Import and convert your assignment document

Numbers can be used to set each question in a variety of ways:

• Question 1)
• Question: 2
• 3.

Sub-questions using alphabetical labels aren't supported by the Assignment Importer.

The question text can be added immediately after the question number, on the same line and/or on subsequent lines in the document.

If your document contains a shared stimulus that multiple questions require the use of, it should be referred to in the text of the assignment using one of the following phrases:

• "... to answer questions 5 to 8"
• "... to answer the next 4 questions"

After conversion, the content after this phrase and before the next question number will be included in each question.

To define the correct answer for any question, use the tag ans: or Answer: after the question text—the colon must be included—and then write the correct answer.

If a long-form answer is given, then the question will be converted into Möbius using the essay response area (check out Author an essay question for more details on this question type in Möbius).

NOTE: Only short text phrases defined in the long-form answer will be converted into question level feedback for the essay response area. Any images or math in the answer won't be imported.

TIP: Other question types may have specific alternative methods for defining the correct answers that are also supported; check out the next sections of this help topic for examples.

For multiple choice and open-ended question types, you can also use an answer scheme at the end of your document to define the correct answers for all questions:

• The phrase "Answer Scheme" must be used as the heading of the answer scheme.
• The scheme can be in a list, or a formatted vertical or horizontal table.
• The scheme should give the question numbers in the same format as the rest of the document.
• The scheme can't contain any colons.
• The correct choice in the scheme must match the format of the choices in the question.

When setting up a multiple choice question, alphabetical labels (upper-case or lower-case) and numeric labels are supported for denoting the choices.

TIP: Multiple choice questions can also be accepted with indented choices (i.e. no choice labels) or bullet points to denote the choices. However the correct answer must be bolded or annotated by an asterisk, and there must be either 4 or 5 choices in the question.

Aside from using the Answer tag and listing choice labels, the following can also be used to annotate a choice as correct:

• Highlight the entire choice.
• Bold the entire choice.
• Add an asterisk (*) on the immediate right of the choice.
• Add an asterisk (*) on the immediate left of the choice label.

When more than one choice is detected as correct, the Selection field is set to Multiple in the resulting Möbius question (check out Author a multiple choice question for more details on this setting).

A list question in Möbius can take the form of either a text field for students to fill in, or a drop-down menu (check out Author a list question for more details on the response area setting).

In both cases, the position of the response area is denoted in your document by using either a sequence of at least 4 underscore (Example — the Grand Canyon is in ____) or using double square brackets [[ ... ]] without the underscore.

• List text field (fill-in-the-blanks): the correct answer is written inside square brackets after the sequence of underscores (Example — the Grand Canyon is in ________ [Arizona]), or inside the double square brackets representing the response area (Example — the Grand Canyon is in [[Arizona]]).
• List drop-down menu: all options are written inside square brackets after the sequence of underscores (Example — the Grand Canyon is in ________ [*Arizona, Utah, California, Nevada]), or inside the double square brackets representing the response area (Example — the Grand Canyon is in [[*Arizona, Utah, California, Nevada]]). The correct option is annotated by an asterisk.

Defining the correct answer or list drop-down options must be done inline with the question; answer schemes aren't supported for this question type.

TIP: Multiple correct answers are supported by the list response area. When importing a document, the multiple correct answers in a list text field question should all be written inside the square brackets (separated by commas) and the multiple correct answers in a list drop-down menu question should all be annotated by an asterisk.

For the Assignment Importer to convert a matching question as part of your document, there must be an instruction within the question text that contains "match the ...." (or equivalent) to indicate that it is a matching question.

The correct answer must be defined using an equals sign to match each pair:

The items on the left are treated as the first list, and the items on the right are treated as the second list (check out Author a matching question for more details on the settings in Möbius).

To set generic question-level feedback for any question, add the tag Feedback: or Explanation: after the question text — the colon must be included — and then write the desired feedback.

NOTE: Open-ended answers specified in the imported file are converted into question level feedback. If answers and feedback are provided for open-ended questions they'll be concatenated into question level feedback.