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Can students use rich text editor for fill in the blank responses?

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I have students that are taking chemistry assessments and often their answer requires a super or sub script and fill in the blank does not seem to allow rich text.  Is there a way to get it other than doing essays or multiple choice?

Brendan Burns

September 30, 2013 18:09

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  Amy Arbogash October 04, 2013 14:43

  It would be nice for the rich text editor to be available for fill in the blank responses. Especially in math where students need to be able to write an exact equation for their answer, so it doesn't need to be subjective. And so we don't have to make a multiple choice question. 

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  Jodi Moore January 27, 2014 19:13

  Foreign language teachers would benefit from using this feature with students as well. Adding the rich text editor to the fill in the blank questions again allows for a means to assess easily and quickly.

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  Jamie Dougherty July 11, 2014 17:54

  I agree. I am a math teacher and would like to put exponents in the answer blank for Fill in the Blank.

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  Mr. Lunetta August 17, 2014 13:15

  The tool is obviously available from a programming perspective, as it appears elsewhere. Making it available for quiz answers should be a non-issue.

  Alternately, if equations can be entered in LaTex format they can be checked against the answers character by character like every other submission. Assuming teachers want to teach students this useful format, now they would have the motivation.

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  Simi Frost January 06, 2015 23:27

  I would love to have rich-text for fill in the blank. I want my students to enter in radical signs and for it to be graded automatically. Multiple choice just doesn't work for this because they can just turn all the radicals into decimals to see if they match rather than learning how to find an exact answer.

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  Barbara Austin February 21, 2015 16:57

  I would heartily agree with these requests. Chemistry students REALLY need to be able to use subscripts when writing formulas and use superscripts to put numbers into scientific notation. It would REALLY add to the functionality of fill-in-the-blank if students could use the rich text editor.

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  Rekke Berges March 13, 2015 15:25

  I would also like to have the rich text editor option for fill in the blank not only for the students but for teachers as well.

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  Jacob G. March 28, 2015 02:35

  We need this too. As a former Moodle district, we have many, many questions in the STEM areas that need more than plain-text options. There's no reason this type of question can't be rich-text and machine-scored. Thanks! :)

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  VSA-Admin . April 15, 2015 15:49

  YES! This is very important, especially for languages, math and science. It is really limiting how much we can use the test feature in these subjects.

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  Tiffany Miller November 02, 2015 14:28

  I have teachers asking for this feature in the fill in the blank and quiz portions of Schoology.

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  STEPHANIE KNUTH November 02, 2016 02:21

  Yes please!

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  Katie Siemer January 25, 2017 17:10

  Adding this feature would have a dramatic impact on adoption from math and science teachers! 

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  Mrs. Butt February 17, 2017 13:55

  More font/text options need to be available EVERYWHERE - when writing multiple choice questions, open ended/fill in the blank, question writing, etc.  Math, science, world language all need these options even at the most basic course level.

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  Delrose Adkinson March 10, 2017 17:50

  The first request for this feature was 2013...I assume this is not doable?

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  Teri King November 02, 2017 17:46

  I am sending in my upvote that this is very important to our math department as well. Four years since the first response seems like enough time to add the option. Please!

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  Danielle Emerson April 14, 2018 20:30

  Yes please add this feature. I really need it for my math classes, it would make everything so much easier!!

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  Mrs. Evans February 22, 2019 00:07

  As another math teacher, I cannot emphasize to schoology how important the rich text editor is for the students to use in answering fill in the blank questions!!! I know this list above from the past six year is short but honestly, it took me a while to figure out how to login here so I could add my two cents. Most people won't bother with the hassle. Students need the immediate feedback that the fill in the blank feature affords them. However, they also have to be able to add more complex symbols. Please, I'm begging you. Add the ability to use the rich text editor to the fill in the blank responses for students. 

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  John Witzberger September 28, 2019 15:06

  Please allow subscripts, superscripts, and equation editor!!!  How about being able to choose font.

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  Mrs. NEFF April 08, 2020 16:51

  Please add this already! Dying here, trying to make up tests that are easy to make and easy to grade while teaching at home!

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  Elizabeth Badillo-Moorman September 02, 2020 20:33

  It looks like this request has come up repeatedly since 2013!!  Is there a better way to get a response from Schoology?

  Allowing students the option for rich text formatting is needed.

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  TERESA NORRIS March 25, 2021 12:29

  Another Math teacher here. I agree with the above comments, Schoology. My students need to be able to write exponents and radicals when they answer. Please add the rich text feature for student answers to fill in the blank questions.

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  Stephanie Reed June 16, 2021 21:15

  8 YEARS LATER AND STILL NOT DONE!!!!