Managing Multiple Choice Questions
This article covers the options and printed output for the multiple choice question type, including its true/false and yes/no variants.
A multiple choice question lets a student bubble in one or more answers from a list of options. Each question can have between 2 and 10 response options. True/false and yes/no questions are pre-configured multiple choice questions — they behave the same way under the hood, they just come with fixed response labels.
NOTE: Each answer choice is authored in the same rich-text editor as the question stem, so you can add images or equations to an individual choice. A choice’s bubble label must be a single, unique character, and you mark the correct choice with its per-choice correct-answer toggle. For details, see Adding Images and Equations to Question and Answer Text.
Inline Configuration
Once a multiple choice question is added to your assessment, you can configure it directly in the question list without opening a modal:
- Drag handle: the three-bars icon on the left. Drag the question to a new position in the list. If auto-labeling is enabled, the question’s displayed number updates automatically as you reorder.
- Available Responses: the row of bubble options shown for the question. Click any response bubble to toggle it as a correct answer. You can mark one or more as correct. If more than one is marked correct, the student must bubble all of them to receive any credit — partial-credit isn’t supported on multi-select multiple choice.
- Add / Remove Responses: the plus button adds another option (up to a maximum of 10). The minus button removes the last option (down to a minimum of 2).
- Points: the score awarded for a correct answer. Defaults to 1. Can be any positive number, decimals allowed.
- Standards: attach one or more educational standards to the question for reporting. Common Core is included; you can also upload your own custom standards. (Teacher Pro)
- Tags: attach one or more tags for slicing reporting data. Tags are independent of standards — use them for thematic grouping (e.g. “factoring”, “word problems”).
- Actions Menu: the three-dot menu for the row. Includes the Edit option which opens a fuller modal with the same fields plus comma-separated bulk-edit views.
Edit Modal
Opening the Edit option from the actions menu launches a modal with bulk-edit fields — useful when you want to paste in lots of options or change everything at once:
- Available responses: the full list of options, as a comma-separated list. Each value can only be one character long, and you can have up to 10 entries.
- Correct responses: the subset that are correct, as a comma-separated list. Each value must appear in the available responses list above.
- Points: the score for the question (positive number, decimals allowed).
- Standards: manage the standard list.
- Tags: manage the tag list.
How It Looks on the Printed Sheet
On the printed answer sheet, each multiple choice question is rendered as a row of labeled bubbles next to the question prompt. Students fill in the bubble(s) for their answer using a pencil or a black pen.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if a student doesn’t bubble all the correct answers on a multi-select question?
The student earns 0 points. Multi-select multiple choice is graded all-or-nothing — the student must bubble every correct response and no incorrect responses to earn credit.
Can I have more than 10 options?
Not on a single multiple choice question. If you need more, consider whether the prompt could be split into multiple questions, or whether a different question type (like numeric response for numeric values) fits better.
Why am I seeing letters (A, B, C…) instead of my custom response labels on the printed sheet?
The printed bubble labels are auto-generated as letters (A, B, C, etc.) by default. Your custom response values are used for scoring and reporting purposes, but the on-sheet labels are fixed letters for scan reliability.