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The Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment is a web-based application that supports teaching, learning and scholarly collaboration with a number of publishing tools. Sakai will allow faculty to supplement their face-to-face teaching, while online courses will utilize the application to teach courses completely on-line with minimal or no face-to-face meeting.

Sakai Pages
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1 Getting Help
2 Access to Sakai for Instructors and Adjunct Faculty
3 Courses
- 3.1 Creating a course
  - 3.1.1 Managing Content
4 Assignments
5 Forums
6 Grades
7 Manage Groups
8 Modules Tools
9 Organizing Files in “Resources”
10 Schedule (Calendar)
- 10.1 Importing a Calendar
- 10.2 Exporting a Calendar Using the iCal Format
11 Tests and Quizzes

Getting Help

A comprehensive Sakai assistance site has been developed specifically for faculty. Joining this site will provide members with expansive documentation and is a good first step when using Sakai. Follow the instructions below,

1. Under the My Workspace tab, click Membership, then Joinable Sites.
2. Click the "Join" link next to the URI-Sakai-Help listing.
File:Sakai Getting Started.pdf

Access to Sakai for Instructors and Adjunct Faculty

There is a new form with HR and ES for granting Sakai access to instructors and adjunct faculty. It is intended for use by department chairs and business managers. The USP-18 form will no longer be used for this purpose.

The new form, Sakai: Granting Access, is located on the e-Campus HR site.

Go to:

e-Campus --> Human Resources --> Forms

Select Sakai: Granting Access http://www.uri.edu/ecampus/hr/forms/sakai.access.pdf

Courses

1. Under the My Workspace tab, click Worksite Setup.
2. At the top, choose "Add", "Edit", or "Delete".

When adding a site corresponding with a university classroom course, select a Course Site, then enter the site name and description, add tools that will be used, and continue through to the end. Faculty may choose not to "publish" the course to their students while they build the content. When ready to publish, under the My Workspace tab, click on Site Info and then Manage Access.

Creating a course

You would create your own course worksite(s) as follows:

  1.  Select "Worksite Setup" from the "My Workspace" tab

  2.  Select 'New"

  3.  Select the "Fall 2009" academic term

  4.  You will see the titles of the courses you will be teaching in Fall 2009

  5.  Click the box next to the course title that you wish to use Sakai, one site at a time.
  * NOTE: Select multiple course titles here If you wish to combine rosters into one site.

  6.  Continue with the screen prompts. One of the prompts is if you wish to re-use the materials from other sites you own.

  7.  Rosters will be loaded for you 3 times a day.  You will see the class roster in the bottom screen of the Site Info.

Managing Content

In order to edit the course, add or remove tools, add participants, copy materials from one Sakai site to another, make a site private or public, or manage the left-hand column, go to Site Info under the My Workspace tab.

In order to create folders, upload files (documents and images), create web content, or make content private or public, go to Resources under the My Workspace tab.

In order to add syllabus documents and images, add a syllabus, or add external web pages as integrated pages, go to Syllabus under the My Workspace tab.

In order to create a new forum, create a new forum topic, track student participation, or grade student participation in forums, go to Forums under the My Workspace tab.

Assignments

To Add an Assignment in Sakai click on Assignments from the menubar and then click Add from the top of the page.

Add Assignment

On the Add Assignments page, fill in the following information (fields marked with a red star are required):
- Title: Enter a brief title for your assignment (e.g., Essay 1 ).
- Open date: At the open date and time, the assignment is available for students to begin working on it. To send an announcement alerting students to the start date, see step 4 below.
- Due date: This is the assignment's deadline. To list the due date on the course site's schedule, see step 4 below.
- Accept until: No assignments can be submitted after this date. You can set this date and time later than the due date to continue accepting assignments (e.g., to allow for revisions) after the due date.
- Student submissions: You can choose to have students submit their assignments inline only (typed directly into a text box), as attachments only, or both. You can also allow non-electronic submissions.
- Grade scale: You can choose from five grading options:
  - Ungraded
  - Letter grade
  - Points - enter the maximum possible points (must be a positive number or zero).
  - Pass/Fail
  - Checkmark.

