Essay Questions in the Question Bank Editor

  1. Add a new question.

  2. In the Question Type drop-down box, select Essay.

  3. It is recommended that you enter a description in the Question Description text field. (The description is used to label the question in the topic. If excluded, the question type is used.)

  4. To use HTML, select the Use HTML check box.

  5. You can add a comment, algorithms, information fields, hints, or a worked solution.

  6. To proceed to the Add Essay screen, click Next.

  7. In the Text box, enter the question statement.

  8. Click Finish to place a copy of your question in the Web site cache and preview your question.

 

Important:  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.

 

See Also:

What is a Question Bank