2.2.8 Adding A Code Question

2.2.8 Adding a Coding Question

The user chooses the 'Code Question' option from the 'Question Type' drop-down menu to add a code question to the question bank. The screen in figure 20 shows the input method for this type of question. There are three fields to enter:

Prompt: The instructions for the coding problem. The user can enter instructions, psuedo-code, or even class and variable definitions that the student can copy and past into their answer.
Input: The input given to the students code after compiling and running.
Output: The expected output of the students code after running. This is compared to the output and graded as correct or incorrect

A code question does not require an input or output. Without an output to compare to, the grader will grade the student-supplied code manually. An output here acts much like the 'keywords' provided for a long answer question. It helps provide the student with instant graded feedback on a test.

Figure 20: Screen showing code question setup.

Figure 21: An example of a complete code question filled in. Though the student's output may match the provided output, a grader may have to check the student's answer to be sure their implementation is recursive for full credit.

Once the user selects 'Add', the question is added to the question bank as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 22: A question Bank with every type of question added

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