Alphasmart AlphaQuiz SmartApplet, User Manual

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Modifying quiz prompts
Modifying quiz prompts
AlphaQuiz lets you customize the prompts that appear for quiz
questions. The default entries are explained in the following table.
Question
type Default
prompt
How it is used
Text length
limit
True/false T or F Used to prompt students to
type either T for true or F for
false
Note: Regardless of the text
used in the prompt, only T or
F will be accepted as
responses
31 characters
Multiple
choice Select 1
Select all
that apply
Used when there’s only one
right answer
Used when there is more than
one correct answer 21 characters
23 characters
Short
answer Short
Answer: Used to cue students for “fill
in the blank”-type questions
(eighteen characters or fewer
in answer) 13 characters
Essay Essay,
press tab
to answer: Used to cue students to press
tab
to clear screen so they
may type paragraphs
31 characters