How can I get Memrise to stop caring about the order of answers?

I am making a course to review for diabetes. How can I get memrise to not care about the order of answers? I have questions such as

Q: Name the 9 classes of oral diabetic drugs

A: Sulfonylureas biguanides alpha-glucosidase inhibitors TZDs Meglitinides DPP-4 inhibitors resin binders dopamine agonists SGLT-2 inhibitors

When the question comes up, Memrise requires to you enter it in exactly that order, which is irrelevant for learning these. How can I make Memrise accept these 9 answers in any order?

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Turn it into 9 questions, blank out each one of the group for each (term is called Closed Deletion).

Q: Name the 9 classes of oral diabetic drugs: Sulfonylureas biguanides alpha-glucosidase inhibitors TZDs Meglitinides resin binders dopamine agonists SGLT-2 inhibitors, __________

A: DPP-4 inhibitors

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I think maybe youā€™re supposed to be able to separate your answers with a slash: / in order to get this effect, although I havenā€™t tested this myself.

Try changing your answer to the following and see what happens.

Sulfonylureas/biguanides/alpha-glucosidase inhibitors/TZDs/Meglitinides/DPP-4 inhibitors/resin binders/dopamine agonists/SGLT-2 inhibitors

hmm tried this it didnā€™t work. still marked wrong for wrong order.
also the non-typing test w/e thatā€™s called had a bunch of slashes in the boxes in addition to the choices from before

I just tried this with using two answers (ā€œa/bā€) and it accepts the answers ā€œa bā€ and ā€œb aā€ fine for me.

Iā€™d suggesting trying it with just two answers separated by a slash and then if that works, work up from there to see if you can figure out whatā€™s going on.

Do you have strict typing enabled for the course?

Accepts ā€œa bā€ and ā€œb aā€, but doesnā€™t it also accept ā€œaā€ and ā€œbā€? I think the slash method will ensure that the learner remembers one answer, not all nine.

I like Nukemarineā€™s approach above. There is active testing + passive memory reinforcement, a powerful combination.

@Finnbarr - in other fields where students memorize a set of words, students often learn a mnemonic that has the first letter of each term. The order isnā€™t important, but having a list order helps the memory. That trick might help students recall all 9 classes instead of just 7 or 8. (example from Geometry - All of my children are bringing in peanut butter cookies - 10 separate memories compacted into one)

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Ah, I think youā€™re right :slight_smile:

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i gave up some chinese courses because of thatā€¦ and another issue that drives me nutsā€¦ for example you have voir and regardre both marked as to seeā€¦ but when you have to write them you do not know which one to write as a def for to seeā€¦ same in vietnamese that, those kia and do ā€¦ how do i know which answer is okā€¦ japanese fatherā€¦ otousan or chichi ā€¦