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Fill in the Blank

Author a new fill-in-the-blank question to use in your activity. Students complete a statement by choosing the correct answer from a list of options.

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Select the MindTap experience used in your course.

Question editing and authoring is not available for all activities.

  1. At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit​ .

  2. To expand chapter and activity folders, click Expand.

  3. Click Edit next to an activity.

  4. At the bottom of the activity settings editor, click Edit Activity Options.

  5. At the bottom of the activity, click Add Question.

    1. If your course includes a question bank, select New Question.

    The question editor opens in your activity.

  6. For Question Type, select Fill in the Blank.

  7. Enter a question title in Enter title.

  8. Enter your complete fill-in-the-blank statement under Dropdown Blank.

    Example statement "Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy in 79 AD." without any answer blanks.

  9. Enter the multiple-choice options.

    1. Highlight the text you want to be the correct answer and click Dropdown Blank.

      The highlighted text is the correct answer.

      Example statement "[Blank] erupted in Italy in 79 AD." "Mount Vesuvius" is the correct multiple-choice answer.

    2. Click Edit answers and feedback to open the answer editor.

    3. To add multiple-choice responses, click Add Another Response and enter an incorrect response in Enter Answer.

      Example statement "[Blank] erupted in Italy in 79 AD." "Mount Vesuvius" is the correct multiple-choice answer, followed by incorrect responses "Mauna Loa," "Mount Etna," and "Mount Asama."

    4. The question must have at least one incorrect response.

    5. To add feedback for a response, click Feedback and enter a message in Enter feedback.

    6. Select a different response to mark it as the correct answer.

      The correct response is selected.

    7. To close the answer editor, click Close.

  10. Add any additional answer blanks to your fill-in-the-blank question.

  11. To add feedback to the overall question, enter a message in Overall Feedback.

  12. Click OK to add your question to your activity.

  13. Click Save and Close to save your activity changes and close the activity editor.

  1. Open the activity editor.

    To do this:

    Do this:

    Edit an activity on the learning path

    Click Activity context menu › Edit activity title and content.

    Edit an activity from the Activity Bank

    1. Click + Activity › Activity › Add from Activity Bank.
    2. Click an activity.
    3. Click Edit.

    Create a new activity

    1. Click + Activity › Activity › Create New.
    2. Click either Create Activity or Create Activity with Question Pools.

  2. Click + Create Question.

  3. Click Fill in the Blanks (Cloze) › Cloze with drop down.

  4. Enter instructions in Compose question.

  5. Enter your fill-in-the-blank statement in Template markup.

    1. To add a dropdown response field, click the Template markup field and click Insert Response.

  6. Enter fill-in-the-blank options in Possible responses.

    • To add a response, click + Add.
    • To delete a response, click Remove possible response.

  7. Select Shuffle options to show students the options in a random order.

  8. To add feedback, click More options .

    • Enter feedback for the entire question in Overall feedback.
    • To give feedback for students who select a certain option, click + Add under Answer Feedback. Enter feedback for the first multiple-choice option in Answer Feedback 1. Repeat as needed for other options.
    • Enter an example of a correct response in Sample answer.

  9. Click Preview to preview your question.

  10. Click Save to add your question to your activity.