Succeed Training
Creating Fill in the Blank Questions
Succeed Training
Creating Fill in the Blank Questions
Fill in the Blank answers are scored based on an exact text match. Answers are not case sensitive,
but are evaluated based on spelling. An example might be, “_____ was one of the Founding Fathers
of the United States, the first Postmaster General and a man who earned the title of the ‘The First
American’.” Phrase the question so that it is apparent where the answer goes in the context of the
question.
1. Ensure Edit Mode is On (Figure 1).
Figure 1 - The Edit Mode button set to On
2. Navigate to the location in the module where the test is situated.
3. Hover over the test in question, then click the ActionLinks pull down menu after the test
title and select Edit the Test (Figure 2).
Figure 2 - Selecting the Edit the Test option
4. The Test Canvas page for the test is displayed.
5. From the Create Question menu select the Fill in Blank question type (Figure 3).
Figure 3 - Selecting the Fill in the Blank option form the Create Question button
6. In the Question Title field enter a Question Title.
7. In the Question Text field enter the Question Text. For example, “_____ was one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States, the first Postmaster General and a man who earned
the title of the ‘The First American’.” (Figure 4)
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Figure 4 – Example Fill in Multiple Blanks question
8. In the Answers section define first the number of answer options which would be
acceptable and then, when the form has updated to show that number of text fields, type in
the versions of the correct answer which would be accepted. For example, in the question
used in this example, where the answer is Benjamin Franklin, it would be a good plan to
include ‘Benjamin Franklin’, ‘Franklin’, ‘B Franklin’, "B. Franklin" and "Ben Franklin" as
correct answers (Figure 5).
Figure 5 - Example Fill in the Blank answer options
9. In the Correct Response Feedback field enter any desired feedback for the correct response
(optional)
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10. In the Incorrect Response Feedback field enter any desired feedback for incorrect responses
(optional).
11. Under the Categories and Keywords heading, click the Add button alongside either
Categories, Topics, Levels of Difficulty or Keywords to add tags for any of these items to this
question (Figure 6). Click OK after each one has been completed. These are all optional.
Figure 6 - Adding Categories
12. Add any required Instructor Notes.
13. Click Submit. The question is created and added to the test.
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