Matching Question Type

In a Matching question, students draw a line between two related items, like a term and its definition. You draw a box around each item on the slide, then link the boxes that belong together. Each item can be matched only once, and Classwork.com scores each pair.

Add Matching boxes

1. In the Tool Box on the right, open the Overlays tab and click Matching.
2. Your cursor turns into crosshairs. Click and drag around the first item. The box is red: it isn’t matched yet.
3. Resize the box with the blue handles.
4. Repeat for every item, on both sides of the match.

Tip: press the spacebar after drawing a box to draw another right away.

Link the pairs

1. Click the first box in a pair.
2. Click its match.

A dotted blue line joins the two boxes, and both turn green. Repeat for each pair.

You can also click one box, hold Shift and click its match, then click Link Matching in the toolbar.

To undo a pair, select one of its boxes and click Clear Link in the toolbar. Both boxes turn red again and the line disappears.

Points

Each pair is worth 1 point. To change it, select a box in the pair, click the points value in the toolbar (the green 1), and type the new value. Do this for each pair you want to change.

Using the Flex Editor?

The Matching item isn’t available in the Flex Editor yet (Matching List is greyed out in the + Add window). To have students match items in a Flex activity, use a Match Table Grid question: see Using the Match Table Grid Question Type.