Hi Tim,
Thanks, that makes sense. We'll try to convert these to essay type questions so they appear better in manual grading.
I guess the difference here is how teachers and Moodle view "short answers." Teachers think of "short answers" as non-essay type questions (ie. one or two sentences) whereas Moodle thinks of "short answers" as a few words. So it makes sense why it displays with a short text box in manual grading.