Duration:
2:21
Updated:
August 24, 2026
Drag and Drop Inline Item
Create a Drag and Drop Inline item, where students drag choices from a set to fill the gaps in a passage of text.
Helpful Tips
- A Drag and Drop Inline item allows students to move choices into designated response areas within a question.
Setting Up the Response Template
- Use the Response Template to enter text or images and designate where response boxes should appear.
- Select Create Response to add response boxes.
Adding Possible Responses
- Add and format the Possible Responses using text or images.
- Use Add to include additional choices or Delete to remove them.
- Drag and drop responses to change the order in which they appear.
- Select Reuse to allow a response to be used more than once.
- Select Vertical to display responses vertically instead of the default horizontal layout.
Setting the Correct Answer
- Under Select Correct, drag each response into the appropriate response box.
- Select Save when finished.
Standards & Item Details
- After saving, select the Content Area, adopted year, Primary Course, and Student Expectation (SE).
- Add a dual-coded standard when applicable.
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From the Item View, you can:
- Edit the question or item details.
- Test Text to Speech.
- Add Related Content, such as passages, maps, or charts.
- Add Keywords to make the item easier to find in future searches.
From the Match and Order section, the Drag and Drop Inline item type allows students to move choices to fill gaps on a question.
Click the box or green plus icon.
There are four sections.
The Question, Response Template, Possible Responses and where to record the Correct Answer.
On the top right, select English or Spanish.
Click here to add a protractor or a ruler to the item.
Use the editing tools provided to format.
Make sure to use this first icon to paste in plain text when copying from another source.
For demo purposes, we are starting with everything already entered in.
The Response Template has the same formatting options as the question box.
Enter text and or images and then insert where the Response boxes appear.
Use the Create Response button to add boxes.
When the template is complete, add and format the Possible Responses.
These can be either text or images.
To add more choices, click the Add drop-down.
Drag and drop the responses into any order by using the 3 lines to rearrange how the responses appear on the screen.
Click the Delete icon to remove.
Check the option to 'Reuse' to enable the Responses to be used more than once or the option for 'vertical' to change how they are displayed on the screen.
The default view for all responses is horizontal.
Moving on to the 'Select Correct' section, drag the answers into the correct boxes.
Click Save on the top when finished.
A pop-up appears allowing you to select standards.
Select the Content Area, adopted year and select the primary course and Student Expectation.
You also have the option to dual code.
Click save.
From this screen, use the icons to make edits to the question, or details on the right.
Use this icon to test how the item reads for text-to-speech.
To add 'Related content', click the Add icon.
Related content, such as reading passages, Maps, and Charts, can be attached to more than one assessment item.
This makes tests easier to organize.
You can also assign keywords to items making them easier to search for in the future.
Click the add icon and put each new keyword or phrase on a new line.
Click save to return to the previous screen.
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