There are many question types that students may encounter while navigating Studies Weekly Online. Teachers may use these question types while creating Customized Content. The options below will provide an explanation of the item types.
If you are new to creating Customized Content, please review the following articles before proceeding. How to Navigate the Customized Content Page and How to Create Customized Content.
Select the Add button from the Create Customized Content page, to see the 4 categories of question types.
All question types have the same formatting options.
Select Question from the category list to open the following modal to select the question type you want to add:
Question Types options are automatically graded by Studies Weekly Online when the students submit their responses, with the exception of Open Response and Drawing Tool.
- True or False questions are used to determine whether a student can identify if a statement is true or false.
- Open Response is used to ask students to respond with a written answer. These questions must be graded by a teacher, and instructions for grading can be found in the How to Navigate the Grade Section article.
- Sorting questions are a great option for questions where the answers need to be in a particular order such as a timeline of events or sequence of scientific steps.
- Numeric questions allow teachers to add a math problem.
- Multiple Choice are the most commonly found question type throughout the program. To create your own, you will need to create at least two preset answer options to save your question. Otherwise, you can add as many answer options as you would like.
- Fill In the Blank questions are statements that require students to fill in a blank space by choosing the correct answer from a drop-down list of two choices. These questions can have varying levels of difficulty for all development levels. There should be a clear correct and incorrect choice to eliminate guessing, providing accurate representations of student understanding.
- Grouping questions are ideal for Venn Diagrams and require students to drag and drop answers into the correct group.
- Hot Spot questions require students to click a specific part or parts of an image to answer a question. Detailed instructions can be found here.
- Check All That Apply are similar to Multiple Choice except students can select more than one answer. These questions require possible selections to be absolutely true or absolutely false. This option would be ideal when asking students to identify which animals are carnivores or which presidents served 2 terms.
- Matching questions are engaging and require students to pair images or statements in one column to images or statements in another column. For instance, students can match animals with their natural habitats or dates with important historical events.
- Labeling questions require your students to drag and drop text labels onto different parts of an image. These are especially useful for science and geography images.
- Drawing Tool allows teachers to use a Studies Weekly image, a blank canvas, or upload their own image (coming soon). Students will reply to the prompt using a digital pen, paint brushes, and other tools. These questions must be graded by a teacher, instructions for grading can be found in the How to Navigate the Grade Section article.
Select Item from the category list to open the following modal to select the question type you want to add:
- Text allows you to add any passage you would like your students to read. You can also attach an image and bullet points using the formatting options. (This item type will not allow students to earn coins.)
- Crosswords are a fun way to incorporate vocabulary terms. A minimum of three terms are required to create a Crossword.
- Article allows teachers to attach any Studies Weekly Online Article as Customized Content. This is ideal when you want students to highlight specific parts in the text or come to class ready to discuss what they read. (This item type will not allow students to earn coins.)
- External Resources allows teachers to share external resources as Customized Content. Some examples include publicly available internet videos, images, and other sites that do not require a login. External uploads will have a name credit under the image and display as Uploaded by [Last Name].
- Media gives teachers the option to include a Studies Weekly Online image, audio recording, video, or document. (This item type will not allow students to earn coins.) See also the Upload Images tab.
- Lesson Walkthroughs can be added as Customized Content for students to have quick access to media or text from Studies Weekly Lesson Walkthroughs.
Teachers must select Confirm to create a copy of the original Studies Weekly Online content before making changes. Then follow the onscreen steps to create their Customized content.
Digital Printables allow students to interact with a printable created by Studies Weekly. Students will be able to do the following:
- Free draw with a pen, brush, or highlighter (with color options).
- Add basic shapes (with color and size options).
- Add text (with font, color, and size options).
- Highlight (with color options).
- Earn coins.
For detailed instructions visit the Digital Printable Question Type article.
Teachers can save time and take advantage of questions already created inside of Studies Weekly Online publications by creating Customized Content using our Question Bank. This is a great option for pre and post testing students for understanding.
Follow the initial steps in the How to Create Customized Content article, then from the Add button, select Question Bank.
- Choose the publication. More than one publication can be used
- Select the Unit or Week.
- Apply (optional) filters to display All, Articles, Activities, or Assessments.
- Select All Checkbox will insert all of the questions into your Customized Content.
- Select individual checkboxes next to questions you want to add or remove (these can be edited later using the red X).
- Click Add to save your questions. Or, if you want to add additional questions from a second source, hold off and selecting Add. Instead from here, choose a new publication, or area in the Table of Contents dropdown. Your progress will not be lost.
Point Value and Color options can be adjusted before your final Save.
This feature allows teachers to retrieve Customized Content they previously created in a different classroom or content a co-teacher has created in a shared classroom.
This can be accomplished several ways. To explore each option visit the How to Add Previously Created Customized Content article.
Teachers can add or upload images from their device into their Customized Content. There are 2 ways to make this happen.
- Using the Add Image button in the formatting options of all question types to upload/add an image within the Question box.
Type your text in the box first, then add/upload your image with the Add Image button.
- Use the image option within specific question types to add an image students can interact with. Select the Add Image button and follow the on screen prompts.
These question types include:
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- Hot Spot (found under Question)
- Labeling (found under Question)
- Drawing (found under Question)
- Media (found under Item)
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When choosing the Upload option, teachers are required to check the box confirming the image complies with district policies. Once checked the Next button becomes available.
The teacher's last name will be shown below the image as Uploaded by Last Name. Teachers can optionally add an Image Credit Label (pictured above and below) when uploading the media. the label will appear under the image and be visible to students.
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