How do I add hints and explanations to questions?

This article will teach you how you can add hints and explanations to questions in your activity.

This Guide is for:

  • Super Admin
  • Teacher Admin (Full-Access)
  • Teacher, (Owner Full-Access)

This is useful especially when you want to create activities where learners can self-learn, help them get the correct answer and explain to them why that is the correct answer.

For IRAT & TRAT activities, the function to show hints and explanations for questions that have them can be enabled in the Optional Settings during activity creation.

  • There is an option to show hints and explanations only AFTER an activity has ended.

From the Question setup page

  • Scroll down to the Hint and Explanation section. Enter the question content.

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  • Hint is shown to the learners when they select the wrong answer.

  • Explanation is shown to the learners when they select the correct answer.

From Optional Settings Page

The option to "Show hints and explanations for questions that have them" must be enabled in the Optional Settings for the hints and explanations to appear on the student dashboard.

Optional Settings-Hints and ExpFor IRAT

  • There is no immediate feedback by default. This can be enabled in the optional settings.
  • When the option to "Show hints and explanations for questions that have them" is enabled, these can be displayed either during the test or only after the activity is completed, or both.

For TRAT

  • Immediate feedback is enabled by default. 
  • When the option to "Show hints and explanations for questions that have them" is enabled, these can be displayed either during the test or only after the activity is completed, or both.
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