How to use the excel template

Multiple choice Excel template guide This template had been designed so that you can easily customise the questions, answers and pictures to suite your own curriculum area. Locate the template and double click on the icon to open. The template will open displaying the quiz on sheet 1 (see picture below). If you click on the sheet 2 tab at the bottom of the page, all the input information for the quiz will appear. To fully customise the template you will need to make changes on both sheets.

Sheet 1 (see above)

Sheet 2 ->

There are 4 main stages to customising the template. It does not matter which order you complete them in. Stage 1 - Delete the already existing picture (sheet 1) To do this click on the picture and press the delete button on the keyboard.

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Stage 2 - Inserting a new image (sheet 1)

1. click into the empty space where you want the image to be inserted
2. On the toolbar at the top of the screen select Insert -> picture -> from file

3. Browse for the image you want to insert into the template then click the insert button.

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NOTE: You can scale the image by dragging on the corner and side circles. To move the image, click and hold down the left mouse button over the image and drag. (See picture below)

Stage 3 - Change the question (sheet 1) To do this, click into the box where the question first starts and start typing your new question. (See picture below)

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Stage 4 Input the answers (sheet 2) Make sure sheet 2 is displayed by clicking on the sheet 2 tab at the bottom of the screen (if unsure refer to first 2 pictures on this handout) On sheet 2 you will see 2 tables made up of numerous columns and rows. The top table (displayed in the picture below) shows all 9 questions, each with 3 different answers listed below. The answers are numbered from 1 to 4.
NOTE: Answer 1 is the same for all 9 questions as it is the information that prompts the user to select the drop down menu that holds the rest of the answers.

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Input the correct answers (sheet 2)

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Click into the relevant box and type in an answer

NOTE: It is essential that you type the correct answer into the box highlighted in blue.

The highlighted blue boxes correspond with the Correct Answer highlighted line below.

NOTE: if the correct answer in the coloured table displays 4, the correct answer has to be in row 4 <- See Picture

Once you have filled in the answers for all 9 questions go back to sheet 1 and check all the answers work correctly with the correct response. Additional Information

How to use the excel template

Changing the look of the template You can change the look of the template by using the drawing toolbar. NOTE: If the tool bar isnt displayed in excel go to view -> toolbars -> Drawing

To change the colour of the template, select the bucket fill tool and drag the cursor over the area you want to change.

Once selected, to apply the colour click on the bucket fill tool.

Hiding the tab sheets to stop students accessing the answers Go to... Tools -> Options Make sure you have the view tab selected and under window options deselect the sheet tabs tick box. NOTE: you can also remove other parts of the window i.e. the vertical and horizontal scroll bars.

How to use the excel template