click Points and set the point value of the question.

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11. Click the Question Text box and either paste or type in the question.

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12. If you want to use an image as part of your question, click Insert an Image.

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13. Upload the desired image.

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14. If you use an image, click and update the Alternative Text Box.

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15. Click Input Boxes and select the number of answers students will be asked to give.

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16. Click Rows and Columns to adjust how you want the answer boxes to be displayed.

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17. Click Number of answers to add if you need more spaces to add possible answers.

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18. Scroll down and fill in each possible answer. Here I have listed the 7 academic schools at C of C.

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19. Click and adjust the weighted percent for each answer. Here, since students are being asked to name 3 of the 7, each correct answer is worth 33.33%

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20. Select whether answers should be Case Insensitive, Case Sensitive, or a Regular Expression.

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21. Click Preview to see how the question will appear to students.

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22. Scroll and click Done

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23. If you are going to create another question similar to this, you can click Save and Copy. Click Save and New to create a different Multi-Short Answer questions. Otherwise click Save.

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24. Click Save and Close.
That's it. You're done.

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