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

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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