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Table of Contents PART I - Create an Assessment ................................................................................................................... 2

PART II – Assessment Setup ........................................................................................................................ 4

Assessment Settings ................................................................................................................................ 4

Student Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 5

PART III - Assessment Questions ................................................................................................................. 6

PART IV – Advanced Assessment Tools ...................................................................................................... 7

Flag for Review ........................................................................................................................................ 7

Eliminate Choices .................................................................................................................................... 8

Text Highlighting ..................................................................................................................................... 9

Calculator, Ruler & Protractor ............................................................................................................... 11

PART V – Student View ............................................................................................................................. 13

Taking the Assessment .......................................................................................................................... 14

PART VI - Grading Assessments ................................................................................................................ 16

Student Attempts Table ........................................................................................................................ 16

Grading Student Attempts .................................................................................................................... 19

ADDENDUM – Enhanced Assessment Question Types ............................................................................ 21

Multiple Choice: Standard Question Type ............................................................................................ 21

True/False: Standard Question Type .................................................................................................... 27

Matching: Standard Question Type ...................................................................................................... 30

Ordering: Standard Question Type ....................................................................................................... 36

Fill in the Blank (FITB) Text, Drop-down & Drag-and-Drop: Standard Question Type .......................... 41

Short Answer/Essay: Standard Question Type ..................................................................................... 56

Label Image: Enhanced Question Type ................................................................................................. 59

Highlight Hotspot: Enhanced Question Type ........................................................................................ 66

Highlight Image: Enhanced Question Type ........................................................................................... 71

Highlight Text: Enhanced Question Type .............................................................................................. 74

Math Short Answer: Enhanced Question Type ..................................................................................... 79

Number Line: Enhanced Question Type ............................................................................................... 83

Chart: Enhanced Question Type ............................................................................................................ 89




PART I - Create an Assessment To create an assessment:

1. Click Add Materials.

2. Select Add Assessment from the list.

This opens the Create Assessment window.

3. Name the assessment.

4. Set a Due Date to place the assessment in the Course Calendar and Upcoming area.

5. Submissions: Specify if students are able to take the assessment, and when they have access to

it. Enabling Submissions is a separate process than the

publishing feature in the Options row.

Enable–Students are able to open and take the test.

Enable until–Students can take the test until the date

and time you specify in the Until field that displays.

Enable from...until–Students can begin the test after

the date and time indicated in From and before the

date and time in Until.

Disable–Students cannot take the test.

Note: The default setting for test/quiz availability is Disable. If your students

can open the test/quiz but the Start New Attempt button is unavailable,

check if you need to switch this setting to one of the Enable options.




6. Set the number of points the assessment is worth in the Course Gradebook.

7. Select a grading category from the dropdown menu.

8. Click Grading Options to display additional settings:

Select a grading period.

Enable the checkbox to set the assessment as a midterm or final.

Set a factor.

9. Select a grading scale.

10. Click Create to complete.

Advanced options

Use Advanced Options to enable/disable the following features:

Use Individually Assign to only display the assessment to one or more members of the

course or a grading group.

Use Published to Students to display or hide the assessment from student view. The

assessment is published by default and immediately available to students.

After creating the assessment, click the gear icon from the course materials page or from the

upper-right of the assessment page and select from the following options:

Edit–Open the edit popup to make changes to any of the above grade

settings.

Publish/Unpublish–The assessment is automatically published by

default. Click Unpublish to hide the assessment from student view, and

click Publish to make available to students after unpublishing.

Move–Move the assessment to a different course.

Copy to Course–Create a copy of the assessment in a different course.

Delete–Delete the assessment.

Save to Resources–Save the assessment to your Personal or Group

Resources area.

Note: You can also create an assessment within course folders, or add them

to folders after creating them.

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PART II – Assessment Setup Add additional information about the assessment and control settings from the Setup Tab.

Click Save at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

Additionally, you can enable one or more of a set of Advanced Assessment Tools for students from

this area.

Instructions

Add instructions for students taking the

assessment, which display before they

start.

Use the rich text editor to format the

instructions, add additional components

such as tables, images, and LaTex

symbols, and many other options.

Assessment Settings

Assessment has a time limit: Set a

time limit for the assessment.

Students who have not finished before

the time limit is up have their

assessments automatically submitted

with the answers they have

completed.

Assessment questions are randomly

ordered: Enable Randomize Order to

ensure that each student sees the

questions on the assessment in a different and randomly selected order.

Show possible points for each question during the attempt: Hide or display how many points each

question is worth for students taking the assessment.

Note: If the number of points you designated in the Create Assessment screen is different than the

total number of combined points for all the questions in the assessment, the possible points for each

question displayed to a student during an attempt will update to reflect this difference. For example, if

you make the assessment worth 100 points in the Create Assessment screen, and have 9 questions on

the assessment worth 10 points each, the number displayed during an attempt is 11.11: (100/90) x 10.





Changing these settings does not affect assessment attempts that students have already submitted.

Student Settings Allow students to view results after an attempt is submitted: Choose an option from the dropdown

menu:

No: Students may not view the results of their assessment after completion.

Yes: Students may view their assessment results after completion, including the answer they

selected.

Yes with correct answers: Students may view their assessment results after completion, including

the answer they selected and the correct answers.

Number of attempts a student can submit: Select from the dropdown how many times students may

attempt the assessment.

Final grade is determined by: When students can submit to the assessment more than once, select

whether their highest grade or last grade should be used to calculate gradebook points.

