Drag and drop blocks

Drag and drop are a type of question block.

They allow you to assess your learners ability to categorise information by selecting answers, dragging them across the screen and dropping them into fields, as seen in the example below.

Drag and drop blocks are available for use in formal assessment sections.

Contents of this article:

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

To create a drag and drop 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 'Drag and drop'. The library will display available block layouts that include drag and drop 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 drag and drop question:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

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

To add more drag items or drop areas to a question:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, roll your mouse over over the existing drag items or drop areas.

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

To designate correct answers:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, 

select the tick boxes on the left-hand side of each answer to designate that answer as correct. Unticked answers are designated 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 drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop 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 answer type:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, under 'Answer type', select the drop-down to view options.

4. Select your preferred option.

To randomise drag item or drop area order:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

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

Note: Randomising the orders will cause the options to appear in a randomised order for learners. The order of the drag items and drop areas as they appear in the editor view will therefore be irrelevant to how they appear to the learner.

To rearrange drag item or drop area order:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

3. In the left-hand sidebar, select the drag item or drop area 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 drag items or drop areas:

1. Navigate to the editor view of your drag and drop block.

2. Select the drag and drop section of the block.

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

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