beside the Point field. A new response area tab appears.Hot Text items require students to select words or phrases in a section of text. The words and phrases appear shaded when students select them.
To create a Hot Text 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 Hot Text Elements section displays sample text, including a selectable word (the outlined word). Delete this sample text and enter the text content from which students must select words or phrases.
3.To tag a word or phrase that will be selectable to students, do the following:
a.Click and drag the cursor across the desired word or phrase.
b.Click Set as Selectable below the text box. A border appears around the selected word.
4.Optional: To tag additional words or phrases, repeat steps 3.a–b.
5.Optional: To untag a word you marked as selectable, click that word and then click Clear Selectable below the text box.
6.In the Construct Answer Keys section, enter a value in the Maximum Score field to specify the maximum score for the item.
7.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 words or phrases 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.
8.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 7.
c.Optional: To remove an answer key, click 
in the tab for that answer key.
9. 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.
10.To save the item, click Save above the template.