Assignment Instructions

In the "Assignment Instructions" box, type a description of the assignment. Note: This step is optional, but you will receive an alert message at the top of the page when you post the assignment if you leave it blank. Click Post a second time to proceed.
Under the text box for Assignment Instructions, you will see the following options:
- Add due date to Schedule: To add the due date to the site's Schedule, check the box.
- Add an announcement about the open date to Announcements: To announce the open date automatically when you post the assignment with an announcement on your site's home page, check the box.
- Add honor pledge: To display the honor pledge when students are submitting an assignment, check the box. Students must check a checkbox agreeing to the pledge before their work can be submitted. The text of the honor pledge is as follows:

 "I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment. Yes (You must respond to submit your assignment.)"

Grading

Under "Grading", you will see the following options:
- Do not add assignment to Gradebook.
- Add Assignment to Gradebook.
- Associate with existing Gradebook entry.
- Note: Assignments added in the Assignments tool can only be graded, edited, or removed in the Assignments tool, even if they are added to the Gradebook or associated with a Gradebook entry.

Access

Under "Access" use the radio buttons to choose Display to site or Display to selected groups. If you choose the latter, you'll see the groups and sections that are available; use the checkboxes to select the group(s) and/or section(s) to which you want the assignment released.

Notifications

Under "Submission Notification Email Options", use the radio buttons to choose one of the following options:
- Do not send me notification emails for any student submissions.
- Send me a notification email for each student submission.
- Send me one email per day summarizing notifications for student submissions.
- Note: Notification settings in this area apply to all users with a role of instructor, assistant, or adjunct instructor/teaching assistant.

Attachments

Under "Attachments", you can attach a file from your local computer or from Resources, or specify the URL for a file on the web.
- Options for adding attachments:
  - Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.
  - When creating a new item, some tools give you the option to add attachments. You can add any number of attachments, and they can be any combination of local files, web sites, and items stored in Resources. To add an attachment, follow the appropriate instructions below:
    - To attach a local file from your computer, under "Upload local file", click Browse to find and select the file on your computer.
    - To attach a URL, under "URL (link to website)", type the URL in the box provided, and then click Add. Note: You do not need to include the http:// when you type the URL.
    - To attach an item from Resources, under "Select a resource", click Attach a copy next to the file you want to add. Note: You can attach a file from one of your other sites (including your My Workspace area), provided the file's Access properties are set Display to non-members (publicly viewable). To browse for files in other sites, click Show other sites.
  - As you add attachments, they appear in a list under "Items to attach".
  - When you've selected all the files, web sites, and Resource items you wish to attach, review this list, and click Remove if there are any errors.
  - When you're finished, at the bottom of the screen, click Continue. You should see all your items listed under "Attachments".
Click Post when you are ready to make the assignment accessible by students.

File:Sakai Assignments.pdf
#Assignments

Forums

In order to access Forums select the Forums link from the menubar on the left.

Setting Up Forums, Topics, and Threads

Click New Forum in order to set up a new Forum.
Click the Forum name and then click “New Topic”.
Click the Topic name and then click “Post New Thread” in order to start a thread.
Students can then reply to your thread or any other messages in the thread for further discussion.
Note: Sakai is a three tiered system. In order to view what students post you must create three levels, and the third level must be a thread.

Private Group Discussions

The site owner (or another participant with the appropriate role) can enable participants to submit their posts to a topic before they have permission to read the responses of others.
Site leaders can change forum and topic settings in combination with pre-defined groups to allow or deny access to specific discussions per group.
Click Site Info then Manage Groups then Add to create a new group and then enter the title and select the members of your site to form group.
You can set permissions under the Permissions tab within “Forum Settings and “Topic Settings”.

