beside the Point field. A new response area tab appears.Edit Task Inline Choice items provide a sentence or paragraph in which one or more words appear as drop-down lists. Students select answer options from the drop-down lists in order to replace the original words in the text.
To create an Edit Task Inline Choice item from the template:
1.In the Compose Item Prompt section, replace the sample text with the content for the item's question. You can use the toolbar to format text and insert media. For more information, see Appendix D.
2.The Create Edit Task Elements with Inline Choice Lists section displays sample text content, including an editable word (the outlined word). Delete this sample text and enter the text content containing the words that students will replace.
3.To tag a word or phrase that students will be able to replace, do the following:
a.Click and drag the cursor across the desired word or phrase.
b.Click Set as Editable below the text box. A border appears around the selected word and the Inline Choice window appears.
c.In the Inline Choice window, enter a replacement option for the tagged word in the blank text box.
d.To add additional replacement options, click Add Option and enter the replacement option in the new text box that appears.
e.Optional: To remove a replacement option, click X beside that option.
4.Optional: To tag additional words that students can replace, repeat step 3.
a.Optional: To remove an editable word, select that word and click Clear Editable.
5.In the Construct Answer Keys section, the Maximum Score is automatically set based on the number of editable text elements you created.
6.To create the answer key for the item, do the following:
a.In the Point field, enter the score for a correct (or partially correct) response.
b.In the provided response area, click the editable words and replace them with the answer options that students would select in order to earn the score entered in the Point field.
c.Optional: In the Explanation field, explain why the entered response is worth the score you specified.
7.Optional: If the item has more than one valid answer, create additional answer keys:
a.Click beside the Point field. A new response area tab appears.
b.Repeat step 6.
c.Optional: To remove an answer key, click 
in the tab for that answer key.
8.Optional: If you want to provide a description of the scoring criteria to view in reports for the item, mark the Include Scoring Description checkbox. Then fill out the Description and Exemplar fields that appear.
9.To save the item, click Save above the template.