Create a Hot Text Item – DnA & ISE

This lesson provides step-by-step guidance on creating a Hot Text Item in the Item Bank. This item type allows for one or more Tokens to be selected from provided content based on the presented question/task. This question is automatically scored.

Where to Start

Select Assessments.
Select Browse Item Bank.

Create a New Item

The Create Item and Hot Text item type buttons.

Select Create Item.
Use the dropdown menu to select Hot Text as the item type.

Hot Text Items

An example Hot Text item, with the Item Stem labeled as step 5, Enter Content labeled as step 6, the Tokens options labeled as step 7, the tokenized text labeled as step 8, and the Set correct answers toggle labeled as step 9.

Enter the Item 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.
- To insert a line break in the Stem, use shift-return (or shift-enter, depending on the keyboard).
In the Enter Content field, type the content that will include selectable Tokens. This text will appear under the Tokens menu as it is typed.
Select if the Tokens should be Words, Sentences, or Paragraphs. The text underneath will automatically populate Tokens in yellow, according to the selection. Select Clear to remove the Tokens from the text.
Select or deselect what text items should be Tokens (selectable chunks). Multiple tokens may be selected.
Toggle on Set correct answers to choose what Token(s) are correct. Once selected, the correct answer(s) will be highlighted in green.

Drafted items are automatically saved.

Item Details

The item settings menus, with the Standards icon labeled as step 10, Passages labeled as step 11, Tags labeled as step 12, and the Settings and Properties menus labeled as step 13.

To link Standard(s) to the item, select the Three Pages icon.
To link a Passage to the item, select the Book icon.
To add Tags to the item, select the Tag icon.
Additional Settings are available to edit per item, such as Highlight Choices, and Enabling/Disabling Teacher Instructions 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

Select Item Preview to see a preview.
You can select to preview the item from a Student or Instructor Role.
Test the item by selecting one or more Tokens.
Select Check Answers to verify the answer key. For any correct response, the highlight color will be changed to green, while for any incorrect response, the highlight color will be changed to red.

Publish Item

The Done menu, with Done labeled as step 18, Publish labeled as step 19, Save Draft labeled as step 20, and Discard labeled as step 21.

When you've completed creating/editing your item, select Done.
To make your item available to use in an assessment, select Publish.
To save an item that isn't ready to be published, select Save Draft.
To delete the item, select Discard.

Once items are Published, they can be Locked, Edited, or Deleted.

Next Steps

Now that you have created a Hot Text item, learn about Creating an Item Bank Assessment.