Grading messages in Forums

In order to grade messages you must first create an item in the Gradebook:
Click on Forums from the menubar.
- Click the title of the desired Topic.
- Find and click the individual message to grade, and then click Grade. Alternatively, you can click the title of the thread or Display Entire Message, and then, next to an individual message, click the Other Actions menu, and select Grade.
- Enter a point value for a grade, and then use the drop-down list to select the item for which you're posting the grade. < br />
- When you're finished, click Submit Grade. To cancel, click Cancel

File:Sakai Forums.pdf
#Forums

Grades

In order to enter grades chose Gradebook from the menubar.

Import Grades from a Spreadsheet

To import grades select Import Grades from “Site Info” and follow the instructions.
A spreadsheet template can be downloaded “here”.
- If you have never edited your Gradebook you will get a spreadsheet of two columns and two rows.
- If you have edited your Gradebook you will see columns for the existing grades.
- NOTE: Columns of Student ID and Student Name are required for every importing step.
Spreadsheets can be edited in any spreadsheet editing application (eg. Excel).
- Enter grades, such as HW1, HW2 and HW3, make sure to append to the title of each grade column the Point Value in a square bracket, such as HW 1 [100]. “Point Value” provides the weight of each column when calculating the final grades.
- NOTE: Spreadsheets must be saved as a .csv file.
To import a spreadsheet click Browse and open the Gradebook file. It should be saved as <filename>.csv.
Click “All Grades” to view the individual grades of each student.
Final grades are automatically calculated for you with the Point Value you supplied for each column. The “Course Grades Option” allows you to convert the final grade as Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass with the flexibility of grading standard.

Click “Course Grades” to view the final grades of the students.

Adding A New Gradebook Item

Select Add Gradebook Item and Fill in the following information:
- Title: A title is required for all Gradebook items. The title can be up to 255 characters long.
- Gradebook Item Point Value: You must assign a point value to all gradebook items. Enter a value greater than zero. Decimals are permitted, but values are limited to two decimal places.
If you wish to allow students to view the grade for this item, check the boxes next to both Release this item to Students and Include this item in course grade calculations. You can change this option later.
- For this item to be visible to students, Gradebook Setup must also have Display released Gradebook Items to students selected. For the course grade to be visible to students, Course Grade Options must also have Display course grade to students now selected.
- If you wish to exclude this item from the course grade calculation, uncheck the box next to Include this item in course grade calculations. You can change this option later.
- Note: If an item is excluded from the course grade calculation, the individual grade will appear to students in parentheses. A legend underneath will explain that "Grades in parentheses are not included in the course grade calculation".

To create the item, click Add Item. You will see a message saying the item has been added.

Entering Grades

If you use the Add to Gradebook option in the Assignments, Tests & Quizzes, or Forums tools, you must enter grades via the appropriate tool.

From the menubar select Gradebook
Locate the item that you want to enter grades in the items list and click its title.

Enter each student’s score for the item into the box following his or her name. Scores must be greater than or equal to zero, and may contain up to two decimals (e.g., 9.25). You may leave a box blank if you are waiting on a student’s grade.

To add comments for students, click Edit Comments. Type your comments in the text box.

When you are finished click Save Changes. A grade history log indicating the date entered, the recorded score, and the submitter will be created.

File:Sakai Gradebook.pdf
#Grades

Manage Groups

You can use groups with the following tools:
- Announcements: Post Announcements for your group.
- Assignments: Post Assignments for your group. However, you cannot add Assignments with Group Access to the Gradebook.
- Messages: Send Private Messages to your group.
- Resources: Allow specific access to files and folders in your group.
- Schedule: Schedule events to specific groups only.
- Site Info: Manage your groups.
To create a new group:
- Click Add.
- In the “Title” field, enter a title for your group (e.g., Project Team 1). You may also add a text description.
- From the window on the left, select a site participant to add to the group, and then click.
- When you’re finished, click Update.

