How do I use the Fill in the blanks widget?
How to access the Fill in the blanks widget
Widgets are the tools with which course administrators create and build the pages of their courses.
The Fill in the blanks widget can be used to set up questions where the learners must fill in the missing word in a sentence.
Steps to access the Fill in the blanks widget.
Step 1
Go to the page in your course where you'd like to add this widget.
Step 2
Select Edit mode.
Step 3
In the lefthand widget menu, click on the grey container with the word Core and toggle it to Quiz.
Step 4
Click on the Fill in the blanks widget icon (or you can hold and drag it wherever you'd like on the page).
Please note that if there isn't a quiz widget on the page, adding a new quiz widget will automatically create a quiz section for you. For more information on how to use the quiz section, please refer to the article How do I use a Quiz Section?
How to set up the Fill in the blanks widget
After adding the widget to your page, you can set it up by following the instructions below:
- Click on the Setup tab at the top of the widget.
- Edit the widget settings.
Question text: You can enter a simple text question or instructions for the learners.
Structure: Here, you can set up your fill-in-the-blank sentences. Start typing your sentences regularly. When you want to insert a blank, type the answer into the Missing word box on the right and click Add blank.
Missing words: All of the answers will appear in this list. The learners will be able to see and choose words from this list in order to fill in the blanks. Keep in mind that these words are case-sensitive!
Status Section
Show correct/incorrect status: Ticking this box will allow display text to appear letting learners know if they have selected the correct or incorrect answer(s).
When the answer is correct: You can customise the message to be displayed when the learner has selected the correct answer. The default message is "Correct!".
When the answer is incorrect: You can customise the message to be displayed when the learner has selected an incorrect answer. The default message is "Incorrect! Try again."
Hide correct/incorrect status: Ticking this box will allow you to customise the message to be displayed when the learner has selected the answer regardless of whether it’s correct or incorrect.
Feedback Section
Show feedback (optional): Ticking this box will allow you to customise the feedback message when the learner has selected the correct or incorrect answer for that particular question.
Completion settings
Completing activities on a page is how learners make progress and receive their certificates or complete the course.
As the administrator, you can modify how each Quiz Section tracks this progress.
The completion settings tab in each widget gives the option to include the quiz as part of the quiz section’s progress and completion tracking. By unchecking the option, you are excluding this specific quiz block from being part of the quiz section’s progress. Any interactions with this excluded quiz block will not affect the completion status of the quiz section.
How do the learners answer the question in the Fill in the blanks widget
To answer the question, the learners can click on one of the blanks and a dropdown menu will appear showing the list of possible answers. The learners only need to pick the correct answer from the list as shown below:
The learners can also use the Reset button to clear all the answers and start from the beginning again.
How can learners undo the answer in the Fill in the Blanks widget if they change their minds?
To undo an answer, the learners can click on the blank with the incorrect answer and then select the correct answer from the dropdown list again, as shown below:
Where can I find the Submit Button
If there isn't a quiz widget on the page, adding a new quiz widget will automatically create a quiz section. At the end of a quiz section, a submit button will be added automatically. Therefore, you don’t need to add a submit button manually anymore.
For more information on the quiz section, please refer to the article How do I use a Quiz Section?