Extended text

The candidate writes a longer answer, in a plain or rich text editor.

For authors

An extended text interaction is a writing area for essays and explanations. A person usually marks it, so it often has no correct response at all.

Try it

Try itEssay, rich editorA rich-text answer with a character counter, and a mark scheme in a rubric block that the candidate is genuinely never served.

The average surface temperature of the Earth is about 15 °C. Without its atmosphere it would be roughly −18 °C.

Explain how the atmosphere keeps the surface of the Earth warmer than it would otherwise be. Use the terms short-wave and long-wave radiation in your answer.

Answering

The candidate types in the box. With format set to xhtml the box is a rich text editor, with bold, lists and so on, as in the sample. Otherwise it is plain text.

qti-height-lines-3, -6 or -15 set its height.
qti-counter-up or qti-counter-down show a character count against expected-length.
A pattern mask can enforce a rule, such as a length limit, with a message of its own.

Scoring

An essay starts Not scored. When a short answer can be checked, give it accepted answers on the Scoring tab, as for text entry.

In the editor

Insert adds one where the selection is.