Short answer widget - confusing name?
Hey,
this is just a random observation.
I think the name of "Short answer" widget often misleads course creators in thinking they should use this when they want students to write a short text. E.g. What is your opinion on xy? (expecting a few sentences on something)
This happens very often causing confusion among students (who are unable to then get the answer "right" or teachers who can't find students' answers anywhere.)
3 replies
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Hi Alenka,
I agree this can be confusing, that is, sometimes it's not obvious that we are expecting a short answer because the input box is so big.
An option to have a short input box was recently added to this widget.
Sometimes when we ask a question with a short and simple answer such as questions with a numerical answer, the big text box makes it seem like we are expecting a long paragraph answer.
Now we can change the size of the input box accordingly.
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Yeah, this will work IF the course creators get the idea of "size of input". Please keep in mind that the issue is that the creators who use the wrong widget.
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We are still getting emails from confused course creators who have used Short answer widget instead of Post text. Please consider using a different name for the "Short answer widget". Thank you!
