Completion

A completion question is a question for which students must provide the correct text answer. Since completion questions are designed to be graded automatically on electronic tests, the answer to a completion question is typically one or two words.

To create/edit a completion question:

1. Edit an existing completion question or click the New Question button and choose Completion.

2. Enter a question Title.
   Note: When creating a new question, if you do not enter a question Title, it will auto-populate with the stem of the question when you click OK. If you do not want the Title to auto-populate for new questions, deselect the Automatically populate question titles option in your profile. 

3. Enter the question content in the word processor window.

4. Click the Answer and Grading tab and enter the correct answer in the word processor window.
   
   Note: You can enter **Any answer accepted** and students will receive credit for the question regardless of what they enter.

5. If students will need to enter special characters or formatting into their answers, select the appropriate palette from the Student text entry mode list. Enter the special characters into the answer using the Insert Symbol button .
   
   Note: If you need to use characters from multiple palettes, select Complete from the Student text entry mode list to make all the special characters available to students.

6. (Optional) Enter a Points value.

7. (Optional) Click the Rationale tab to enter the reasoning behind the question or detailed information on the solution.

8. (Optional) Click the Info tab to enter additional question information.

   • If the question is connected to a table, picture, or other shared information, select a preface from the Preface drop-down list.

   • Click Info and Objectives to enter question information such as difficulty levels, references, and standards.

   • Select the Electronic only or Print only option to limit the question to only web or printed tests.

9. Click OK to record the question.

Notes:

• Instead of following the directions in steps 2 and 3 above, you can enter the entire statement/question (including the answer) in the Question tab, highlight the answer text, and click the button. The answer will be replaced with a blank in the question and automatically copied to the Answer and Grading tab.

• If there is more than one correct answer, separate each correct response with a carriage return. For example, your answers might be:
  
  World War Two
  World War II
  World War 2

• For any question type that requires text input, a character palette is displayed during an online test. This palette allows students to enter foreign characters and select symbols into their answers.