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Tips and tricks for Multiple Choice Quizzes in MOOCs

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Tips and Tricks for

Multiple Choice Quizzesmoocs4all.eu

Why choose “Multiple Choice”

• Multiple choice• Multiple response• Short answer• Hot spot• Matching

Text editor(e.g. GIFT format)

::Question title – learner does not see this::Question text (Stem){=A correct answer~Wrong answer1 (distractor)~Wrong answer2~Wrong answer3~Wrong answer4}

3 to 5distractors

Let the platformshuffle answers

Avoiddifficult,

easy,and “trick”questions!

Implausible distractors

“Accentuate the positiveEliminate the negative!”

Which of the following is false?{=London is NOT in the UK~Wrong answer1~Wrong answer2}

Options should look similar

{=A correct answer~Wrong answer1 ~A very longer or more precisely worded answer will draw attention to it.~Wrong answer3~Wrong answer4}

Be careful combining options

{=A~B~C~D~A and C}

Avoid“all of the above”

“none of the above”

Avoidclues in the stem

e.g. key words

Consider how learners misunderstand

Draw questions randomly from

“banks”

Multiple versions of the same question?

Spread questions evenly over the content

Grammar:- correct- similar

Second reader