Click Save at the bottom of the page to save your Assessment Setup settings.

Note: Changes to these settings are reflected in all future attempts, as well as any attempts currently in

progress. For example, students begin an assessment and you realize you set the time limit to 3 minutes

instead of 30 minutes. You change the time limit to 30 minutes and save. You can now instruct students

to exit the assessment and resume it–they will see the new time limit.

Note: You can make changes to these settings at any time and they will apply to all assessment

attempts–past, in progress, and future. For example, you want students to see the correct answers

for an assessment, but only after all students in all your sections have completed the assessment.

You set Allow students to view results after an attempt is submitted to No while students are

submitting attempts. Then, after all students have submitted and you've graded everyone, you

change the setting to Yes with correct answers. Students are now able to view the results of their

assessment attempt with correct answers visible.




PART III - Assessment Questions Add questions to your assessment from the Questions tab. In the left column,

click a question type to add it to your assessment. Add content and control

settings for each question in the assessment question builder screens.

Visit the Assessment Question Type addendum at the end of this document for

detailed information about each question type.

Once you have added questions to your assessment, you’ll see them listed in

the Questions tab. In the Points field in the upper-right corner of each question,

set the number of points the question is worth. A tally of the total number of

questions and points in the assessment displays in the upper-right corner of the

assessment.

Hover over the More Options menu along the right border of each question

and select from two options:

Copy–Adds a copy of the question to the bottom of the assessment. The

name of the copied question is the same as the original, with COPY added in

front. For example, a copy of Test Question is called COPY - Test Question.

Delete–Removes the question from the assessment. You cannot restore a deleted question.


total number of combined points for all the questions in the assessment, the possible points for

each question displayed to a student during an attempt will update to reflect this difference. For

example, if you make the assessment worth 100 points in the Create Assessment screen, and have

9 questions on the assessment worth 10 points each, the number displayed during an attempt is

11.11: (100/90) x 10.

Alternatively, if you’ve enabled students to view their submissions, they will see the point value for

each question as you’ve set it, not updated to its gradebook equivalent. In the above example,

students would see each question as worth 10 points, not 11.11, when reviewing their submission

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Click Add Text at the top of the list of questions on the left to add additional instructions between

questions anywhere in the assessment. For example, if you

want to break the assessment into sections, you can add

additional instructions for each section. Each question and

text block displays to students on its own page in the

assessment.

PART IV – Advanced Assessment Tools Instructors can enable one or more of a set of Advanced Assessment Tools to provide additional

functionality and interactivity for their students when taking assessments

Flag for Review

Flag for Review is a tool to help students remember which questions they want to go back to while

taking a test. Instructors can’t see flagged questions and they do not persist after students submit their

attempts.

The Flag for Review tool appears to students in the menu on the right side of every assessment.

To flag or unflag a question, click the flag icon. The icon is blue for flagged questions.

Flagged questions are designated on the review screen. (To navigate to the review

screen, click the calendar icon at the top right or navigate to the last question on an

assessment and click Review.) To revisit a flagged question, click the flag on this

screen.

If students flag questions, leave the test, and then resume it later, those questions remain flagged when

they return.




Eliminate Choices

Students can use the eliminator tool to rule out incorrect answers on the way to finding the correct one.

Instructors can’t see eliminated answers and they do not persist after students submit their attempts.

The Eliminate Choices, or eliminator, tool appears to students in the menu on the right side of every

assessment.

To

eliminate possible responses while answering a question, click the eliminator icon. The tool is enabled

when the icon is blue. Now, click any answers that you want to cross out. (To “un-eliminate” a response,

click it again.)

When you have narrowed down your choices, click the eliminator icon again to disable the tool. Now,

select the correct answer.




Students can see any answers they have eliminated within the same session. This means that students

can cross out answers, move on to another question, and still see the choices they crossed out when they

return to the original question. However, if students exit the test and resume it later, any cross-outs made

during a previous session no longer display.

Text Highlighting

Students can use the text highlighting tool to emphasize key information in the text they are reading

while answering questions on an assessment. Instructors can’t see highlights and they do not persist after

students submit their attempts.

The highlight tool does not appear to students in the assessment menu. To highlight, students can click a

single word or drag their cursor over a phrase, sentence, or paragraph. On touchscreen devices, students

can highlight words by tapping or selecting them. All text is highlighted in yellow.

By

default, students can highlight any text in the excerpts of shared passage (currently available in AMP

only), as shown above.*




The author must specifically designate any text outside of shared passages as “highlightable” (in

standalone questions, for example). To allow students to highlight text that does not appear in shared

passages, select the text in the rich text editor (RTE) of any question stimulus or response. Click

the styling dropdown menu, then scroll down and select Highlightable.

If students highlight text, leave the test, and then resume it later, the text remains highlighted when they

return.

* If you have existing shared passages that you'd like to enable students to highlight, contact

your Schoology Implementation or Project Specialist to coordinate.




Calculator, Ruler & Protractor

Students can use a built-in calculator while taking an assessment. If you enable a calculator,

the calculator icon displays on the menu on the right side of the assessment.

Click the calculator icon to open or close the calculator while answering any question on an assessment.

If students are answering a question that requires typing an answer, they must enter the answer directly

into the response–answers do not automatically transfer from the calculator to the response field.

Students can drag and drop the calculator to any position on the screen.

To enable a calculator on an assessment,

navigate to the Settings window of a

managed assessment or to the Setup tab of

a new assessment and chose

either basic or scientific. Once you save

this change, any students who start new

attempts or resume existing ones are able

to use the calculator.

