Work with Questions
This section explains how to add questions, move questions, and perform related tasks.
How To
You can create and add new questions, or you can import existing questions from the File Cabinet:
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Locate the appropriate section and click Add a question.
The system opens a screen that lets you design the question. At a minimum, you must fill in the following fields before you will be allowed to save the question:
Question Label
Question Text
Answer Type (this defaults to Multiple Choice)
Depending on the answer type you select, you may need to make additional selections in the Design Your Answer(s) area.
If you want to preview the question, click Preview Question.
When you are done working with the question, click either Save and add another or Save and return to Test Builder.
If you have saved assignments to your File Cabinet, you may want to import one or more questions from those assignments.
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Click the link labeled Import questions from your File Cabinet.
The system lists the assignments stored in your File Cabinet.
Do one of the following:
Find questions by browsing a particular assignment:
Click the name of the assignment to display a list of its sections.
Click the name of a section to a display a list of its questions. Note that you can click the name of any question to preview it.
Use the checkboxes to select the questions you want to import.
Click Import.
Search by keyword and/or question type:
Click the link labeled search for them.
The system displays a form.
Enter a keyword in the text field provided.
If appropriate, select the checkbox labeled Also search answer options. Otherwise, you will be searching the question text only.
If you want to restrict your search to a specify type of question, use the drop-down list to choose one.
Click Search.
The system displays all the questions that match your criteria.
Select the questions you want.
Click Import Selected.
After you create or import a question, you may want to make changes to it. Note that while you can make changes to most of a question’s settings, you cannot change its answer type.
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Click the name of the question you want to edit.
The system opens the main question-design screen, which lets you modify the question and any options that will display for students.
After creating questions, you may want to move them or reorder them.
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Locate the section that contains the question(s) you want to move and click the corresponding Manage questions link.
The system updates the screen to include checkboxes and two drop-down lists.
Use the checkboxes to select the question(s) you want to move.
Leave the first drop-down list set to the default of Move and use the other list to choose the section that should host the question(s).
Click Submit.
The system moves the questions.
Click Finish managing these questions.
If a section is configured so that its questions will be presented in the same order as in the Test Builder, then you may want to reorder them.
Note
The system will not allow you to reorder questions if the section is set up to shuffle questions randomly for students.
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Locate the section that contains the question or questions you want to reorder and click the corresponding Manage questions link.
The system updates the screen to include black arrows to the right of the questions. If you do not see this, that means the section is set up to display questions randomly and you cannot reorder them.
To move a question, clicking the corresponding black-arrow icon and drag the question to the appropriate location.
When done, click Finish managing these questions.
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Click the label of the question you want to preview.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the Preview Question link.
Open the assignment in the Test Builder.
Locate the section that contains the question(s) you want to delete and click the corresponding Manage questions link.
The system updates the screen to include checkboxes and two drop-down lists.
Use the checkboxes at the left to select the question(s) you want to delete.
Set the first drop-down list to Delete.
Click Submit.
Click Finish managing these questions.