I totally agree with @alallen ! I am assisting with a 6th grade life science magnet class and it is important that the students can synthesize their answers more than simply picking from multiple ...

You have a valid point that "essay" questions with limited word count are an option. My issues with this solution areyou cannot have multiple "blanks" within one question.there is not ...

I would recommend using the Regular Expression option for matching. in your example of "photosynthesis", you could use a regular expression like:[ ]*photos[iy]nth[ei]s[ei]sThis regular express...

I think your best solution is going to be using a regular expression (or "regex"). It is one of the expressions in the drop-down options. For your example, if you want to accept Vanadium(II) b...

Thanks for your suggestions.Adding a title in with the question prompt is certainly an option. I'm not sure why they made that field visible only to the instructors. Maybe they should rename that ...

Thanks for your suggestions.Adding a title in with the question prompt is certainly an option. I'm not sure why they made that field visible only to the instructors. Maybe they should rename that ...

My issues with using the "essay" question type in cases like @scartwright mentions is that:you can't have multiple essay blanks in the same question.there is no grading option for essa...

You have a valid point that "essay" questions with limited word count are an option. My issues with this solution areyou cannot have multiple "blanks" within one question.there is not ...

I totally agree with @alallen ! I am assisting with a 6th grade life science magnet class and it is important that the students can synthesize their answers more than simply picking from multiple ...

While I cannot reproduce the exact behavior I was describing (to provide screen shots), I was able to reproduce something similar by deleting the copy of the file that Canvas created when I viewed an ...