File:Sakai Manage Groups.pdf

Modules Tools

The Modules tool provides an organized structure for presenting resources. Each module can represent a unit, chapter, theme, or other main section of the material. Within each module are content sections of pertinent files, and url's. Participants navigate through the modules and content sections in a structured manner as dictated by the instructor.

Adding Modules and Content Sections to a Worksite

Click Modules in the left menu bar. You will see the Author view which allows you to add and edit your modules. To see the Modules as a student would view them, click View below the title bar. Click Author to resume editing.

To create a module click Add Module
- Add the title and description in the appropriate text boxes. Add keywords which will be stored as metadata for the module.
- Select a start and end date for the module.
- Chose the Copyright status for the module.
- Click Add to create the module.

To create content for a modules list check the box next to the module that you want to add content for and then click Add Content above the module listing.
- Add the title of and instructions for your content section. Chose the type of content (visual, textual, auditory) that will be stored as metadata for the content section.
- Select how you wish to create the content. You can use the editor in Sakai, upload a document from your computer, or link to an existing website.
- Click Add to create the content section.
- You will see a notice confirming the creation of a content section. From here, you can view the section you just created, add more content sections to the same module, or return to the modules listing to edit or create more modules

You can nest content sections to create subsections. In this way, you can have many layers of structures to your modules.
- From the right main module list, check the box next to the content section you would like to nest. Click the Right button above the module list to indent the section once to the right. You can create up to ten levels.
- To move a content section the left, check the box next to the content section and click the Left button.
To update a content section module click the name of the content sections you wish to edit. Make changes or click the Replace button to upload a newer version of your file and click Save at the bottom of the screen.

Export/Import Modules

You can export your modules to upload to another location or import modules from your computer that you have previously created.
- To do this, click Manage below the title bar.
- Click Import/Export.
- Click Export to export your modules. A file will be saved to your computer.
- To import, click Browse and find the file you wish to use, select the file, and click Import.

Managing and Organizing Modules

The modules tool offers some easy ways to update and maintain the organization of your modules and to help students work within the structure you set.
You can reorder entire modules or content sections within modules after they are created. NOTE:You can only reorder content sections form within a single module. You cannot move content sections from one module to another.
- To manage modules click Manage below the title bar.
- Click Sort
- To sort entire modules, select the module you wish to change in the right box and use the arrows on the right to move the module to the desired location.
- Click Save below the right box to save your changes.
- To sort content sections, click Sort Selections above the Current Sequence box.
- To move a nested content section so it is nested under another content section, first move the section to the left so it is no longer nested. Then reorder the section so it is under the section you wish to nest it in, and indent it to the right.
- Select the module that contains the content sections you wish to reorder from the drop-down box. Select the content section you wish to change in the right box and use the arrows on the right to move the content section to the desired location
- Click Save below the right box to save your changes.
You can give students easily accessible instructions for what to do when finishing a module.
- From the module list, click the icon under the Next Steps column from the module.
- Enter the instructions in the text box.
- Click Add. Your instructions will now appear at the end of the content section listing for that module.
- After adding instructions, the icon to change instructions will change from a plus sign to a magnifying glass with a green arrow.

File:Sakai Modules Tool.pdf
#Modules Tools

Organizing Files in “Resources”

