Creating a Drag-and-Drop Text Question for Your Quiz
When designing a quiz, one of the most engaging question types you can add is the Drag and Drop Text question. This type of question allows users to interactively place text elements in the correct order or into the right spaces. It’s a great way to test knowledge in a more dynamic, hands-on manner. Let’s walk through how to create this type of question and customize it to meet your needs.
Step 1: Adding a New Question
First, navigate to the quiz where you’d like to add this new question. Click on the option to Add New Question and select Drag and Drop into Text from the list of question types. This choice allows you to create a question where participants drag the correct answer into the blank spaces.
Step 2: Naming Your Question
Give your question a name for easy reference, such as Quiz Question #6. This name is just for your internal reference, so pick something that makes sense in the context of your quiz.
Step 3: Adding the Question Text
Now, it’s time to define the question. For this example, let’s use the following question text:
“Due to the need for art that prints at ____ sizes and responsive web design adapting to ____ screen sizes, ____ files are a necessity of modern design.”
In this text, there are three blanks (indicated by “____”) where the answers will be dropped. You can replace these with specific words or phrases in the next steps.
Step 4: Setting Up the Choices
Under the Choices section, you’ll want to add the correct answers and define where they’ll appear. For our example, the choices are:
- Multiple sizes
- Responsive
- Varying
- Vector files
Once you’ve added these choices, you’ll notice they appear in brackets (e.g., [multiple sizes]). This is the format used for the drag-and-drop functionality, ensuring that the correct terms are available for students to drag into the question text.
Step 5: Setting Up the Answer Choices
Drag each term into the corresponding blank in the question. Here’s how we can arrange the answers:
- Multiple sizes goes into the first blank (after “prints at”).
- Responsive fits in the second blank (after “adapting to”).
- Varying should fill the third blank (after “screen sizes”).
- Vector files will complete the sentence in the final blank.
Now, you should have something that looks like this:
“Due to the need for art that prints at [multiple sizes] and responsive web design adapting to [varying] screen sizes, [vector files] are a necessity of modern design.”
Step 6: Preview and Adjust
Once you’ve added your answers, you can Save Changes and then Preview the question. You’ll see how the drag-and-drop functionality works, allowing users to select and place the answers into the correct positions.
If you’d like to add some flexibility, you can adjust options like unlimited attempts for each choice, or include options like one size only for certain terms. These settings allow you to customize how many times a word can be used or how many total choices are available.
Step 7: Testing and Refining
After previewing, test the quiz by dragging the answers into place. Ensure that the terms drop into their correct locations. If the functionality works as expected and all answers align properly, you’re ready to save your final version.
If you notice extra options like “modern” or “unlimited” being available, you can remove those through the settings to avoid any confusion. Once everything looks good, go ahead and save your settings.
Final Thoughts
And that’s it! You’ve successfully created a drag-and-drop text question for your quiz. These types of questions are a great way to make quizzes more interactive and engaging. Plus, they encourage deeper thinking as participants must carefully consider where to place each term. Once you’re happy with how everything looks and functions, your quiz is ready for participants to test their knowledge in a fun and interactive way!
