Teacher

1. Specify how many Points the question is worth.
2. Enter the question as you want it displayed to students.
   • If enabled in your domain, you can also allow students to record and upload video or audio responses as part of the essay question.
3. Enter an Example Answer that is used by graders to compare and evaluate students' answers.

4. This section pictures and explains the default visual editor; enable the Text editor to create and edit questions with the advanced Text editor.

Click Add feedback to create various types of feedback.

To manage the question's Interaction:

1. Specify the initial number of lines you want to provide students in the Minimum height field (the field will automatically expand to accommodate content added by the student).
2. Provide a Minimum and Maximum number of words if desired. Students are shown these guidelines and their own word count; however, they are allowed to submit an answer even if they have not met the guidelines.
3. If one or more passages have been included in the activity, you can select one to attach to this question from the Include passage dropdown.
4. Provide a Custom question definition (contact support for additional assistance).

The Metadata card lets you attach information to questions:

1. Assign a Difficulty level to each question can help track your overall assessment difficulty.
2. Add a question to an existing Group.
   • When putting questions in an Assessment activity, Groups are used to assign questions to Assessment question pools.
   • When putting questions in a Practice questions activity, Groups are used to assign questions specific attempt limits.
3. The question ID is a unique identifier for this question.

From the Objective mastery card, you can align the question with objective(s).

This makes it possible to set up Formative and Remediation assessments.

Use the Score card to indicate:

1. If you want the question to count as Extra credit.
2. If you want to use a rubric for grading the question. Click Add rubric to:
   • Create one from scratch.
   • Use one that has already been created for your domain.

With the Variables section you can create a range or list of variables for use in the question.  

Check the appropriate box(es) to provide students with one or more of the following calculators to use with this question (Basic, Standard, and/or Scientific). This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

• Learn more about how to set up this tool
• Review the student experience

Make a protractor available to students while they complete this question. This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

• Learn more about how to set up this tool
• Review the student experience

Make one or more rulers (6 inch, 12 inch, 15 centimeter, 30 centimeter) available to students while they complete this question. This can also be specified for the entire activity with the Assessment activity editor.

• Learn more about how to set up this tool
• Review the student experience

Click Add material in Companion Material to attach any supplemental documents students need to complete this question. You can do this by:

1. Pointing to existing resources in the course.
2. Uploading new files (PDFs only).

Students can access Companion material by clicking the Files icon in the toolbar.