Essay Question

An example of the essay question type

Overview:

This guide will show you how to create an essay question type within the Quiz activity.

What to know:

The essay question type allows students to upload a file or online text. This question must be graded manually. The question can be used to submit essays or files (e.g. pictures of calculations of math problems).  

In your module area/course, click the link of the Quiz activity.

1. Open the 'Questions' tab.

1. On the following page, click the ’Add’ link.
2. Click the ’a new question’ link in the dropdown menu.

1. Locate and select the essay question type from the pop-up window.
2. Click the ’Add’ button.

Category:
You can choose which category you would like to put your question in from the dropdown menu. If you have not created any category in your question bank, you can put the questions in the default category. 

Question name:
The question name is to help you to identify your questions. It is extremely useful when you view your questions in the question bank. It is recommended to put in enough information in the question name to help you to identify your questions quickly, especially in the question bank. A good example will be a question name like "Week1- location of XJTLU". Vague question names like "Q1" should be avoided. This section is mandatory.  Please note, students will not see the question names.  

Question text:
Question text is a place where you can put in the question or instructions, for example, "Please write 100 words about your experience of studying at XJTLU". This section is mandatory. It is also possible to put images or videos in the question text.

Default mark:
This is where you put the mark of the question. You can change the mark even during and after the quiz.  

General feedback:
Feedback can be given to your students at different stages of the quiz depends on how the settings are configured. 

ID number:
Please leave it blank.  

Please leave the "Response format" as "HTML editor" and change the setting as you wish. 

The response template will be displayed to students when they attempt the question. Please note the texts will need to be manually deleted.

An example of the response template:

The grader information will be displayed to the graders in the "manual grading" and "manual grading by student" function. Read  Manual grading  and  Mannual grading by student  to find out how to do that. Students will not see the grader information. 

The grader information will be displayed above the comment and marking area:

You can put in a tag or several tags by key in the tags. Click "x" to delete a tag. Tags can help you to organize your questions in your question bank. Read more about the use of Tag from this article (link). Tags are designed for your question management purpose. It will not be displayed to students