Files in the Resources page can be organized in various ways that allow for easy access.
You can provide a descriptive name by selecting “Edit Details” from the Action menu of the file and then entering the descriptive name in the subsequent section. By default, files appear alphabetically. Note: In order to organize files by date added, prefix the files with either A,B,C or 1,2,3 …etc.
You can create subfolders by selecting “Creating Folders” in the “Add” menu and then uploading files to the subfolders. You can reorder the subfolders by selecting “Reorder” from the “Actions” menu of the folder.
You can move files to a different folder by selecting “Move” from the “Action” menu of the file. You will see a clipboard icon appear next to each folder. Click the icon of the folder you wish to move the file to.
You can create both a Table of Contents and make a web link on the menu bar:
- Select “Resources”.
- Select “Create HTML Page” from the “Add” menu.
- Type a descriptive title of each of your files in the subsequent window.
- Link each title to the Sakai reference by highlighting the title, and then click the “Insert/Edit Link” icon, which looks like a world and with a chain link on the bottom.
- In the subsequent screen click “Browse Server”.
- On the subsequent screen you will see the files and folders of your Sakai course. Select the file that is associated with the title from the appropriate folder and click “OK”.
- When finishing, click “Continue”. In the subsequent screen, enter a descriptive title, such as “CHM 341 Course Materials”. In the screen, you have the choice of making it ‘public’, ‘hiding’ the file, when to make it visible, etc. Then click Finish.
- In order to Make a Web Link you must first find out the name of the file by selecting “Edit Details from the “Actions” menu of the file. Copy the “Web Address URL” from the subsequent screen. It will be a long set of characters.
- Select the “Web Content” tool from the left pane. If it is not there, go to “Edit Tools” from “Site Info” to add the Web Content tool. You may add multiple Web Content tools.
- Enter the “Tool Title” and “Page Title” and then paste the URL you copied in the above step to the “URL” field and click “Update Options”.
- You can move this item to the top part of the left pane by selecting “Page Order” from the Site Info and drag this item to the position you want it.

File:Sakai Organizing your course materials.pdf

Schedule (Calendar)

Sakai offers a Schedule/Calendar tool to help organize the course.

Importing a Calendar

Before importing a calendar you must use your calendaring program to export its information as a file.
To import a calendar file:
- From the menu bar click Schedule.
- Click Import. Note: The absence of the Import option means that you do not have permission to import a calendar. In some sites, such as My Workspace you may be able to change your permission settings. To do so click “Permissions” and then check the boxes under “import” and click Save.
- Click the radio button beside the type of calendar file you are importing (e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Meeting Maker, iCalendar, or Generic calendar import(comma-separated values)), and then click Continue.
- Click Browse… and then browse to the calendar file you want to import. When you have selected it, click Continue.
- You should now see a preview of the items to be imported. You may uncheck items that you don’t want to import.
- Click Import Events to add the imported items.

Exporting a Calendar Using the iCal Format

The Calendar Export generates a text file that follows the iCalendar standard which is suitable for import into other calendaring applications(e.g., Apple iCal, Microsoft Exchange, Google Calendar). Recurring events are not currently supported.
To export a calendar file:
- From the Schedule page, choose Export.
- Ensure that Enable iCal Export? is checked. If it is not checked, check the box, click Save, and click Export to enter the iCal Export page again.
- Give the schedule a name in the box next to “Schedule Name”. You can click the URL to allow your calendaring program to subscribe to your Sakai calendar.
- Click Save to save your file or Cancel to return to the Schedule page.

File:Sakai Schedule.pdf

Tests and Quizzes

Sakai allows for the creation of quizzes to monitor student progress.

Creating Questions for an Assessment

Click Tests and Quizzes from the left menu bar, and then click the “Question Pools” link.
Click “Add New Pool” and then enter the necessary information.
Click the name of the question pool, and then click “Add” to the right of “Questions” to add new questions.
Select the question type from the drop-down menu of (Multiple Choice, Survey, Short Answer/Essay, Filling in the Blank, Numeric Response, Matching, True/False, Audio Recording and File Upload) and then click “Save”.
Then follow the screen prompts to enter the necessary information.

Creating New Assessments

Click Test and Quizzes from the left menu bar and then click the Assessment link.
Enter a title, and then you can select either “Quick Create” or “Create”.
- The Quick Create option allows you to type in your questions or cut and paste them from a text file. You must follow the formatting instructions below in order to create a proper question:

 1.(10 points)
 Who was the first president of the United States?
 *a. Washington
  b. Jefferson
  c. Lincoln
  d. Clinton

- The Create option takes you to the question editor. To begin adding questions to a new assessment, choose the type of question you want to add from the Add Question: drop down menu(Multiple Choice, Survey, Short Answer/Essay, Filling in the Blank, Numeric Response, Matching, True/False, Audio Recording and File Upload and Copy from Question Pool).
Then follow the screen prompts to enter the necessary information.

