Type the answer
Your audience types their own answer to your question in a free text box, which replaces the answer buttons. Ideal for fill-in-the-blank questions where you want to test recall rather than recognition.
Setup
- Click on ADD A BLOCK and select Type the answer.
- Insert a text into the Title field.
- Add an image by clicking on Add image, GIF, or video/audio file.
- Insert the answers. Add as many answers as you want by clicking on Add an answer variant.
- Insert explanations into the Answer explanations field(s) (optional).
Hints
You can add hints in the HINT (OPTIONAL) field. Your audience can choose to reveal the hint at any time. Hints give your audience a nudge in the right direction without giving away the answer.
Options
Click on the options icon on the right to configure the following settings.
Media
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show media | Toggle to show or hide the block's main image. | ON |
| Media ratio | Choose the aspect ratio: From settings, Wide 16:9, Square 1:1, Tall 3:4, or Original ratio. | From settings |
Required
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Required | When enabled, your audience must answer this block before proceeding. When disabled, a "Skip" button appears. | ON |
Answers
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited guesses | Allow your audience to guess as many times as they want. When disabled, the number of guesses is limited. | OFF |
| Guesses icon | Choose the icon displayed next to the guess counter. | Heart |
| # of guesses | The number of guesses your audience gets before the block ends. Only visible when Unlimited guesses is disabled. | 3 |
| Display # guesses | Toggle to show or hide the remaining guess count to your audience. | ON |
| Guesses text | The label displayed next to the guess counter. | Tries |
| Not case-sensitive | When enabled, your audience's answer does not need to match the exact capitalization of the correct answer. For example, "paris" and "Paris" would both be accepted. | ON |
| Ignore space | When enabled, extra or missing spaces in your audience's answer are ignored. For example, "NewYork" and "New York" would both be accepted. | ON |
| Scoring type | Choose how points are awarded: Question (one score for the whole question). | Question |
| Score | The number of points awarded for typing the correct answer. | 1 |
| 'Show correct answer' button | When enabled, a button appears that lets your audience reveal the correct answer after their guesses are used up. | OFF |
| Answer suffix | A text label that appears after the text input field. Useful for adding units like "kg", "km", or "years" to clarify what format you expect. | (empty) |
Set spelling options
Go to the options icon on the right of Answer Content and enable Not case-sensitive and/or Ignore space to be more forgiving with your audience's spelling.
Answer explanations
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show explanations | Toggle to show or hide answer explanations after your audience answers. | ON |
| # of explanations | Choose how many explanations to display: One for all answers, Right and wrong, or Per answer. | One for all answers |
| Answer explanation display | Choose where the explanation appears: Overlay pop-up or Below question. | Overlay pop-up |
| Show media | Toggle to show or hide images in the answer explanation. | ON |
| Media ratio | Choose the aspect ratio for explanation images: From settings, Wide 16:9, Square 1:1, Tall 3:4, or Original ratio. | From settings |