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Email TopicThis lesson provides step-by-step guidance on creating an Inline Dropdown Item using Illuminate's NEW Item Bank. This item type allows students to select a response from a drop down menu of possible answer choices. This question is automatically scored.
Where to Start
- Click Assessments.
- Select Browse Item Bank NEW.
Create a New Item
- Click Create Item at the top right hand side of the screen.
- Use the dropdown menu to select Inline Dropdown as the item type.
Inline Dropdown Items
- Click inside the Define Template text entry area. Type in the text that will make up the body of the item.
- To insert a line break, use shift-return (or shift-enter, depending on the keyboard).
- To insert a a Response Area that students will need to fill in, position the cursor at the desired location and then click +Response Area. A question can include one or more response areas.
- Type an accepted response into the space provided and then click the + to add to the list of responses. Repeat this process until all answer choices have been entered.
- Click the correct response. The correct answer will be highlighted in blue.
- To remove a response, click the X to the right of the response.
Answer choices cannot be edited. If an answer choice has been entered incorrectly, it will need to be removed, and a new answer choice added in its place.
Drafted items are automatically saved.
Item Details
- To link Standard(s) to the item, click the Three Pages icon.
- To link a Passage to the item, click the Book icon.
- To add Tags to the item, click the Tag icon.
- Additional Settings are available to edit per item such as Locking Choice Order, Enabling/Disabling Teacher Instructions, Item Stem, and Rationale.
Users must link at least 1 standard when creating an item. If attempting to publish an item without standards, an error message will appear asking for standards to be aligned before publishing again.
Item Preview
- Click Item Preview to see a preview.
- You can select to preview the item from a Student or Instructor role.
- Test the item by selecting a response for each Response Area.
- Click Check Answer to verify the answer key. Correct responses will be outlined in green, incorrect responses in red.
Publish Item
- When you've completed creating/editing your item, click Done.
- To make your item available to use in an assessment click Publish.
- To save an item that you aren't ready to publish, click Save Draft.
- To delete your item click Discard.
Once items are Published, you can Lock, Edit, or Delete the item.
Next Steps
Now that you have created an Inline Dropdown item, learn about Creating a NEW Item Bank Assessment.