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Instructor Guide
McGraw-Hill’s Homework Manager ®
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Table of Contents
Getting Help ..................................................................................................................................................................3
Instructor Main Menu....................................................................................................................................................3
The Assignment Editor..................................................................................................................................................4
Overview: The Assignment Editor ............................................................................................................................4
Options in the Assignment Editor..............................................................................................................................4
Buttons and icons in the Assignment Editor Main Menu ......................................................................................4
Using the Assignment Editor.....................................................................................................................................5
Assignment Editor Step 1: Assignment Name...........................................................................................................6
Assignment Editor Step 2: Add Questions to Assignments.......................................................................................6
Adding Individual Questions.................................................................................................................................6
Adding Questions as a group (or pool of questions)..............................................................................................7
Delete Questions from Assignments......................................................................................................................7
Expanding Topics to View Individual Questions ..................................................................................................7
Previewing Questions for Selection.......................................................................................................................7
Previewing Questions in Assignments...................................................................................................................8
Question Annotations ............................................................................................................................................8
Configuring Question Point Values.......................................................................................................................9
Scrambling Question Delivery...............................................................................................................................9
Assignment Editor Step 3: Set Policies ...................................................................................................................10
Type of Assignment.............................................................................................................................................10
Feedback..............................................................................................................................................................11
Scheduling ...........................................................................................................................................................13
Assignment Editor Step 4: Review & Save .............................................................................................................14
The Gradebook ............................................................................................................................................................15
Changing Grades and Adding Comments................................................................................................................15
Changing Grades on Questions in an Assignment...............................................................................................15
Adding Comments to Graded Assignment Reports.............................................................................................15
Controlling Assignment Weighting.........................................................................................................................16
Student Reports .......................................................................................................................................................16
Records for an Assignment by Student................................................................................................................16
Record for an Individual Student.........................................................................................................................17
Record for a Specific Assignment .......................................................................................................................17
Student Statistics Reports ........................................................................................................................................18
Viewing Past Assignment Session Results..............................................................................................................19
Past Assignments Details.....................................................................................................................................19
Creating Gradebook Reports ...................................................................................................................................20
Setting Assignment Weighting ............................................................................................................................20
Exporting Reports and Performance Data ...............................................................................................................20
System Utilities ...........................................................................................................................................................21
Managing Proctors...................................................................................................................................................21
Managing Proctors- Overview.............................................................................................................................21
Working with Proctors in your Class...................................................................................................................21
Adding a Proctor..................................................................................................................................................22
Deleting a Proctor................................................................................................................................................22
Editing a Proctor..................................................................................................................................................22
Sharing a Class ........................................................................................................................................................22
To share the contents of your class with other instructors: .........................................................................23
The Class Website Editor ........................................................................................................................................23
Uploading Single Files ........................................................................................................................................23
Uploading Multiple Files.....................................................................................................................................24
Viewing or Deleting Files....................................................................................................................................24
Working with Folders in the Class Web Site.......................................................................................................25
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Course Modules.......................................................................................................................................................25
Technical Information: Expected Behaviors of Course Modules ........................................................................26
Create a Course Module ......................................................................................................................................26
Delete a Course Module ......................................................................................................................................27
Saving a Course Module......................................................................................................................................27
Upload and Install a Course Module ...................................................................................................................28
View Details of a Course Module........................................................................................................................29
The Question Bank Editor ...........................................................................................................................................29
Online Authoring in the Question Bank Editor .......................................................................................................29
Creating or Editing Questions with the Question Bank Editor................................................................................30
Adding and Editing Comments ...............................................................................................................................30
Adding and Editing a Solution ................................................................................................................................30
Adding and Editing Algorithms...............................................................................................................................31
Adding and Editing Hints ........................................................................................................................................31
Adding and Editing Information Fields...................................................................................................................32
Avoiding System Time-outs during Authoring Sessions.........................................................................................32
Creating or Opening Topics.....................................................................................................................................32
Deleting a Question Bank........................................................................................................................................32
Deleting a Comment, Hint, Info Field, or Solution .................................................................................................33
Deleting Questions ..................................................................................................................................................33
Duplicating Questions .............................................................................................................................................33
Previewing a Question.............................................................................................................................................33
Redefining Question Types .....................................................................................................................................34
Reorganize the Order of Question Banks ................................................................................................................34
Revising existing question banks.............................................................................................................................34
Starting a New Question Bank ................................................................................................................................34
Testing the Grading of a Question...........................................................................................................................34
Navigating the Question Bank Editor......................................................................................................................35
Using Topics............................................................................................................................................................35
Use HTML Option...................................................................................................................................................35
Clickable Image Questions in the Question Bank Editor ........................................................................................36
Essay Questions in the Question Bank Editor .........................................................................................................36
Creating Free Response (Fill-in-the-Blank) Questions in the Question Bank Editor ..............................................37
Matching Questions in the Question Bank Editor ...................................................................................................38
Mathematical Formula Questions in the Question Bank Editor ..............................................................................38
Multipart Questions in the Question Bank Editor....................................................................................................39
To create and organize the parts for a multipart question:...................................................................................39
To create a multipart question: ............................................................................................................................39
Creating Multiple Choice Questions in the Question Bank Editor..........................................................................40
Multiple Selection Questions in the Question Bank Editor .....................................................................................40
Numeric Questions in the Question Bank Editor.....................................................................................................41
Setting Answer Tolerance in Numeric Questions................................................................................................41
The MathML Editor.................................................................................................................................................43
Creating True-or-False Questions in the Question Bank Editor ..............................................................................45
The Algorithm Designer..........................................................................................................................................45
Question Bank Versions ..........................................................................................................................................45
Starting a New Question Bank ................................................................................................................................45
Method One .........................................................................................................................................................45
Method Two ........................................................................................................................................................46
Uploading images and reference files to the Class Web site .......................................................................................46
Images and Reference Files in Questions ................................................................................................................46
Example of Reference to Image on your Class Web Site ....................................................................................46
External Images or Reference Sources ................................................................................................................47
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Getting Help
Click the help button from any page to access online help for instructors. Your students can get help
for students by selecting the help icon in their assignment.
Instructor Main Menu
From this menu you can access the Assignment Editor, your Gradebook and System Utilities
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The Assignment Editor
Overview: The Assignment Editor
The Assignment Editor allows you to create new assignments, edit the content, properties, or
appearance of existing assignments, copy assignments or delete assignments.
Options in the Assignment Editor
Buttons and icons in the Assignment Editor Main Menu
New
Edit
Copy
Delete
Hide
Print
Summary
Locked
Assignment
Shared
assignment
icon
Numeric
menu
Lets you create new assignments.
Lets you modify existing assignments.
Lets you make a copy of an existing
assignment.
Lets you delete existing assignments.
Lets you hide an assignment so it is not
visible on the student assignment menu. Note
that this changes to “Show” once an
assignment is hidden.
Generates a version of your test that is
suitable for printing and distributing to
students as a pencil-and-paper assignment.
Provides a summary of your assignment.
Appears next to an assignment that is locked.
Assignments lock when students are active in
it. Assignments also lock if you exit the
Assignment Editor by closing your browser.
Always use the system navigation buttons.
Appears next to an assignment in the list
when the assignment originates in the parent
class from which your class was created.
Shared assignments can be edited, but
cannot be deleted.
Allows you to change the sequence of
assignments by selecting a new “position” for
an assignment using this menu.
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Using the Assignment Editor
The Assignment Editor organizes assignment creation into a four step process.
• Naming your assignment
• Selecting questions
• Establishing rules and policies
• Reviewing, saving, and publishing assignments to your class
To create a new assignment:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, click the Assignment Editor link. The Assignment Editor Main
Menu opens.
2. Click New.
Step 1: Select a Name for the Assignment
1. Enter a name.
2. Optional. Enter instructions to appear at the top of every page of the assignment.
3. Optional. Enter text to appear after grading, along with the performance feedback report.
Step 2: Select Questions for the Assignment
1. Select a source for questions to be added to your assignment.
2. View questions by topic.
• View and select questions in a list
• Preview questions
• Search for questions by information fields
3. Add questions to your assignment.
• Add individual questions
• Add questions as a group
• Re-sequence questions in your assignment
4. Set question weighting.
5. Optional. Scramble question sequence upon delivery.
Step 3: Set Assignment Policies
1. Select the type of assignment.
• Anonymous practice
• Homework or Quiz
• Proctored exams
2. Set assignment options.
• Printable assignments
• Reworkable assignments
• Proctor options
3. Control feedback upon grading.
• Limit answer display
• Limit final grade display
4. Set assignment properties.
• Passing score
• Time limit
• Number of questions on a page
5. Control assignment scheduling.
• Start time
• End time (deadline)
Step 4: Review and Save Assignment
1. Review assignment content, rules, and policies.
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2. Save your assignment by clicking Save.
