Creating a Multiple Choice - Standard Question

This article will cover how to create a very basic question type call the multiple choice question.

From the dashboard page, click on the Create Question tile. 

Once you click on the create question tile, you will be take to the one-page create question form. Before you click on the Add New(+) button, let's go through the sidebar form fields:

1. Standards: Assign one or more standards to the question you are creating.
2. Grade: Assign a grade level to the question.
3. Subject: Select a subject for the question.
4. Language: Select a language for the question.
5. DOK Level: Select a DOK level for the question.
6. Difficulty Level: Select a difficulty level for the question.
7. Access Level (required): This refers to who will be able to search for your question. Be careful when selecting an option other than private, which will expand the scope of users who can the question after it is published.
   1. Private: Only you will be able to search for and see the question.
   2. Site: Anyone at your school will be able to search for the question.
   3. District: Anyone in your district will be able to search for this question.
   4. Public: Anyone using Classify Learning will be able to search for this question.
8. Scoring Type (required): Select a scoring type for this question. This will determine how the full question will be scored where there are multiple parts to a question.
   1. Per Part: Sum up the correct parts of the question and calculate the total points.
   2. All or Nothing: All parts of the question must be correct to get credit.
   3. Dependent: Question parts will add to the score, until there is an incorrect part. Once there is an incorrect part, not further credit will be added to this question's score.
   4. Basic Rubric: For a manually scored question, the scorer can assign an arbitrary value to the question.
   5. Advanced Rubric: For a manually scored question, the scorer will be presented with a multi-level/multi-criteria matrix. The scorer can then select score cells and the app will calculate a total at the end of the scoring process for that question.
9. Tags: Assign one or more tags to the question.
10. Collection: If you created a collection previously, you can assign this question to a pre-made question. You can also make a new collection and add this question to the newly created collection.
11. Click on one of the save buttons:
    1. Save: This action will save the question and reload the page for continued editing on the question.
    2. Save and Exit: This action will save the question and return the user to the previous page.

Once you have review the sidebar form inputs, you can click on the Add New button to add the first part to your question.

After clicking on the add new button, you will be presented with multiple question types. You can choose from 55 different question types, but we are going to focus on the Multiple choice - standard type.

Composing the Multiple-Choice Standard Question

1. Enter the question stem.
2. Enter the multiple-choice options. Additional options can also be added by clicking +Add or removed by clicking the trash can.
3. Mark the correct answer by selecting the correct radio button.  
4. Once finished, click the Place Element button at the top right.

Advanced options, such as adjusting the item layout, setting penalty points, and including distractor rationale are included under the More Options menu at the bottom.  

Enter the Question Standards

When using the Standards Selection Tool, you can search for standards to add to the question you are creating:

1. Query Search: Find any string within a standard. If this is filled out, the dropdown search options will be ignored.
2. Dropdown Search: Use the dropdown form elements to narrow down your search by region, document, subject, grade and topic. The results will be in a tree view.
3. Click on the Filter Results button.
4. Select a standard from the filtered results list.
5. Selected Standards: List of standards that have been selected for this question.
6. Recent Standards: List of recently used/saved standards for quick searching.
7. Favorite Standards: List of standards that have been bookmarked.
8. When standards have been selected, click the Save button.

Once the question and the details have been successfully added, you can:

1. Edit a question part.
2. Remove a question part.
3. Preview the entire question.
4. Publish the question. (only available after initial save, no further edits will be allowed)