Assessment Settings

To reach the Settings page for an assessment, from the menu bar of the appropriate worksite, click Tests & Quizzes. On the Assessments page, click </i>Settings</i> beneath the title of the assessment. Click the black arrow for a type of setting to see the options.
The settings available depend on whether or not your assessment is published. They also depend on what assessment type you have created for use with an assessment. The default assessment type does not include all possible settings. Once an assessment is published, you may only edit the three Delivery Dates settings, and the Gradebook Options (under "Grading") setting.
Note: You should not use the feedback option in Tests & Quizzes when assessing learning, as it may provide information students can use to correct their answers before submitting a test.
The following is a list of all possible settings:
- Assessment Type Information: If you chose to base your assignment on an existing custom template, its title, author(s) and a brief description will automatically display here.
- Assessment Introduction: Specify the title and author(s) of an assessment, as well as add a description of, or introduction to, the assessment. The assessment’s creator (i.e., the user who was logged in when the assessment was created) is also listed, but you cannot modify this information.
- Delivery Dates: Specify when(date and time) an assessment will be made available, when it will be due, and when it will be retracted. To set the dates and times, click the calendar icon next to each field.
- Assessment released to: Choose to release the assessment to anonymous users or restrict its availability to only site members. Note: As soon as an assignment is published, its authors will receive its URL. It is up to the author to distribute the URL to people taking the assessment that are not part of the course.
- High Security: Specify that only certain IP Addresses can access your assessment, or create a secondary username and password to use for accessing the assessment.
- Timed Assessment: You can make the assessment a timed assessment and specify the amount of time that is allowed. You also have the option of making a timed assessment automatically submit itself when time expires.
- Assessment Organization: Govern the appearance and behavior of your assignment. The following options are available:
  - Navigation: Chose from the following:
    - Linear Access: Limits users to progressing forward through an assessment without access to the table of contents.
    - Random Access: Allow users to move from question to question throughout the assessment using either the Previous and Next buttons, or the table of contents.
  - Question Layout: Chose to display each question on a separate web page, each part on a separate web page, or the complete assessment on one webpage.
  - Numbering: Choose continuous numbering throughout all parts of the assessment, or chose to restart numbering on each part.
- Submissions: Specify how many submissions you’ll allow, and use the “Late Handling” option to indicate whether or not you’ll accept submissions after the due date. If you choose to accept late submissions, such submissions will be flagged during grading.
- Submission Message Type a message or specify a URL to be delivered to the user upon submission.
- Feedback: Choose one of the following options:
  - Immediate Feedback
  - Feedback on submission( Note: Best used with grading option of “Record the last score.”)
  - Feedback will be displayed to the student at a specific date. (click the calendar icon to specify the date)
  - No Feedback will be displayed to the student.
  - Also, you can choose any combination of the following options to include in the feedback:
    - Student response
    - Correct response
    - Student’s assessment score
    - Student’s question score
    - Question-level feedback
    - Selection-level feedback
    - Grader’s comments
    - Statistics and histogram
- Grading Specify whether grading is to be anonymous, if grades should be sent to the Gradebook or not, and how to process the scores if multiple submissions are allowed. If you select anonymous grading, graders won't be able to see usernames associated with assessment submissions.
- Graphics: Change the appearance of your assessment:
  - Click the palette icon next to the "Background Color" field to open the color picker. From the drop-down list, select the palette you'd like to use (Web Safe Palette, Windows System Palette, or Grey Scale Palette), and then click on the color you want to use for your assessment's background color. The hexadecimal value representing your color will automatically populate the "Background Color" field.
  - In the "Background Image" field, you may type the URL of an image file to be used as the background image.
- Metadata: Specify keywords, objectives, and rubrics to facilitate searches for and categorization of your assessment. Additionally, you have the option
To save the settings for an assessment, click Save Settings at the bottom of the page. Click Cancel to cancel any unsaved changes.
To save settings and publish it for the students, click Save Settings and Publish.
Note: An assessment must contain at least one question in order to be published. to collect metadata for questions.

