Now that you've started to build an advanced assessment, you may want to add an Essay question.
The Essay with Rich Text allows students to give long, detailed answers to questions (up to a maximum of 10,000 words). This Essay Question type allows for more detailed formatting options, such as bold, underline, and bulleted lists.
There are other types of essay questions:
Essay with Plain TextStudents only have basic formatting options: cut, copy, and paste.
| Math EssayStudents can use the math keypad in conjunction with the regular keyboard.
| Chemistry EssayStudents can use the chemistry keypad in conjunction with the regular keyboard.
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Build the Question
If you are creating a new item, select the + Create button on the assessment builder, title the item, then select the Add New plus sign to add a question.
If you are adding to an existing item, simply select the Add New plus sign (as shown above) to add a question to the item.
Next, select the Written and Recorded category from the options on the left, then select Essay with Rich Text.
Compose the Question
Type your question in the Compose question section.
Choose Text Formatting Tools
By default, the following text formatting options are turned on: bold, italic, underline, bullet list, and numbered list.
To make an option available, simply click on it. It will turn gray. To re-order any of the options, click and drag.
The DIV stands for divider.
Here is an example of what it would look like with several additional formatting options added:
Special Characters
To allow students to use special characters, activate the special characters option as shown below.
Enable Image Upload
To allow students to upload an image, you will need to activate the image upload option as shown below
While students take their assessment, they have the ability to select an image from the device. There is a 12 image limit.
Student View
Word Limit
Choose a word limit and if you'd like that word limit to be displayed for the students when they are taking the assessment. See the image below; the text entry field becomes red if the student exceeds the word limit.
Scoring
The Essay with Rich Text question type is not an auto-scored question. This question will be manually scored by the teacher once the assessment has been turned in.
Step 1: Expand the More Options section.
Step 2: Add a point value into the Max score field. The default is set to 1 point.
Submit Over Limit:
If you leave this option unchecked (by default), the student will not be able to submit the answer if it is beyond the word limit.
If you check this option, the student will be able to submit the answer regardless of the word limit.
Student Preview
It's highly recommended to Preview the question before adding it to the assessment. This displays the question as the students will see it and also verifies that the answers and scoring work as expected. Since this question is not auto-scored, you are previewing for formatting purposes here.
💡 Tip: The text entry field will expand as the students type, so they will always be able to see the entirety of their entry.
Click to see a clip of the Essay with Rich Text question from the student's perspective.
Click to see a clip of the Essay with Rich Text question from the student's perspective.
More Options
There are additional scoring and layout options found under the More Options menu.
Scoring
Layout
Details
Learnosity Resources
You can read more about this question type on Learnosity's Author Guide.
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