Important: The Assignment Editor does not save partially completed assignments until
you click Save in the Review and Save tab. If you begin to create an assignment and
then abandon it without completing clicking Save, your additions and changes are lost.
Assignment Editor Step 1: Assignment Name
The name you give your assignment in the Choose Name tab of the Assignment Editor is displayed to
students in the Student Menu of your Class Homepage.
Name assignments using unique and informative terms that make it easy for students to identify each
assignment and its instructional objective.
To name your assignment:
1. In the Choose Name tab, enter a name for your assignment in the Choose A Name For Your
Assignment field.
2. Optional. Click the Add Instructions button to add test that will appear at the top of each
(web) page in the assignment, or to add text that will display on the results page after a
student submits the assignment for grading.
Assignment Editor Step 2: Add Questions to Assignments
There are two methods for adding questions to your assignments.
• Adding individual questions by using the Add as Items or Add buttons
• Adding questions as a group by using the Add as Group button
You can use any combination of selection methods when creating an assignment.
You can combine any number of individual questions and question groups in a single assignment.
However, we recommend that you keep assignment small if the questions you are assigning require a
significant amount of time for students to solve.
A note about question in Homework Manager: most Homework Manager titles will include a
combination of static and algorithmic (algo) questions. Static questions are virtually identical to the
corresponding item in the accompanying textbook, and the values all remain constant. Algorithmic
questions are based on the corresponding item from the textbook, but certain values change each time
the question is accessed, based on built-in algorithms.
Adding Individual Questions
To add individual questions:
1. In the Assignment Editor, Selection Questions tab, select a source chapter from the Select
Question Bank drop-down list.
2. Expand the topics that appear in the left-hand frame to view individual questions.
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3. From the left frame of the Selection Questions tab, select questions using the check boxes.
4. Click the Add as Items button to place the selected questions in your assignment.
Note: You can select one question at a time by clicking the adjacent Add button to
place the individual question in your assignment.
Adding Questions as a group (or pool of questions)
To add questions as a group:
1. In the Assignment Editor, Selection Questions tab, select a source test bank from the Select
Question Bank drop-down list.
2. Expand the topics that appear in the left-hand frame to view individual questions.
3. From the left frame of the Selection Questions tab, select questions using the check boxes .
4. Click the Add as Group button to add the questions into your assignment as a group or question
pool.
The benefit of adding questions as a group is that you can then specify a number of items to be
randomly selected from the group for inclusion in your assignment.
Delete Questions from Assignments
To delete questions that have been selected for inclusion in an assignment:
1. In the right frame of the Select Questions tab, select questions using the check boxes to the
left of the question name.
2. Click Delete.
Expanding Topics to View Individual Questions
After selecting a source question bank, the topics for that bank appear in the left frame of the Select
Questions tab of the Assignment Editor screen. A topic is like a folder in that it contains items – in this
case, the content you can use to create an assignment.
To display questions in a bank:
1. Click the icon to expand the topic. When expanded, the icon changes to
2. To close the topic and its question contents, click .
Static vs. Algo Questions
Most McGraw-Hill titles include both Static and Algo (algorithmic) questions. The different types of
questions are labeled as such in the name of the topics listed for a title (for example, “Chapter 2
Exercises Static”). Static questions are virtually identical to the corresponding question in the textbook
(or test bank), and the values in static questions never change. Algo questions are based on the
corresponding question in the textbook (or test bank), but certain values change each time the
question is accessed.
Previewing Questions for Selection
When you select a question bank, its topic structure is displayed in the left frame, directly below the
question bank list.
To view brief descriptions of individual questions expand the topics and view the question description.
If no question description accompanies the question, its question type is displayed (for example,
Multiple Choice, Inline, and True/False).
To preview individual questions for selection:
1. In the left frame of the Select Questions tab, click on the name or description of the desired
question. A preview window opens.
2. When done previewing the question, click the Close button in the new window.
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Note that when previewing a question you can answer the question and click the Grade button to see
what the correct answer is. If the question you are previewing is an algorithmic question, you can click
the Refresh button on the preview window to see which numbers change.
Previewing Questions in Assignments
To preview a question in an assignment:
1. In the right frame of Select Questions tab, click on the name or description of the desired
question. A preview window opens.
2. When done previewing the question, click the Close button in the new window.
Question Annotations
Question Annotations (in the form of HTML or unformatted text) can be added to individual questions in
assignments. Annotations are displayed with the question in the student assignment and can be used
to provide:
• Additional instructions
• Explanations before grading
• Links to outside materials or reference objects
• Informational text between questions.
Creating an Assignment Annotation
1. In the right frame of the Select Questions tab, select a question and click its name or
description to launch the preview window.
2. Scroll down in the question preview window to find the Annotation Editor (shown below).
3. Enter annotation text (including HTML formatting) in the large text entry field.
4. Set options for displaying your annotation. From the Display this text drop-down list, select
from:
• immediately above the question
• immediately below the question
• in the header of the page
• in the footer of the page
5. Use the link editor at the bottom of the window to identify reference file sources, either image
files or Web references, from your Class Website (found in System Utilities) or outside Web
addresses.
URLs must be of the form: http://www.website.com/referencefile.ext
6. Enter any Link Text you want displayed identifying the reference object or Web address.
7. Use Insert Link to automatically paste the correct HTML code for a link reference or Insert
Image to automatically paste the correct HTML code for an image reference into your annotation.
8. Click OK.
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The Question Bank Editor
Configuring Question Point Values
By default, each new question in your assignment is added with a weight of 1 point per question. To
change the weighting of individual questions, change the point value in the Points column for the
question. The total points at the bottom of the column automatically adjust as you change individual
question weights.
Note: If a single question includes multiple student responses, the point value for each
response is equal to the point value for the question divided by the number of student
responses in the question.
Scrambling Question Delivery
To automatically scramble the sequence of questions delivered each time a new assignment is
presented to a student, select the Scramble Questions option within the Select Questions tab.
Note: In the Review & Save tab, question scrambling is referred to as Versioning. This term is
used because scrambling the sequence of question delivery produces multiple versions of
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assignments. Using algorithmically-generated questions within assignments creates multiple
versions of questions as well since the values in an algo question change each time the question
is accessed.
Assignment Editor Step 3: Set Policies
In the Set Policies tab of the Assignment Editor screen, you can:
• Select the type of assignment
• Decide when to make it available to your class
• Set feedback options for the assignment
• Establish other grading policies
Type of Assignment.
Assignments for Credit (Results are Recorded)
To access the for-credit assignments, students must log in. Performance results of student sessions are
recorded in your class Gradebook after students click Grade in the assignment. For these categories of
assignments, students can also return to view their assignment results (with exactly the same
algorithmic data values) in the future.
• The default assignment type is Homework or Quiz.
• Other assignments for credit are Proctored Exams.
Practice Assignment Types (Results are not Recorded)
The Anonymous Practice assignment type allows students to practice. Practice Assignments do not
require a student login for access and graded results are not recorded in the Gradebook. Students
cannot return to view their results later.
Homework or Quiz Assignment Options
• Always rework the same assignment on return – enabling this option ensures the student will
always get the same questions each time regardless of whether the assignment uses algorithmic
variables or scrambling.
• Show grade for prior responses – used with reworkable assignments, this allows the student to
see which questions were correct and incorrect on that student’s previous attempt when
reworking the assignment.
• Printable version – allows the student to print the assignment to work offline. The student
must return to the assignment to enter their answers in order to have their work graded.
Proctored Exam Assignment Options
Making an assignment a Proctored Exam means that before a student can submit the assignment for
grading, someone with a proctor log-in must enter his or her unique proctor password to authorize the
grading of the assignment (see the discussion of Managing Proctors later in this guide). Enabling the
option “Also require proctor sign-in to start session” means that students will not be able to begin
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working on the assignment until and unless a proctor signs-in to authorize the student’s access of that
assignment.
Feedback
Feedback options
You can show feedback during an assignment and after an assignment is graded.
During an assignment
• Show hints (during assignment sessions) default.
• Allow students to view feedback or correct answers (this enables the “How am I doing” option
in the student assignment)
Choices include:
Always show the correct answer
If correct show the correct answer
If incorrect show the correct answer
Never show the correct answer
And*
Always show the question comment/feedback
If correct show the question comment/feedback
If incorrect show the correct answer
Never show the correct answer
*Feedback must be authored as part of the question; otherwise there is nothing to show.
After the assignment is graded
• Show final grade (in grading report)
• Show question comment, or feedback, (in grading report)
• Delay question comment, or feedback, until after the due date (covered under the discussion
of Scheduling later in this part of this guide)
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Assignment Properties
The Question Bank Editor
• Passing score
• Time limit. Typing the number of minutes allowed in this box will trigger a “timer” to appear
in the student assignment, which counts down the number of minutes left for the student to
complete the assignment. Once the time allowed has elapsed, the assignment is automatically
submitted for grading.
