Interactive exercises: a complete guide
How to build each kind of exercise, how self-checking and scoring work, and what to do when an answer key is missing.
Exercises are what turn a page of content into a lesson students do rather than read. They are part of Pro, and available to everyone during the trial.
Building one
Add the element, then fill in its own small form. The patterns are consistent:
- Questions with options (multiple choice, select the word for the image) — write the question, list the options, mark the correct one. Multiple choice allows more than one correct answer.
- Gaps in text (fill in the blank, cloze with dropdowns, gap-fill with word bank) — type
____where the gap goes, then give the answer for each one. Use exactly one____per gap: Classario warns you if the count does not match. - Pairs and groups (match words, match words to images, arrange by columns) — list the pairs, or name the columns and their items.
- Ordering (word ordering, put text in order, unscramble) — write the correct version. Classario shuffles it for the student.
- Free responses (open question, record audio) — write the prompt, optionally with a sample answer for yourself and an image.
Checking answers
Most exercises carry a Check answers button. Students press it and see what they got right, with a score. It does the marking, so you can spend the lesson on the two they got wrong instead of all ten.
Open questions and audio recordings cannot be auto-marked: they come to you for comments.
Gap-fill accepts alternatives
A gap can accept more than one answer — useful when "don't" and "do not" are both right. Add every spelling you will accept.
Imported exercises with no answer key
If an exercise comes from an import where the answer key could not be read, Classario marks the answer [Set answer] rather than guessing. Search for that text before teaching an imported material.
Any exercise can be moved to the Homework tab from its ⋮ menu, so the same question bank does double duty in class and afterwards.