Topic 2 Inline text-based questions

Here are some examples of text-based question types, with immediate feedback available to the student. These would typically be used as a form of "active learning", reinforcing concepts that have been discussed in the preceding content, with success or failure not recorded but feedback given.

On the next page we will show some of the same questions used as part of a graded self-assessment quiz, the results of which are recorded and can drive key outcomes like certification and access to further content, and also enable the tracking of student progress on learning outcomes.

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are the most commonly used question type. They offer a set of possible answers and the student must choose the correct one.

What is Courseworker?

Read this web page and then answer the following question.

Courseworker® by CAPDM is:

A a set of Word macros
B an enterprise-level, cloud-based course production and management environment
C a student revision system
D a collection of past examination papers

Courseworker® by CAPDM is an enterprise-level, cloud-based course production and management environment. You can find out more about it at capdm.com.

Fill-in-the-blank questions allow freeform entry into a text box, and can be checked either as fuzzy matched or exact matched depending on the need. This example requires exact matches.

Write once, publish many

Courseworker® by CAPDM is an -level, -based course production and management environment. It greatly simplifies the production of high-quality professional online courses using “ once, many” digital publishing methods.

Courseworker® by CAPDM is an enterprise-level, cloud-based course production and management environment. It greatly simplifies the production of high-quality professional online courses using “write once, publish many” digital publishing methods.

Multiple response questions (MRQs) are like MCQs but more than one answer may be correct.

The benefits of Courseworker

Which of the following are benefits of Courseworker® by CAPDM?

A It greatly simplifies the production of high-quality professional online courses using “write once, publish many” digital publishing methods.
B It is extremely efficient at producing highly integrated online courses with content-rich interactivity.
C It is ideal for producing large volumes of online course materials to a consistent standard, and copes well with content which is updated at regular intervals.
D It can be used to publish print-ready, eBook and online learning materials quickly and easily.
E It makes course production both scalable and repeatable, but without loss of quality or reduction in features.
F It embeds an institution’s online learning strategy into every online course delivered to students.

Actually, all of them are correct.

Drop-down select questions are fill-in-the-blank questions where the possible answers are provided in a list.

How can CAPDM help?

Have a look at the front page of capdm.com and then, in the table below, match the impact to the outcome for each row. CAPDM can:

Impact Outcome
your content
your capacity
reduce your
your quality
increase your speed to

CAPDM helps learning providers:

  • to future-proof their content
  • to build their capacity
  • to reduce their costs
  • to improve their quality
  • to increase their speed to market

True/False (TF) questions are essentially a simplified version of the MCQ.

An alternative to outsourcing?

Courseworker offers an alternative to outsourcing for institutions looking to have their own online programme management capabilities. True or False?

True
False

It's true, Courseworker offers an alternative to outsourcing for institutions looking to have their own online programme management capabilities.

Highlighting questions allow students to identify parts of text, and are useful in language analysis.

Testimonial

Find and highlight all the examples you can of backwards-looking expressions and superlatives in the text using a different colour for each.

Backwards-looking expressions include "have worked with", "rich experience" and "track record". Superlatives include "highly scalable" and "high quality". Arguably "expertise" is also a superlative, but that just goes to show how tricky the English language is.

On any given page we can also enable students to record their confidence in their learning, for later review:

How confident are you that you have understood this topic?

Topic Learning objectives How confident are you?
    Completely confident Partially confident Unsure
Text-based questions I understand what text-based questions are available

Date

I understand how to integrate text-based questions with other content
I understand how best to deploy text-based questions as part of an online learning course
I understand this topic overall