Ordering
Students drag steps, events or stages into the right order. The order you enter is the answer key.
When to use it
Use it wherever the sequence carries the meaning: the steps of an experiment or method, the stages of a process, events on a timeline. Students have to think through what must happen first and what follows, rather than simply list the steps.
Setting it up
In a worksheet, use the + between two items, search for Ordering task and choose it.
Click the pencil on the new task and write the instruction at the top, for example "Put the steps of measuring the volume in the right order."
Click Add item for each step and type it in. You need at least two. An item can also carry a picture.
Put the items in the correct order. The order in the editor is the answer; drag an item by its handle to move it.
Click the tick.
Two settings appear above the items while you edit:
Layout: Vertical lists the items one under another; Horizontal puts them in a row, which suits short items such as dates.
Scoring mode: Per position (the default) gives credit for every item in its correct place; All or nothing accepts only a fully correct order.
What students do
Students see the items in a shuffled order. They drag each one into place, or move it with the up and down arrows beside it, and submit when they are happy with the order.
After submitting they see that their answer has been sent. The individual steps are not marked right or wrong on their screen.
Checking the answers
The submitted order is checked automatically against yours. With Per position, each item in its correct place earns credit, so a nearly right order is partially correct. With All or nothing, only an exact match counts. Open Results on the question to see the order each student submitted.
Tips
Write each step so it makes sense on its own. Words like "then" or "finally" give the order away.
Per position compares places, not neighbours: a student who misses the first step and shifts everything down by one can score nothing even though the rest of the sequence is right. Look at their order in Results before deciding what they understood.
Leave out steps that could honestly come in either order. Only one order is accepted.