Respondus

Format Questions for Respondus Quiz in Microsoft Word

Important: Respondus Quiz only works on Windows machines - it does not work with Apple devices.

Respondus allows you to compose question lists in Microsoft Word and process them for Canvas. You can get Respondus through the Software link in the Help menu at the bottom left of Canvas. Some questions you can process through Respondus, others you need to create directly in Canvas.

Process these questions in Respondus		Create these questions in Canvas
MC: Multiple Choice MA: Multiple Answer MT: Matching E: Essay	TF: True/False F: Fill in the blank FMB: Multiple fill in the blank	Numeric Answer Formula File Upload Text

For Multiple Choice (MC), Multiple Answer (MA), True/False (TF) and Fill-In-The-Blank (F)
questions, open a new Word document, indicate the question type, state the question, list the
options, and list the answer key at the end of your document as follows:

Type: MC
1. Who determined the exact speed of light?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Albert Michelson
c) Thomas Edison
d) Guglielmo Marconi

Type: MA
2. Who wrote Huckleberry Finn?
a) Samuel Clemens
b) Mark Twain
c) Pierre Berton

Type: TF
3. Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light.
a) True
b) False

Type: F
4. Who is known as the inventor of the light bulb? _____

Answers:
1. b
2. a,b
3. a
4. Edison
4. Thomas Edison
4. Thomas Alva Edison

Notes:

The question type must have a space after the colon (Type: TF)similarly a space after the question number period (4. Who wrote Twilight?).
If no type is indicated, Respondus assumes it is multiple choice.
Multiple Answer key indicates option letters separated by comma only (no space).
True is always listed before False.
Fill-in-the-blank answer key allows several acceptable responses (notice that there are three answer options for question 4 above).

For the remainder of Respondus-supported Canvas question types, open another blank Word
document, indicate the question type, state the question, and indicate the correct answer in each
question type as follows:

Type: FMB
5. A [rose,red flower] by any other [name,moniker] would smell as [sweet].

Type: E
6. How would you describe Advanced Care Planning options to a patient?

Type: MT
7. Match the correct name with the discovery or theory
a. Michelson-Morely = Speed of light
b. Einstein = Theory of Relativity
c. Marconi = radio waves

Type: MT
8. Order the following steps:
a. Open the laptop = 1
b. Switch on the laptop = 2
c. Open the web browser = 3
d. Enter the weblink = 4

Note:

Fill in multiple blanks can have more than one acceptable answer separated by a comma in
each blank indicated by square brackets.

Additional question features.

For all question types, you can add question titles by using “Title: ”, insert an image in the question,
and give a correct answer feedback with a tilde “~”, or @ for incorrect answers. You can put an “a) “
below an essay question to add notes for instructor on what a correct answer should include. You can
either list ALL answers at the bottom of the document or put an asterisk before each correct letter for
ALL questions in one document.

Type: MC
Title: Speed of light

1. Who determined the exact speed of light? 
a) Albert Einstein
*b) Albert Michelson
c) Thomas Edison
~ Yes. Albert Michelson won the Nobel Prize for it.
@ No. It was Michelson.

Type: E
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Ptolemaic Model?
a) A good answer will include the idea of concentric orbits and geocentric cosmology.

To learn more about Respondus Quiz, contact ctl.helpdesk@ubc.ca.

UBC Okanagan Centre for Teaching and Learning Respondus Directory

Updated August 2020