Ruler

Students can use a built-in ruler while

taking an assessment. If you enable a ruler,

the ruler icon displays on the menu on the right side of the assessment.




Click

the ruler icon

to open or close

the ruler while

answering any

question on an

assessment.

Drag and drop

the ruler to any

position on the screen, or rotate it to take a measurement over an

image.

To enable a

ruler on an

assessment,

navigate to

the Settings window of a managed assessment or to

the Setuptab of a new assessment and chose

either 15 cm or 6 inch. Once you save this

change, any students who start new attempts or

resume existing ones are able to use the ruler.

Protractor

Students can use a built-in protractor while taking an assessment. If you enable the protractor,

the protractor icon displays on the menu on the right side of the assessment.

Click the protractor icon to open or

close the protractor while answering any

question on an assessment. Drag and

drop the protractor to any position on

the screen, or rotate it to take a

measurement over an image.




To enable a protractor on an assessment, navigate to

the Settings window of a managed assessment or to

the Setup tab of a new assessment. Once you save this

change, any students who start new attempts or

resume existing ones are able to use the protractor.

You can enable the calculator, ruler, and protractor

tools on the same assessment and students can open

them all simultaneously.

PART V – Student View

Students can access the assessment from anywhere they can

access other graded materials:

The Materials list in the main Course page.

The Upcoming feed.

The Calendar.

The Notifications feed.

If you’ve allowed for multiple attempts, the number of submitted and remaining attempts displays at the

top of the assessment. For example, if you’ve allowed three attempts, students who have already

completed two attempts see You have made 2 of 3 attempts. You have 1 remaining. The points

possible for the question and elapsed time of the attempt also display.

Any previously

submitted

assessments display

in the table with the

following

information:

Gradebook Points: The number of points earned over points available,

displayed as a fraction. If you’ve enabled multiple attempts, Gradebook

Points displays the points for the option you selected for Final grade is

determined by in the Student Settings area: Highest Score or Last Score.

This is also the score that displays in the student assessment view and the

course gradebook.

Attempt: The number of the attempt, with the one most recently started

at the top.

Status: In Progress or Completed. Students do not see the Needs

Grading status.




Last modified date: The timestamp for the most recent time the student

made changes to the attempt, including month and day, year, and time.

This can be helpful when an attempt is resumable and you want to see

the last time a student worked on it.

Elapsed time: Length of time the student spent on the attempt.

Action: If you’ve enabled student permission to view submissions, they

can click the View link in the right margin to open a completed attempt,

or Resume to open and continue taking an assessment in progress.

Currently all In Progress assessment attempts are resumable.

Students click Start New Attempt to begin the assessment.

Taking the Assessment

Students can navigate the assessment by clicking the question numbers along the bottom of the screen,

or by using their keyboard tab and arrow keys.

Depending on the types of question, different actions are available to students when answering them:

Drag and drop: Ordering, matching, and label image, for example.

Rich text editor: Short answer and essay questions, for example.

Math keyboards: Math short answer.

Button selector: Multiple choice and true/false,

for example.

Drawing tool: Highlight image, for example.

Each of these functions may also be completed

using the keyboard’s Tab, Arrow, and Enter keys, as

well.

Students can also enable additional accessibility

features from the Accessibility icon including

changing the color contrast or font size of the


total number of combined points for all the questions in the assessment, the total displayed in

Gradebook Points will reflect this difference. For example, if you make the assessment worth 100

points in the Create Assessment screen, and the combined total of all the questions is 90, the

number in Gradebook Points will update to a 100-point scale. A score of 75/90 on the attempt, for

example, will display as 83.3 in Gradebook Points, as 75/90 = 83.3 on a 100-point scale.




assessment. Additionally, they can click the Full Screen icon to view the assessment in full-screen

mode.

For subjective questions aligned with a rubric, an icon and link display in the right margin that

students can click to

view the rubric.

As students answer questions, their work saves automatically. Completed attempts are submitted from

the review screen; which students can open at any time by:

Clicking the Review Screen icon in the right margin menu.

Clicking Review Screen in the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen from the last question in

the assessment.




PART VI - Grading Assessments

After students complete the assessment, you can grade their submissions from the Student Attempts tab.

To grade student attempts:

Open the assessment and click Student Attempts.

Click the student submission you want to grade in the table.

Alternatively, open the student’s assessment by clicking the puzzle piece icon in the gradebook cell

corresponding to the student row and assessment column.

Student Attempts Table

The Student Attempts table displays information about

students and assessment attempts.

1. From the Filter dropdown menu, choose to

display all students, or only students who




haven’t yet submitted an attempt.

2. The total number of students assigned the assessment displays in

parentheses next to the Students column label. Click the down-

arrow menu to the right and choose to display students by first or

last name, and in alphabetical or reverse-alphabetical order.

3. The Gradebook Points column displays the students’ points earned

for the assessment over the total number of points possible. A dash

displays for unsubmitted or ungraded assessments.

If you’ve enabled multiple attempts, Gradebook Points displays the

points for the version you set in Final grade is determined by in

the Student Settings area: Highest Score or Last Score.

This is also the score that displays in the student assessment view and the course gradebook.

