Multiple Choice Question

This category leverages simple choice and multiple choice interaction. Only simple choice is supported in Sunbird 3.9.

As a creator I should be able to create Multiple Choice Question

• with at least 2 and maximum 8 options

• mark any or none of the options as correct

  • Marking an option as correct will set its score as 1. In future we will enable editing of score for each option

Multiple choice with multiple correct answers

• Creator can mark more than one answers as correct.

  • On marking an answer as correct, its weightage is set as 1. Which means on selecting this response, the player will get full marks allotted for the question

• MCQ (or any question) with multiple correct answers will have Partial scoring = true by default. Thus,

  • All responses marked as correct will get equal marks. The total marks of the question will be divided equally amongst all responses

  • Player will get score for whichever option s/he has selected.

  • There is no negative marking.

  • [Question] Should the partial scoring be present at the section / question set level?

Example,

MCQ // marks = 1, partial scoring = true
* Option 1 // score = 1
* Option 2 // score = 0
* Option 3 // score = 1
* Option 4 // score = 0

Player will get 1/2 marks on responding with Option 1
Player will get 1/2 marks on responding with Option 3
Player will get 1 marks on responding with Option 1 & 3

MCQ // marks = 1, partial scoring = false
* Option 1 // score = 1
* Option 2 // score = 0
* Option 3 // score = 1
* Option 4 // score = 0
Player gets no marks for responding with Option 1
Player gets no marks for responding with Option 3
Player will get 1 marks on responding with Option 1 & 3

User flow

• As a creator, I will create MCQ, enter options, and mark some of the options as correct.

• When an option is marked as correct, system by default gives it a score of 1. This means that all options carry equal weightage when marked as correct.

  • In future, there will be an option to edit option level score.

• Partial scoring is turned ON by default. Partial scoring ON means, user will get score for ANY of the responses with a +ve score (correct option) selected.

• [Question] When there are two possible correct answers, and the user has to be awarded the full marks when one of the selected options are right, how to enable this?

• Partial scoring can be turned OFF. This means, user will get score only when ALL responses with a +ve score are selected.

• [Question] What score is awarded when user selects a mix of correct & incorrect - a few correct & a few incorrect options?

  • Along with Partial scoring ON?

  • Along with Partial scoring OFF?

• [Question] What score is generated when user selects all options - trying to game the system - can we mark it as Invalid attempt? (Assume that all were not correct)

  • Option 1 : The number of options the user is allowed to select will be restricted based on the number of correct answers.

    • For eg: If there are two correct answers for a question, the user will be allowed to select only two option in the MCQ.

  • Option 2 : Assign negative score for every incorrect answer.
    

• Instead of partial scoring, we could have a variable for scoring logic which has values:

  • ALL

    • Full marks assigned only when all the correct options are selected

  • ANY

    • Full marks assigned when any one of the correct answers is selected

  • PARTIAL

    • Partial scores assigned of any one or more correct answers entered.
      

Assumptions:

• There is no negative marking. Score is always positive.

  • In future, Score can be any number, system will award whether it is positive or negative.