Different Types of Questions

Sakai offers many different types of questions for use during assessments.

Multiple Choice

To create a Multiple Choice question:
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select Multiple Choice. This takes you to the editing screen.
- In the "Answer Point Value" field, enter the point value you want to assign to this question. Enter 0 (zero) if you wish this to be an ungraded question.
- In the "Question Text" field, enter the text for the question. Click Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor to display the WYSIWYG toolbar.
- If you wish to add an attachment, click Add Attachments and enter or browse to a filename or enter a URL.
- In the "Answer" section, click the radio buttons to choose between Single correct answer (the default) and Multiple Correct Answers</i<. As you change the selection, the screen will refresh to allow or hide the requisite fields.
- In the case of a single correct answer, you'll see four sets of text boxes for possible answers and optional feedback. To indicate which answer is the correct one, click the radio button next to it. In the case of multiple correct answers, check the boxes beside the correct responses.
- If you want to present fewer possible answers, click <i>Remove beneath the text boxes you want to remove. If you want to present more possibilities, use the drop-down menu next to Insert additional answers to select the number of possibilities you want to add.
- If you want the possible answers to appear in a random order, under "Randomize Answers", click Yes. To have them appear in the order you see in the question editing screen (the default), click No.
- If you want to require users to provide a rationale for choosing an answer, under "Require Rationale", click Yes. If you don't require a rationale (the default), click No.
- From the Assign to Part drop-down menu, choose the part (i.e., section) to which you want to assign this question. Leave this as the default value if you haven't created any parts.
- If you want to assign this question to a question pool, from the Assign to question pool drop-down menu, select the desired pool name.
- Under "Correct/Incorrect answer feedback", you can provide question-level feedback for correct and/or incorrect answers.
- When you're finished, click Save to return to the assessment editing screen. You'll see that your new question has been added to the assessment.

Survey

The process for creating a Survey question is similar to that used to create a Multiple Choice question, except for the following differences:
- The "Answer Point Value" field default is 0 (zero).
- For the text of possible answers, you must choose from a predefined set of scales commonly used for survey reporting. To select the scale you want to use, click its corresponding radio button. The choices are:
  - Yes, No
  - Disagree, Agree
  - Disagree, Undecided, Agree
  - Below Average -> Above Average
  - Strongly Disagree -> Strongly Agree
  - Unacceptable -> Excellent
  - 1 -> 5
  - 1 -> 10
- You do not have the option to randomize answers or require a rationale.

Short Answer

To create a short answer essay question:
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select Short Answer/Essay.
- In the "Answer Point Value" field, enter the point value you want to assign to this question. Enter 0 (zero) if you wish this to be an ungraded question.
- In the "Question Text" field, enter the text for the question. Click Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor to display the WYSIWYG toolbar.
- If you wish to add an attachment, click Add Attachments and enter or browse to a filename or enter a URL.
- From the Assign to Part drop-down menu, choose the part (i.e., section) to which you want to assign this question. Leave this as the default value if you haven't created any parts.
- If you want to assign this question to a question pool, from the Assign to question pool drop-down menu, select the desired pool name.
- In the "Answer:" section, you can opt to provide a model short answer or question-level feedback by typing it in the provided fields.
- When you're finished, click Save to return to the assessment editing screen. You'll see that your new question has been added to the assessment.

