An Essay question allows students to enter a written response.

When creating an Essay question, enter the question text and assign the required number of points. EAS also provides a Minimum answer lines setting. This determines the minimum visible writing area presented to students. The minimum number of answer lines can be set between 2 and 100.

Essay questions are normally manually graded because the teacher must evaluate the student’s written response.

During grading, the teacher can assign points to the response and enter feedback.

When creating an Essay question, make the task clear. Include any required instructions, such as the subject of the essay, expected content, or other assessment criteria, in the question text.

The question should be previewed before the quiz is used so that the writing area and instructions can be checked from the student’s perspective.