Quiz Questions

In order to provide a better learning experience and check the learner’s understanding of material, we have included some templates for quiz questions to embed throughout the various pages of the site. Consider adding a question or two to pages that don’t have any already!

Adding a New Question

This tutorial will not go over Git and Github. See How to Contribute for help setting up your repository.

All of the data for you question will be stored at ComputingBootCamp/website/_data/questions.yml. Navigate to this file and append your question’s info to the end.

See below the list of currently supported question types and examples:

Multiple Choice

- id: 1 # A unique identifier you create used to embed the question
  type: multiple_choice
  help: "Hint: Tool Command Language" # Optional
  prompt: Which scripting language was created first? 
  responses: 
    - text: Python
    - text: Tcl 
      correct: true
    - text: Ruby

Matching

- id: 2 # A unique identifier you create used to embed the question
  prompt: Select the most appropriate pairs
  type: matching
  responses: 
    - text: interpreted
      correct: python
    - text: compiled
      correct: c++
    - text: HDL
      correct: System Verilog

Fill in the Blank

Note: The number of underscores in each text field is irrelevant. Responses are not case sensitive

- id: 3 # A unique identifier you create used to embed the question
  prompt: Finish the fight song!
  type: fill_in
  responses:
    - text: Rise all loyal Cougars and hurl your _________ to the foe.
      correct: challenge
    - text: You will fight, day or night, rain or ____.
      correct: snow
    - text: _____, strong, and true
      correct: loyal

Embed the Question

Once the question data has been added using the steps above, find the markdown file of the section where you want the question to appear ComputingBootcamp/website/_selfpaced/*.md. Then simply paste the following line where you want the question to appear (be sure to replace the id value with your id you put in questions.yml):

{% include quizzes.html id=1 %}