Content Files

You can create all content, including braille, text-to-speech (TTS), sign language, Wordlist, and rubrics, as well as align an item to associated content standards and Some Other Categories of Knowledge (SOCK), from the Content Files panel. When you first create an item or stimulus, this panel displays the Compose button that enables you to create content online using IAT.

The first step of creating an item’s content is to create the item template. Once the item template has been approved, you can view the review lanes for creating additional content. For information on the key features of the Content Files panel, refer to Content Files Panel Features.

  1. To create an item or stimulus’s template, click Compose. IAT opens in a new browser tab or window. Create and save content as described in the IAT Guide. After you’ve saved, the IAT tab or window closes.

    The View\Edit Item or View\Edit Stimulus page updates to display “v1” in the Item or Stimulus lane, plus additional lanes. The active lanes contain buttons allowing you to perform actions such as web-previewing or viewing in IAT. Table 2 describes the different buttons and symbols displayed in the Content Files panel.

    • You can edit the template by selecting the IAT Editor IAT Editor button icon. Note that if you need to edit an item or stimulus after it has been approved, you will have to select the Revise Template Revise Template button icon to make any further edits. For more information, refer to Editing and Revising an Item or Stimulus.

    • You can revert to an earlier saved version using the revert button Revert button. For more information, refer to Reverting an Item or Stimulus Lane to a Previously Saved Version.

    • You can add item-stimulus and, on an item, item-item associations using the icons available in the Associations review lane, as described in Adding Associations.

  2. Once the template is completed and item-stimulus or item-item associations have been specified as necessary, submit the content for review as follows:

    1. From the Item or Stimulus review lane, select the Web Preview Web Preview button button. The web preview page for the item or stimulus opens in a new browser tab or window.

    2. Select the Review tab and click the arrow to expand the item or stimulus information.

    3. Enter a comment.

    4. Click Submit to submit the item or stimulus for review. A message appears, indicating whether the content has been successfully submitted.

  3. Click OK to close the message. Close the browser tab or window and return to ITS.

    Click the refresh button Refresh button on the right side of the Content Files panel header to refresh the item or stimulus’s status. The item or stimulus now appears at the next review level.

    After reviewers review the item or stimulus’s content through the different review levels and then web-approve it, additional review lanes or swim lanes are opened.

  4. You can now create content as necessary for the available review levels and submit them for review.

  5. Once an item reaches the Field Test Pool review level, you can add the item to an item batch from the Platform Review lane to allow reviewers to review the item on different platforms. For more information, refer to Creating Exemplars for an Item.

  6. Once the item or stimulus passes through all review levels, it is moved to the Locked Operational Pool and can be included in test packages to be administered to students.