• Number of questions on a page
• Number of attempts allowed
• Password protection
Scheduling
• Start and End times
• Start and End dates
• No scheduled start or end
• Delay feedback until after the due date
Note: Be sure to make note of the time zone used for scheduling. This is the time zone where
the server resides and cannot be changed. Therefore, the start date and time, or the end date
and time, might be different than your current time zone.
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Assignment Editor Step 4: Review & Save
This tab displays a summary of the assignment being created. In the Review & Save tab of the
Assignment Editor, you can review assignment summary information, including:
• Assignment Type
• Questions Selected
• Scheduled Availability
• Rules and policies you established
Previewing Questions
To preview a question, click the related link.
Editing Options
• If you want to make a change, clicking the link for each category returns you to the
appropriate Assignment Editor tab.
• If your assignment is ready to save, click Finish to return to the Assignment Editor Main Menu,
where you will view your list of assignments, with the new assignment displayed in the list.
Your edits are immediately saved to your class records.
NOTE: None of your work creating an assignment is saved until you click the Save button on the
Review & Save tab.
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The Gradebook
Changing Grades and Adding Comments
Changing Grades on Questions in an Assignment
To change assignment grades:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. Click the Student Statistics tab.
3. Select the assignment for which you want to change grades.
4. Click Get Report.
5. From the resulting report, click the name of the student that requires grade changes.
6. A new window is displayed that contains the student's information.
7. Under Past Assignments, click the radio button beside the assignment that requires changes.
Click See Details.
8. Locate the grade to be changed. In the corresponding Change grade text box, enter the new
grade.
9. Click Change.
10. You return to the student's record.
You might want to change a student’s grade for several reasons:
• The system does not automatically grade essay questions, so you must enter a grade for any
essay questions included in your assignment.
• You might choose to raise a student’s grade based on effort, improvement, or other subjective
measure.
• You might choose to apply a curve, based on the performance of the entire class.
As you change grades, keep in mind the total and passing scores you have set for the assignment.
Adding Comments to Graded Assignment Reports
To add comments to graded assignment questions:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. Click the Student Statistics tab.
3. Select the assignment for which you want to add comments.
4. Click Get Report.
5. From the resulting report, click the name of the student that requires comments.
6. A new window is displayed that contains the student's information.
7. Under Past Assignments, click the radio button beside the assignment that requires comments.
Click See Details.
8. Locate the question for which a comment is required. In the corresponding Comments text
box, enter the comment text.
9. Click Change.
10. You return to the student's record.
Students will see these comments when they review their performance on the test. You can add
personalized comments to help individual students understand their scores and master the material.
Note: The comments you enter in this way are sent to individual students, and not
provided as a part of question feedback. To enter question-level feedback (even
response-specific feedback for multiple choice items), you must use the Question Bank
Editor.
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Controlling Assignment Weighting
You may want to give an assignment weighting with respect to overall course grade as calculated by
the system.
To give an assignment weighting:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. On the Student Statistics screen select the assignment(s) for which you want to create a grade
report, and set the options for data you want to view.
3. Click Get Report to generate the assignment performance report.
3. Click the % Weight link at the bottom of the report to open the Assignment Weighting Table.
Adjust the values in the table to reflect the relative percentage of total grade credit you want
to associate with individual assignments.
4. Click the Ok button at the bottom of the table to save your changes and return to the main
Gradebook page.
Note: The system notifies you if an assignment’s weightings do not total to 100%. To
accommodate extra credit you are allowed to create assignment weightings that total
to more than 100%.
5. The system takes the relative weight you assign in this table, and applies it to calculate the
overall course grade for selected assignments in future class performance reports you
generate.
Student Reports
Records for an Assignment by Student
When you select an assignment and generate a report, you create a report that looks like the following
sample report covering a single assignment.
To create a report for an assignment by student:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. Click the Student Statistics tab.
3. Select the assignment for which you want to create the report.
4. Click Get Report.
5. From the resulting report, click the name of the student record for the report.
6. A new window is displayed that contains the student record.
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Note that multiple attempts by students are recorded.
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Record for an Individual Student
To examine an individual student’s performance:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. Click the Student Statistics tab.
3. Select the assignment(s) for which you want to create the report.
4. Click Get Report.
5. From the resulting report, click the student name.
6. A new window is displayed that contains the student record.
Record for a Specific Assignment
To review the student’s answers on a particular assignment:
1. From the student record, select the assignment by clicking the radio button next to the
assignment.
Note: Each attempt of every assignment is recorded by the Gradebook. A separate
line entry appears in the list of past assignments for each attempt. Be sure to select
the attempt you want to view.
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2. Click See Details to open a separate window detailing the student’s performance on each
question. The following is an example showing only two questions of the entire assignment.
3. Review the questions, the student’s answers, and the scores.
4. From this report, you can:
• Change the grade(s) for one or more questions using the Change grade boxes to the
right. Click Change.
• Add a comment about this item to be shown to the student on next login, by entering a
comment in the Comment text box. Click Change.
• Click Cancel to return to the Student Record page without making any changes.
Student Statistics Reports
On the Gradebook Student Statistics tab, you can select from the following options to build reports.
• Assignment(s) - To specify assignments to include
• Show Results - To display results. If you let students take an assignment multiple times, for
example, do you want to include the best or the most recent results in your report?
• Date Range - To specify date range for assignment completion
• Display - To display date and time the assignment was completed, and the time required to
complete
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• Grade Style - To indicate presentation style for the grade
• Printer-Friendly - To display the report below the Get Report button or in a separate window
Viewing Past Assignment Session Results
The list of Past Assignments shows the assignments the student has completed and submitted for
grading.
To view past assignments session results:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. Click the Student Statistics tab.
3. Click Select All.
4. Click Get Report.
5. Click the student's name displayed in the report.
6. A new window is displayed. Assignments that the student has completed are listed under Past
Assignments.
7. Click the radio button beside the assignment.
8. Click See Details.
9. When you are finished, click Close.
Past Assignments Details
The list shows the assignment start date and time, the type of assignment, the grade, and the amount
of time taken to complete the assignment.
• For homework and proctored assignments that have a passing grade set (in the Assignment
Editor), the list states whether the student passed or failed the test.
• For mastery assignments, the list shows the ratio of correct answers to questions given for each
topic, for example, 4/5 for four correct answers out of five questions asked. It includes color
coding to show whether the student met the requirements for each topic (green for meeting
the requirements, red for not meeting the requirements.)
If the test contains questions that have not yet been graded, for example, essay questions, then an
icon ( ) appears to the left of the radio button for the assignment.
• Click the radio button to select the assignment. Click See Details to view the student's answers
in detail and grade any ungraded questions.
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• The type of the assignment appears in italics if you have edited the details of the assignment,
for example, adding a comment or changing a grade.
• If the assignment is the original graded by the program, the type appears in plain text.
• By default, the list shows the most recent version of a particular assignment. Click Show
Hidden to view all versions of assignments.
Creating Gradebook Reports
Reports are based on the data gathered by the system during student sessions, including statistical
analysis of student and class performance. You start creating a report by selecting what information
you want to include. The Gradebook makes it easy to get to the level of detail you need.
For example, you can begin with a report listing all student results on an assignment and click a
student’s name to display only that student’s data. From the student record, you can then change a
grade or view the student’s answers for each question on an assignment.
You can download any Gradebook report to Excel, comma-delimited, or tab-delimited formats. In
addition, you can use the Gradebook to manage student records, such as changing student passwords
or uploading class rosters.
The Gradebook provides three different views of assignment data: by student, by assignment, and by
assignment item or question. These views correspond to the first three tabs in the Gradebook.
• To view a list of students and their grades, click Student Statistics.
• To view summary statistics for each assignment, click Assignment Statistics.
• To view summary statistics for each question on an assignment, click Item Statistics.
Setting Assignment Weighting
After you generate your assignment grade report, you can set weighting for each assignment with
respect to the cumulative grade for the class.
• Generate your Assignment Grade Report, see Basic Gradebook Reports.
• Use the % Weight link to access the table of all assignments.
• Set the appropriate relative assignment weights.
Note: The system notifies you if your total assignment weightings sum to more than
100%.
Exporting Reports and Performance Data
You can export data for any report you generate in the Gradebook. Exported performance data files
can be opened in a variety of applications (for example, Excel). The system can produce Excel 97,
Comma delimited, and Tab delimited files that are easily imported into many third-party gradebook
programs.
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To export data:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select Gradebook.
2. Click the appropriate tab in the Gradebook that displays the data you want to export.
3. Set the options for your report.
4. Select the Download check box, then select your target file format.
5. Click Get Report.
6. Follow your browser's instructions for saving files.
All three file formats can be displayed in Excel. If you are using an application other
than Excel, check which format you should select to display the data.
