[ARCHIVED] Fill in Multiple Blanks - Duplicate Answers

[lvitanza]

Hello all!

I am wondering if anyone has run into the following issue.  I have a question where 3 blanks can be filled with any of the 3 correct answers.  

For example, the question is "The three vertical cavities are the [term1], [term2], and [term3].

The correct answers are, abdominal, pelvic, an thoracic, in any order, of course.

If a student writes the same answer twice, for example, "abdominal, abdominal, and pelvic", the quiz will score these 3 answers as the correct answer.  

Does anyone know if there is a way to mark a duplicate answer as incorrect?

Thanks!

[garciah]

I recently had a faculty member ask me the same question, and unfortunately, there's isn't a way to automatically mark duplicate answers as incorrect.

In researching this issue, I found a thread in the Canvas Community where someone is faced with the same dilemma, and one suggestion was to require students to provide the answers in alphabetical order. I haven't found a better alternative.

[lvitanza]

Thank you, Heather.  I appreciate the response.  I have another question.  Have you come across multiple choice questions where there is a blank in the question?  For instance, The nephrons filtering unit is called the _____________. There would be four multiple choice answers.  The only workaround that I have found is to rephrase the question or draw a line for the blank space.  

[garciah · Accepted solution]

Certainly! For that question, you have a lot of options. You could create a multiple choice question and draw the line, you could use a fill-in-the-blank question, but then students would have to type in the answer. I would suggest, however, using the multiple drop downs question type. The result would look like this:

[lvitanza]

that's great, Heather, thanks!  Problem solved.  I did not like how the underscore looked.  

[garciah]

Sure thing, Laura! Happy to help.