You can use the Basic Match interaction to create drag and drop items with drop bays.

See Author Test Items for general instruction on item creation.

  1. From the Editor tab, select Add Interaction > Basic Match.
  2. Under Choices, enter details for Rows and Columns. You can add and delete choices as needed. 
    1. Rows: Enter answer choices that students will drag and drop.
    2. Columns: Enter labels for each drop bay where students will place the answer choices.
  3. Enter a value in Max Match for each answer choice and drop bay.
    1. Rows: The Max Match value indicates how many times that answer choice can be dragged into any drop bay. 
    2. Columns: The Max Match value indicates how many answer choices can be placed inside the drop bay.
  4. In the Settings areas, use the Choice Position to indicate the location of the choices in relation to the bays.
  5. Max column indicates how many columns may be used to display the choices.
  6. Grip Style: Optionally, add one of several 'grippers' to each choice to more clearly indicate this object may be dragged.
  7. Choices Width (in px) and Target Width (in px) can be used to override auto-sizing.
  8. Min Associations: 
  9. Shuffle: Select to scramble the choices. For the item analysis reports, the order of choices in the item setup are reflected for all students.
  10. Under Scoring Settings, enter choices as described in the next section.
  11. Under Correct Response, drag and drop the answer choices into the correct drop bay(s).
  12. Select Save.

Scoring Settings

Check Allow correct Choice in any Gap to award points when the correct answer choice or choices have been placed in a drop bay.

When using Partial Scoring, enter a point value in the Points column for each answer choice. 


Sample Basic Match Item

Sample Basic Match Item

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