Create a Drawing Response Item – DnA & ISE

This lesson provides step-by-step guidance on creating an Drawing Response item in the Item Bank. This item type allows students to construct a response using cursor-based drawing tools. This is a manually scored item type.

Where to Start

Select Assessments.
Select Browse Item Bank.

Create a New Item

The Create Item and Drawing Response item type buttons.

Select Create Item.
Use the drop down menu to select Drawing Response as the item type.

Drawing Response Items

An example Drawing Response item, with the Item Stem labeled as step 5, Replace Image labeled as step 6, Max Points labeled as step 7, Exclude zeros labeled as step 8, and the rubric point descriptions 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).
Upload an image as applicable. Once an image is uploaded, select Replace Image to upload a different image.
Use the drop down menu to select the maximum number of Points.
If the lowest possible score for the item should be 1 rather than 0, select the Exclude zeros checkbox.
Use the space below each point value to enter Rationale.

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 enabling/disabling a Background Image, Item Stem, Teacher Instructions, Ability to exclude zeros, and Showing the max points dropdown.

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 using the available Drawing Tools.

Publish Item

The Done menu, with Done labeled as step 17, Publish labeled as step 18, Save Draft labeled as step 19, and Discard labeled as step 20.

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 Drawing Response item, learn about Creating an Item Bank Assessment.