Classtime currently offers 11 types of Questions to create and share with your students:
Multiple Choice
Answer Input
Students will see all answer options and need to select ONE correct answer from multiple choices.
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct solution when creating the Question. You can add as many answer options as you want.
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Pro Tip: Check out our blog post about 'How to create great multiple choice questions in 3 simple steps'!
Checkboxes
Answer Input
Students will see all answer options and need to select ALL (ONE or MORE) correct answer by checking the correct answer boxes.
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide all correct solutions when creating the Question. You can add as many answer options as you want.
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True or False
Answer Input
Students will only have two options: TRUE or FALSE. They need to select one of both options.
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct solution when creating the Question.
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Free Text Answer
Answer Input
Students can enter a text in free form and unlimited length.
Validation
The student answer is manually validated by you in the Session dashboard. You can select a yellow answer cell (with a 'View-Eye') and validate the answer as correct or incorrect. Use our AI validation to quickly grade these answers, learn more here.
Important: Classtime will bundle all identical student answers, allowing you to immediately validate multiple answers of your students. This saves you a lot of time. Also, once you've validated an answer, Classtime will remember and automatically validate any newly incoming answers in the future - even if you're reusing the Question in new Session!
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Long Text (Essay)
Empower your students to craft well-structured and in-depth responses that showcase their true understanding with our "Long Text (Essay)" question type. Educators have the freedom to choose whether to receive concise answers or delve into the depths of your students' creativity with full-length essays!
A range of text formatting options are available to students including bold, italic, underline, and font sizes. Add a “Long Text (Essay)” to your question set with the following steps:
Choose the new question type in the dropdown
Specify your question, and further information in the question description field, if needed (e.g., expected length, grading criteria, etc)
Use all other question editing options available if needed
Answer Input
Students will see a field where they will be able to write their answer, use rich formatting options, see a word count, and save a draft.
Validation
The student answer is manually validated by teachers in the Session dashboard. Select a yellow answer cell (with a 'View-Eye') and validate the answer as correct or incorrect.
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Sorter
Answer Input
Students will see a randomly sorted list of items. Each item can be drag and dropped vertically, enabling the student to sort them freely.
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct order of items when creating the Question. Classtime will randomly shuffle all sorting items for each student individually.
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Categorizer
Answer Input
Students will see a categorization table and need to select the corresponding correct item (row) per category (column). Every item corresponds to exactly one category.
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct solution when creating the Question.
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Categorizer(Checkboxes)
Answer Input
Students will see a categorization table and need to select the corresponding correct item (row) per category (column). Every item can correspond to multiple categories .
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct solution when creating the Question.
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Highlight Text
Answer Input
Students select words, sentences, or paragraphs to provide an answer to your question. One or more elements can be marked as correct.
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct elements when creating the Question.
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6th Grade Math Highlight Text Question Type Example:
Hot Spot
Answer Input
Students can put a SINGLE or MULTIPLE spot(s) on an image to specify the correct answer(s).
Validation
The student answer is automatically validated. You need to provide the correct hot spot area(s) when creating the Question. You also need to define if you expect students to identify a SINGLE or MULTIPLE hot spots.
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Use the Hot Spot question type to check your student's engagement and understanding.
1st Grade Reading Comprehension Hot Spot Question Example:
Fill-in-the-gap
Fill-in-the-gap questions can be used to assess reading comprehension, check grammar, name an object in a picture, and provide an effective way for teachers to measure students’ depth of knowledge. With Classtime, you have two fill-in-the-gap options: free-text and multiple-choice dropdowns.
First, prepare your fill-in-the-gap question by entering text, highlighting the text that you would like to convert into a gap, and deciding between a free-text, choice dropdown, or both:
Answer Input
Free-Text:
Students will see a gap and need to fill in the correct phrase or word that completes the sentence.
Choices:
Students will click on the gap and select the correct answer from a list of options.
Validation
Provide the correct answer in the solution explanation, and your students’ answers will automatically be validated:
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We are continuously working on new question types and validation methods. If you are looking for something specific, do let us know: support@classtime.com. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!