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title: "Drag-and-Drop"
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# Drag-and-Drop

To create an interactive response question, begin by [creating a new test](/v1/docs/options-for-creating-assessments) in **Aware** or opening an existing test to add new questions.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Assessments with interactive response questions can be [printed as test booklets only](/v1/docs/print-and-preview-settings-for-district-and-campus-assessments). Answer documents are not available for these question types. This test is not scannable, nor will it have student IDs, class numbers, or any other information. Teachers must use the [**Enter Answers**](/v1/docs/using-the-enter-answers-feature) feature to manually input student responses for students taking a paper version of the assessment.

## **Creating a Drag-and-Drop Question**

In drag-and-drop questions, students select an option from the answer bank and drag it to the correct area. TEA suggests drag-and-drop for use in mathematics, social studies, and science assessments, but drag-and-drop questions are available for any assessment. Drag-and-drop follows TEA’s examples and can be used in conjunction with text, images, and tables. Images and tables cannot be used as drag-and-drop options but are available to use as question text.

### **Quick Guide**

1. When working on an assessment, go to the **Questions** tab and do the following:
  - If this is the first time adding a question, select the **Interactive Item Types** button.
  - If adding more questions, select the **Plus** sign and choose **Interactive Item Types** from the drop-down menu.
2. Select **Drag-and-Drop**.
3. Select a template to use for the Drag-and-Drop assessment question.
4. Use the template to create the prompt.
5. Select **Continue**.
6. Use the interaction builder to **edit answers** and **add possible answer choices** if desired.
7. When complete, select **Create / Update**.

### **Illustrated Guide**

**Step 1:** When creating or editing an assessment in Aware, navigate to the **Questions** tab and do the following:

- If this is the first time adding a question to the assessment, select the **Interactive Item Types** button.
- If you want to add more questions to an existing assessment, select the **Plus** sign above or below an existing question and choose **Interactive Item Types** from the drop-down menu.

![Interactive Item Types from new.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984225033111.png)

![Interactive Item Types from add.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984178956439.png)

**Step 2:** On the **Choose your interaction type** step, select **Drag-and-Drop** from the available question types.

![drag-and-drop.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984225039255.png)

**Step 3:** On the **Construct your question** step, a blank template appears as the default template to allow test authors to construct a question. Select **Use a Different Template** to choose between three additional, preformatted drag-and-drop templates. These templates are formatted to match Texas state examples for math, science, and social studies.

Test authors can also access all templates by selecting **Learn More** under the **Drag-and-Drop** question type.

![select template.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984308835479.png)

**Step 4:** Use the selected template to create the assessment question.

To construct a drag-and-drop question with the **blank template**, use the **Add Placeholder Response** button to choose words that should be drag-and-drop selections. For drag-and-drop options using math equations, use the [Creating and Editing Equations](/v1/docs/drag-and-drop#creating-and-editing-equations) section below.

To construct a drag-and-drop question with one of the **preformatted templates**, edit only the directions and content of the question during this step. The **Add Placeholder Response** feature will disrupt the formatting, so wait until the next step to add and edit answer choices.

![drag_and_drop.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/4407103603095.png)

![construct question.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984225042711.png)

**Step 5:** Select **Continue** to move on to the next step.

**Step 6:** Use the interaction builder to **edit answers** and **add possible answer choices** if desired. Use the **Shuffle** **Answer Choices** button to choose the order in which the potential answers appear. The order created in this window is the order every student sees on the assessment.

Drag-and-drop questions from item banks are automatically shuffled if enabled by the item bank. If the answer choices appear in the correct order, a warning message appears prompting the author to shuffle the answer choices. Test authors can **delete** any answer or target question that is not needed.

![add and shuffle answers.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984178968599.png)

**Step 7:** Review the preview, and then select **Create** or **Update** to save the assessment question.

## **Selecting Correct Answers per Box**

Choose one or many answers per box. The option to select many is useful when there is more than one correct answer that may be selected for each target. Selecting **Many** enables you to designate which answer choices are correct by selecting the target.

