config.question_modifications.mcq.distractor_reduction - Initialization - Items API

Items API Initialization

distractor_reduction

Defines the eligibility rules for when MCQs can have distractors reduced.

You would want to use this so that you can apply accessibility or adaptation rules to remove one or more incorrect options from eligible Multiple choice Questions.

Examples

// Enabling custom question modifications
var initializationOptions = {
    "config": {
        "question_modifications": {
            "mcq": {
                "distractor_reduction": {
                    "exclude": "single-select",
                    "minimum_distractors_count": 3,
                    "amount": 1
                }
            }
        }
    }
};

Values

Attribute path config.question_modifications.mcq.distractor_reduction

Type object

Properties

  • amount number

    Specifies the number of distractors to drop from the question choices.

  • exclude string

    Specifies the Multiple choice Question subtype to exclude from distractor reduction.

  • minimum_distractors_count number

    Specifies the minimum number of distractors a Multiple choice Question must have to be eligible for reduction.

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