Change the assessment score manually by clicking the score for the assessment in the Gradebook

Points field and adding a new score. In this example, the instructor has entered a score of 75 for the

assessment. Click clear override to remove the manually entered score.


total number of combined points for all the questions in the assessment, the total displayed in

Gradebook Points will reflect this difference. For example, if you make the assessment worth 100

points in the Create Assessment screen, and the combined total of all the questions is 90, the

number in Gradebook Points will update to a 100-point scale. A score of 75/90 on the attempt, for

example, will display as 83.3 in Gradebook Points, as 75/90 = 83.3 on a 100-point scale.




4. The Attempts column indicates the attempt number for each assessment, with the most recent

attempt at the top. For example, if a student has submitted three attempts for the assessment,

the third displays at the top of the student’s row with 03 in the Attempts column.

5. Student submissions may be in one of four statuses:

Scores Pending–Once the student submits an attempt, the assessment enters Scores

Pending status for a brief period while questions are automatically graded. In some cases,

the score may take up to ten minutes to populate, but it is usually much faster.

In Progress–The student has started an attempt, but has not made a submission yet.

Needs Grading–If the assessment contains subjective questions, it updates to Needs

Grading status and the course admin must grade the subjective questions.

Completed–After all questions have been graded, the status changes to Completed, and the

score updates in the course gradebook and in student views.

6. The Last Modified column shows the timestamp for the most recent time the student made

changes to the assessment, including month and day, year, and time.

7. The Elapsed Time column shows how long the student has spent on the attempt.

8. Tap or hover over the More Options menu and select from two options:

Submit/Unsubmit: For submitted assessments, select Unsubmit to place

the attempt back into In Progress so that the student can resume it. Any

work the student had previously completed is saved for them to come

back to.

For example, if a student accidentally submitted an assessment before completing,

select Unsubmit to allow her to finish and resubmit.

For unsubmitted assessments, click and select Submit to move the the assessment attempt

into a Completed state. The student will not be able to resume this attempt once you

submit it.

Delete: Delete the student’s submitted attempt. For example, if you want to allow the

student to retake the assessment without enabling additional attempts for all students.




Grading Student Attempts … from the Assessment

Click anywhere on a student’s submitted attempt to open it for grading. Add scores in the box next to

student responses:

Grade any subjective questions that require manual scoring.

Overwrite any auto-scored questions.

Click clear override to remove the score you entered. If the question already had an

automatically calculated score, remove the override to revert back to this score.

The Attempt Score field in the upper-right updates automatically as you add or change question

scores.

… from the Course Gradebook

From the gradebook cell for the assessment attempt in the course gradebook, you can complete a

number of grading functions:

Click the score and add a new one to overwrite the overall grade for the attempt. If you change

this grade, the override is indicated by an orange pencil in the lower-left corner.

Click the pencil to clear the override.

Click the puzzle piece icon to view the student assessment

submission.

Click the flag icon to add an exception to the submission.

Note: Attempt score is a tally of the number of points achieved over points possible for each

student attempt–you cannot edit it directly. To change a student’s attempt score, manually

increase or decrease the points awarded on individual questions. To change a student’s overall

assessment grade, change the gradebook points from the Student Attempts tab or from the Course

Gradebook.




Neither Excused nor Incomplete exceptions factor into the student's overall grade in Schoology. From

a calculation perspective, marking a gradebook cell

as Excused or Incomplete is the same as leaving it blank. Applying either does

not penalize students or affect their overall grade.

The Excused and Incomplete exceptions act as a visual reminder to the

course admin that the student has either been excused or their submission is

incomplete, to help avoid later confusion as to why that cell for that student is blank or unscored.

Marking a cell as Missing, however, does penalize the student's grade. Giving a

student a Missing is the calculation equivalent to giving the student a zero. Selecting

the Missing exceptions also adds a zero score in the cell.

Click the Comment icon to add a comment to the submission. Your comment saves automatically;

click the x in the upper-right of the pop-up window to close the comment. You can also check the box

to Display to Student (optional). The comment icon persists for any cell to which you’ve added a

comment. Comments and exceptions appear in the student grade report, which you can open from

the Graph icon to the right of the student's name. Comments for grading periods and the overall

column also appear on student report cards unless you have selected the Hide overall grade from

student reports and/or hide grading period grade from student reports check boxes in the

course Grade Setup area.




ADDENDUM – Enhanced Assessment Question Types

Multiple Choice: Standard Question Type Create a multiple choice question to assess your students’ ability to select the most correct option(s)

from several possible answers.

Question Setup

Write your question in Question Setup, and enter possible answers into each Options field.

Click +Option to add additional choices to the question. Click the x to the right of an option field to

remove choices from the question.

Use the Rich Text Editor which appears when you click into the field to apply formatting such as bold

and italics, or to insert images or tables. Hover your mouse over the individual icons to view the tooltip

explaining the function of each button.




Check Distractor Rationale under the Options to add rationales to each answer option. This is not a

student feedback feature. This field is designed as instructor feedback on students’ incorrect

responses. If you have AMP, the Distractor Rationale will appear alongside student responses on Item

Analysis reports.

Correct Answer Setup & Scoring Options

Select the correct answer in Correct Answer Setup.




Check Multiple Responses to enable students to choose more than one option when answering the

question. You may choose to enable this if your question asks the students to "Choose all that apply,"

for example.

Check Shuffle Options to randomize the order in which the options appear to each student while

taking the assessment.

Click the + button at the top of the Correct Answer Setup area to enable an additional permutation of

choices that are at least partially correct.

Click into the percentage field to the right of the additional answer to determine whether the alternate

answer is worth partial credit and to set the percentage of possible points students can receive for this

answer accordingly.