![many correct answers.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984225047063.png)

When selecting **Many**, a confirmation message appears to remind you to check that all answers have been correctly assigned to their targets before creating the assessment question. Select **OK** to continue.

![confirm.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/18339168586519.png)

If one target has two possible correct answers, each answer must also appear as an option for another target. Use the **Order Doesn’t Matter** template to get started.

![order doesn't matter template.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984178976407.png)

If more than one answer is correct per target, students still only earn one point for each target that is correctly answered.

## **Creating and Editing Equations**

To create math equation answer choices, follow the steps below.

**Step 1:** After entering your interactive test question in the text box, select the **Add Placeholder** **Response** button for each desired response, leaving each box empty.

![leave placeholders empty.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984178980887.png)

**Step 2:** Select **Continue**.

**Step 3:** Select each of the blank placeholder items and use the **Add Math (Σ)** button to enter the desired equations.

Under **Text-to-Speech Override**, add optional alternate text that students with **Text-to-Speech** support will hear when the math is read aloud. For example, the answer choice **-4÷10-2** could be read aloud as “negative four divided by ten minus two” instead of “minus four divided by ten minus two.”

![add math.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984178985751.png)

Do not edit the text that appears after selecting **Update**. Use the question preview area on the left side of the screen to determine if the question is formatted correctly, not the encoded text on the right.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** As long as the equation looks correct on this third/final question preview screen, the equation will appear correctly to students. Equations occasionally appear incorrectly formatted on step 2 (construct your question).

**Step 4:** Review the preview and then select **Create** or **Update** to save the assessment question.

## **Student Experience**

Students see the **Drag-and-Drop** question during online testing.

Students can drag and drop with a mouse, touchpad, touchscreen, or arrow keys. Students can also click on an answer choice to select from available choices.

![student experience.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984178991383.png)

Additionally, students can tap the answer placeholder to choose from a list of answer choices. When a student selects the placeholder, a drop-down menu appears, allowing them to select the answer from a list rather than dragging it from the answer bank.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/29561056138647.png)

## **Data Analysis**

### **Viewing Responses in Quick Views**

**Question Type** is available in **Quick Views**. Access **Quick Views** through the navigation bar or through the **Quick Views** card.

![Quick Views.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984225058455.png)

Once in **Quick Views**, use the search field to find and select the assessment(s) you want to analyze. Choose the **Student Individual Responses** template from the drop-down menu. Select **Apply** to continue.

![Student Individual Responses.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/26984225060759.png)

In data analysis, interactive items will be indicated next to the scores for each question. Teachers can view the exact question asked on the [**Enter Answers**](/v1/docs/using-the-enter-answers-feature) screen and modify student answers if needed.

![TEI_data_analysis.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/14608627250199.png)

### **Show or Hide the Question Type Column**

If the table does not display the type of question, you can customize which columns appear or do not appear from the **Edit** menu. Select the **Columns** tab, and then expand the **Responses** folder. Drag the **Question Type** option to the empty space on the right side of the screen. Then, select **Update** to apply your changes. For more information, see [Editing Data Views as a Teacher](/v1/docs/editing-data-views-as-a-teacher).

![Question_type_data_analysis_column.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/17005294119319.png)

The **Question Type** column shows the type of question asked and the corresponding question number.

![new_data_analysis_question_type_detail_view.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/17005290940439.png)

### **Allowing Teachers to Answer and Score Assessment Questions**

For district- and school-level tests, the **Questions teachers can answer and score** option must be set to **All Questions** to enable editing privileges. Locate this setting in **Administration > Collection > General Settings** when authoring or editing an assessment in Aware.

![teachers_all_questions_toggle.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/17005290948503.png)

## **Additional Information**

Visit the [Interactive Item Types FAQ](/v1/docs/interactive-item-types-faq) for more information.