Add Incorrect Answer Values

When creating statements, you will also define statement blanks to designate the correct answers. If you want to increase the difficulty of the fill-in-the-blank learning activity, you can also create incorrect answer options, as defined in this task. For example, a fill-in-the-blank slide could contain three statements with one blank each, the three correct answers, one incorrect answer, and the instructions: 'Complete each statement by dragging the correct answer onto it.' In this example, a trainee must drag the three correct answers onto the corresponding statement blanks and ignore the incorrect answer. In fill-in-the-blank learning activities, incorrect answers serve only to increase the difficulty of the exercise.

  1. Open the fill-in-the-blank slide you want to add an incorrect answer to (for instructions, see the View Slides topic).
  2. Click Value in the Slide Editor toolbar.
    The Edit Value window displays.
  3. On the Text tab, highlight the default text, 'New Blank', and type the incorrect answer option as you want it to appear on the slide. Use the following steps to format the text.
    • Font. All text displays in Arial, by default. Use the font drop-down list to select a different font for the text.
    • Font Size. All text displays in 14 point size, by default. Use the size drop-down list to select a different font size.
    • Font Style. All text displays as normal text, by default. You can change the text to bold (B) or italic (I), or you can underline the text (U).
    • Alignment. The text is left aligned, by default. You can center the text, make it right aligned, or make it justified.
    • Color. All text is black, by default. You can click the Color button to change the text color. You can also create a custom color for the text in addition to the preset colors. Click OK after selecting a color.
  4. Next, go to the Box Styles tab and type the appropriate information and click Save.
    For more information about this tab, go to the Box Styles Tab topic.
  5. Click OK on the Edit Value window.
    A new value box appears with the text and box style formatting you defined. Because this value box represents an incorrect answer, it will not have any associations.