Creating Exemplars for an Item

Exemplars are possible student responses to an item, with associated scores that are saved in ITS. Among other things, they help ensure that the item gets scored as expected.

Any user can create exemplars for an item from the item’s web preview page. Note that you can only create exemplars after the rubrics and scoring assertions have been created.

To add exemplars:

1. Select Web Preview from any of the review lanes. The item opens in a new browser tab or window.

2. Select or enter a response for the item and click Item Score. The Score Result window appears.

3. Once the answer, score, and rationale are ready, click Add Exemplar. The Add Exemplar window appears.

4. Enter a description for the exemplar and click Save.

5. Repeat steps 2–4 until exemplars have been added for all the score points.

6. Click the Exemplars sub-tab to view the existing exemplars. If any of the exemplars are invalid, warning icons are displayed next to the exemplar as well as listed in the issues box above the exemplar table.

7. Next, do any of the following:

   • To web-preview the exemplar, click View.

   • To delete an exemplar, click Delete. In the confirmation pop-up, click Yes. Note that once an item’s rubric has been approved, all exemplars existing at the time of the approval are also approved and cannot be deleted. To delete an approved exemplar, from the Rubric review lane, click to unlock the exemplars. This will however require you to approve the item rubrics once again after exemplars have been deleted.

   • To validate exemplars and ensure that they are correct, click ReValidate Exemplars. Note that an item’s rubrics cannot be approved if the exemplars are not valid.

You can create new exemplars and delete them as necessary after the item rubric has been approved. To lock a new exemplar, you will need to reapprove the item rubrics.