System Utilities
Managing Proctors
Managing Proctors- Overview
Select Manage Proctors from the System Utilities Main Menu.
If you have added proctors for your class, they will be listed individually under the button options in
the System Utilities Manage Proctors screen. The list provides name and email address for each
proctor. If you have not added any proctors, the message "No proctors currently assigned" is displayed.
• Use the radio button that appears to the left of each proctor to select a proctor record for
Editing or Deleting.
• Use the Add button to create a new proctor record for your class.
System Note: The Proctor List also displays the Type, which is a designation used by
the System Administrator when managing all proctors in the system. Type indicates
whether the specified proctor has access only to this class or to all classes across the
system (Global proctors).
Working with Proctors in your Class
You can add a proctor to your class to ensure security in exam settings. Proctors can login to their own
account from your Class Homepage to perform their duties. The benefits of using a separate proctor
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login tools are that the proctors only need to enter their password one time and do not need to type
the password in front of students.
When a student attempts a test that is proctored, an Authorize screen is displayed. This screen
indicates that the student requires authorization. Typically, a proctor is physically present in the same
computer lab during testing sessions. For convenience, when notified by the student, proctors can
authorize a student exam session from their own work station using the following Proctor Tools screen,
and then inform the student. The purpose of the remote authorization screen is for the proctor to
remain logged on throughout the student's test (while other students are, presumably, also being
proctored). Thus in real use the start-test and the end-test permissions would be granted within the
same login session for the proctor.
Adding a Proctor
To add a proctor:
1. In the System Utilities screen, click Manage Proctors.
2. Click Add.
3. Enter the required information to create a new proctor record for your class. Assign the new
proctor a login name and an initial password for this class. After initial login, the proctor can
change the password.
4. Optional. Add Proctor email address.
5. Click OK. The proctor name is added to the list on the System Utilities Manage Proctors
screen.
Note: The login name must be between 3 and 8 characters long, and the password
between 5 and 12 characters long; they can contain letters of the alphabet and
numbers. The login name must be unique for this class, but does not have to be unique
on the system.
Deleting a Proctor
To delete a proctor:
1. From the System Utilities Manage Proctors screen, select the radio button to the left of the
proctor's name.
2. Click Delete.
The program deletes the proctor from the list immediately, without prompting for confirmation.
Editing a Proctor
To edit proctor information:
1. In the System Utilities screen, click Manage Proctors.
2. Select a radio button to the left of the proctor's name.
3. Click Edit. The proctor record is displayed. The password fields are blank, but the other fields
display the current record information for the proctor.
4. Edit the proctor record information.
• You can edit the full name and email address.
• You cannot edit the proctor login name. The system will not recognize an edited login
name.
5. Click OK to save changes and return to the System Utilities Manage Proctors screen.
Sharing a Class
You can make a copy of your class and share your assignments and question banks. Each copy or child
of the original or parent class inherits the assignments and question banks of parent class but not the
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students. This is an effective way to manage multiple sections of a course because you create your
assignments in one place – the parent class – and they are distributed to your sections or child classes.
To share the contents of your class with other instructors:
1. From the Instructor Main Menu, select System Utilities.
2. Click the Share Class option. The System Utilities Share Class screen opens.
3. To share your class, click the Shared radio button.
4. Enter a Registration Code and click OK.
To enable others to create a copy of your class, including your question banks and assignments, simply
distribute your Registration Code along with your class home page URL.
On your instructor login page, the following link appears enabling others to copy of your class:
The Class Website Editor
Your class has a web site folder you can use to store images and other resource material used in your
question banks. To work with files on your class Web site, select Website Editor from System Utilities.
The Website Editor provides a list of the contents of the web site and gives you options for uploading,
organizing, and deleting files.
When you have finished your work with resource files on your class web site, click the Home button to
return to the Instructor Main Menu.
In the class Website Editor, you can:
• Reference resource files at your class web site in questions
• Upload individual files
• Upload multiple files
• Work with subfolders
• View or delete files
Note: Your class web site is also accessible directly from the Question Bank Editor
when you author a Clickable Image question.
Uploading Single Files
To upload a single file:
1. Click the icon next to instruction upload files(s) to this point...
The Website Editor/Upload Files screen is displayed.
2. Click Browse to locate and select the file.
3. Select the radio button next to Single File. The system uploads the file directly to your class
web site, giving it the name that you specify. (The default name is the name of the file on your
computer.)
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4. Click OK to perform the upload and return to the list of files on your web site. The uploaded
file appears with the list of files in the Website Editor.
Important: The maximum size of a file that can be uploaded is 5 MB.
Uploading Multiple Files
You can upload multiple resource files to your class Web site if you package them in a compressed zip
file first. The Zip Archive option is useful if you have many files to upload.
To upload multiple files:
1. Click the icon next to instruction upload files(s) to this point...
The Website Editor/Upload Files screen is displayed.
2. Click Browse to locate and select the zip file.
3. Select Zip Archive. The program extracts all of the files from the selected zip file and uploads
them to the Web site. (If the selected file is not a zip file, the program does not upload any
file.)
4. Click OK to perform the upload and return to the list of files on your web site. The uploaded
zip file appears with the list of files in the web site explorer.
Important: The maximum size of a zip file that can be uploaded is 5 MB.
Viewing or Deleting Files
To view or delete a file:
1. Click the file icon next to the name of the file. A form appears, specifying the full URL of the
file.
2. To verify the contents of the file, click the URL to open the file in a separate browser window.
Close the browser window once you are sure that you have the right file.
3. Click Delete to delete the file.
4. A message box appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the file.
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• If Yes, the program deletes the file and returns you to the Website Editor.
• If No, the program remains on the URL form, and you must use the Back button to
return to the Website Editor.
Working with Folders in the Class Web Site
Creating Subfolders
To create a subfolder:
1. Click the folder icon next to new subfolder.
2. A form appears, prompting you for the name of the subfolder. When creating the name, use
letters, numbers, or underscores in the name, but not spaces.
3. Click OK.
4. The program adds the subfolder at the top of the Web site explorer and opens it. If the web
site has more than one subfolder, the program arranges them in alphabetical order. Each
subfolder has its own icons for creating a new subfolder and for uploading files. Use these to
create sub-subfolders and to upload files to the subfolder.
Closing Subfolders
When a subfolder is open, the Web site explorer does not show the subfolder or upload icons for the
root level of the Web site (the top level).
To close a subfolder:
1. Click the icon by the name of the subfolder. You return to the root level.
2. Click the icon again to open the subfolder and work on its files.
Deleting Subfolders
To delete a subfolder:
1. Click the icon by the name of the subfolder to open the subfolder.
2. Click Delete.
3. The program prompts you for confirmation. If you click Delete when you are at the root level
(that is, when no subfolder is open), an error message appears indicating that you cannot
delete the Public_Html directory, which is the main folder for the Class Web Site.
Course Modules
The system's Course Modules tools provide a way to share your class content with others, including
related assignments and any web resources (e.g., images) used by your questions and assignments.
• When you create a Course Module the system packages the class elements you have identified,
producing a single, installable zip file that can be archived or redistributed to other users of
the system. Those users can have classes on the same server or on any other EDU, or
Brownstone-powered server.
• It is an ideal method for content management of entire classes full of related question banks,
assignments, and web references, and allows you to include all or only specific parts of those
classes in the Course Module package.
• Using Course Modules is similar to the Share Class capability in that it allows you to share your
class content, however once a Course Module is distributed and installed in a new class
location, it does not maintain any synchronization with the original source class or its
materials.
• Course Modules ensure transportability of content from one class to another, archiving of entire
class contents, and even portability of class content between EDU and Brownstone-powered
servers.
• When you create a Course Module, the web reference URLs inside your question banks are
converted to a portable format, so that when you install the Course Module in a new class,
these can be set to the class website address of that class - automatically, by the system as
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From the Course Modules Main Menu you will see a list of the currently installed Course Modules for
your class (the list will be empty initially), along with these options:
Create - Create a new course module
View Details - Select an existing course module or modules from the list and view its individual
contents: question banks, assignments, and resources
Upload - Upload a course module from your hard drive
Save - Select an existing course module or modules from the list and save it to your hard drive
Delete - Select an existing course module or modules from the list and delete it
Technical Information: Expected Behaviors of Course Modules
1. Course Modules encapsulate from the source class and allow you to reinstall QBs in the
destination class
• relative paths to resources are preserved and reinstalled.
• all question types (including those requiring outside resources) are preserved. Note
that different versions of the system may support different question types and earlier
system versions may not support all question types.
2. Course Modules encapsulate from the source class and allow you to reinstall Assignments in the
destination class
• assignment behaviors and policies are preserved
• links to all source content and related resources are preserved
3. Course Modules encapsulate from the source class and allow you to reinstall Resource objects
in the destination class
• relative paths are preserved for folders and subfolders of the Class Website
• underlying folder structure is preserved
• connections with question banks, assignments (through annotations) are preserved
Create a Course Module
To create a new Course Module, go to System Utilities - Course Modules and select the Create button.
