<choice>

<choice> is an Input component that defines an individual choice when nested within an <answer> block for multiple choice questions.

Attributes and Properties

Example: <choice> inside a <choiceInput> block

  <choiceInput>
    <choice>A</choice>
    <choice>B</choice>
    <choice>C</choice>
  </choiceInput>     

The <choice> components can be nested inside a <choiceInput> block.

Example: <choice> inside an <answer>

 <answer>
    <choice>A</choice>
    <choice>B</choice>
    <choice credit="1">C</choice>
  </answer>    

The <choice> components can be nested inside an <answer> for validation. Use the credit attribute to assign the correct <choice>.

Attribute Example: credit

Use the credit attribute to assign the correct <choice> in an <answer>. Partial credit may also be assigned with the credit attribute.

Attribute Example: feedbackText

<p>Which number is greater than 4?</p>
  <answer name="ans">
    <choice feedbackText="4 is equal to 4">4</choice>
    <choice feedbackText="2 is less than 4">2</choice>
    <choice credit="1" feedbackText="Great job!">6</choice>
  </answer>
  $ans.feedbacks

Use the feedbackText attribute to directly define short feedback corresponding to individual <choice> selections within the <choice> definition. To render the feedback to the student, copy the feedbacks property of the named <answer>.

Attribute Example: preSelect

 <answer>
    <choice preSelect credit="1">True</choice>
    <choice>False</choice>
  </answer>

The preSelect attribute causes the <choice> to appear selected when the page is rendered.

Property Example: Attributes as properties

The credit and feedbackText attributes of a <choice> are accessible as properties.

Property Example: text

<answer>
    <choice name="c1" credit="1">True</choice>
    <choice>False</choice>
  </answer>
  <p>First choice, <c>text</c> = $c1.text</p>

The text property renders the text contained in the <choice>.

Property Example: math

<answer>
  <choice name="c1" credit="1" ><math>pi/2</math></choice>
  <choice><math>pi</math></choice>
</answer>
<p>First choice, <c>math</c> = $c1.math</p>

The math property renders the math contained in the <choice>.

Property Example: selected

 <answer>
    <choice name="c1" credit="1">A</choice>
    <choice>B</choice>
  </answer>
  <p>First choice, <c>selected</c> = $c1.selected</p>      

The selected property renders the boolean value corresponding to whether a choice is currently selected.

Property Example: submitted

The submitted property renders the boolean value corresponding to whether a choice has been submitted as a response.