Use the Layout drop-down menu to select the answer option layout. The choices are: Standard, Block,

and Radio button under option. Use the Number of columns box to enter the number of columns you

would like in the answer option layout.

Layout Examples:




Enter Author Notes to explain why certain choices are incorrect, or why you chose to allocate a certain

percentage of possible points to alternate answers. If you have edit access to a question, you will see

this field. This information will not display to students.

Align Learning Objectives

Click Learning Objectives to open the Learning Objectives browser window.

Click Browse/Search to find and add specific objectives.




Click Manage for objectives already aligned to the question.

To see how the question will appear to a student taking it in an assessment, click Preview Question.

To exit the preview screen and return to the question editor, click Edit Question.




Once you are finished editing the question, click Save.

True/False: Standard Question Type Add a True/False question to assess whether students understand the validity of a statement, or to ask

a question with binary answer options.

Question Set Up

Enter the statement in the Question Setup field.

Customize the text displayed for the 'true' and 'false' options by clicking into the Options text fields

for True and False to enter alternative binary answer choices.


Once you have set up your question, select the correct answer in Correct Answer Setup.




Opt to have the 'false' option require a correction by checking Require a correction if False. Note that

checking this box makes it a subjective question, and students’ responses to this question are not

automatically scored.












Matching: Standard Question Type Use matching question to assess your students' ability to identify pairs.

Question Setup

Write your question or instructions in the Question Setup area. Enter the terms to display on one side

of the pairs in the Prompts column, and enter possible match pairs to each prompt in the Possible

Answers column.




Add additional pairs or filler words to either column by clicking +Prompt and/or +Option.


Each term entered in the Prompt column in Question Setup auto-populates in the left column

under Correct Answer Setup. Scroll down to see that all terms entered in the Possible Answer column

in Question Setuppopulate along the bottom of the two columns in Correct Answer Setup.

In Correct Answer Setup, drag-and-drop each possible answer to a field in the right column to create

pairs.




Check Duplicate Responses to allow students to associate a single Possible Answer to

multiple Prompts.

Once you have configured the correct pairs, choose your Scoring Type for the question. Check Exact

Match to require that students match all of the pairs correctly to receive the points for the question.

This option allocates 100% of the possible points for all pairs matched correctly, and zero points if one

or more of the pairs is incorrect.

Check Partial Match to award points relative to the number of matches the students pair correctly.




If the Scoring Type is set to Partial Match, the formula for scoring the question is:

{ (Value of possible points * value % field / # total pairs) * (# of correct pairs)}

-

{ (value in the Penalty Score field /# total pairs) * (# of incorrect pairs)}

When the question is set to Partial Match, you can optionally set a Penalty Score to deduct a

percentage of the total question point value for each incorrectly matched answer.

Notes:

The Penalty divided by possible blanks = penalty per incorrect answer in percentage form.

The Penalty is in relation to the percentage field - it is a relative percentage, not a point value.

If you want the student to receive zero credit for half correct, enter 50 into the penalty score box.

For example, if a student gets 2 right and 1 wrong and you want the assign a score of 33%, set the

penalty to 33 and the percentage points to 100.

Click the + button at the top of the Correct Answer Setup area to add a set of matching options that

are at least partially correct.

Click into the percentage field to the right of the additional answer to determine whether it is worth

partial credit and to set the percentage of possible points students can receive for this answer

accordingly.




If there is more than one Correct Answer tab in Correct Answer Setup, the formula for scoring the

question remains the same and is applied to the setup in each tab.












Ordering: Standard Question Type Ordering questions evaluate students' ability to put items in a sequential order.

Question Setup

Enter your questions or instructions in the Question Setup field. Then, enter the terms you would like

students to arrange in each Options field. Click +Option to add additional choices to the question. Click

the x to the right of an option field to remove the choice from the question.

! Important Note: Do not create an ordering question with the list of Options already in the correct

order. If the student does not need to move any of the items to correctly sort them in sequential order,

the assessment system will not recognize that the student has answered the question.


The terms you enter in the Options field in Question Setup auto-populate under Correct Answer

Setup. Here, drag and drop the options into the correct sequential order.




Once you have established the correct order, choose your Scoring Type for the question.

Check Exact Match to require that students order the options in the correct sequence. This option

allocates 100% of the possible points for all items in the correct order, and zero points if one or more

of the items is not in the correct sequential order.

Check Partial Match to award points relative to the number of "slots" students correctly fill in the

ordered list. If the Scoring Type is set to Partial Match, the formula for scoring the question is:

(Value of possible points * percentage of possible points in the % field / # items in the list)

*

(the # of items in the correct "slot" in the list)

Partial pairwise: Responses are compared in pairs to determine the score.

Click the + button at the top of the Correct Answer Setup area to enable an additional order that is at

least partially correct.



answer.

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If you create an additional Correct Answer tab, the formula for scoring the question remains the same

but instead will use the modified percentage field for the points received calculation:

Value of points in the % field / # items in the list)

*

(the # of items in the correct “slot” in the list)

Select a Layout from the drop-down menu to determine how the options will appear to students.

Layout Examples:

Button

List

Inline





percentage of possible points to alternate answers.If you have edit access to a question, you will see









Fill in the Blank (FITB) Text, Drop-down & Drag-and-Drop: Standard Question Type FITB Text - Use the Fill in the Blank Text question type to enable students to write responses in empty

text boxes in a question.

Question Set Up

Enter your question into the Question Setup field.




