In addition to the default answer types, you can configure user-defined answer types for
your assessment answers. You must create the answer types and define the associated answer options
and scores, and define how the answer options are displayed. You can edit or delete user-defined
answer types, and associate answer types with questions.
Before you begin
You can define answer types Drop down, Multiple Select and Radio Button. You can define answer
values for each of these types.
About this task
The following default answer types are available.
- Check Box
- Date
- Decimal
- Multiple Line
- Number
- Text
For other answers, create your own user-defined answer types. A user-defined answer type
consists of the answer options and the display type. The display type defines how the options are
displayed, for example, as radio buttons. Only user-defined answer types can be used to call
conditional questions.
The Answers section shows the user-defined answer types that are
configured for the assessment. You can view the answer types and the associated answers and
scores.
Procedure
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Sign in with your administrator credentials.
Your home page opens.
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Click Assessments.
The list of assessments is displayed.
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Expand an assessment. The assessment versions are displayed.
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Open a draft version.
- If an In Edit version exists, click the assessment name to open the
in-edit version.
- If no In Edit version exists, select New
Version from the assessment Actions menu and accept the default
type to create an in-edit version.
The assessment's Script tab is displayed.
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Create an answer type and associated answers for use in the assessment.
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Select New Answer Type.
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Enter a name.
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Select the display type for the answer options.
The available display types are
drop-down list, multiple selection list, or radio button.
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Enter the answer texts for each answer option in the order that you want them to display. Enter
a numerical Score value, and click Add.
- The Answer text is visible to the user when they run the assessment.
- Available answers include Yes, No; and
Never, Sometimes, Always.
- The score value is used to score a completed assessment.
- Click Save to create the answer type.
The answers
are displayed in the order that you enter them.
- Optional: To reorder the sequence of answers in the questionnaire, click
Reorder Answers in the Actions menu of any answer. In
the Reorder Answers page, drag and drop the answers to position them in your
preferred order.
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Do the following tasks in the Actions menu of rows in the
Answers section.
- You can make these selections in an Answer Type row.
- Click Associate with Questions to associate an answer type with any
questions that do not have an assigned answer type.
- Click Edit. The Edit Answer Type page is
displayed. Modify name or type, and add answers, as needed.
- Click Delete. When you delete an answer type, the associated answers are
deleted. The association with questions is also removed.
- In an Answer row, click Edit or
Delete.
- Optional:
Select Validate to validate the assessment version.