Online Authoring in the Question Bank Editor

To access the Question Bank Editor, in the Instructor Main Menu, select Question Bank Editor.

The Question Bank Editor allows you to create and edit the following types of questions in an online session.

Authoring Instructions	Question Mode Information
General Question Types
Multiple Choice	multiple choice
Multiple Selection	multiple selection
True-or-False	true false
Clickable Imagemap	clickable image
Matching	matching
Essay - not graded by the system	essay
Fill-in-the-Blanks (Free Response)	blanks - text field entry or drop-down box selection
Math / Science Question Types
Maple-graded	Maple formula or Maple syntax
Mathematical Formula	dimensioned formula, equation, formula, formula-form, formula list, formula mod c, multi formula, ntuple, or restricted formula
Numeric	numeric (with or without units)
Palette-based symbolic editor	palette
Multipart Questions
Inline	Accepts multiple response objects of various types, including text, numeric, and formula free response, multiple choice, multiple selection, and essay questions embedded anywhere within a question's HTML. Can accept multiple response definitions, partial credit, and response-specific feedback.
Multipart	multipart

The online authoring module allows you to include complex content like tables and other display formatting by using HTML in question files.

Important: For information about system time-outs and loss of data, see Avoiding System Time-outs during Authoring Sessions.

Important: When creating and editing question banks, clicking Finish, does not permanently save a copy of a question to a hard drive. You must save your question bank to your hard drive as a .qu plain-text source file or install the question bank on the class Web site hard drive.