{"id":6064,"date":"2024-07-22T08:16:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/?page_id=6064"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:40:38","slug":"can-i-set-questions-as-mandatory-to-answer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/can-i-set-questions-as-mandatory-to-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I set questions as mandatory to answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. You can make questions mandatory in a course or mark them as important in a question bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Setting a question as mandatory in a course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>mandatory question<\/strong> in a course must be answered before learners can proceed to the next slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make a question mandatory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open your course in the <strong>Content Editor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the question you want to make mandatory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the right-hand editing panel, open <strong>Element ruleset<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn on <strong>Mandatory question<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-1024x641.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8212\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5963302752293578;width:1044px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-447x280.png 447w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-766x480.png 766w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6.png 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marking a question as important in a question bank<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When publishing a question bank as a test, you can choose how many questions are randomly selected for each attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marking a question as <strong>Important <\/strong>gives it priority, so it&#8217;s included in every test attempt (as long as the test includes enough questions to accommodate all Important questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-1024x524.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8213\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.9514018691588786;width:1044px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-547x280.png 547w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7.png 1332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you mark more questions as Important than the test allows, only some will be selected. For example, if all 20 questions are marked as Important but the test includes only 10, learners will receive a random sel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related resources:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/how-do-i-create-interactive-questions-and-rich-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I create interactive questions and rich media?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/what-are-interactive-links-and-how-do-i-create-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What are interactive links and how do I create them?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/how-do-i-create-a-question-bank-for-a-test\/\">How do I create a question bank for a test?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. You can make questions mandatory in a course or mark them as important in a question bank. 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