1. You will see a table displaying all the question banks, assignments, and web folders holding
resources (e.g. image files) for your class. Select the course components that you want to
include in your new course module.
• You may highlight multiple items in a list using shift-click (for contiguous selections) or
CTRL-click (for multiple individual selections).
• Use the button to add your selections to the list of included elements for your new
course module.
• You may include any combination of question banks, assignments and web folders in
your selected list.
• To select web resources (e.g., images and other files that are referenced by your
question banks and assignments), you must select the folder in which individual
resources reside. You may select any folder or subfolder from your class website, but
note that only the contents of that folder (no subfolders) will be included in your
selection, so if you wish to select subfolders as well you must do so individually.
2. When you are satisfied that the list on the right contains all the elements you wish to include in
your new course module, choose OK.
3. On the next screen, you must specify a name for your course module. Optionally, you can enter
descriptions for each course component. You can also select descriptive names for any web
folders you have selected. Question bank and assignment names cannot be changed.
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4. Choose OK to create your Course Module according to the specifications you have indicated.
You return to the Course Modules Main Menu and your new Course Module has been added to
the bottom of the list of installed course modules for your class.
Note: Choose Cancel at any time to return to the Course Modules Main Menu.
Delete a Course Module
There are two methods for deleting course modules and related resources using the Course Modules
tools.
The Delete button found on the Course Modules Main Menu allows you to remove the index file that
stores the record of what you want to include in the course module without actually deleting the class
elements in the module.
• To delete the Course Module Index from the list of available CMsin your class, first select the
CM you wish to remove by using the checkbox adjacent to it.
• You can select multiple CMs for this action.
• Next you will see a message advising you as follows:
This will delete the course module index from your class but will not delete the
course components (the assignments, question banks, and web resources listed in
the index). If you really want to delete the course components you should first click
View Details and then select the individual components you wish to delete, and
delete them individually. If you simply want to remove this course module index
from the list of installed course modules in this class, click OK now.
• To remove the index file (the reference to the selected CM and its components but not the
included question banks, assignments, or web resources, click OK.
• The CM is removed from the list of available CMs for this class.
Saving a Course Module
Use the Save button from the CM Main Menu to save the selected CM from your source class to your
hard drive. This is a required step if you wish to redistribute or install your CM into a new class.
• You must first create a Course Module.
• Start by selecting the CM you wish to save to your hard drive by selecting the checkbox
adjacent to it in the list of available CMs in your class.
• Choose the Save button.
• The next page displays all the related URL information that is referenced in the CM you have
selected. You will see a message about the URLs as follows:
Your question banks will be scanned for URLs beginning with the following strings.
These references will be replaced with a system-independent string that will make
your module relocatable to classes on other servers.
When the CM is saved, it replaces the source class-specific URL information with relative
references that are then localized upon reinstallation. For more information on this process,
click here.
• Typically you will not wish to make changes to the system default behavior for URL
replacements, so you would click OK to continue.
• A file download box will appear, allowing you to specify the download location and to rename
the file (if you wish).
• When the file download/save operation is complete you are returned to the CM Main Menu.
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Upload and Install a Course Module
The beauty of using Course Modules to manage content between classes on one or more EDU or
Brownstone-powered servers is that the question banks, assignments, and web resource folders are
entirely portable and can be installed in a new class on a new server very easily.
Note: In the following discussion we use the term 'destination class' to refer to the class that you wish
to install the CM into, and 'source class' to refer to the originating class for the CM contents.
• To begin the upload-install process, you must already have saved the CM from the source class
to your hard drive.
• To install a new CM into the destination class, start by selecting the Upload button from the CM
Main Menu.
• On the next page, click "Browse..." to select a course module to upload. Use the Choose File
dialog box to Identify the Course Module file on your hard drive, and finalize your selection by
using the Open button in the dialog box. You will be returned to the Upload page with your file
name inserted appropriately.
• Use the Upload button to initiate the file upload. (The speed of the upload process depends on
your internet connection.)
• When the CM has been successfully uploaded, you will see a page that displays its contents -
question banks, assignments, and web folders.
• Any elements contained in your uploaded CM that are also contained in your class already will
by highlighted in yellow background with red type, and you will see this warning message:
WARNING: The course module you have uploaded contains resources which will
overwrite components that you already have installed. The components which will
overwrite your existing course components are highlighted in the table below. If you
do not want these course components erased and replaced with new ones, press
Cancel, or ensure that they are not selected in the table below. To proceed, select
the components that you wish to install from the table below and press Install.
At this point you can choose to install the new components in your class, overwriting the
original components, or you can unselect the checkbox adjacent to the duplicate element in
the CM details prior to proceeding.
Note: The most common element that will be flagged as a duplicate is the base class website
folder, 'web_folders'. Unfortunately this is a common default destination for many web
resources, however because it is a folder name established for every course you may already
have saved your own resources to the class website folder in the destination course. If this is
the case, you can either create a new subfolder in your destination class website and reinstall
your resources in that subfolder, or (if you have access to the source class for the CM) you can
return to the CM's source class and move the resources in the base folder of that class website
to a subfolder, then recreate the CM so that it will not overlap with your destination class
folders upon upload.
• You can also select or unselect other elements of the Course Module for installation into your
class. The default installation behavior is to install all CM elements, however by deselecting
individual parts you can choose the specific elements you wish to install.
• Choose Install to copy and install all the selected CM elements into your destination class.
• The new CM will appear in the list of available CMs for your class, and all of the elements you
selected will appear in their respective areas throughout your class website: Question Banks
will be listed in the QBE, Assignments will appear in the Assignment Editor, and Web Resources
will be displayed in the Class Website Editor (available from System Utilities).
Course Module Upload Requirements
• The CM you upload must be in original zip format.
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• If you attempt to upload a zip file that is not a CM, the system will generate the following error
message an you must make another attempt:
This file does not appear to be course module (it has no manifest file).
• Each server has a maximum file size setting for uploads that is established by your system
administrator. (The system default setting is to allow uploads of up to 1 MB.) If your file
upload repeatedly times out, or if you receive a message informing you that your upload
exceeds the server limit, you should contact your system administrator.
Course Modules and Shared Class Inheritance of Question Banks and Assignments
If you overwrite or edit or install a CM that has a new version of a QB with the same name as the old,
you permanently break the link to the parent class version of the QB. If, in the future, you want to
refresh the content of your class to match that in the parent class or restore the link to the parent
class version of the content, you must save your new, edited QB under a different name and then
delete the version that has the same (original) name as the original in the parent class' QB, or just
delete the edited/modified version of the QB. The parent class will restore the matching (original)
question bank automatically.
Note: If you modify QBs or Assignments that you inherit from a shared parent class, there is no risk
that the parent class version will overwrite your modified version, unless you specifically delete the
modified QB or assignment from your child class. This means that if you make changes to the inherited
QBs or assignments and save them to the original name, your changed versions sever the relationship
with the parent asset and you will not receive any future updates from the parent class automatically.
Therefore, you must stay in communication with the instructor in your shared parent class if you wish
to be notified of changes to parent class Question Banks and Assignments.
View Details of a Course Module
View Details allows you to inspect the individual elements contained within a selected Course Module.
You also use View Details as the first step to deleting parts from within a CM.
• Begin by selecting the checkbox adjacent to the Course Module you wish to work with.
• Next click the View Details button from the CM Main Menu.
• A page is displayed that shows the Question Banks, Assignments, and Web Resource Folders
that are contained in the Course Module.
• A description of each component may also be included (depending on whether the creator of
the CM included this information).
• If you have selected multiple CMs for viewing, each will be displayed in sequence, with the
above information posted.
The Question Bank Editor
Online Authoring in the Question Bank Editor
To access the Question Bank Editor select Question Bank Editor in your content area.
The Question Bank Editor allows you to create and edit the following types of questions in an online
session.
Authoring Instructions
Multiple Choice
Multiple Selection
True-or-False
Question Mode Information
General Question Types
multiple choice
multiple selection
true false
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Clickable Imagemap
Matching
Essay - not graded by the system
Fill-in-the-Blanks (Free Response)
Mathematical Formula
Numeric
Palette-based symbolic editor
Inline
Multipart
clickable image
matching
essay
blanks - text field entry or drop-down box selection
Math / Science Question Types
dimensioned formula, equation, formula, formula-form,
formula list, formula mod c, multi formula, ntuple, or
restricted formula
numeric (with or without units)
palette
Multipart Questions
Accepts multiple response objects of various types, including
text, numeric, and formula free response, multiple choice,
multiple selection, and essay questions embedded anywhere
within a question's HTML. Can accept multiple response
definitions, partial credit, and response-specific feedback.
multipart
The online authoring module allows you to include complex content like tables and other display
formatting by using HTML in question files.
