User's Guide

61Chapter 4 Lessons – New Lesson, Defaults
Select the number of Response Choices you want
to have as the default value for the Multiple
Choice Questions in the Lesson.
Choices 2 – 10
Option DescriptionSettings
Orient
Choices
Rows
Columns
Response Choices can be displayed either in rows
or in columns. The settings for this option should
be considered in conjunction with the Question
Location setting below. Typically, when you set
the Question Location to Left, the Response
Choices are aligned in Rows to the right of the
Question. When Question Location is set to Top,
the Choices orientation probably depends more
on the type of Response Choices—columns often
being more suitable for graphic Responses.
Font Size
Chances
10 – 36 points
1 – 10,000
Font Face All System
Fonts
Choose a font size that will project well.
Choose a font from among the fonts installed on
the computer. Generally speaking, you should
avoid using decorative fonts, which might be
difficult to read, or using a number of different
fonts on the same Question screen, which might
be distracting.
You can set a limit on the number of tries, or
Chances, a student can have to answer a Ques-
tion. During a Session, when a student is transmit-
ting Responses, the Last Chance Response, the
upper limit of whatever value the Chance option is
set to, will display as red in the Response Box, and
is the Response that will be recorded. Additional
Responses will be ignored. An out-of-range
with smaller, classroom-size groups. But, with
groups of several hundred, serial processing can
be an issue. Just be sure to set enough time on the
Timer so that every student has a reasonable
chance of getting their Responses to each
Question processed. If, as you are presenting the
Session, you see that the default Timer value is not
giving all the students enough time to respond,
you can change the setting for the Timer at the
beginning of each Question. Or, you can set the
default Timer to a higher value. Then, during the
Session, click on the Stop Question button
at
the top of the Question dialog to stop the Timer
when you have verified that everyone has
responded to the Question.