Creating New Items from a Template

The Items panel in the Test Content Editor contains various templates that you can use to create new items. For more information about creating item content for each type of item, see the section Authoring Item Content.

Note: All new items have a Draft status by default. Publishing a test automatically changes the status of all items on that test to Published. For more information, see the section Publishing a Test.

To select an item template:

1.In the Editing panel, click Create from Template. The Create from Template tab of the Items panel appears on the right.

2.To select an item template, either double-click that template or drag it into the Editing panel. The setup instructions for that item type appear.

Note: Item types that display a pencil icon in the lower-right corner on the Create from Template tab will need to be scored by hand in the reporting system.

3.Using Table 1 as a reference, enter a name and other properties for the item in the fields that appear on the right side of the Editing panel.

4.Create the content for the item, following the instructions for the appropriate item type in the section Authoring Item Content.

5.Optional: To undo changes to an item's content, click Undo in the upper-right corner of the Editing panel. A window pops up, listing the previous versions of the item, which you can hover over to preview their content. To revert the item content, select the desired version.

6.When you are finished authoring content, click Save in the upper-right corner of the Editing panel. Once you save an item, it is added to your personal items library.


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