Item Creation Tool Bar – Illuminate Education

This lesson guides users through the available tools for creating a New Item Bank item. Use these tools to enhance your items with tables, text styling, and more.

Where to Start

Go to Assessments.
Select Browse Item Bank.
Select Create Item.

Select into the Stem or Answer Choices of the question to access the tool bar.

Table

Select the table icon to create a table within the item.

Select the + to add a row and X to remove a row.
Select the + to add a column and X to remove a column.
Select the table icon with the x to delete the entire table.
Select the image or math icon to add to the selected space within the table.

Text Styles

Select the B to bold the text.
Select < > to create a code snipet.
Select the I to italicize the text.
Select the T to strike through the text.
Select the U to underline the text.

Image

Select the image icon to upload an image.

The image uploads at 100% of its original size. Use the 25%, 50%, and 75% to automatically resize the image as needed.
Select the trash can to delete the image.

Video

Select the film icon to embed a video.

Enter a URL from YouTube or Vimeo.
Adjust the width and height of the video if needed.
Enter Start and End times (in seconds) to initially load a specific segment of the video. Leaving the start and end at 0 plays the entire video.
Select Insert to embed the video.