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Add a 'drag into category' question to a quiz

The ‘drag into category’ question type has a box for each category you specify and a list of choices for the participant to put in the relevant category.
  1. Browse to your quiz.
  2. Go to Edit > Edit quizbuilder page.
  3. Under Add a question, select Drag into category.
  4. In the Question name box, enter a name to help you identify the question in submissions – for example, question1. Participants do not see it on the quiz.
  5. Enter the question for the participant in the Question box.
  6. In the Categories and choices box, enter the first category. Enter each choice related to the first category on a new line indented by one space. For example, for the question Sort these items into animal, vegetable or mineral, the first category and two choices are:

    Animal
     Rabbit
    Lion
  7. Enter the remaining categories and choices, one per line. Ensure each choice is indented by one space – for example:

    Animal
     Rabbit
    Lion Vegetable
    Carrot
    Celery
    Mineral
    Quartz
    Feldspar
  8. If appropriate, select Order of items within each category matters. When you select the checkbox, the order of choices in Categories and choices is the accepted order for a correct answer.
  9. Optionally, enter any feedback to show the participant when they submit correct and wrong answers.
  10. Select Save.
  11. When you have finished editing the quiz, select Done.

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