Important: When creating and editing question banks clicking Finish does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Creating or Editing Questions with the Question Bank Editor
The Question Bank Editor allows you to:
• Create questions
• Edit existing questions
• Organize question banks for use in a class
• Add algorithms, hints, comments, feedback, solutions, and information fields to questions
Adding and Editing Comments
When editing a question in the Question Bank Editor, you can add or edit the comment.
1. On the Question Name & Type screen, click the Add or Edit button in the Comments area.
2. Enter or edit the comment in the text box. Comments can include HTML-formatted text and
variables.
3. Click Ok.
4. To add your changes to the cached question bank, proceed to the Question Display screen, and
then click Finish.
Important: Clicking Finish, does not permanently save a copy of a question to a hard
drive. You must save your question bank to your hard drive as a .qu plain-text source
file or install the question bank on the class Web site hard drive.
Adding and Editing a Solution
When editing a question in the Question Bank Editor, you can add or edit the solution.
1. On the Question Name & Type screen, click the Add or Edit button in the Solution area.
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2. Enter or edit the solution in the text box.
3. Click Ok.
4. To add your changes to the cached question bank, proceed to the Question Display screen, and
then click Finish.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Adding and Editing Algorithms
For every question type, you can use algorithmically-generated variables in question statements,
answers, hints, or feedback. Using variables in questions you can generate variations on a single
template question.
To create a question that uses randomly-generated data in a question, you must define variables.
When editing a question in the Question Bank Editor, you can add or edit algorithms.
1. On the Question Name & Type screen, click Add or Edit in the Algorithm area.
2. There are buttons above the algorithm text box. The buttons perform the following tasks.
• Clicking the Cancel button discards your additions or edits to the algorithms and
returns you to the Question Name & Type screen.
• Clicking the Clear button removes all variable statements in the algorithm box.
• Clicking the Ok button saves your additions or edits to the algorithms and returns you
to the Question Name & Type screen.
• Clicking the Refresh button evaluates your variable definition and control
statements, and returns a value for each variable in the Variable/Value box located
below the algorithm text box.
• Clicking the Show Designer button displays the Algorithm Designer. After you click
the Show Designer button, the system replaces it with the Hide Designer
button. Clicking the Hide Designer button hides the Algorithm Designer. Only one of
the buttons is visible at a time.
3. Add or edit algorithm statements (variable definition and variable control statements).
• If you know the system algorithm syntax, directly add or edit statements in the
algorithm text box.
• If you don't know the system syntax, click the Show Designer button to display the
Algorithm Designer. You can only add (not edit) statements using the Algorithm
Designer.
4. When finished adding and editing variable statements, click the Ok button to save your changes
and return to the Question Name & Type screen.
5. To add your changes to the cached question bank, proceed to the Question Display screen, and
then click Finish.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Adding and Editing Hints
When editing a question in the Question Bank Editor, you can add or edit hints.
1. On the Question Name & Type screen, click the Add or Edit button in the Hint area.
2. Enter or edit the hint in a text box.
3. Each question can contain any number of hints. To add hint boxes, click the More button.
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5. To add your changes to the cached question bank, proceed to the Question Display screen, and
then click Finish.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Adding and Editing Information Fields
When editing a question in the Question Bank Editor, you can add or edit information fields.
1. On the Question Name & Type screen, click the Add or Edit button in the Information area.
2. Enter or edit field names and corresponding values in the Field and Value text boxes.
3. Each question can contain any number of information fields. To add rows, click the More
button.
4. Click Ok.
5. To add your changes to the cached question bank, proceed to the Question Display screen, and
then click Finish.
Avoiding System Time-outs during Authoring Sessions
While you are working on a question bank, the system client holds your changes to the working copy of
the active question bank. While authoring or editing a question, if you click Finish, the system places a
copy of your question in the class Web site cache.
If you do not interact with the system for about 12 minutes, the system logs you out of your session and
purges the question bank data (losing any changes that have not been added to the Web site cache).
When you log in, you revert to the cached version of your question bank.
If the system server is restarted, the cache is purged. You revert to the last installed version of your
question bank. You can also upload a saved version of your question bank from your hard drive to your
client.
Important: If you stop interacting with the system for more than a few minutes, it is recommended
that you either:
• Save/Install your question bank in your class, or
• Download your question bank to your hard drive
The Question bank persistence time is controlled by the system administrator. To change its value,
contact your administrator.
Creating or Opening Topics
To work with individual questions you must either:
• Open an existing topic. In the left frame of the Question Bank Editor, click the right arrow to
the left of the appropriate topic name.
• Create a new topic.
Deleting a Question Bank
1. From the Question Bank Editor main menu, select a question bank from the list of installed
question banks.
2. Select Delete a testbank or testbanks from the lists below.
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Note: Deleting a question bank in this manner does not physically remove it from the
server. It remains archived and can be recovered. Contact your system administrator
for additional information.
Deleting a Comment, Hint, Info Field, or Solution
To remove a comment, hint, information field entry, or solution:
1. Go to the edit screen for the question.
2. Delete the text in the entry box. Click OK.
The system returns to the default behavior when grading the question.
Deleting Questions
To delete a question:
1. Open the topic from which you wish to delete the question. The topic folder opens and displays
the contained questions (by name) in the left panel.
2. In the left panel, select Delete (located to the left of the appropriate question name).
3. Confirm your choice.
Important: If you delete a question that is used in a deployed assignment, the
assignment generates an error when loading. The system informs the student to report
the problem to the class instructor. You must use the Assignment Editor to delete the
reference to the question (see Step 2 - Select Questions), and then save the
assignment (see Step 4 - Review & Save).
Duplicating Questions
To add a question that is similar to an existing question in the topic, you can save time by duplicating
the existing question and then editing the copy.
To duplicate a question:
1. Open the topic in which you wish to duplicate a question. The topic folder opens and displays
the contained questions (by name) in the left panel.
2. In the left panel, select Copy (located to the left of the source question name).
The system creates a copy of the question with the same name as the original, and adds the copy to
the bottom of the list of questions for the topic. To view the duplicate question, click its name.
Previewing a Question
In the left frame of the Question Bank Editor, click the question name. The right frame displays the
question, as it appears to the student. If the question includes hints or a worked solution, the system
displays these below the question.
In Preview Mode, you can interact with the question as a student, for example, enter a response to the
question in the input cells or use check boxes and radio buttons. To test the grading of the question,
select Grade.
The appearance or behavior of the question may need to be edited. To change the definition of the
question or to modify its elements (for example, comments or hints), click Edit.
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Redefining Question Types
In the Question Bank Editor, when creating a new question, you can change the question type any time
before you click Finish. When you click Finish, the system adds the question to the question bank (but
does not save the question bank to your hard drive or install the question bank on the class Web Site).
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Reorganize the Order of Question Banks
You can use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to reorganize the sequence of the question banks
listed in your class.
Notes:
• Changes to question bank sequence will affect only the question banks that are installed
directly in your class and not inherited from a featured class or a shared class 'parent.'
• To change the sequence of inherited question banks, you must make the change to the
originating 'parent' class.
Revising existing question banks
The question bank authoring process is iterative. In general, you will edit a question bank over many
sessions.
After a question bank is installed, you can use its questions in assignments. You can install later
versions to update and expand the original question bank.
To retain a copy of the previous version of a question bank on your harddrive:
1. If open, download the revised version of the question bank to your harddrive.
2. From the Question Bank Editor main menu, select the previous version of the question bank.
Click Ok.
3. Download the previous version of the question bank to your harddrive.
4. From the Question Bank Composition menu, select Start New from the menu. Confirm
opening a new question bank.
5. Upload the revised question bank.
6. Finish editing the revised question bank. Remember that the questions in the revised version
will replace questions from the previous version in any existing assignments
7. Save/Install the revised question bank, replacing the previous version.
Note: The system keeps a copy of every question bank version that you have installed.
The system uses the most recent version when a student accesses an assignment, and
records the version number. When you examine the details of an assignment, the
system displays the questions that the student saw.
Starting a New Question Bank
1. From the Question Bank Editor main menu, select Start a new question bank.
2. Create an initial topic.
3. Add questions.
4. Save your work by installing your new question bank to the server or by saving a copy to your
hard drive.
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1. Preview the question.
2. Enter a response to the question (as if you were a student)
3. Click GRADE.
4. The system grades the question and displays the result.
5. Click OK to return to the Display Question screen. If there is algorithmic variable data, the
random values are regenerated when the question is redisplayed.
6. To check the form of the question with different algorithmic variable data values, in the left
panel, click the question name repeatedly. Each time you click the name, the question is
regenerated with new random values.
Navigating the Question Bank Editor
To open the Question Bank Editor:
• From the Instructor Main Menu, click Question Bank Editor.
The Question Bank Editor menu provides the following options.
