Add a Fill-in-the-Blank Question

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.

Important Question editing and authoring is not available for all courses.

Question editing and authoring is not available for all activities.

Before you begin

This task is different depending on the version of MindTap used in your class.

If these directions do not match what you see in your class, click MindTap version in the toolbar above and select your MindTap version.

At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit .
To expand chapter and activity folders, click .
Click Edit next to an activity.
At the bottom of the activity settings editor, click Edit Activity Options.
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.
For Question Type, select Fill in the Blank.
Optional: Enter a question title in Enter title.
Enter your complete fill-in-the-blank statement under Dropdown Blank.
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.
2. Click to open the answer editor.
3. To add multiple-choice responses, click Add Another Response and enter an incorrect response in Enter Answer.
4. Optional: To edit a response, click it and type your changes.
5. Optional: To delete a response, click .
  
  The question must have at least one incorrect response.
6. Optional: To add feedback for a response, click and enter a message in Enter feedback.
7. Optional: Select a different response to mark it as the correct answer.
8. To close the answer editor, click Close.
Optional: Add any additional answer blanks to your fill-in-the-blank question.
Optional: To add feedback to the overall question, enter a message in Overall Feedback.
Click OK to add your question to your activity.
Click Save and Close to save your activity changes and close the activity editor.

Open the activity editor.

To do this:	Do this:
Edit an activity on the learning path	Click > Edit activity title and content.
Edit an activity from the Activity Bank	Click + Activity > Activity > Add from Activity Bank. Click an activity.
Create a new activity	Click + Activity > Activity > Create New. Click either Create Activity or Create Activity with Question Pools.

If you did not create the original activity, click Copy to Edit to create your own version of the activity.
Your version replaces the original activity on the learning path.
Click + Create Question.
Click Add New.
Click Fill in the Blanks (Cloze) > Cloze with drop down.
Enter instructions in Compose question.
Enter your fill-in-the-blank statement in Template markup.
1. To add a dropdown response field, click the Template markup field and click .
Enter fill-in-the-blank options in Possible responses.
- To add a response, click + Add.
- To delete a response, click .
In Set correct answer(s), click the response that will be marked correct.
Optional: Select Shuffle options to show students the options in a random order.
Optional: 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.
Optional: Click Preview to preview your question.
Click Save to add your question to your activity.