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Text task

Text task is used when we want to insert one or more answer fields in a medium text or math problem, which students have to fill in with their own text answers. In this unit type, there are no answer options to choose from.

 

To create a unit, navigate to For teachers - Learning units page, click Create new, and choose a unit type. To edit an existing unit, navigate to For teachers - Learning units page, find the learning unit in the list, and click the Edit button edit.

 

On the Text task learning unit's edit screen you have the following fields for settings and unit content:

  • Unit name - This name will be displayed in the lists of units.
  • Labels - Create text labels, which describe the unit's content, purpose, target group, keywords, etc. Labels with multiple words and labels shorter than 3 characters are not supported.
  • Advanced settings
    • Score value - The points given after successfully completing the task.
    • Correct answers required to complete the task (in %) - The percentage of correct answers required to successfully complete the task. If you have one question, the value should be the default 100%, but if you have more questions, more task screens, you can set any percentage of required correct answers.
    • Task difficulty (label) - Select difficulty of the unit, which will be added as a label to the learning unit.
    • Edit math formulas with Latex - This setting enables the use of a latex editor for creating math formulas.
  • Task screen - This type of learning unit contains only one task screen.
    • Response time (minutes) - The time a student can spend on completing the learning unit.
    • Instruction/question - Instruction for the task or a question to answer. You can insert latex latex to this field.
    • Task description - Here you can add a longer text for students to study, on which the tasks to solve will be based. You can insert latex latex and images image to this field. The description is displayed next to the tasks.
    • Task and text parts - This unit type combines multiple text parts to one task text. The text part, marked as the correct answer, will become an empty field in the task text, which the students must fill with the correct answer. You can insert latex latex to text part fields. You can add text parts with the Add text part button. You can add tasks with the Add new task button. Text parts and tasks can be deleted with the delete button delete.
    • Enable info window - By enabling info window you can add an additional help text to the unit, which can be displayed by clicking on the Info button that appears on the unit's play screen. By enabling this setting, you can add a text, an image image or a latex latex to the Info window text field.
  • Convert learning unit to a superunit (add helping units) - see chapter Superunits

 

To check the unit's playable version, click the Save then the Preview button. After you finish editing, click the Save and exit button. This closes the editor screen and gets you back to the unit's list screen.