Drag-and-drop activities are widely used in educational settings because they offer interactive and engaging ways to teach and assess various concepts. They are useful to test knowledge of categories, consequences, or whether a statement is true or false.
In Drag and Drop questions, learners use their mouse to drag answers and sort them into groups.
Answers can also be sorted into groups by selecting the answer's ellipsis menu () and choosing the group from the menu. This method can be done with the mouse or by using keyboard navigation, ensuring a wider range of accessibility than a traditional Drag and Drop interaction.
Adding a Drag and Drop to your Project
1. Select the plus button () at the position where you'd like to add a Drag and Drop component:
2. Choose Drag and Drop from the menu under the Questions heading to add the component to your page
3. Select Save to save your changes
Configuring your Drag and Drop answers and groups
There are several controls accessible from the right-hand toolbar that control the question text, answer text and their correct group, and the groups themselves.
They can be edited in any order but it may be easier to create the groups first before the answers so that the correct group for the answers can be defined at the same time they are configured.
1. Editing the question
1. Highlight the Drag and Drop by selecting it—a blue border will surround it
2. Select the Questions icon () from the right hand toolbar to open the Question menu
3. Open the Question accordion
4. Type a question or direction in the Question field. Make sure your question or direction clearly outlines what you want from the user:
2. Creating groups
1. Scroll down the menu to the Groups section
2. Expand a group's accordion and type in the text field to edit the group's name
3. Select Add group to create a new group
3. Creating answers
1. Scroll to the Answers section
2. Expand the answer's accordion and type in the text field to edit its text label
3. Choose from the Correct Group menu to select the group the answer should be dropped into
Additional configuration options
Changing the Drag and Drop's layout
You can change the Drag and Drop question's layout to optimise the space it occupies on the page. There are two options:
- Stacked: answers and groups will stack vertically
- Side-by-side: answers and groups will be placed side by side in two columns
1. Open the Question menu by highlighting the Drag and Drop and selecting the Questions icon ()
2. Open the Question accordion
3. Select an option from the Layout drop down menu
Moving answers and groups
You can move the positions of answers and groups if you'd prefer to present them in a different order than they were created.
1. Open the Question menu by highlighting the Drag and Drop and selecting the Questions icon ()
2. Open the Question accordion
3. Select the ellipsis menu () on an Answer or a Group
4. Choose an option from the menu:
- Move up to move the item one space up
- Move down to move the item one space down
Duplicating an answer or group
1. Open the Question menu by highlighting the Drag and Drop and selecting the Questions icon ()
2. Open the Question accordion
3. Select the ellipsis menu () on an Answer or a Group
4. Select Duplicate
Deleting an answer or group
1. Open the Question menu by highlighting the Drag and Drop and selecting the Questions icon ()
2. Open the Question accordion
3. Select the ellipsis menu () on an Answer or a Group
4. Select Delete