Add new exercise

This page explains how you add new exercises.

Terminology

• Exercise: Top level element. One exercise can have multiple slides and tasks.
• Slide: Each student only completes tasks on one slide. If an exercise has multiple slides, each student randomly sees one one of the slides and completes the tasks related to it. For example:
  • an exercise has slides 1 and 2.
  • Student A completes tasks on slide 2.
  • Student B completes tasks on slide 1.
  • Student C completes tasks on slide 1.
• Task: Task contains the actual question / assignment that students answer. Tasks take different forms, for example: multiple choice, essay, scale.

Adding a new exercise

1. Add a new exercise block

How to add blocks: SeeEdit lesson pages

2. Configure exercise

• Exercise name: Give your exercise a descriptive name. For example, Definitions of sustainable development
• Max points: Total number of points. If your exercise has two tasks and you set max points to 2, each task is worth 1 point. It is recommended that you award even number of points and avoid half points or fractions.
• Limit number of tries and Max tries per slide: Set a limit to how many times a student can attempt a slide. If you do not set a limit, students can attempt the tasks as many times as they like.

3. Add slide

Use the Add slide button to add a new slide.

4. Add task

Use the Add task button to add a new task.

5. Edit task

• Click the edit task button (shaped like a pencil)

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• Write the assignment instructions that are displayed to students. These are general instructions for all questions.
• Select 'Quizzes' to show different exercise types.

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• Select task type. Different types are explained on this wiki page.

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• Remember to save the changes you have made after you have successfully set up the exercise!

Add feedback messages [optional]

You can add feedback messages that are connected to individual answer options or the whole quiz item.

Messages connected to individual answer options

• Message after submission when this option selected: Displayed to students who select the answer option as soon as they submit their answer.
• Message on model solution when this option selected: Displayed to students who select the answer option once they get the exercise correct or run out of tries.

Messages connected to the whole quiz item

You can configure these feedback messages under the advanced options in the quiz item settings.

• Success message: Displayed after submission if student gets full points from the quiz item.
• Failure message: Displayed after submission if student gets less than full points from the quiz item.
• Message on model solution: Displayed after submission if student gets full points from quiz item or runs out of tries.

Formatting feedback messages

Markdown

You can add formatting to feedback messages. You need to add a markdown tag at the beginning and end of the feedback message. For example: [markdown]Your markdown formatted message here![/markdown]

• Guide to basic markdown syntax

LaTeX

You can also use LaTeX tags to display, for example, mathematical formula. For example:

• [latex]y = ax^2 + bx + c[/latex]

• [latex]\frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}[/latex]

• [latex]L = -\frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N \left[ y_i \log(\hat{y}_i) + (1 - y_i) \log(1 - \hat{y}_i) \right][/latex]

Exercise FAQ

How can I move an exercise from one page to another

1. Edit the page where the exercise you want to move is located.
2. Click next to the big title Exercise to highlight the block
3. In the block ribbon, click the three dots symbol.

4. Edit the page where you want to have the exercise on.
5. Add a new paragraph block to part of the page where you want to have the exercise.
6. Paste the block (Windows: Ctrl+V).
7. Save changes.