Work with the Question Editor

The Question Editor (or Question Designer) is a powerful and flexible tool where you can use different panes to edit specific aspects of a question such as:

Question components and display
Authoring notes
Algorithmic properties
Feedback comments

A variety of grading behaviors can be combined and placed anywhere within the formatted HTML that structures the question. Example — a component can be placed inside tables, formatted text, or bulleted lists.

With the Question Editor, you can design questions with:

A component that can require text, numeric, formula, or other answer types from the student.
Informational text without any response required from the student
Multiple instructional or student response components located anywhere in the body of a question.
Standard HTML elements that have character formatting, HTML tables, embedded images, and media objects.
An unlimited number of images, tables, algorithmic variables, and inline math expressions.

Access the Question Editor

To access the Question Editor to author a new question:

Click Content Repository on the Class Homepage.
Click Create New from the main Content Repository menu.
Click Question/Text.
The Question Editor opens where you can fully customize your new question.
NOTE: The Question Editor is also accessible when choosing to edit a question from the Content Repository or an Activity Editor.
Click Save & Close to return to the Content Repository when you are finished creating your new question.
NOTE: Click Save to save your progress and continue working on your new question in the Question Editor.

Question Editor panes

The Question Editor has 6 design panes to help you build your new question:

Question Name
Question Text
Author Notes
Algorithm
Custom CSS
Feedback

Question Name

Define the name of your new question in the Question Name pane.

Question Text

The Visual Editor in the Question Text pane is where the contents and display of your question are defined.

Components are also added in the Question Text pane, which determines the type of question that you are creating.

Author Notes

Notes about the question being authored can be entered in the Author Notes pane.

These notes are only visible to content authors.

Algorithm

You can enter algorithmic code in the Algorithm pane.

You can also click Show Designer to use the Algorithm Designer.

The Algorithm Designer provides a form to complete to build your algorithm.

Use the $ symbol to enter a variable name. Example — $variable

Custom CSS

Customized CSS can be inserted in the Custom CSS pane to further enhance the display of your content.

You can also import an existing stylesheet using @import url('/path/to/file.css').

As well, you can include pre-designed themes from your Content Repository using the Theme button.

Feedback

The feedback message that is defined in the Feedback pane is what will appear for your students depending on the Show Question Feedback (Before and After) properties defined in the Activity Editor that includes this question.