To generate a blank when creating this type of question, type one underscore (_) into the textbox or

click theInsert Response button in the stimulus toolbar. Each underscore corresponds to an answer

blank under Correct Answer Setup. Add additional underscores to add multiple blanks in the question.


Enter the correct term into the blank cell(s) in Correct Answer Setup.




If your question has more than one blank, choose your Scoring Type for the question after you have

entered the correct responses to each blank.

Check Exact Match to require that the student respond to all blanks correctly. This option allocates

100 percent of the possible points for correctly responding to each blank, and zero points if the student

responds to one or more blank(s) incorrectly.

Check Partial Match to award points relative to the number of blanks the student responds to

correctly. If the Scoring Type is set to Partial Match, the formula for scoring the question is:

{ (Value of points in the % field / # total blanks) * (# of correct responses)} -

{ (value in the Penalty Score field /# total blanks) * (# of incorrect responses)}

When the question is set to Partial Match, you can optionally set a Penalty Score to deduct a percentage

of the total question point value for each incorrectly matched answer.

Notes:



If you want the student to receive zero credit for half correct, enter 50 into penalty.



Click the + button at the top of the Correct Answer Setup area to enable an additional set of

acceptable responses to the blanks in the question.






answer accordingly.

Set a Maximum Character Length. Decreasing the maximum character length will also shorten the

length of the input boxes (default is 40 characters).

Enable the Case Sensitive option to consider capitalization during scoring.










Fill in the Blank Dropdown

Use the Fill in the Blank Dropdown question type to create a specific list of options that will appear to

students when they are attempting to fill in a specific blank. Students select the correct answer from a

dropdown for each blank.

Question Set Up








To generate a blank when creating this type of question, type one underscore into the textbox (_) or

click the Insert Response button in the stimulus toolbar. Each underscore corresponds to an answer

blank under Correct Answer Setup. Add additional underscores to have multiple blanks in the

question.

Click +Option to enter an option you want to appear in the dropdown menu for the first blank in

Response 1. Click +Option to add additional choices in the dropdown menu Repeat this process for

each blank response in the question.


Select the correct term in the menus in the Correct Answer Setup field.




If your question has more than one blank, choose the Scoring Type for the question after you have







{ (Value of points in the % field / # total blanks) * (# of correct responses)} - { (value in the Penalty

Scorefield /# total blanks) * (# of incorrect responses)}



Note:

Penalty divided by possible blanks = penalty per incorrect answer in percentage form.






For example, if a student gets 2 right and 1 wrong and you want to assign a score of 33%, set the






answer accordingly.

Click the karat beside Additional Setup Options to activate placeholder text for the top answer choice

in each response’s list.

To add Placeholder Text to all responses, enter the text into the All Responses textbox. Click +

Add to add Placeholder Text to individual responses lists.

Examples:




FITB Drag & Drop

Use the Fill in the Blank Drag and Drop question type to create a general pool of possible options that

will appear to students when they are answering the question. Students drag and drop the correct

answer into each blank. Note that there can be many more possible answers than there are correct

answers.

Question Setup





To generate a blank when creating this type of question, type one underscore (_) into the textbox or

click the Insert Response button in the stimulus toolbar. Each underscore corresponds to an answer

blank under Correct Answer Setup. Add additional underscores to have multiple blanks in the

question.

Enter the Possible Responses you want to appear for the question.




Add another Possible Response by clicking +Option.


Drag each correct term to its matching blank in the Correct Answer Setup field.

When a student takes the assessment, the options are listed below the question and the student can

drag the answers to the blanks defined in the Question Setup field.




Check Duplicate Responses to allow students to associate a single Possible Response to

multiple Prompts.

If your question has more than one blank, choose your Scoring Type for the question after you have










of the total question point value for each incorrectly matched

answer.

Note:













answer accordingly.












Short Answer/Essay: Standard Question Type Use the Short Answer/Essay question type to ask questions requiring students to provide a written

response. Students can also include images, links, and other supporting materials in their responses.

Question Setup

Write your question or writing prompt in the Question Setup field.

The Rich Text Editor appears when your click your cursor into the Question Setup field. Hover your

mouse over the individual icons to view the tooltip explaining the function of each button.

Enable rich text options in the Formatting Options for Students area. By default, students are

permitted to include bolded, italicized, underlined, or bulleted text in their responses.

Add additional options by clicking +Add and selecting from the drop-down menu.




Remove a rich text option by clicking the x next to it.

Enter a word limit for student responses in the Maximum length (words) field and determine whether

to allow submissions over the word limit or not.

Enter instructions into the Placeholder text for students to display a text string that will be the default

in the answer box when the student sees the question. For example, "Type your answer here."




If you are creating a Short Answer/Essay question in AMP, you will have access to a Scoring

Instructions field. An instructor will be able to access this field while he/she is scoring a student’s

submission.

Align Learning Objectives or Rubrics







Click Align Rubric to create a new rubric, or to add one from your Resources.




Once a rubric has been aligned, click the x next to it to remove it. Check the Show to students box to

display the rubric to students when they are taking the test.




Label Image: Enhanced Question Type In the Label Image question type, students can select from a list of potential answers and drag them to

the correct response box on an uploaded image.

Question Setup





Use the Rich Text Editor which appears when you click into the Question Setup field to apply

formatting such as bold and italics, or to insert images or tables. Hover your mouse over the individual

icons to view the tooltip explaining the function of each button.

