Assess student work>>Questions in test/survey>>Question types
For Short Answer/Essays, you provide a question or statement as the seed of the essay. Students can type and/or cut and paste their answers into the box. You can provide sample answers to help your graders, but Short Answer/Essay questions are graded manually.
Here is an example of a Short Answer/Essay question as it appears online:
You can add a Short Answer/Essay question to a test or a survey.