| In addition to the common question definition controls, the options to the left offer specific control over fill-in-the-blank question presentation and evaluation.
You may specify the size of the box provided for the participant to enter their response. The height should be greater than one. A scrolling area will be provided so the participant's response is not limited to the space provided.
Essay questions differ from fill-in-the-blank questions only in that the participant is given more than a one line box to enter their response and that their response is not automatically scored. Any entry in the correct answer box is ignored.
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You can enter point awards and custom feedback in the spaces provided for correct and incorrect participant response. However, please note that essay questions are always scored as incorrect until manually scored. Therefore, your feedback for incorrect should be tailored for this situation in mind. In order for this feedback to be shown, the appropriate options in Step#4 - Submit Actions must be set. That is, you must enable the issuing of feedback for your assessment. Point awards must be positive integer numbers.
| Expert Feature - custom feedback links |
| If you are versed in HTML, the language of web page design, you may include links to remedial material in your custom feedback. This permits the construction of powerful tutorials using Test Pilot. For example, if a participant gets a question wrong, hyperlinks may be included in your custom feedback that, when clicked upon, will take the user to a web site where material assisting the participant in answering the question is available. A hyperlink may be entered as follows:
Click <A HREF="http://SITE/page.html">here</A> for additional help.
Substituting the appropriate URL in place of the text shgown in red. If you wanted the page openned in a new window, the link could be entered as follows:
Click <A TARGET="_new" HREF="http://SITE/page.html">here</A> for additional help.
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Help is Available!
Please note that, at any time while you are editing an assessment, you can click upon the titles of the fields listed for your entries. If you do so, a pop-up window with an explanation of the items use and features will be shown.
Saving your Changes - Don't forget to Update
It should be noted that on the editing panels, you will see one or more Update buttons. Whenever you adjust a setting or make changes to any item, you must click an update button to record the changes. You may make multiple changes and then click Update, but if you fail to click the update button, your changes may not be recorded.
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