• Start a new question bank
• Upload a question bank from your hard drive
• Edit a question bank from the list of Class Question Bank Titles
• Continue editing the question bank project you edited most recently
• Delete a question bank from the list of Class Question Bank Titles
Using Topics
In a question bank, create topics and assign questions to topics in a logical, consistent manner.
• Topics appear in the left frame of the Question Bank Editor.
Topic one
Topic two
Topic three
Select the right triangle icon to expand the corresponding topic folder and view its question
contents.
• To define a new assignment in the Assignment Editor, you select a question bank and then
questions from it. By providing accurate, descriptive topic names and a logical structure you
can easily navigate question banks to find appropriate questions.
Use HTML Option
You can use HTML instead of plain text to write the details of the question and any supporting material
(for example, hints, comments, or a worked solution). Use HTML to apply formatting to your text (for
example, bold, italics, or a font), or include images, tables, or links to other file resources.
To use HTML:
• Add or edit a question in the Question Bank Editor.
• On the Question Name & Type screen, select the Use HTML check box.
Note: Every form in which you enter details has a Use HTML check box. For example,
you can choose HTML for the hints, while using plain text for the question, comments,
and solution. This check box sets the default for the other check boxes.
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Clickable Image Questions in the Question Bank Editor
The Question Bank Editor provides a suite of graphics tools required to tag response areas in the
source image files for correct answers.
To create a clickable image question:
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Clickable imagemap.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Clickable Imagemap screen, click Next.
7. In the Text box, enter the question statement.
8. In the URL text field, enter the URL where the GIF image is located. To upload or browse files
you have already uploaded to your class Web site:
• Click the Browse button in the Question Bank Editor. The Website Editor opens.
Follow instructions in Uploading images and reference files.
• The path and image name populates the Enter the URL of an Image field.
9. When you have located and identified the URL for your graphic image, go to the next step by
selecting Next.
In the next authoring phase, use the system's graphics tools to paint the regions of the correct answer
and any other responses.
10. Begin by painting the approximate region of the correct answer. Select New Region to engage
the paint/fill tool and click one corner of your answer target. Insert additional outlying points
with mouse clicks, and drag the connector lines to shape the final highlighted region.
Note: The paint/fill tool essentially works like a peg board with rubber bands. Place
the pegs with a click of the mouse, then click and drag the connecting lines while the
system paints the interior of the shape you have created.
11. When you are satisfied with the shape of the region you have painted, click Set Correct to
identify it as the correct response. The system highlights the correct answer region in red.
12. Use New Region to paint additional regions. When you have completed each individual region,
select New Region to disengage the paint/fill tool.
Note: You can use Delete to clear individual regions if you make a mistake.
13. When you have completed the identification of regions within your image, click Finish to place
a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
14. The final screen displays your question for review and allows you to edit elements by repeating
the above steps.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Essay Questions in the Question Bank Editor
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Essay.
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3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Essay screen, click Next.
7. In the Text box, enter the question statement.
8. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Creating Free Response (Fill-in-the-Blank) Questions in the
Question Bank Editor
Note: Version 2.5 introduces Inline Questions, which have all the capabilities of
Blanks questions, but more power and flexibility. Inline questions can also use the
powerful new Visual Editor in the system. (Blanks questions cannot use this editor.)
You can create two varieties of blanks questions in the Question Bank Editor.
• The [text] type produces a text field in the question. It is graded using string matching rules.
• The [menu] type produces a drop-down box containing the correct response and any number
of incorrect responses.
To create a fill-in-the-blank question:
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Fill in the blanks.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Fill-in-the-Blanks screen, click Next.
7. In the Text box, enter the question statement including the correct answer(s).
8. Select the radio button (Textboxes or Menus) corresponding to the appropriate question
presentation. A text box fill-in-the-blank question has a text field in which the student enters a
response.
9. To proceed to the Select Blanks screen, click Next.
10. Select the words to be replaced by blanks in the question.
• To designate a word as a blank, click the dots on either side of the word.
• To designate a phrase (adjacent words) as a blank, click the dots on either side of the
phrase.
Note: If the designated word or phrase is followed by punctuation, insert a space
between the word (or last word in a phrase) and the punctuation mark.
• To remove a blank from a word or phrase, click one of the words in the blank.
11. For menu fill-in-the-blank questions, proceed to the Enter Drop-Down Terms screen, click Add
Choices.
1. In the text fields, enter the incorrect responses for the drop-down box(es).
2. To add additional text fields, click More.
3. To return to the Select Blanks screen, click Ok.
12. Click Finish to place a copy in the Web site cache and preview your question.
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Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Matching Questions in the Question Bank Editor
The Matching question type allows only 1 to 1 matches. One to many matches are not available in the
system with this question type.
To create a Matching question:
1. In the Question Bank Editor, select Add a question for your topic.
2. From the Question Type drop-down list, select Matching.
3. In the Question Description field, enter an appropriate description of the matching question.
4. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
5. Click Next. The Add Matching screen opens.
6. In the Text of the Question field, you can overwrite the default text with appropriate
information.
7. Enter an item to be matched in The Item field.
8. Enter the matching information in the Matches with field.
9. Enter the number of columns in which to display the information in the Display this Question
in __ Columns field.
10. Click Finish. The system displays the following message: A matching question makes no sense
without at least two items. Click OK. The matching items are displayed in a shaded
background beneath the Display this Question in __ Columns field.
11. Add more matching questions repeating steps 7-8.
12. Click Finish after adding each question.
13. To edit a question, select the question from the list of matching items in the Add Matching
screen. Click Edit. Similarly, click Delete to delete a selected question.
Mathematical Formula Questions in the Question Bank Editor
Formula questions are the fundamental question type. Student responses must contain a mathematical
expression including numbers or math formulas.
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Mathematical Formula.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Mathematical Formula screen, click Next.
a. In the Question text box, enter the question statement. To include complicated
mathematical expressions, click the Edit button to use the MathML Editor.
b. In the Answer text field, enter the correct answer in 2-D math syntax. Your answer
must be in the correct format. For example, for a restricted formula question, you cannot
use sin.
c. From the Type of Expression drop-down box, select the student response type. This
determines the question type. The following table lists the question types and
corresponding expression type.
Question Type
Formula
Restricted Formula
Dimensioned Formula
Formula Mod C
Type of Expression
Formula
Formula without logs and trig
Formula with physical units
Formula that matches responses to
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Equation
Unordered list of formulas
Ordered list of formulas
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7. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Multipart Questions in the Question Bank Editor
You create a multipart question in the Question Bank Editor by selecting questions for its parts from
another topic in the question bank. This prevents you from creating a loop by adding a question as a
part of itself.
To create and organize the parts for a multipart question:
1. Open or Create a topic in your question bank to contain the questions that are the parts of your
multipart question. This topic must be distinct from the topic in which you will create the
multipart question.
2. If necessary, add or import questions.
Important: All questions that are parts of a multipart question must be in the same
topic.
3. If necessary, reorder the questions.
Note: The Question Bank Editor inserts the question parts into the multipart
question in the same order in which they appear in the source topic.
To create a multipart question:
4. Open or Create the topic in which to create the multipart question.
5. Add a new question.
6. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Multipart question.
Note: If you try to create a multipart question in a question bank with only one
topic, the system generates an error message.
7. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
8. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
9. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
10. To proceed to the Add Multipart screen, click Next.
11. Select the radio button corresponding to the topic containing the questions to be used as parts.
Click Next.
12. On the Question Composition & Weighting screen:
a. To delete questions from the source topic as you add them, select the Remove
questions from source topic check box.
b. From the Numbering style drop-down menu, select the numbering style for the parts
of the question.
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c. In the Text box, enter the question statement.
d. In the Select questions & assign weighting box:
i. Select the check boxes beside questions to include as parts.
ii. Click the plus and minus buttons to assign the relative weighting of each.
13. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Creating Multiple Choice Questions in the Question Bank
Editor
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Multiple choice.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Multiple Choice screen, click Next.
7. In the Text box, enter the question statement.
8. In the Choices for answers boxes, enter the possible choices. To add additional choice text
fields, click Add Choices.
9. If the correct answer consists of multiple choices, select the Allow more than one selection
radio button.
10. Select the radio button(s) corresponding to the correct answer.
11. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
12. To add response-specific feedback:
a. On the Display Question screen, click Edit.
b. On the Question Name & Type screen, click Edit Source.
c. On the Comment Editor screen, for each choice listed in the source, add a comment
line of the form:
comment.=@
where in the comment line is the same as in the corresponding choice line:
choice.=@
Click Ok.
d. On the Question Name & Type screen, click Next.
e. On the Add Multiple Choice screen, click Finish.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Multiple Selection Questions in the Question Bank Editor
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Multiple selection.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Multiple Choice screen, click Next.
7. In the Text box, enter the question statement.
8. In the Choices for answers text fields, enter the possible choices. To add additional choice
boxes, click Add Choices.
