Learn by sorting: a new Drag and Drop Sorting question type
We’re happy to announce a new Drag and Drop Sorting question type that is now available for use in your Oppia explorations.
With this question type and its hands-on approach, students can learn to compare and sort items by arranging things in ascending or descending order. We believe that this interface provides an intuitive approach for answering questions that require learners to sort a sequence. Here are some screenshots of what it looks like in action:
By dragging and dropping the items, learners can easily sort the sequences and get appropriate feedback on the submitted answers. As a lesson creator, you can provide feedback to the learner based on the correctness of the whole sequence, or the position of a specific item in the sequence. Note that the question type isn’t restricted to numbers: it’s also possible to add images, fractions or text as items in the sequence.
We hope that this question type will provide more flexibility to lesson creators, and give a way to learners to demonstrate their understanding of comparing and sorting. As always, if you find any bugs or have any feature requests, please feel free to file them in our issue tracker or make a post on the Oppia discussion forum. We look forward to seeing the new explorations that you create with this question type!
