Subject: EDQ #15 - Match Quizzes
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 22 23
We're going to start off our new format EDQ series with Match quizzes, one of the earliest formats we were able to get access to. Match quizzes take two sets of lists and ask players to match the items on the right side to their counterparts on the left side.
You can complete this quiz by dragging the boxes on the right side over to the left side, but did you know you can also solve these quizzes another way? Click the boxes on the right side, then simply left-click the empty box on the left, and your answer will magically appear there.
Now that we've given you a tip on playing the quizzes, let's talk about authoring them. You can find some ideas for topics for Match quizzes in EDQ #14, so we'll focus on requirements and what you should avoid here.
Firstly, Match quizzes have a maximum of 15 questions. This is to prevent them from becoming too unwieldy, especially when playing on smaller devices like smartphones. Match quizzes also require you to write info sections for each individual question.
Answers (which appear on the right-hand side) must be kept as short as possible. There is no character limit per se, but an editor will likely ask you to shorten them if they are too long. If you are having trouble keeping them short, you might consider swapping your question and answer slots. This can sometimes lead to shorter answers when writing your quiz.
We also ask that authors write answers so that they aren't all unique, one-of-a-kind items. For example, your quiz might include a movie, a person, a bird, a food, etc. If your left-hand question clues say, "A movie directed by Steven Spielberg" and "The inventor of the sewing machine," it would be too simple to answer if only one of your answer options is a movie and one a person. Match quizzes should rely on knowledge of the topic, not the player matching items based on their existence.
Did you know that in Match quizzes you can have multiple answers on the right-hand side be the same? In Match quizzes, this isn't an issue because the system can recognize multiple correct answers on the right-hand side. HOWEVER, you may NOT have multiples in the question field (left-hand side).
Lastly, we need to talk about interchangeability. This is when your questions can have multiple, distinct correct answers. Let's say you have a quiz on famous American people. Three of your question clues are "Born in the U.S.", "Became president", and "Owned a pet." Three of your answers are Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. Can you see the problem here? Each of these three people can be matched with each of these clues. If you were a player submitting a quiz, your answers could be technically correct, but could be marked wrong because you didn't match the pairs correctly to how the author set up the quiz. Every matching pair in a Match quiz must have distinct matches that cannot be matched interchangeably with other pairs.
Feel free to share your questions about Match quizzes below, or even some tips you have stumbled across while crafting them. Happy authoring!
Posted by: trident
Date: Sep 22 23
We're going to start off our new format EDQ series with Match quizzes, one of the earliest formats we were able to get access to. Match quizzes take two sets of lists and ask players to match the items on the right side to their counterparts on the left side.
You can complete this quiz by dragging the boxes on the right side over to the left side, but did you know you can also solve these quizzes another way? Click the boxes on the right side, then simply left-click the empty box on the left, and your answer will magically appear there.
Now that we've given you a tip on playing the quizzes, let's talk about authoring them. You can find some ideas for topics for Match quizzes in EDQ #14, so we'll focus on requirements and what you should avoid here.
Firstly, Match quizzes have a maximum of 15 questions. This is to prevent them from becoming too unwieldy, especially when playing on smaller devices like smartphones. Match quizzes also require you to write info sections for each individual question.
Answers (which appear on the right-hand side) must be kept as short as possible. There is no character limit per se, but an editor will likely ask you to shorten them if they are too long. If you are having trouble keeping them short, you might consider swapping your question and answer slots. This can sometimes lead to shorter answers when writing your quiz.
We also ask that authors write answers so that they aren't all unique, one-of-a-kind items. For example, your quiz might include a movie, a person, a bird, a food, etc. If your left-hand question clues say, "A movie directed by Steven Spielberg" and "The inventor of the sewing machine," it would be too simple to answer if only one of your answer options is a movie and one a person. Match quizzes should rely on knowledge of the topic, not the player matching items based on their existence.
Did you know that in Match quizzes you can have multiple answers on the right-hand side be the same? In Match quizzes, this isn't an issue because the system can recognize multiple correct answers on the right-hand side. HOWEVER, you may NOT have multiples in the question field (left-hand side).
Lastly, we need to talk about interchangeability. This is when your questions can have multiple, distinct correct answers. Let's say you have a quiz on famous American people. Three of your question clues are "Born in the U.S.", "Became president", and "Owned a pet." Three of your answers are Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. Can you see the problem here? Each of these three people can be matched with each of these clues. If you were a player submitting a quiz, your answers could be technically correct, but could be marked wrong because you didn't match the pairs correctly to how the author set up the quiz. Every matching pair in a Match quiz must have distinct matches that cannot be matched interchangeably with other pairs.
Feel free to share your questions about Match quizzes below, or even some tips you have stumbled across while crafting them. Happy authoring!
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JanIQ 
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For those who want to use the same answer more than once, I recall that there was a restriction that maximum half of the answers could be the same. I suppose this restriction is still valid, but personally I would choose the classification quiz in case I want to use the same answer more than once. Reply #1. Sep 22 23, 11:50 PM |
trident
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I agree. At that point, Classification is probably the better option. Reply #2. Sep 22 23, 11:53 PM |
kyleisalive
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Re: "For those who want to use the same answer more than once, I recall that there was a restriction that maximum half of the answers could be the same." Give or take. I would be willing to tip the scale a bit if there was very good reason to do so, but generally, it's a no-go because of how it imbalances the quiz. This said, anyone should feel free to reach out if they have a weird case. Having ten questions where they duplicate answers (two-two-two-two-two) isn't a bad idea.  https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/The-Odds-Are-In-Your-Favor-380073.htmlReply #3. Sep 23 23, 8:22 AM |
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