Multiple choice blocks

Multiple Choice are a type of question block.

They allow you to assess your learners understanding by asking a question and providing several answers for the learner to choose from.

Multiple choice blocks are available for use in formal assessment sections.

Contents of this article:

• Create a multiple choice block
• Add text and images to a multiple choice question
• Add more answers to a question
• Designate correct answers
• Edit answer feedback
• Change answer type
• Randomise answer order
• Rearrange answer order
• Delete or duplicate answers

To create a multiple choice block:

1. Navigate to the storyboard view of your lesson.

2. Select 'Add new block'

3. Select the 'Question' drop-down in the left-hand sidebar.

4. Select 'Multiple choice'. The library will display available block layouts that include multiple choice questions. 

5. Select 'Preview' to view the block layout without creating it.

6. Select 'Choose block' to finalise your choice.

To add text and images to a multiple choice question

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. Select the answers or images directly to edit them.

To add more answers to a question:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, roll your mouse over over the existing multiple choice answers.

4. Select one of the blue '+' buttons.

To designate correct answers:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, under Answer Option, select either Multiple choice or Single choice. Multiple choice will allow learners to select more than one answer, while single choice will prevent learners from selecting more than one answer.

4. Below the Answer Option toggle, select the tick boxes on the left-hand side of each answer to indicate the answers that are correct. Unticked answers are marked as incorrect.

Note: You may have more than one correct answer per multiple choice question.

To edit answer feedback:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, select the 'Feedback' drop-down to view the feedback panels.

4. Select the text in the feedback panels to edit the feedback messages.

5. In the left-hand sidebar, toggle between 'Correct' and 'Incorrect' to view and edit each message.

Note: You can only record a single message to be delivered to all incorrect responses. Variations of feedback responses for different submitted answers cannot be recorded.  Check out our tip on how to write effective feedback.

To change the answer type:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, under 'Answer type', select your preferred option from text, image, audio or video.

To randomise answer order:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, toggle 'Randomise order' to 'On'.

Note: Randomising the answer order will cause the answer options to appear in a randomised order for learners. The order of the answers as they appear in the editor view will therefore be irrelevant to how they appear to the learner.

To rearrange answer order:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, select the answer you wish to move.

4. Drag it up or down the sidebar to rearrange it's position and drop it into place.

To delete or duplicate answers:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your multiple choice block.

2. Select the multiple choice section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, select the three vertical dots button next to the answer you wish to delete or duplicate.

4. Select 'Delete' or 'Duplicate' from the drop-down.