How to add a free text question – Nimble Elearning

Introduction

In this article, we’re going to show you how to add free text questions to your pages.

Top tips before you begin

Free text questions allow you to ask your learners a question, and for them to respond by typing their answer.
Free text questions are a super way of encouraging your learners to think more deeply about the content that you’ve delivered.
Free text questions can be used in pages throughout your course as a way to enhance interactivity, as well as in your survey.

Video

Watch the video to learn more:

Adding a free text block to a page

To add a free text block to a page:

Whilst editing a page, drag and drop a Free text () block from the Add content section of the side menu and onto the page.

Select the free text block.
From the toolbar, click the edit () button.

Entering your question

To enter your question:

Click in the Question field at the top of the page.
Enter your question.

You can format your question using the toolbar that appears above the text area. To apply formatting to your question text:

Select the text you’d like to format.
Select the format you’d like to apply from the toolbar.

The formatting options, from left to right, are:

	Bold
	Italic
	Underline

Adding feedback (pages only)

You can add feedback text to your free text exercises that will be displayed once your learners have answered the question. This option is only available when adding free text questions to pages (it is not available in surveys). Don’t forget that the same text will be displayed whether the question was answered correctly or incorrectly, so you should make the text neutral to cover both of these circumstances.

To add feedback text: