0004 Tech Tips
0004 Tech Tips
Welcome to Contraseña! Below is a quick guide to using the program. Scroll down for tips and
instructions on the following:
Let’s Begin!
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A. Student view and instructor areas.
When you log in to Contraseña you arrive at the VIEW COURSE screen, which is a built in Student
View of the course.
Built around the program are the INSTRUCTOR AREAS. There are 3 ways to get at the instructor
areas. We will look at each of these instructor areas in the following sections.
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B. Tips for navigating the VIEW COURSE screen.
3. Three ways to navigate through each Unit on your Laptop (use #1 and 3 on your phone)
Left and right contextualized arrows. Radio buttons that take you to each section within a Unit.
Mouse over the buttons to display section names.
5. Click FINISH when completing activities as an instructor to be able to show the completed version
in class.
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C. Making assignments
In Contraseña you are able to assign assessments to a specific date and time.
1. Go to the Menu at the top right and click 2. On the INSIGHTS page, click Assessment
INSIGHTS. Manager.
3. In the new screen you will see a list of all scorable items in the course. Filter by lesson to make
lesson assignments.
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Graded/Practice: Scores for GRADED items will report to the gradebook; PRACTICE items do not
report a score to the gradebook. Select PRACTICE for any assessment that you do not want
factored into your gradebook, including those in units not included on your syllabus.
Note: All Preparar items are set to Practice since these are designed to be part of the
preparation students do before the Aplicar.
Open Date: Use only if you want to limit when students see the content. Otherwise, all items are
automatically open and available to students and you do not need to enter an open date.
Due Date: Enter the due date and time for graded assignments. Include the time in your current time
zone in the 24-hour clock. For example, for items to be due at 11:59 PM, enter 09/05/2019 23:59.
Student submits by the due date. Scores recorded in the gradebook will be the highest achieved by
students who attempt an activity multiple time. Students can attempt activities as many times as they
want to achieve the highest score.
Student misses the due date. Students can complete and submit an activity after the due date has
passed. However, a 0 points score will report to the gradebook unless you opt to accept the
submission for that student by extending the due date at the class or individual level.
The actual time of submission appears on the screen when you click on the 0 in the gradebook for
that student. You can extend the due date here to accept late work (refer to Section G. Accepting
late work/Extending a deadline (pg. 13)
Close Date: Use only if you want to limit when students see the content. Otherwise, you do not need
to enter a close date.
Max Submits: As a default, students are given unlimited attempts to complete and submit activities.
Use the drop-down menu to specify the number of attempts provided to complete and submit an
activity.
Time Limits: As a default, there are no time limits imposed for completing an activity. Use the drop-
down menu to specify the time allocated to students to complete and submit an activity.
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Student Score Available and Item Response Available. These have been pre-optimized for the
course. No changes are necessary.
Activities in the course can be assigned individually or in batches. Activity settings can also be
changed individually or in batches. To assign in batches or change a setting in batches, check the
boxes next to each item you want to change, then select the item to change on the top row. The
selections will apply to all “checked” items.
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D. Accessing instructor resources
Instructor Resources are available in the pull-up tab located at the bottom of your screen in several
areas of the Course. Click the tab to open the instructor resources area. Click again to close it.
1. Course View Home page. Features general instructor resources. Click “All Instructor Resources”
to access all the items for the course. These materials are not available for students.
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E. Gradebook and instructor grading
The Gradebook for Contraseña tracks scores for any GRADED item and for LingroFolio projects. As
a default, the gradebook:
a. reports the highest score when students have attempted an activity multiple times.
b. calculates a 0% when a student doesn’t complete an item that has been marked for grading or
completes it after the Due Date has passed.
c. Auto-scored items are each worth 1 point.
d. Instructor-graded items are each worth 10 points.
e. LingroFolio projects are each worth 100 points.
NOTE 1: The Gradebook rolls up all scores into a single column. There are no separate
columns for specific activity types (Aplicar, Comprobar, Investigar, LingroFolio, and so on).
NOTE 2: Grading of LingroFolio projects is done via the LingroFolio
dashboard. Rubrics are available but can be turned off. All grades
automatically appear in the gradebook .
See section F.
Exception: In the Unit 1 project students complete their profiles as the
project. You must enter the score out of 100 possible points manually in
the gradebook for crediting.
2. Views. There are 2 views of the gradebook and 2 ways to view scores:
a. Lesson View vs. Unit View: Click “Lesson roll-up view” to see the scores for each unit. Unclick it
to see the individual scores for each activity within a unit.
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3. Using the gradebook
Note: As a default, when a student makes multiple attempts to complete an activity, the
HIGHEST score reports to the gradebook.
a. Place a checkmark next to a student’s name to send them a message or to unenroll them from the
course.
b. Use the scroll bar to navigate.
c. Click on a column to see the due date and average score achieved by the class.
d. Columns with “–“ indicate items not yet submitted and not yet due.
e. Items with a pencil icon indicate an instructor-graded activity has been submitted and is
waiting to be scored. Once the item is scored manually, the pencil will disappear.
f. Items with a yellow triangle icon indicate that there are late submissions. (See pg. 15 for
accepting late submissions).
g. You may see flags in next to students’ names:
Green flag: Students have spent 30 min. in the prior week and 60 min. in the prior 2
weeks in the platform.
Red flag: Students have spent fewer than 30 min. in the prior week and fewer than
60 min. in the prior 2 weeks in the platform.
You an override an activity that has been submitted late but need to extend the due date first to
accept it (see pg. 14).
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4. Scoring instructor-graded Items
Activities that require manual instructor grading will have a pencil icon next to them.
There are two ways to access open-ended activities to grade and/or add feedback:
ii. From the Gradebook. You can either score all submissions at once or individually to provide
feedback. Instructor graded items are indicated with a pencil icon .
view. Click on the button at the bottom of the screen to save the grades.
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Score responses by student (with feedback). Click the score (usually a 0) with a pencil icon in
the column. In the new pop-up screen:
The top right button saves the score and any written or oral feedback.
The bottom green button saves any changes made to the individual Settings of
this activity for the student. Only click this if you’ve made changes to the
settings for the activity.
To Grade:
4. Check to see if
there is more than 1
activity to grade at
the top right. Use
the forward arrows
to navigate to the
next activity.
5. IMPORTANT Click on the SAVE icon to save the score and feedback.
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If you came from the Messages tool: Click on the “I’m done with this.” button at the bottom of the
page to dismiss the message from the Message Toolbar.
Student Notifications: After instructor graded items receive scored, students will see a notification
on their Messages Center that their score and/or
feedback from their instructor is available.
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F. LingroFolio: What is it, how to assign, how to grade
The LingroFolio Dashboard allows you to view, comment, and grade LingroFolio projects. You can
also create your own Profile page.
• The Grades you enter in LingroFolio will automatically appear in your gradebook.
• Currently LingroFolio doesn’t enforce a due date. One can be selected, but students are
not locked out after it passes.
• As an instructor, you are not able to post your own sample projects.
Accessing the Dashboard. The dashboard is available from the main homepage.
Note: As a default you will see your Class Roster until the first project is submitted. The default
will then be the Class Projects page.
Note: Your Class Roster populates when students access LingroFolio for the first time. Your
roster, therefore, may not initially look complete.
Note: From LingroFolio, click on My Sections in the breadcrumbs to access all sections you
teach.
Your Profile
Click MI PERFIL and then Edit Profile to create your profile and update a
photo that your students will see.
Assigning Projects
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2. In the new window, enter the due date using the 24-hour clock (for example: 09/05/2019
23:59). Click OK. The Proyectos will now appear on the Student’s Calendar.
1. Click on the LINGROFOLIO and then LINGROFOLIO DASHBOARD from the main Table of
Contents.
2. Here you will land on the Class Roster. Until students start
uploading projects in Unit 2, this will be your default view. Next to
the list of student names, click on the 3 dots to open the menu
and click on PROFILE.
Viewing a Project
After students start to complete projects, the default view of
the LingroFolio Dashboard will be the CLASS PROJECTS
page. Click a Project from the list to view it.
Time Stamps
There are two key time stamps available with the
LingroFolio projects. These dates may not necessarily be the same.
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Unlocking a Project
Once students SUBMIT a project to the instructor, they can no longer edit nor
re-submit it unless an instructor unlocks the project BEFORE grading. To unlock
a project and permit a student to make edits:
1. Go to the LingroFolio Dashboard
2. On the Class Projects page, click on the Project you want to
unlock.
3. On the menu on the left, click on Unlock. A student can now
revise a project.
After unlocking a project you will no longer see the original submission. You will
see the project once the student resubmits by clicking SUBMIT TO
INSTRUCTOR again.
Commenting on a Project
Click the POST NEW COMMENT button to comment on a project. Comments are public and
visible to other students. To give private comments use the tool in the grading rubric (see
below).
Grading a Project
1. Click the Grading menu to enter grades for the project. A grading panel slides out in 3 states
(full exposed, partially exposed, hidden).
2. If you choose to use rubrics, enter a score into the fields. Rubrics can be turned off if you
prefer to enter a score manually.
3. Use Add comment with grade field to add PRIVATE comments that only the student will see.
4. The grade will automatically appear in the gradebook.
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LingroFolio Reports
The LingroFolio reports allow you view metrics on the projects and comment posted by your students.
1. To view the full set of reports, each LingroFolio project should be made available. Click on Units
on the left menu. Then select the Unit and click on Make project available. You can also assign due
dates, which will appear on the Student Dashboard.
2. To access the reports, go the LingroFolio Dashboard. Click on CLASS REPORT on the menu.
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G. Accepting late work/Extending a deadline for one student
1. Click on the score in the gradebook for the student on that assessment. There will be
2. In the new window that opens, enter a new due date for that item and click at the bottom of the
page:
3. The student will now have a new due date on the activity.
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2. Accepting Late Work.
If students submit an item after the due date, you will see the following in the gradebook:
When a student submits an activity after the due date for that activity has passed, a 0 will appear in
the gradebook for that activity with a yellow triangle icon . To accept that student’s work, click on
the 0 score in the gradebook and change the due date (as above). The grade the student scored will
then appear as the grade of record in the gradebook. Late submissions will appear in red.
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H. Moving students between courses when not part of a Program Master:
NOTE: This applies if you are using INDIVIDUAL courses instead of course that is part of a
PROGRAM MASTER.
To help manage changes that may occur during the Drop/Add period, students are given a 14-day
grace period before they are required to purchase access either by credit card or with the Payment
Code purchased at the bookstore.
3. In the new course gradebook, click on the 0 scores for that student.
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I. Conversar communicative practice tips
The Conversar communicative practice is designed to be completed in pairs and groups to give
students the opportunity to put their language to use. These activities are not designed to be
submitted or graded by an instructor.
2. Open fields or charts are used to take notes and/or prepare for “live” conversation.
3. SUBMIT provides students with a record of their notes. It does not submit the activity to the
gradebook.
4. Printable PDFs are available in the pull-up menu for instructors or students wishing for a paper
version.
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N. Using the “Live” feature to proctor student work
The Live proctoring functionality accessed via the LingroHub Assessments Manager allows you to
monitor, or proctor, and control students while they are in a specific assessment in the course.
Although it’s available for all activities in the program, this tool is optimal for in-class work or high-
stakes quizzes or exams since you can better control that all students are in the same activity at
once.
To access the Live Proctoring, go to the Insights page on the left menu and then click on the
Assessment Manager. Select a Lesson and click on the LIVE button next to the activity you would like
to live proctor.
STUDENTS. On the left are the names of the students in the class.
STATUS. If you see an orange dot next to Status, students have started the activity and it is In Progress.
ACTIVE. If you see a green checkmark under Active, students are in the activity at this very moment. If you
see a red x it means that students are not in the activity at the moment.
CURENT ITEM. Indicates which page in the activity the student is on, if there is a sequence of activities (for
example in the Aplicar).
The ACTION drop-down allows you to control your student’s screens. First, click
on the checkboxes next to the name of the student on the left. You can also select
all by clicking on the checkbox next to STUDENTS.
• Click PAUSE. You may pause the activity screens for all students.
Students will see a message that their activity has been paused.
• Click RESUME to re-enable the activity screens.
• Click EXTEND TIME if the activity was timed and you wanted to allow
more time.
• Click GO TO to automatically jump to a specific activity page in the
sequence.
• Click SAVE AND EXIT to automatically save the work done by the students and close the activity.
• Click DISCARD AND EXIT to automatically delete the work done by the students and close the activity.
• Click SUBMIT AND EXIT to automatically Save the work done by the students and close the activity.
At the bottom of the screen you can see all the scores for the students after they had been submitted.
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J. Synchronous video meetings
The video professor meeting allows both instructors to connect with a single or group of students OR
for a group of students to connect via the platform synchronously.
• Great tool to use for virtual office hours or monitor students doing online activities.
• Great for students to do activities synchronously.
• Up to 8 participants can join the meeting.
• Participants can share their screen during the meeting. (NOTE: You will need to install the
screen share extension to use this feature).
• Students can raise their hands to help manage communication.
• Participants can record the meeting. Meeting recordings are stored in a Dropbox account as
.mp4 files that can be downloaded.
To access:
2. A new window will open. Click to allow access to your mic and camera.
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3. How do participants join the meeting?
OPTION 1. All participants click on the PROFESSOR VIDEO MEETING at the scheduled time within
LingroHub. All students will automatically be entered into the meeting.
OPTION 2. After clicking allow in #2, you will receive the Meeting information to share with Students.
This information can be sent to students for them to join the call.
Students don’t need to be in logged into LingroHub to access the virtual meeting when they
receive this link.
In the MESSAGES tool, instructors and students can also connect to video chat. Video meetings
launched from MESSAGES are not recordable, it is a synchronous, one-on-one, one-time
connection.
1. Click on the Messages tab and select the student to connect with. Click
on the video icon at the bottom of the screen to send an invitation.
Clicking on the link in the invitation opens the video meeting.
MOBILE MEETINGS
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K. Program Administration: Customizing, Assigning, Managing Users, Managing
Grades
Program Administration in LingroHub allows you to create a Program Template for your course from
which you can create section templates and individual sections that are all connected. There are
three main tasks you can do with Program Administration tool:
1. CONTENT: Customize content once and have it copy to all sections, even after sections have
been created.
2. DUE DATES: Set-up due dates once and have them copy to all sections. Update dates during the
semester and have them copy to all sections.
3. USERS MANAGEMENT: Move both instructors and students between sections. When students
are moved between sections, their grades travel with them!
Please contact LingroLearning if you are a Program Coordinator but have individual sections
and would like to know more about this functionality.
Access
2. The next screen will show the PROGRAM MASTERS for your school. You may have more than
one Program Master. There also may be more than one Coordinator assigned to each Master. Click
on the Program Master to open it.
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Understanding the Program Administration “Courses”
1. PROGRAM MASTER. The content master for the program. Content changes made here will copy
to the Section Template(s) and Sections. Below are the types of content changes that can be made
that will copy to all sections, even after they are created.
2. SECTION TEMPLATE
You may have more than
one Section Template associated with each Program Master with different due dates in each. The
Section Template controls the ASSESSMENT MANAGER for all sections. Click on the SECTION
TEMPLATE, click on INSIGHTS on the left menu, then select the ASSESSMENT MANAGER. All
updates you make in the ASSESSMENT MANAGER will copy to all sections, including changes to
Due Dates, changes to activity type (Practice or Graded), number of attempts, etc.
You may make changes to due dates and settings during the semester and they will continue
to copy to your sections.
In order to preserve the connection between the section templates and sections, even
as Program Coordinator, do not alter the Assessment Manager of INDIVIDUAL sections.
If so, the connection is severed, and future changes will not copy to that section.
3. SECTION
Section instructors are assigned Sections which students
enroll into. The Sections area includes the COURSE ID that
students need to enroll into their section, as well as a link to
the course gradebook.
Section instructors can update individual student dates via the gradebook to accept
late work. If a section instructor changes anything in the Assessments Manager,
however, the connection severed, and future changes will not copy to that section.
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BEST PRACTICE TO CONTINUE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SECTION TEMPLATE &
SECTIONS:
Do not make any changes to the individual section Assessment Manager. That severs the tie
with the Section Template.
Do not make any content changes to the individual. That severs the tie with the Section
Template.
If a Section becomes untied from a Section template, you will see the sections listed next to “Not
using a section template.” Below, 2 sections are not longer connected to the Section Template.
User Management
As the Program Administrator you can move students and instructors between sections.
A. To move instructors,
- select the section
- select the new instructor from the drop-down
- Indicate if the instructor should have Edit
Rights to edit content in the course or not.
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B. To move students,
4. You will land on the My Sections page where you will see all Sections. Click on a Section to view
the LingroFolio for that section.
5. You will land at the Class Roster. Click on View all projects at the bottom left to view the Projects
for that class.
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L. Adding your own lessons, pages & materials
In LingroHub you are able to add your own materials, such as text, files, or web resources (including
video links), and organize them to the course. You can add content to existing Lessons (such as Unit
1, etc.) in the course or you can create your own new Lessons.
Here we will review adding your own Lessons, Pages and Materials.
Lessons
Pages
Components: Your Content (Videos, Documents, Web Links).
Before beginning make sure you are in Edit Mode. To turn on, click on
the left hamburger menu and click on Edit Mode.
To add a Lesson:
2. At the bottom right, click Create New Lesson. The new lesson will be added at the bottom in draft
mode, which means that no one can see it until you change it to published.
3. Add a name to the lesson. You may also upload a thumbnail image. Name the Lesson, click the
checkmark. Click the arrow next to Published and select Publish Immediately or schedule it by
using the calendar. Click the check mark.
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4. If you want to move this lesson, scroll up and click Reorder. Then grab the Discussion Board
lesson and move it to where you want it located. Click Done.
To add a Page:
The next step is to create a PAGE within the Lesson you just created where you will add your own
materials. You can also add a Page to an existing Lesson.
2. Click on the plus at the top of the page and select CREATE A PAGE in the menu that opens on the
right.
3. Give the PAGE a title and set it to Published or select a date. Here you may upload an
accompanying image as well.
You have now created a lesson and page where you can now add your own materials.
After you created a Lesson and Page, you are now ready to add your own components or content
materials.
1. While still in Edit Mode click on the Lesson and Page you just created. On the blank screen click
on the Plus sign and then select Create a New Component
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2. The next screen shows the different types of components, or content, you can add. We will review
adding text, files, web resources (refer to section M for adding your own assessments).
A. Entered Text
The Entered Text component allows you to add formatted text to the page. You may type directly or
cut & paste text into the fields. The editor allows you to format text, create tables and charts, and
apply different text styles.
You can also gloss terms so that the gloss appears in a pop-up window when students click on the
term. To gloss a word:
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The term will now appear underlined for students so they can click on it to view the gloss.
B. Upload File
The Upload File component allows you to upload a file to the course from your computer or a URL.
Sample file types include: Word docs, PDFs, PowerPoint Presentations, jpgs or other images. Be
sure to click SAVE at the top when you are done!
As a default, PDF files cannot be downloaded. To allow students to download PDFs you post,
turn on the Show PDF link at the bottom of the screen.
The Web Resource URL component allows you to enter links that will be embedded into the program,
including YouTube links and Vimeo links. Be sure to click SAVE at the top when you are done!
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After adding your content component, click the Edit Mode off to preview it as a student.
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M. Adding your own activities
In LingroHub you are able to add your own activities and organize them to the course. You can add
these activities to existing Lesson & Page (such as Unit 1 Vocabulario, etc.) or you can create your
own new Lesson & Page. In this video we’ll review adding your own Activities to a new Lesson and
Page.
- Create a Lesson and Page where you will add the new activities.
- Make sure in Edit Mode. To turn on, click on the left hamburger menu and click on Edit Mode.
After you created a Lesson and Page, you are now ready to add your own components or content
materials.
1. While still in Edit Mode click on the Lesson and Page you just created. On the blank screen click
on the Plus sign and then select Create a New Component
2. The next screen shows the different types of components, or content, you can add. Click on
Assessment.
3. The first step is to set-up your Assessment. You will then create an activity that you will add to your
assessment. On this screen set the Preferences for your assessment. You have the following options:
1. First enter a TITLE that will appear to students and a FALL BACK TITLE that will appear to you in the
Assessments Manager and Gradebook.
2. Indicate if the item is Practice or Graded. Practice will not appear in the gradebook.
3. You may select a due date, open date or close date, here OR you can opt to do that in the
Assessments Manager along with the other items in the course. Be sure to enter dates and times using
the 24-hour clock.
4. Select when students see their overall score.
5. Select when students receive feedback on individual questions, with the following options:
a. Upon Submit – as soon as the student submits regardless of attempts.
b. Upon Max Attempts – only when the student has submitted the maximum number of
attempts. If two attempts are allowed, a student would not see question feedback after the first
submission but would after the second.
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c. Upon Close – upon the date and time when the quiz closes. In this case, all students get
feedback at the same time.
d. Never – students are not provided any feedback.
e. Inline – if enabled for each question/ item, students will see a ‘Check Answer’ button that allows
them to see feedback while answering the question and before the student submits. This
assumes you are authoring feedback for each question.
6. Set the time limit in seconds. This may be left blank, which will remove any time limits.
7. Set the number of opens. This restricts the number of times a student may open an assessment and is
typically reserved for higher stakes assessments. Please note that if a student has 1 open, and losses
their internet connection during an assessment, they will not be able to re-open the assessment. 0 is
unlimited.
8. Set the number of submissions. This limits the number of times a student may submit an assessment. 0
is unlimited.
9. Click ‘Save.’
5. In the new window, a long reference ID is added as a default. To help you find your activity,
though, replace it with your own Reference ID. Create an ID that is easy for you to find, for example,
including your university, Lesson name, page name and title. After entering your reference ID, click
on the plus button in the middle of the screen.
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Machine-graded Types:
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8. Fill in the blanks (Cloze) Students see drop-down menu with
Drop down each answer.
10. Label image- Drag and Students drag answers to label image.
drop
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15. Order List List of items to be arranged into the
correct order.
Instructor-graded Types:
19. Essay- Rich Text Essay up to 10,000 words which includes text-
formatting controls.
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22. Essay- Audio Students record audio responses.
recording
24. Image Annotation Students create file for upload for instructor review.
Upload
7. Click on the Activity Type you would like to build. For instructions on how to build each activity are
click on the HELP for each activity or see pg. 40 of this document.
8. Within each Activity you build there is a specific set of Parameters you can set. Click on More
Options within the activity screen after adding the questions and answers. Here you can set the
following:
Adding a Hint
1. Adding a hint presents a button to the student. The hint is revealed upon a click and does not require
the student to select an answer choice.
2. Click the More Options button to adjust item parameters.
3. The hint is a text field and can be added in the Hint textbox.
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b. Save the question.
c. In the question where you’d like the feedback to appear, paste the name of the question in the Rubric
Reference text box.
8. After building your question, click SAVE in the Activity Editor window two
times until you see the green checkmark.
… and you will now see the activity inside the Assessment you just created.
11. As the final step, click the SAVE at the top of the page.
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O. Instructions for building specific questions types
Below are instructions for authoring specific question types in the LingroHub Activity Editor.
True or False
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Multiple Choice from the column on the left, and ‘True or False’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose Question’ prompt.
4. Enter the answer choice options in the textboxes below the ‘Multiple choice options’ prompt. You may
add, remove, and reorder options as you like.
5. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
6. Select the correct answers by clicking on the appropriate response below the Set correct answer(s)
prompt.
7. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
8. If you want to include multiple responses make sure to select the ‘Multiple responses’ option and select
the correct answers.
9. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
10. Click ‘Save.’
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7. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
8. If you want to include multiple responses make sure to select the ‘Multiple responses’ option and select
the correct answers.
9. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
10. Click ‘Save.’
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Choice Matrix - Inline
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Multiple Choice from the column on the left, and ‘Choice matrix - inline’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose Question’ prompt.
4. Enter the answer choice options in the textboxes below the ‘Multiple choice options’ prompt. You may
add, remove, and reorder options as you like.
5. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
6. Select the correct answers (True or False) by clicking on the appropriate response below the Set
correct answer(s) prompt.
7. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
8. If you want to include multiple responses make sure to select the ‘Multiple responses’ option and select
the correct answers.
9. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
10. Click ‘Save.’
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Choice Matrix (Labels)
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Multiple Choice from the column on the left, and ‘Choice matrix - labels’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose Question’ prompt.
4. Enter the answer choice options in the textboxes below the ‘Multiple choice options’ prompt. You may
add, remove, and reorder options as you like.
5. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
6. Select the correct answers (True or False) by clicking on the appropriate response below the Set
correct answer(s) prompt.
7. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
8. If you want to include multiple responses make sure to select the ‘Multiple responses’ option and select
the correct answers.
9. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
10. Click ‘Save.’
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Cloze with Drop Down
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Fill in the Blanks (Cloze) from the column on the left, and ‘Cloze with drop down’ from the list on
the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose question’ prompt.
4. Enter the text option in the ‘Template markup’ section.
a. In order to have the drop down option in the text, click the ‘r’ button in the text format option
5. Enter the possible answers in the ‘Possible responses’ section.
6. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
7. Select the correct answers by clicking on the appropriate response below the ‘Set correct answer(s)’
prompt.
8. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
9. If you want to include multiple responses make sure to select the ‘Multiple responses’ option and select
the correct answers.
10. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
11. Click ‘Save.’
Classification
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Classify, Match & Order from the column on the left, and ‘Classification’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose Question’ prompt.
4. Enter how many columns and rows you would want in the question.
5. Enter the answer choice options in the textboxes below the ‘Possible responses’ prompt. You may
add, remove, and reorder options as you like.
6. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
7. Select the correct answers by clicking on the appropriate response below the ‘Set correct answer(s)’
prompt.
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8. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
9. If you want to include multiple responses make sure to select the ‘Multiple responses’ option and select
the correct answers.
10. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
11. Click ‘Save.’
Match List
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Classify, Match & Order from the column on the left, and ‘Match list’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose question’ prompt.
4. Write the choices in the ‘Stimulus list’ and the possible answer choices in the ‘Possible responses’ field.
5. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
6. Select the correct answers by clicking on the appropriate response below the ‘Set correct answer(s)’
prompt.
7. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
8. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
9. Click ‘Save.’
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Order List
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Classify, Match & Order from the column on the left, and ‘Order list’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose question’ prompt.
4. Write the possible answer choices in the ‘List’ field.
5. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
6. Select the correct answers by clicking on the appropriate response below the ‘Set correct answer(s)’
prompt.
7. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
8. To shuffle the answer choices so they appear in a random order for each student attempt, click the
Shuffle Answer button.
9. Click ‘Save.’
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1. Sort List (How is this one different from ‘Order List’)
2. Click on the ‘Sort list +’ option in order to add this kind of question to your page.
3. Fill out the appropriate fields.
Short Text
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Written & Spoken from the column on the left, and ‘Short text’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose question’ prompt.
4. Add the point value for the question in the appropriate box.
5. Select the correct answers by clicking on the appropriate response below the ‘Set correct answer(s)’
prompt.
a. The correct answer in case-sensitive and, in order for the student to get the answer correct, the student
needs to write the answer exactly how it is written in this field.
6. If there is an alternative correct answer choice, click the blue ‘+’ button next to the Correct Answer tab.
This will create another tab for you to select an alternative answer and associated point value. This is
often used is there is an answer choice for which you want students to get partial credit.
7. Click ‘Save.’
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Audio Recorder
1. Click the blue ‘+’ button at the top of the item bank to create a new blank item.
2. Select Written & Spoken from the column on the left, and ‘Audio recorder’ from the list on the right.
3. Enter the text of the question in the textbox below the ‘Compose question’ prompt.
4. Select the player type and how long the students are allowed to record themselves in the ‘player type’
and the ‘Maximum length (seconds)’ fields.
5. Click ‘Save.’
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