Match Answer Widget

“Matching items” is a type of assessment format where students are asked to connect items from one column to items in another column. You can use the 'Match Answer widget' to evaluate learners with the “match the column” type questions.

This is what it looks like:

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What do I need to know?

  • You can write the statement under the “Statement” section on the left-hand side.

  • You can write the answer under the “Answer” section on the right-hand side.

  • With the “Add another Statement +” button, you can add more statements.

  • With the “Add another Answer +” button, you can add more answers.

  • You can specify the correct link by clicking the statement (from the left column) and then answer (from the right column).

See the image below for reference.

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What’s a valid link?

  1. Every statement must connect with one answer only.

  2. An answer may/may not be connected with a statement.

  3. More than one statement can have the same answer.

Example

See the example below.

Match The Answer
Select an option from the left-hand side

Sway

Very interested or passionate about something

Avid

A report in a newspaper giving the news of someone’s death

Amity

To move slowly from side to side

Obituary

Friendship