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Coming Soon - Written Answer Questions | Release Notes

Add short answer, essay questions, and other written answer questions to your Akindi assessment.

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Written by Christa Plumley
Updated yesterday

We're excited to announce a powerful new question type in Akindi: Written Answer Questions.

Written Answer Questions allow students to provide free-form text responses rather than selecting from multiple choice options. Written Answer Questions are ideal for:

  • Short answers

  • Essay questions

  • Calculations

  • Fill-in-the-blank

  • Diagram Labelling

Automatic Question Identification

Akindi will automatically recognize Written Answer Questions and their associated point value included in your Word Document.

Written answer questions auto-identified

Flexible Answer Space Control

Use the answer space slider to control exactly how much room students get for each response. Adjust the space based on the complexity and expected length of the answer.

answer space adjustment with slider

Scramble Written Answer Questions

Enable scrambling for written answer questions to create multiple test versions. Written Answer Questions scramble among themselves at the bottom of the assessment

scramble written answers at the bottom of the assessment

Combine Hand-Graded Marks with MCQ grades

Written Answer Questions will be graded manually outside of Akindi. The hand-graded marks can be combined with the multiple choice grade to send a combined score to the LMS gradebook.

hand-entered grades combined with mcq grades

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