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Written and Recorded Questions for Advanced Assessments

An overview of the different types of essay and recorded question types

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Written by Monica Burke
Updated over a week ago

When building an Advanced Assessment, you can create questions where students need to write (for example, an essay) or record their answers.

There are three types of essay-style questions:

There are two types of recording questions:


Essay - Rich Text

Students can 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. 


Essay - Plain Text

This lets students give long, detailed answers to questions (up to a maximum of 10,000 words). This Essay Question type only allows for basic formatting options such as Copy, Cut, and Paste.


Short Text

This requires students to respond to questions which have short, definite answers, e.g. 1-2 words, or a number.



Audio Recorder

This allows authors to implement audio recorders into a question. The embedded audio recorder can record, save and playback a student’s response. It is especially useful for language assessments. Audio questions are not auto-scored.



Video Recorder

This allows authors to implement video recorders into a question. The embedded video recorder can record, save and playback a student’s response. Video questions are not auto-scored.


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