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Extra settings: the knobs each format adds
The tab that changes depending on the question format, and what every value in it means.
Small numbers with large consequences.
Where it is
Extra settings is one of the seven tabs in shared settings. Unlike the others it changes with the question format: it holds the settings that only make sense for the shape you chose. Pick a format with none and the tab reads Not applicable, which is information rather than an error.
Everything here applies to every question generated from the type, which is the point. Change the number of choices once and the next hundred generated questions follow.
Every setting, by format
| Format | Setting | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice (single) | Number of choices | 2–12 | 4 |
| Multiple choice (select all) | Number of choices · Number of correct choices | 3–12 · 2–8 | 5 · 2 |
| Fill in the blank (multiple) | Number of blanks | 2–8 | 3 |
| Cloze passage | Number of blanks | 2–8 | 3 |
| Short answer | Maximum words in answer | 1–40 | 8 |
| Long answer (essay) | Key points to assess | 3–8 | 4 |
| Proof | Key points to assess | 3–8 | 4 |
| Matching | Number of pairs · Decoy right-hand items | 3–8 · 0–3 | 4 · 0 |
| Ordering | Number of items to order | 4–8 | 5 |
| Drag and drop | Number of drop zones · Typical items per zone | 2–6 · 1–6 | 3 · 2 |
| Hotspot on image | Number of hotspots | 1–8 | 1 |
| Diagram labelling | Number of labels | 2–12 | 4 |
| Multi-step | Number of steps | 2–6 | 3 |
| Code execution | Language · Test cases | — · 1–6 | — · 2 |
| Graph sketch | Key points to check | 1–12 | 3 |
| Equation input | Equivalent forms | 0–6 | 2 |
| Matrix / grid | Rows · Columns | 2–8 · 2–8 | 3 · 3 |
Tolerance is not set here. Numeric tolerance and Tolerance type are on the Correct answer & acceptance tab, and a numeric input answer also has Require units.
Calculator allowed
Calculator allowed sits with these and applies wherever it is relevant. It is worth setting deliberately rather than leaving: the same arithmetic question is a test of method with a calculator and a test of arithmetic without one, and which you meant should not be an accident.
Which of these actually change difficulty
Most of these numbers change the size of a question. Three change how hard it is.
- Decoy right-hand items on matching removes the free answer that elimination gives.
- Number of correct choices on select-all, because not knowing how many are right is most of the difficulty.
- Numeric tolerance on numeric input (on the Correct answer & acceptance tab), which quietly decides whether rounding to two places is correct or wrong.
If a type is scoring higher than you expected, look at these three before you rewrite the question. If it is scoring lower, look at tolerance first — a strict tolerance failing correct working is the most common cause and the least visible.