Standard MCQ grading scheme

Detailed explanations of the grading scheme

More explanations at this link.

Our configuration recommendations

• Reward

  • For simplicity, we recommend a Proportional Reward.

  • But if you deal with critical material where it is crucial to get all the correct choices at the same time, go for All or nothing instead.

• Penalty

  • To prevent chance from earning points, we recommend a Cumulative Penalty with the Standard Calculation basis.

  • To be more lenient or more demanding, you can also choose None as the penalty or an Absolute penalty.

Reward (points earned for correct choices checked)

Penalty (points removed for incorrect choices checked)

Penalty calculation basis

If Penalty = Cumulative — Defines how many points are removed per incorrect choice checked:

With the Manual calculation basis, enter a positive value: the number of points removed per incorrect choice checked. For example, on a 1-point question, 0.5 removes 0.5 points per incorrect choice.

If Penalty = Absolute — Defines the fixed total of points awarded to the question as soon as an incorrect choice is checked.

Enter this total in Points assigned. It is 0 by default and must be less than or equal to 0 (e.g. -0.5).

Floor (minimum score)

Prevents the question’s total points from dropping below a value, whatever penalties are applied:

Selectable choices limit

When this option is enabled:

• The participant can only check exactly the number of correct choices expected

• This number is displayed in the instructions

If this option is enabled, “Select the X correct answers” is displayed on each question.

In a grading scheme without penalties, we want to prevent participants from getting all the points by checking every choice, so this choice limit is enabled by default.