How to Add Explanations to Answers

In ProProfs Quiz Maker, you can provide explanations to learners after they answer a question. You can display additional explanations for correct and incorrect answering or the same input to all learners. You can also add comments for each answer option.

By providing explanations, you can ensure learners understand the topic better and minimize errors in the future.

How to Add Explanations to Answers

Step 1: Create a new quiz or open an existing quiz.

Step 2: Add a question if you’re creating a new quiz. For an existing quiz, go to a question in the quiz editor.

Step 3: Expand the Advanced menu and click the gear icon next to “Explanation.”

Step 4: Select who sees which message in the Explanation of answer window, then click Save. You can choose from the following:

1. Same message for everyone: One explanation is shown after every answer, right or wrong.

2. Only when the answer is wrong: One message is shown only to learners who answer incorrectly.

3. Separate messages for right and wrong: Write one message for correct answers and another for incorrect ones. Only the message for the learner's result will appear, as shown below.

When the answer is correct:

When the answer is incorrect:

4. A message for the option they picked: Write a message for each option. Learners see only the message for the option they chose.

5. A message for every option (show all): Write a message for each option. Learners see all of them, whatever they picked.

That is all about adding explanations to quiz answers.