Multiple choice (one answer)
Ask a question with several options and exactly one right answer. Students click the option they choose, and the answer is sent straight away.
When to use it
Use it to check whether students can tell the right answer from answers that look right: a definition, a fact, which example fits a rule, which sentence is only a guess. Because just one option counts, the student has to hold all of them up against each other before choosing.
If more than one option is right, use several answers instead (see below).
Setting it up
In a worksheet, use the + between two items and choose Question.
If the question is not already open, click its pencil, and write the question at the top.
Click Add an answer option once for each option, and type the text of each one.
Tick the box at the start of the correct option. Leave the others unticked.
Click the tick when you are done.
A new question starts as an open-ended question and becomes multiple choice as soon as it has answer options. The type follows the boxes you tick: with one correct option it stays one answer; tick a second and it becomes Multiple choice (several answers), with Allow multiple answers switched on and locked.
Drag an option by its grip to reorder it, and use the bin to remove it. If you add a picture to any option, the question turns into a picture question.
What students do
Students see the question and the options as a list. One click on an option sends it: there is no Submit button. After that the answer is fixed, unless the presentation has The answer can be changed turned on.
If the presentation has Show correct answers turned on, the chosen option turns green or red as soon as it is sent.
Checking the answers
Answers are checked automatically: an answer is correct when the student chose the option you ticked. If you tick no option at all, answers are still collected but not marked right or wrong.
In the presentation, click Results on the question to see what each student chose. The marks also appear in the grading screen alongside the rest of the lesson.
Tips
Build the wrong options from mistakes students really make. An obviously wrong option tells you nothing.
Keep the options similar in length and form, so the right one does not stand out.
Because a single click sends the answer, ask students to read every option first. For practice rounds, turn on The answer can be changed.
Three or four options are usually enough.