Add an Image

Click Upload Image and browse to an image on your computer or shared drive, or add a direct link to

the image in the Image Link field.

Add a Title, which displays when a student hovers their mouse over the image, and Alternate Text to

show if the image can’t be displayed to the student.

Click +Response Box to add responses to the image, and then drag and drop them to their correct

positions. Each box has a number in its upper-right corner and an X in its lower-right corner. Click

the X to remove that Response Box from the image.




Add answers in the Possible Responses fields that the student should drag to the correct Response

Boxes on the image.

Click the X to the right of a possible response to remove it.

Click +Option to add more Possible Response fields.

Correct Answer Setup

Drag and drop the correct Possible Response into the appropriate Response Box on the uploaded

image.




Enable Duplicate Responses if you want to reuse the responses. This means a response does not

disappear from the list of possible responses when a student drags it into a Response Box on the

image.

Choose your Scoring Type for the question after you have entered the correct responses into

each Response Box.


100% of the possible points for correctly responding to each blanks, and zero points the student

responds to one or more blank incorrectly.






of the total question point value for each incorrectly matched answer.




Note:






Additional Setup Options

Set Response Box dimensions in the Additional Setup Options area. Set the width and height of the

boxes, and add a pointer on a side of the boxes if desired.

For example, select Right in the Pointer drop-down menu to add an arrow on the right side of the box,

which you can position on the image to point at a specific area. Finally, select Wordwrap to allow the

response box to expand vertically to fit the response into it.

Example of pointer on the bottom of the Response Box:

To set the same dimensions for all Response Boxes, fill out the fields in the All Response row.

To customize each box individually, click +Add and fill out fields in Response Box 1, Response Box 2,

and so on.





Highlight Hotspot: Enhanced Question Type Use the Hotspot question type to enable authors to upload an image and define target regions

(hotspots) within the image for student validation. Students can then click one or more areas on the

image as a response. Whereas the Highlight Image question allows a student to mark the image to

identify the correct answer, the HighlightHotspot question enables the question author to designate a

set of areas from which the student may select. This also allows the question type to be auto-graded,

as opposed to the Highlight Image type which requires manual review and grading.

Question Setup








Add an Image


the image in the Image Link field. Set your image width and height in pixels.

You will then see the uploaded image in the Areas section below. This is where you define validation

areas for the question.

Click on the image to begin outlining the hotspot areas. Close the shape by clicking near its starting

point. The outlined area is labelled Area 1. You can create as many areas as needed.




To delete an existing area, click Delete at the top of the picture. Hover over the area to delete. Once it

turns red, click it to delete it. You can also use the Undo button to undo your last click, if you need to

remove the last dot you made around an area.


The image displays in the Correct Answer Setup area, with each hotspot visible. Click the area(s) the

student must select for a correct answer.




Click Multiple Responses if more than one area is the correct answer.


acceptable responses to the question.



answer accordingly.






Highlight Image: Enhanced Question Type Use the Highlight Image question to enable students to draw on an image. The Highlight

Image question type is effective in many test scenarios, such as highlighting parts in a picture – bones

in a skeleton or specific elements in the periodic table, for example. This is a non-autoscored question

type.




Question Setup





Add an Image


the image in the Image Link field.











Click Confirm to save the learning objectives.







Highlight Text: Enhanced Question Type Use the Highlight Text question type to require students to click on and select certain words,

sentences, or paragraphs of text.

Question Setup

Add your question in the Question field in the Question Setup area.




Use the Rich Text Editor to apply formatting such as bold and italics, or to insert images or tables.

Hover your mouse over the individual icons to view the tooltip explaining the function of each button.

The copy you add in the Question field also appears in Possible Responses. Click the Possible

Responses tab to determine how you would like to add highlight to the text.

You can choose to highlight by Paragraph, Sentence, or Word. Click Clear Highlights if you need to

reset the possible responses.

Click on individual pieces of highlighted text to remove the word, sentence, or paragraph as a possible

response.

Note: Switching among Paragraph-, Sentence-, or Word-level highlighting after applying highlighting at

a different level removes the existing highlighting.





The copy from the Question field also displays in the Correct Answer Setup area, with the text you

selected in Possible Responses enabled as well. Click on a Possible Response to identify it as the

correct answer. Click on all correct Possible Responses.

Click the + button at the top of the Correct Answer Setup area to add an alternate answer that is at

least partially correct.

Click into the percentage field to the right of the additional answer to determine whether it is worth

partial credit and to set the percentage of possible points students can receive for this answer

accordingly.

Add a number to the Maximum Selection field to specify how many elements students can select when

giving an answer. Add a 0, the default value, for unlimited selections.

Choose your Scoring Type for the question after you have entered the correct responses to each

blank.





100% of the possible points for a correct response, and zero points for an incorrect one.

Check Partial Match to award points relative to the number of correct responses. If the Scoring Type is

set to Partial Match, the formula for scoring the question is:

{ (Value of points in the % field / # total matches) * (# of correct responses)} - { (value in the Penalty

Score field /# total matches) * (# of incorrect responses)}



Note:
















Math Short Answer: Enhanced Question Type Add a Math Short Answer question to create an open-ended question that may require mathematical

symbols in the response.

Question Setup


Use the Rich Text Editor to apply formatting such as bold and italics, or to insert images or tables.

Hover your mouse over the individual icons to view the tooltip explaining the function of each button.

Use the Sigma ( ) to enter a math equation into the Question Setup field.




