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What types of questions are available in Top Hat

There are currently 7 question types available in Top Hat, with more expected over the course of 2021/22:

Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple choice questions are the most commonly used Top Hat question style. They can be created with as many as 10 different choices or as few as two if you want to create a true or false question. For more on creating a multiple choice question please see here: Create a Multiple Choice Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Word Answer Questions
Word answer questions are designed for free-response submissions. If you’d like for the question to be auto-graded you’ll want to stick to answers of one or two words. Alternatively, you can create a polling or survey question by not indicating a correct answer. The responses can be viewed as a bar graph, or the popular word cloud! For more on creating a word answer question please see here: Create a Word Answer Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Numeric Answer Questions
Numeric answer questions are great for math classes, science courses, or any situation where you’d like students to perform a calculation. Answers for numeric answer questions may have a tolerance set to determine how close a student's response must be to the answer key to receive full marks. For more on creating a numeric answer question please see here: Create a Numeric Answer Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Fill in the Blank Questions
The Fill in the Blank question type allows you to create a question with multiple inputs. When you create a new fill in the blank question, you indicate the correct numeric or word answer for each blank. Your students need to enter the indicated correct response to receive correctness points.  For more on creating a fill in the blank question please see here: Create a Fill in the Blank Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Matching Questions
Matching questions are an incredibly useful question style allowing you the ability to assess your students on their ability to match items in one bucket, with its counterpart in the other bucket. For example, you may ask your students to match the country with the capital city, the element with its atomic number, or the thinker with their theory. For more on creating a matching question please see here: Create a Matching Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Click on Target Questions
Top Hat's click on target questions are one of the most popular question styles available! These questions allow you to upload an image, have students identify a requested target on the image, and then view the the aggregate student submissions on a heat map!. Click on target questions are incredibly powerful for both polling questions and questions with correct answers - the options are endless! For more on creating a click on target question please see here: Create a Click on Target Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Sorting Questions
Sorting questions have students sort, rank, or order items according to the criteria you assign (for example alphabetical, numerical, east to west, largest to smallest, etc.). For more on creating a sorting question please see here: Create a Sorting Question. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.

Long Answer Questions
Long Answer questions are currently in beta and must be graded manually. This question type allows to students to answer in an open-ended or essay-style format. For full details on the long answer question type, see Create a Long Answer Questions. This link will take you to Top Hat's support website.