Matching

To create a matching question.
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select Matching.
- In the "Answer Point Value" field, enter the point value you want to assign to this question. Enter 0 (zero) if you wish this to be an ungraded question.
- In the "Question Text" field, enter the text for the question.
- Click Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor to display the WYSIWYG toolbar.
- In the "Choice" and "Match" fields, create a correct pair, then click Save Pairing to save it. You may do this as many times as you wish, and you may click Edit or Remove beside pairs you've created.
- If you wish to add an attachment, click Add Attachments and enter or browse to a filename or enter a URL.
- From the Assign to Part drop-down menu, choose the part (i.e., section) to which you want to assign this question. Leave this as the default value if you haven't created any parts.
- If you want to assign this question to a question pool, from the Assign to question pool drop-down menu, select the desired pool name.
- Under "Correct/Incorrect answer feedback", you may choose to provide question-level feedback.
- Click Save to return to the Questions screen. You'll see that your new question has been added to the assessment.

True/False

To create a true/false question:
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select True False.
- In the "Answer Point Value" field, enter the point value you want to assign to this question. Enter 0 (zero) if you wish this to be an ungraded question.
- In the "Question Text" field, enter the text for the question. Click Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor to display the WYSIWYG toolbar.
- In the Answer field, select either True or False.
- If you wish to add an attachment, click Add Attachments and enter or browse to a filename or enter a URL.
- Under "Required Rationale", you may choose to require an explanation by clicking Yes.
- From the Assign to Part drop-down menu, choose the part (i.e., section) to which you want to assign this question. Leave this as the default if you haven't created any parts.
- If you want to assign this question to a question pool, from the Assign to question pool drop-down menu, select the desired pool name.
- In the "Correct answer (optional)" and "Incorrect answer (optional)" fields, you may offer answer-level feedback.
- When you're finished, click Save to return to the Questions screen. You'll see that your new question has been added to the assessment, along with radio buttons for selecting the correct response.

Audio Recording

To create an audio recording question:
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select Audio Recording.
- In the "Answer Point Value" field, enter the point value you want to assign to this question. Enter 0 (zero) if you wish this to be an ungraded question.
- In the "Question Text" field, enter the text for the question. Click Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor to display the WYSIWYG toolbar.
- If you wish to add an attachment, click Add Attachments and enter or browse to a filename or enter a URL.
- Under "Time allowed (seconds):" enter the number of seconds the student can take to record the answer.
- Under Number of attempts: choose the number of times a student can re-record the answer from the drop-down menu.
- From the Assign to Part drop-down menu, choose the part (i.e., section) to which you want to assign this question. Leave this as the default value if you haven't created any parts.
- If you want to assign this question to a question pool, from the Assign to question pool drop-down menu, select the desired pool name.
- Under "Correct/Incorrect answer feedback", you may choose to provide question-level feedback.
- Click Save to return to the Questions screen. You'll see that your new question has been added to the assessment.

File Upload

To create a file upload question, which requires the user to upload a file:
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select File Upload.
- In the "Answer Point Value" field, enter the point value you want to assign to this question. Enter 0 (zero) if you wish this to be an ungraded question.
- In the "Question Text" field, enter the text for the question. Click Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor to display the WYSIWYG toolbar.
- If you wish to add an attachment, click Add Attachments and enter or browse to a filename or enter a URL.
- From the Assign to Part drop-down menu, choose the part (i.e., section) to which you want to assign this question. Leave this as the default if you haven't created any parts.
- If you want to assign this question to a question pool, from the Assign to question pool drop-down menu, select the desired pool name.
- In the "Feedback (optional)" field, you may offer question-level feedback.
- When you're finished, click Save to return to the assessment editing screen. You'll see that your new question has been added to the assessment, along with the Upload file icon.

Copy From Question Pool

To copy a question from a question pool:
- In the Questions screen, from the Add Question: drop-down menu, select Copy from Question Pool.
- Click the name of the pool from which to import the question.
- Navigate to a subpool and/or use the checkbox(es) to select question(s) you wish to import into the current assessment, and then click Copy.

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