The following instructions describe how to create Fill in the Blank Questions in Respondus. This
documentation assumes you are familiar with how to open Respondus and navigate using the
Respondus menus.
1. Open Respondus.
2. On the Start menu tab,
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Click Open to open an existing Respondus exam file to add questions to OR
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Click Create to start creating a new Respondus exam file.
3. Click the Edit menu tab.
4. Select the Fill in the Blank option from the menu on the left.
5. Type in a short, descriptive title for your question (e.g. “America” for a question about
American history).
6. Type in the exact question wording.
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You can add images and equations using Respondus’s built-in editing tools.
7. Type in ALL acceptable answers and spellings (one possible acceptable answer per
line).
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Click General Feedback to provide a standard feedback response no matter
what option the student selects as their response. You can type in a Correct
Answer Reply and/or an Incorrect Answer Reply.
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You will need to type in acceptable variations on an answer, including acceptable
abbreviations (e.g. “USA” is synonymous with “United States of America”, but
“America” by itself can refer to states in both North and South America).
8. Type in a point value for the question. NOTE: You cannot assign partial credit for a
response that is “close” to the correct response. It is all or nothing on a question.
9. Click Preview to look at your question again.
10. Add the question to your exam by choosing one of two options:
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Click Add to End of List to add the question to the end of your Respondus
Exam OR
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Click Insert into List to put the question somewhere in your exam other than the
end.
11. Repeat steps 4-10 for each fill in the blank question you want to add to your exam.
12. Click Save
exam.
in the Respondus window when you are finished creating/modifying your
The bottom frame of the Respondus window displays the list of questions you have created for
that exam file. To modify an existing question, follow these steps:
1. Scroll through the list of questions until you find the question you want to edit.
2. Click on the
button next to the title of the question. Then, click Edit.
3. Make any necessary changes then click Save Changes OR click Cancel Changes to
exit the question without saving any of the changes you have made.
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Click Preview to review any of the changes you have made.