Randomizing answer options¶

Question randomization

Question type	Randomized
MC	or
MC	or
TF
FIB
WR
MAT
ORD

Only Multiple Choice (MC) and Multiple-Select (MS) types can have randomized answer options. You can choose to have the answers from all these question types randomized or only individual questions that you specify.

Note

True/False (TF) and Written Response (WR) are never randomized
Matching (MAT) and Ordering (ORD) question types are always randomized

All questionsIndividual questions

Expand Additional Options on the import page and check Randomize answers (default: off). This shuffles the answers on Multiple Choice and Multi-Select questions; Matching and Ordering questions are always shuffled.

Include the text Randomize: true or Randomize: false above the question text.

Randomize: true

1. When is Labour Day celebrated each year?
    a. The first Monday in August
    b. The second Monday in October
    c. *The first Monday in September
    d. The third Monday of May