This lesson will guide you through how to get started creating a Drawing Response Item in the Legacy Item Bank. This means you can create question that requires students to draw a shape, map coordinates, etc. and require manual scoring. This item type is only available to create in the Legacy Item Bank.
Adding Standards and Publishing the Item are required to use the item in an assessment.
Where to Start
- Click on Assessments.
- Under Itembank, select Visit Itembank.
Create a New Item
- Click Create.
- Next click New Item.
- Select Next.
You may also start from the Items tab. Then click Create Item.
Question
- Select Drawing Response from the drop down menu of item types.
- Click Teacher Instructions to enter Teacher Instructions (e.g., Read the question aloud to your students) if applicable.
- Use the tool palette for special formatting. To learn more check out the Item Toolbar Overview.
- Enter the Stem. The stem is the beginning part of an item that presents a problem to be solved, a direct question, or an incomplete statement to be completed, as well as any other relevant information.
- Click Save.
If you want to add a Background Image to a Drawing Area:
- Click Choose File and select the image. If a file is not added, the space for students to respond is white.
- Set dimensions of the image.
- Click Save.
Teacher Instructions are only viewable on the Itembank Teacher Booklet. They will not appear in Online Testing or the Student Booklet.
Rubric (Required)
- Add a performance level to your rubric by clicking Add Rubric Level. If you plan to use this question on an assessment using an answer sheet that you will scan in using Lightning Grader, your rubric can only have 8 levels.
- Enter the rubric performance level criteria.
- Click the red minus (-) icon next to a criteria that you would like to remove. Use the arrow keys to move the criteria up or down.
- Click Save.
Rubrics are required for drawing response items. When the item is completed and then added to an assessment, the question is scored by manually choosing the correct score from the dropdown in Administration > Enter/Edit.
Next Steps
Now that you've set the question portion of your Constructed Response item, learn about the next step: Adding Item Details.
The next required step is Adding Standards to an Item.