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9. To specify multiple selections in the correct answer, select the Allow more than one selection
radio button.
10. Select the radio buttons corresponding to the selections of the correct answer.
11. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Numeric Questions in the Question Bank Editor
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Numeric.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add Numeric screen, click Next.
a. In the Text box, enter the question statement. Question statements can include HTML
or MathML, as well as algorithmically-generated variable data.
b. In the Answer Number text field, enter the numeric part of the correct answer in 2-D
math syntax. Do not use commas when specifying a numeric value. This is required.
c. If the correct answer has physical units, in the Answer Units text field, enter the units
part of the correct answer. To use units in addition to the default system units, you
must add a custom table of units. If you do not specify units, by default, the system
does not display a Units text field in the question.
e. Specify the precision or margin of error for the grading of a student response.
7. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not
permanently save your work. You must save/install the question bank in order to
preserve your work.
Setting Answer Tolerance in Numeric Questions
When working with Numeric questions in the Question Bank Editor, you can specify either the:
• Precision of student responses (that is, the number of digits)
• Acceptable margin of error for student responses
For examples of the related plain-text script files, see Answer Tolerance Example Script.
Note: You cannot specify both the precision and a margin of error.
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Specifying Precision
• To require that the student response exactly match the value of the correct answer (to
floating-point limits, approximately 8 decimal places), select Require absolute accuracy. For
example, if the correct answer is 2.77, the response 2.7701 is graded incorrect.
• To require that the student response contain a specific number of significant digits, and
exactly match the value of the correct answer, select # Figures, and then select the number of
significant digits from the drop-down box.
Example
Important: # Figures does not specify a margin of error. If you specify a correct
answer value in the answer value text field with more significant digits than the
number selected in the # Figures drop-down box, all student responses are graded
incorrect. For example, if you specify 2.771 as the correct answer value, and select
3 in the # Figures drop-down box, 2.77 is incorrect (because it does not have the
same value as the correct answer value 2.771) and 2.771 is incorrect (because it
has more than 3 significant digits).
In a physics problem, the correct answer is 2.70. If you insist that a student enter the correct number
of significant digits, you must use the # Figures option.
If you select Require absolute accuracy and enter 2.70 in the answer value text field, 2.7, 2.70,
and 2.700 are graded correct, which is not the desired behavior.
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You must select # Figures, select 3 from the drop-down box, and enter 2.70 in the answer value text
field. In this case, the student responses 2.7 and 2.700 are graded incorrect.
Setting a Margin of Error
• To directly specify the margin of error, select Accept +/- err, and then enter the numeric
value of the variance in the err text field.
For example, if the correct answer is 3.142 and err = 0.001, the range of correct responses
is between 3.141 and 3.143 (inclusive).
• To specify the margin of error as the tolerance in the value of a significant digit, select Accept
+/- k in the nth place, enter the floating-point value of the tolerance in the k text field, and
then select the significant digit from the n drop-down box.
For example, if the correct answer is 2.4, k = 5, and n = 3, the range of correct responses
is between 2.35 and 2.45 (inclusive).
• To specify the margin of error as a percentage of the correct answer, select Accept +/- perc%,
and then enter the percentage in the perc text field.
For example, if the correct answer is 3.141592 and perc = 1, the range of correct responses
is between 3.11017608 and 3.17300792 (inclusive).
The MathML Editor
Use the MathML Editor to generate MathML for the question text of a Mathematical formula question.
To launch the MathML Editor, click the Edit button from the Add Mathematical Formula screen when
creating or editing a Mathematical formula question in the Question Bank Editor.
There are three primary frames in the MathML Editor:
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• The top panel shows a preview of your question.
• The lower-left panel shows the plain-text script for your question (including any MathML
statements and HTML tags you have created).
• The lower-right panel provides a WYSIWYG math editor in which you can compose math
expressions.
1. Enter the question text (non-math elements) in the lower-left panel. This panel displays the
text that will be placed in the Question text box on the Add Mathematical Formula screen.
2. To insert a symbolic expression into your question:
a. Click the location at which to insert the expression in the lower-left panel.
b. In the lower-right panel, use the WYSIWYG math editor to construct the expression.
c. To paste the MathML code statement describing your math expression into your
question script in the lower-left panel, click the button.
d. Repeat steps a. to c. to add additional symbolic expressions to your question script.
3. To update the display of your question in the preview panel (at the top), use the refresh
button.
4. To return to the Add Mathematical Formula screen and place the question script in the
Question text box, click Ok.
5. To add your changes to the cached question bank, click Finish.
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drive. You must save your question bank to your hard drive as a .qu plain-text source
file or install the question bank on the class Web site hard drive.
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Creating True-or-False Questions in the Question Bank
Editor
1. Add a new question.
2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select True/false.
3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The
description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)
4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.
5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.
6. To proceed to the Add True False screen, click Next.
7. In the Text box, enter the question statement.
8. Select the radio button (true or false) corresponding to the correct answer.
9. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.
Important: Clicking Finish, does not permanently save a copy of a question to a hard
drive. You must save your question bank to your hard drive as a .qu plain-text source
file or install the question bank on the class Web site hard drive.
The Algorithm Designer
Use the Algorithm Designer to simplify adding algorithmic variables.
1. You can add any type of algorithmic statement. In the appropriate section of the Algorithm
Designer, enter and select the required information in the template.
2. To add the statement to and refresh the values in the algorithm text box, click Ok.
3. Repeat the above steps to add other statements.
For extensive help on this subject, please review the help file or visit the advanced authoring help files
at http://www.brownstone.net/support/edu/authoring/
Question Bank Versions
When you add or edit a question in an existing question bank and then install it using the same
filename as the original, the system installs the updated question bank as a new version of the original,
with a unique version number. It does not overwrite the previous version, which remains on the
system.
When a student requests an assignment from the class Web site, the most recent version of the
question bank is used to generate a new assignment. Upon completion, the system records the version
number of the question bank that was used in each assignment session.
When you (or your students) use the Gradebook to view the details of a student's test, the system
displays the test as the student saw it, with the correct versions of questions and all algorithmicallygenerated
data.
Starting a New Question Bank
At any time, in the Question Bank Editor, you can start a new question bank. Use one of the following
two methods.
Method One
1. Click the Home button to return to the Instructor Main Menu.
2. Select Question Bank Editor.
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3. Select Start writing a new empty testbank.
Method Two
1. From the Question Bank Editor main menu, click Start New.
The system displays a warning page that states:
Are you sure you want to start a new question bank?
Any unsaved changes to your previous testbank will be lost.
2. Confirm your choice to abandon your changes.
Uploading images and reference files to the Class Web site
1. From the instructor’s main menu, select System Utilities.
2. From the System Utilities menu, select Web Site Editor.
3. Navigate to the appropriate subfolder on the Web site or click the new subfolder icon to
create a new subfolder.
4. Click the upload file(s) to this point icon.
5. To navigate to the file to upload, click Browse.
6. To upload a:
a. Single file:
i. Select the Single File radio button.
ii. To specify a new name for the uploaded file on the Web site, enter it in the
Save As text field. The default name is the filename on your computer.
iii. To upload the file, click Ok.
b. Zip archive:
i. Select the Zip Archive radio button.
ii. To extract the files from the selected zip archive and upload them to the Web
site, click Ok. (This is the recommended method for uploading multiple files.)
If the file is not a zip archive, the system does not upload the file.
The system returns to the Web Site Editor screen. The uploaded file(s) appear in the Web
site explorer.
7. To upload additional files, repeat steps 3 to 6.
Important: The maximum size of a file that can be uploaded is 5 MB.
Images and Reference Files in Questions
You can use image files in GIF, JPEG, or PNG formats in questions. To place an image in a question,
include an HTML reference by using your HTML editor to edit the question script file. After uploading
your images or other resources to the class Web site using the web site editor found in the System
Utilities, click on one of the images to get the resource path information.
Example of Reference to Image on your Class Web Site
To reference an image file you have uploaded to your class Web site, use the resource path
information. It may look like:
http://edu.brownstone.net/server/web/ApplMath000/Public_Html/molecule.jpg
To link to the image named “molecule.jpg” you will need to include an image source tag:
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External Images or Reference Sources
You can use any URL that points to a resource to reference, provided the URL will be continuously
available to you and your students. However, it is recommended that you use only images and
references on your class Web site. For external resources, enter the full URL. Also, for clickable
images, you must load the image in your class web site.
Notes
• File names can consist of only alphanumeric characters and a single period.
• To include an image in a question, comment, hint, or solution, you must first upload the image
file to the class Web site on your server.
• If the image is not uploaded to the class Web site, the question text appears with a lost image
icon. You cannot check the appearance and behavior of the question properly until you upload
the files to your class Web site.
• You can browse and tag images in your class Web site during Clickable Image question creation
or editing in the Question Bank Editor.
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