If the Question Creator window is already open, click the Question Type button in the right-corner and select Fill in the Blank. Otherwise, on the Test & Survey ribbon, click the drop-down list under Question in the Add Question group and select Fill in the Blank. The Question Creator window opens.
In the Question Creator, complete these controls on the Question tab:
| Name | Specify the name by which you will recognize this question. | ||
| Variable Name | Specify the associated variable name for this question. This must be a new unique variable that does not already exist. The variable will be used to store the user’s answer to the question. It can be accessed from anywhere in the title.
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| Retain value between sessions | Enable this check box to cause the question answer to be retained after the session is closed. When the user returns to this question on the same computer in a future session, the answer provided previously by the student is retained. If this option is not selected, the question will revert back to its default state of unanswered with every launch of the course. | ||
| Question Type | Verify that you are creating the appropriate question type. | ||
| Question | Specify the text of the question. | ||
| Image with question | Select an existing image to display with the question text, select Browse from File to navigate and select a file from your machine, or Browse My Media to search and select a file from the Media Library. |
In the Choices area, use the Text Limit field to specify the maximum length of an answer in characters. Select a limit of up to 2048 characters. Enable the Multi-Line check box to provide a larger default entry field for entering answer text. Enable the Case Sensitive field to specify whether correct answer text is case sensitive. Select ANY Answer if the correct answer is to include a few key words in a sentence or paragraph rather than an exact match of a word. Otherwise, select ALL Answers.
To change the choices text, click the appropriate choice that you want to change to select it, then click it again. The text becomes selected. Edit the text as necessary. To add choices, click the row containing Click here to add a new choice.Click 
to delete a choice.
Click the Feedback tab to configure feedback for the question. To do so, enable the Enable Feedback check box then specify when the feedback should be displayed. Select On Process Question to display feedback when the user exits the page or select Immediately to display feedback immediately when the user answers the question. Enable the Add "Submit" Button check box to include a Submit button on the page for processing the question to provide feedback.
Next, specify how the feedback is to be displayed to the user. To do so, select the appropriate feedback row in the table and use the Action controls in the bottom box to configure the feedback action. The table will be populated based on the feedback actions you specify. For descriptions of each of the available feedback actions, see Selecting the action.
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If the question is within a test, the test must be set to Show Feedback for Each Question, in order for the feedback to be displayed to the user. For details, see Showing feedback for each question. |
Finally, click the Attempts tab to configure the question attempts. By default, attempts are counted when the user navigates to the next page or when the Process Question action is triggered. The user will be locked from answering the question if he or she exceeds the maximum number of attempts allowed. You can configure additional feedback (maximum-attempts feedback) to be displayed when this occurs. Specify the controls as follows to configure the attempts settings:
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Set Maximum Allowed Attempts |
Enable this check box to set the maximum number of attempts and specify the attempts in the Maximum Attempts Allowed field. Next, specify when the maximum-attempts feedback is to be displayed to the user. Select On Process Question to display maximum-attempts feedback when the user exits the page or select Immediately to display maximum-attempts feedback immediately when the user answers the question. Enable the Add "Submit" Button to include a Submit button on the page for processing the answer. | ||
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Enable Feedback for Maximum Attempts |
Select this to provide feedback when maximum attempts have been reached.
Use the feedback type button in the Maximum Attempt Feedback area to select the type of feedback. For descriptions of each of the available feedback actions, see Selecting the action. |
Click Finish.