A Matching question allows students to match pairs of correct answers. Additional distractors can also be added, or individuals can also be reused. This guide will demonstrate how to create a Matching question in Blackboard Learn Ultra.
This is for Ultra Course View, go to Original Course View.
Adding a Matching Question to a Test or Assignment
To add a Matching Question to the assessment canvas:
- Hover over the dividing line between elements and click on the + button.
- Select Add Matching Question from the menu.
Creating a Matching Question
Upon selecting Add a Matching Question, you will see a screen similar to the one above.
- Question Text: Enter the question text for your matching question here.
- Prompts: Enter the terms to show to students in the left column
- Answers: Enter the responses you would like students to match with the given terms
- Additional Options: Click on the [···] button for options to reuse an answer choice or to delete a matching pair.
- Add Pair: Click on Add Pair to add additional prompt/answer pairs to the matching question.
- Additional Answers (optional): If you wish to add unpaired distractor answers, you can enter those answers here.
- Add Answer: Click on the Add Answer link to add additional unpaired answer choices.
- Delete: Click on the trash can icon to delete an unpaired answer
- Scoring options: Use the dropdown menu to determine how to score the matching question. The available options are All or Nothing, or Allow Partial Credit.
- Automated Feedback: Click on the slider to allow response feedback to be shown to students.
- Correct Response Feedback: Enter feedback for correct responses in the space provided.
- Incorrect Response Feedback: Enter feedback to be displayed for incorrect responses here
- Points: Click on the Points box in the upper right hand corner to modify the question point value.
- When finished, click the Save button to create the matching question.
Finishing Up
Once you have created a matching question, it will appear at the desired insertion point.