How do I Create a Matching Quiz Question?

How do I Create a Matching Quiz Question?

You can create a matching question for your students.

Note: Matching questions only support text at this time.


Create a New Question



With the Questions tab selected inside a new quiz, click the New Question button [2].

Set Name, Type, Points and Enter Matching Question Details


Quiz questions are not automatically numbered for instructors. To add a custom name to your quiz question, enter the name in the Question Text field [1]. Custom names can help you identify quiz questions more easily. Regardless of the question name, students always see quiz questions in numerical order (i.e. Question 1, Question 2).

Click the drop-down menu and select the Matching question type [1].

Enter the number of points the question is worth (quiz totals are calculated based on the combined total of questions) [1].

To build a Matching question, you will need to enter the following details:
  1. The question text (use the Rich Content Editor to include video, images, math equations, or flash activities) [2].
  2. The first word of the matching pair [3].
  3. The second word of the matching pair [4].
  4. Repeat steps and until all matches are paired.

Add Additional Match Answers and Possibilities


If you want to add another answer, click the Add Another Answer link [1].

You can add Additional Match Possibilities and these words will be added to the matching list to distract students from the correct answers [2].

You can choose to give students feedback in the answer comments fields. To leave feedback for a specific answer, click the comment field beneath the answer [1]. All answer comment fields are red.

You can also create general answer comments for the quiz question as a whole [2]. Students who select the correct answer will see the feedback in the green comment field. Students who select any incorrect answer will see the feedback in the red comment field. All students will see the feedback in the blue comment field.   

Student View for Matching Question


This is what students see when they encounter a Matching question in a quiz [1].

If you allow students to see the correct answers, correct responses are marked with a green flag [2}. 

Incorrect responses will be marked with a red flag [2] and any correct answers not indicated by the student are marked with a gray flag [2]. 

Partial credit will be assigned if some blanks are completed correctly [2].


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