How to create question in MindScroll LMS : Support

Create Question

To Create a question, Login as Administrator or Instructor and click on Content--> Manage Test Papers-->Manage Questions in the left menu

Left menu

This shows a list of all the questions of the system on the right.

To search a particular question, type the keywords or tags in ‘Search’ box and press ‘Enter’.
To Sort the list on Question, Type or Tags, click on the corresponding column header. Click again to sort the list in reverse order.
To view a particular question, click on the ‘View’ icon against the question.
To edit a particular question, click on the ‘Edit’ icon against the question.

Manage Question view

Click on “Create Question” to add a new question.

You can add MCQ, MMCQ, True False, Free Text or File Upload questions.

MCQ

To create an MCQ question, choose the MCQ question type.
In the question box, add the question stem.
Against Marks, fill the marks that are intended for the question
Choose the tags from the “Tags” drop-down menu. Refer section 4.2.2 to see details on Adding Tags in the system.

Add answers to the answers text boxes
You may add more answer options by clicking on the “Add” button or remove them using the remove link at the right-hand top of each answer box.
To specify the correct option among the options in the question, select the radio button of the correct answer. It is mandatory to specify the correct answer while creating a question.

You may also choose to write a solution or explanation for the question, this solution can be made visible to the learner while we create question papers.
Click “Save” to add the question to the question bank, the UI refreshes and is now ready to add another question.

Please Note: In order to tag questions with relevant tags, you will have to first define tags in the system using the 'Settings' section. To know more on tags, refer to the documentation on 'System Settings'.

MMCQ

To create a MMCQ question, choose the MMCQ question type.
Follow the same steps as given above for MCQ type question and fill in the Question, options, and Marks for the question.
Choose the tags that are relevant from the “Tags” drop-down menu.
Additionally, in MMCQ type question, you can specify more than one options as Correct Answer by selecting the relevant checkboxes against the correct options. It is mandatory to specify the correct answer while creating a question.

You may also choose to write a solution or explanation for the question, this solution can be made visible to the learner while we create question papers.
Click “Save” to add the question to the question bank, the UI refreshes and is now ready to add another question.

True False

To create a True False question, choose the True False question type.
Follow the same steps as given above for MCQ type question and fill in the Question, options, and Marks for the question.
Choose the tags that are relevant from the “Tags” drop-down menu.
Select the Correct answer as 'True' or 'False' by selecting the relevant radio button. It is mandatory to specify the correct answer while creating a question.

You may also choose to write a solution or explanation for the question, this solution can be made visible to the learner while we create question papers.
Click “Save” to add the question to the question bank, the UI refreshes and is now ready to add another question.

Free Text

To create a Free Text question, choose the Free text question type.
Follow the same steps as given above for MCQ type question and fill in the Question, options and Marks for the question.
Choose the tags that are relevant from the “Tags” drop-down menu.
You may also choose to write a solution or explanation for the question, this solution can be made visible to the learner while we create question papers.
Click “Save” to add the question to the question bank, the UI refreshes and is now ready to add another question.

File Upload

To create a File Upload question, choose the File Upload question type.
Follow the same steps as given above for MCQ type question and fill in the Question, options, and Marks for the question.
Choose the tags that are relevant from the “Tags” drop-down menu.
You may also choose to write a solution or explanation for the question, this solution can be made visible to the learner while we create question papers.
Click “Save” to add the question to the question bank, the UI refreshes and is now ready to add another question.