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.

An image of a US map appears within the Item Stem. A blue bar is to the right of the image which can be used for scaling the image. There are left, right, center, and alt text options along the bottom menu. The trash can icon appears at the bottom right.

The image uploads at 100% of its original size. Click on the image and click and drag the blue bar to automatically resize the image as needed.
The image defaults to being left justified. Select center or right to chance the justification. Select Alt text to add alt text to the image, which can be used with screen readers.
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.