Enable rich text options in the Text Formatting Options for Students area. Default options are: Bold,

Italic, Underline, and Bullet List.

Add additional options by clicking +Option and selecting from the drop-down menu. Remove a rich text

option by clicking the X next to it.

Enable student access to mathematical keyboards in the Symbols area. Add additional math keyboards by

clicking +Option and selecting from the drop-down menu.

There is no limit to the number of math keyboards you can enable for a question. Students have the

option to scroll through the keyboards and select the one they wish to use to answer the question

while taking the assessment.

Select a Default Mode:




Select Text default mode for the regular text keyboard to display by default.

Select Math default mode for the math equation keyboard to display by default.

Students have the option to toggle between these keyboards regardless of which default mode you

choose.

Add a Text Block to define a list of custom units (such as g, kg, cm, oz etc.) that will not be rendered as

LaTeX. Students can type in the units in a Text Block while answering a question with a numerical

answer without having to switch back to the Text keyboard.

Click +Option to add additional text blocks. Click the X next to a text block to remove it.












Number Line: Enhanced Question Type Use the Number Line question type to allow students to drag points or other content on a number

line. Use number lines for traditional math questions, or alternately for other types of question, such

as science or history (placing a series of events in correct order, for example).

Question Setup








Enter a Title, and add the number line's Minimum value and Maximum value. These will appear on the

number line in Correct Answer Setup.

In the Possible Responses area, list options that students taking the test can drag on the number line.

Click +Add to add more options. Possible responses may include numbers and characters, and they

may include fractions as well. Click the X next to a possible response to delete it.


In the Correct Answer Setup field, drag the Possible Responses to their correct locations on the

number line.








answer accordingly.

Set the Correct Answer Threshold to determine how close to the correct answer a student response

must be in order to still be marked correct. For example, if the correct answer is 4 and you’ve set

the Threshold at 0, only a response of 4 is marked correct. However, if you set the Threshold at 1,

responses of 3 or 5 are also acceptable correct answers.





Ticks

Use the Ticks section to configure ticks – marks at regular intervals on the number line.

Enable Show Ticks to display marks on the number line.

Enable Snap to ticks to have responses snap to the nearest tick on the number line when a student

drags the option. For example, if the number line has ticks at every whole number between 1-10, and a

student drags a response to a spot next to the 6, it will automatically "snap" to the 6 on the line.

Insert a value in the Ticks Distance field - you can insert whole numbers, standard or decimal

fractions, or mixed numbers.

If you use fractions as the distance, also specify Fractions format, which defines how fractions are

rendered on the number line:

Not normalized and mixed fractions - displays only not normalized and mixed fractions.

Normalized and mixed fractions - displays only normalized and mixed fractions.

Improper fractions - displays only improper fractions.

Define the Rendering base if the label frequency is greater than 1. This option sets if labels render

from zero or Line minimum value.

Labels

In the Labels section you can set number line labels options.




Show specific labels: Add specific points that should be included in the line, including fractions,

decimals, and mixed numbers. Separate multiple numbers with commas.

Frequency: Set how often to show a label on the number line. For example, set the frequency to 1 to

display labels at every tick, set to 2 to display labels every second tick, and so on.

Show first: Display the first value in the number line.

Show last value: Display the last value in the number line.

Show left arrow: Add an arrow pointing left to the beginning of the number line.

Show right arrow: Add an arrow pointing right to the end of the number line.












Chart: Enhanced Question Type The Chart question type enables students to review, create, or manipulate different kinds of charts in

response to a question prompt.

Question Setup








Below the Question Setup field you can specify additional chart parameters:




Title–Add a name for the chart.

Max Y Axis–Set the highest value for the Y axis.

X-Axis and Y-Axis Title–Add labels for the axes.

In the X-Axis Setup area, you can set values for the points on the X axis of the graph:

Label–Add a label for each chart bars.

Value–Select the initial value at which to set the point when students see the question.

Interactive–Select if you want to enable students to change the value of the point (that is, to drag the

point up or down along the Y axis).

Click +Points to add more points to the chart. Click the X icon beside a point to remove it.





Set the correct answer in Correct Answer Setup. The chart you created in Question Setup displays in

the Correct tab. Drag each point to its correct value.

Add a Correct Response Threshold to set a distance from the correct answer which a student can set

the point and still receive credit. For example, if the correct value for one chart point is 50, and you set

the threshold to 5, a student can set the point anywhere from 45-55 and receive credit for a correct

answer.

Click Ignore Order if students may ignore the order of the points in the chart.


Select more chart attributes in the Additional Setup Options area.

Chart Layout




Choose from one of five alternatives in

the Chart Type menu:

Bar Chart Line Chart

Histogram Chart Histogram with Line Point enabled




Dot Plot Chart Line Plot Chart

Select the interval at which students can set the point in the Snap to Points box. For example, add 5 to

enable students to set the points at intervals of 5 units.

If your chart is a histogram you can:

Display or remove X and Y gridlines on the chart in the Gridlines menu.

Check the Multicolor Bars box to have each of the bars in the histogram chart display in different color.

Unchecking this box displays all boxes in the chart in one uniform color.

Example:




User Controls

Set additional options for students interacting with chart points:

Add New Points–Enable students to add new points to the chart by clicking the Add Data button which

displays in the question.

Edit Point Label–Enable students to edit the data point labels.

Delete Point–Enable students to delete a data point.

Reorder Points–Enable students to reorder the data points. This setting is not available for line charts.










Once you finish editing the question, click Save.

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