- In this article, you'll learn about how to align your thinking with the unique way Amplifire trains learners.
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- For information on how to craft quality content in Amplifire, check out Creating Quality Questions, or contact your Client Engagement Director to access the article and learn more about author training.
Consider Question Types
Amplifire allows for the creation of three different question types:
- Multiple choice: The most effective question type when promoting long-term memory and higher-order thinking
- Matching: Useful when teaching about “pairs” of information, terms and definitions, etc.
- Multiple correct: Appropriate to use when there is more than one correct way to do something
Review Amplifire Design Considerations
- Priming, not testing
- Teaching while assessing
- Trick questions vs tricky questions
- Content that changes behavior
- Hotspot questions: What You Need to Know and What We Know You Need
- Meta-tagging (Topics and Learners)
- Less is ideal
- Question counts
- Clear, concise language
- Question order and the Amplifire algorithm
- Don’t be afraid of controversial/confusing topics
- Address “soft” topics (humans interacting with humans)
Topics and Reporting
Topics entered into Authoring also appear in the Amplifire Reporting dashboard, so be sure to aim for a collection of three or more questions per topic. This ensures meaningful conclusions can be drawn from learner performance on each topic. Don't define topics too narrowly—one Amplifire module (about 25 questions) usually covers 3-5 broad topics.
The example shows Topics pulled from a spreadsheet, entered into Authoring, and their eventual appearance in ReportingInstructions on review quality, making comments, working with Amplifire.