Create
To add a Scratchie activity to your design, just drag and drop the activity in the authoring canvas and double click on it to set it up.
Scratchie Content
A well-configured Scratchie activity turns assessment into a highly interactive, feedback-rich learning experience.
Title Defines the name of the activity as seen by students. Use a clear, descriptive title so students understand the purpose of the assessment.
Instructions This is where you provide guidance to students on how to complete the activity. You can include:
Expectations for team discussion
How scoring works
When to submit burning questions
Question List
Displays all questions included in the Scratchie activity.
You can:
Add new questions using Create question
Import questions from a question bank or from MS Word using this template.
Reorder questions via drag and drop
Edit, duplicate, or delete individual questions
Manage question versions (e.g. Version 1, Version 2)
This allows you to iteratively improve questions and maintain different versions over time.
Adding Questions
Just like all the other assessment activities in LAMS, you are able to add multiple questions to this assessment. For Scratchie you can use the following question types:
Multiple Choice questions (single or multiple selection answers)
Very short answer questions
You can add these questions directly or importing them from QTI or Word format using this template.
Adding MCQ questions
Note that you can also add Very Short Answer questions.
Question Bank
If you have already added questions to the Mighty Question Bank, then you can search for them and add them into Scratchie.
All questions added to the activity will automatically be added to the Question Bank for analytics and future reuse.
Advanced Settings
Question Behaviour
Shuffle questions
Randomises the order of questions for each team. Useful for:
Reducing answer sharing between teams
Maintaining assessment integrity
Require to reveal all correct answers before proceeding
Forces teams to identify all correct answers (in multi-answer questions) before moving on.
If enabled → teams must fully solve the question
If disabled → teams may proceed even if not all correct answers are found
Require double click to reveal an answer
Requires the team leader to double-click an answer to confirm selection. This:
Reduces accidental selections
Adds an extra layer of intentional decision-making
After completion, show
Teams’ answer selection
Allows students to review the answers they selected as a team after completing the activity. Supports reflection and discussion.
Scores
Displays the team’s final score at the end of the activity. Reinforces performance awareness and feedback.
Student’s interaction
Enable burning questions
Allows teams to submit questions, doubts, or challenges during the activity. These can be used later to:
Drive whole-class discussion
Address misconceptions
Enable discussion sentiment voting
Allows you to run instant polls on burning questions during monitoring. Useful for:
Gauging class understanding
Encouraging participation across teams
Include discussion pad for question: when enabled, each student is able to add their own selection order for the leader to review. Ideal for asynchronous assessment.
Asynchronous team assessment!
When running your team assessment asynchronously (not all the students are accessing the assessment at the same time), the "Include discussion pad" option is very useful as each individual student can add their suggestion for the leader to choose. This also allows students to discuss the different options asynchronously.
Data import
Importing VSA Answers and confidence levels from iRAT
If you are using the scratchie, it is likely that you are using it in the context of a Team-Based Learning design.
If so, you can configure the tRAT to show the teams the answers that they picked in the iRAT.
Showing teams' iRAT answers in the tRAT
In research studies at LKC School of Medicine, using this features has improved the team's discussion and significantly shorten the time each team requires to decide on an answer as a team
In the Data Import section, select the name of the iRAT activity. This enables:
Richer analysis of student performance
Linking individual confidence with team decisions
Time Limits
Apply time limits to…
None No time restriction. Best for low-pressure or exploratory activities.
Activity Sets a single countdown timer for the entire class. - Starts when the first student begins - All students must finish before time runs out
Ideal for synchronous sessions.
Individual students Each student/team gets their own timer starting when they begin. Best for asynchronous learning environments.
Scoring
Default scoring
Predefined scoring system:
1st attempt → 4 points
2nd attempt → 2 points
3rd attempt → 1 point
Further attempts → 0 points
Encourages accuracy and careful discussion.
Custom scoring scale
Allows you to define your own scoring pattern (e.g. 5,2,1,0).
Useful when you want to:
Increase or decrease assessment difficulty
Align scoring with specific grading strategies
Learning Outcomes
Mapping learning outcomes to activities is very useful for curriculum mapping.
As with all activities in LAMS, you can map your learning outcomes to this activity. If you want to add a learning outcome, just search for the particular outcome or type a new one it will be added to your list of learning outcomes for the future.
You can search Learning Outcomes by code or name.
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