Scoring Essay Questions
June 10, 2009 12:00 AM
If I were doing this I would create the essay question and set the weight of the question to 0 so it would not be included in the score. I would add another question on the page, say a T/F question with weight of 1, and make it not initially visible so the end user will never see it. Then, on the next button for the page set the first action to modify variable, select the question variable for the T/F question, set it to True, as this is the correct answer, with the condition set to only perform the action if the essay question variable contains the words you are looking for. On the Else tab for the action modify that same variable to False. So basically, if they get enter the words you are looking for, it will set the value to True and if not, it will be set to False. Then, when you grade the test, it will include that T/F question, not the essay question since it has a weight of 0, in the scoring and it should grade correctly. The only thing is that you shouldn't display the test results at the end of the test as it will include that T/F question and may confuse the end user. Just another way to go about it.
cpartch said:Is there a way to score essay question responses - for example, you ask a question and if the answer contains any or all of 3 specific words (burn, fire, ignition) the question would be considered correct. Answer might be: The ignition of the wire caused the fire to burn. How would you get an essay question like this to score in the test?
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