Question

Question Object inserts on the Frame the single question of one supported types:

• True-False
• Single Choice
• Multiple Select
• Ordering
• Numeric Input
• Text Input
• Matching Pairs

Object supports Themes.

Examples of Object appearance:

Object Parameters

Select theme and base colors for selected theme.

Select question type and provide question text – press TE button of corresponding field. The format of input area is RichText, therefore all font settings (size, color, and style) will be saved as you type the text in.

Use + button to specify possible answers as many as needed. In the opened sub-dialog screen press TE button of the corresponding field and insert text of the possible answer. Select checkbox for correct answer. You can specify the weight for each variant - it can be used in some score calculation methods.

Select Shuffle variants on display check box in case you want answers to be displayed in random order. Otherwise, answers will be displayed in order they were inserted.

Select number of attempts: automatic or custom. In case number of attempts is not supposed to be defined automatically Number of Attempts field is available for input. There you can specify the number with respect to the level of question complexity or testing methodology. The following formula is used for Automatic attempts calculation: number of attempts equals to number of possible answers minus one (for example, 3 attempts for question with 4 answers, 4 attempts for questions with 5 answers and so on). In case automatic attempts calculation is selected, the number specified in the Number of Attempts field is ignored.

In case Credited question checkbox is not marked, all other scoring parameters are disabled, therefore they will be ignored when presenting question to the user. Such questions are referred as not credited questions. These questions are frequently used to prepare the user for the next Slide Topic, to keep the user focused, and so forth. In case of the credited question the following options are available:

1. Scoring type
   • Question weight - in case of correct answer, question weight will be placed in all question objectives.
   • Regressive by attempts - the maximum number of points in this case is equal to the base weight multiplied by the number of attempts. Each failed attempt makes the score less by one base weight.
   • Weight by objective - in case of correct answer, different weight will be placed to each objective (according to weight in objective list).
   • Variant weight - in case of correct answer, weight of variant will be placed to all objectives (for question with no correct answer only).
2. Base weight – base number of points for the question (or attempt for regression method).
3. Objectives. List of Objectives where user score will be stored.     Only "total" Objective is defined in the Module by default – it will store scores for all credited questions. If you plan to store question score in additional Objectives – make sure that these Objectives are defined in the Module.

On the Supplementary tab you can define:

1. Time limit for the answer. Upon time expiration user will be restricted to make further answer selections, and the question will be validated for correctness even if Submit Answer button is not pressed. If the correct answer is chosen just before time expiration, it will be credited to the user. You can also define colors of question timer.
2. Possibility to skip the question. In case this option is selected user is able to ignore the question by pressing Skip Question button. The author of the course can specify whether or not skipped question will be classified as skipped (with opportunity to provide the answer later) or counted as failed (without a chance for another attempt).
3. Possibility to reset stored result and answer the question once again (recurring approaches).
4. Set modal display of Object.

Use Feedback tab to specify feedback options, which define what shall be displayed upon another attempt to respond (correct or incorrect) and after completing the question.

You may permit the display of correct answer upon question completion by marking corresponding checkbox. If student has used off all the attempts for response, or if the time has expired then the correct answer will be displayed; user will not be credited for this answer. This option may be used when the main objective of the question is educating rather than testing.

You may permit or restrict the display of feedback. Feedback messages can be edited in Richtext editor. Feedback messages are displayed as small popup window in the center of the Object.

On the Display and Texts tabs you can select appearance settings for the object and edit the text constants.

On the Sound tab you can switch sounds on and off, or change it to custom sounds

IMPORTANT! Sounds must be short and have no starting lag. Otherwise it may lead to undesirable delays in course playing.

Object Events

Object is capable generating events with regards to the user's actions and interpretation of the actions by the object. When combined with actions events can be employed for building up intellectual behavior models for other objects depending on the current state of the Object. Events are available using CourseLab built-in events manipulation mechanism.

Event	Triggered Upon
on Question Start	The question is fully loaded and all elements of the question are displayed
on Attempt	At the moment of answer acceptance, but before answer evaluation
on Success	At the moment of answer evaluation, in case the answer is correct.
on Failure	At the moment of answer evaluation, in case the answer is incorrect.
on Time Out	At the moment of time expiration for the answer (if defined)
on Attempts Limit	After answer evaluated, in case the number of attempts decreased to zero.
on Skip Question	After “Skip Question” button is pressed
on Question Completed	After answer is evaluated and no more attempts left (on timeout or on attempts limit)

Object Specific Properties

Along with common object properties, this object has some specific properties, that can be used in actions and in text substitutions (OBJ_ID below means current object ID):

Property	Returns	Syntax
questionMode	Returns current Object mode (tokens: "normal", "review").	$OBJ_ID.questionMode
questionType	Returns current question type (tokens: "choice", "select", "order", "numeric", "text", "oto").	$OBJ_ID.questionType
questionDuration	Returns allowed question duration in seconds (if exists).	$OBJ_ID.questionDuration
questionTimer	Returns current question timer value in seconds (if exists).	$OBJ_ID.questionTimer
itemQuantity	Returns total variants quantity.	$OBJ_ID.itemQuantity
questionValue	Returns current question answer value (format corresponds to question type).	$OBJ_ID.questionValue
attemptsLast	Returns current number of attempts.	$OBJ_ID.attemptsLast
attemptsTotal	Returns allowed number of attempts.	$OBJ_ID.attemptsTotal