Usage and Tips - adaptlearning/adapt-contrib-textInput GitHub Wiki

##Usage

  • Text Input components let learners enter their own answers, which is great for questions that require a bit more flexibility.

###Layouts Single or spanned (full width).

###Mobile fall-back If spanned, it will resize to a single width

##Tips

Here are some techniques for getting the most from Text Input:

  • Need your learners to do a calculation and don’t want to provide options? This component will allow learners to enter their own answers as either numbers or words.

  • It’s good for asking the learner to give the correct spelling of a word or to identify the important words within an audio clip.

  • If you’re not testing spelling, then consider providing multiple correct options which also include common spelling mistakes or likely typos.

###General tips on using questions:

  • Consider using questions early in the page to help increase engagement and get the learner reflecting on the topic at hand. This approach helps to engage any existing knowledge as well as provide the learner to self-assess on their current level of understanding. Questions pitched at the right level and accompanied by well-crafted feedback can help create conditions for learning by making clear any existing gaps in knowledge and reinforce the relevance of the training available on the rest of the page.

  • Add questions after key information is presented to allow the learner to self-check and look to use the feedback as an opportunity to provide remedial learning, rather than "Sorry, that’s not right"—instead elaborate on what made the correct options a good choice. Provide the same level of detail for correct feedback as the learner may have just got lucky.

  • Use questions at the end of the page to allow the learner to test their understanding of all the subject matter presented. Look to ask a question that requires more than the recall of some of the facts presented on the page, instead try creating a question that requires the learner to demonstrate a working knowledge of the subject matter.