Instructor Help for Brownstone EDU - McGraw Hill Education ...

EDU System Tools
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.
4. Click Ok.
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