What is a matching question?

The objective of matching questions is to pair predetermined responses on one side with their correct matches displayed in the opposite column. Matching questions typically consist of two columns.

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Matching: Interactivity Level 1

At level one, your matching activities use your organization’s brand elements, like colors and fonts, with your matching activity interface consisting of simple shapes and buttons for your learners to interact with.

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Matching: Interactivity Level 2

At level two, your matching activities interface uses elements, graphic styles, and photography from your organization’s brand and visual identity. It offers more detailed components for your learners to interact with.

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Matching: Interactivity Level 3

At level three, your matching activities incorporate an entirely custom design that utilizes your organization’s brand and visual identity to ensure each component applies your graphic styles and gives your learners a robust interface to interact with.

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Considerations for matching questions

Columns in matching questions can include various elements like text, formulas, images, and videos.

To create a challenge, consider having more matches than choices.

Learning Benefits

Can assess learner comprehension and recall and has the advantage of covering a large amount of content, quickly
Reduces the learner's ability to easily guess the answer (for example, when a learner has a 50/50 chance of choosing the correct response from a true or false question)

Usage Examples & Tips

Example: In a WHMIS course, images of safety symbols in a column on the left can be matched with their meanings written in text in a column on the right.

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