Create Items for Custom Assessments

Ed, the HMH Learning Platform allows you to create assessment items and add those items to a custom assessment.

To create an assessment item:

1. Click the Discover tab and My Stuff tab, and then on the left Browse By panel, click the My Items link. If you have any saved assessment items that you have edited or created, they are listed on this page.

My Items page showing list of created items

2. Click Create. The Create an Item page appears.

My Items - Create an Item page showing subject selection

3. If you have access to more than one subject area, select the subject to which the item is to be associated.

Create an Item page Choose a disipline list

4. Select the type of item to be created.

My Items - Create Item page showing item type selection

5. Depending on the item type selected, complete the necessary fields as follows:

Item Type	Action
Multiple Choice	a. In the box provided, type the question. b. In the option boxes, type the answer choices. – To remove an answer choice, click the Remove attribute button . – To include additional answer choices, click . c. If the question allows for more than one answer choice, select the Multiple responses check box. d. If you want the answer choices to be randomly reordered, select the Shuffle options check box. e. In the Set correct answer(s) box, specify the correct answer(s). As you create the item, it displays at the bottom of the page. Click to see an example of a completed Multiple Choice item.
Choice Matrix	a. In the box provided, type the question or instructions. b. In the Stems and Options boxes, type the stem statements and answer choice options. – To remove a stem or an option, click the Remove attribute button . – To include additional stems or options, click . c. If the question allows for more than one answer choice, select the Multiple responses check box. d. In the Set correct answer(s) box, specify the correct answer(s). As you create the item, it displays at the bottom of the page.
Match Answers	a. In the box provided, type the question or instructions. b. In the Stimulus list and Possible responses boxes, type the stems and answer choice options. – To remove a stem or an option, click the Remove attribute button . – To include additional stems or options, click . c. If a single answer choice is allowed for more than one stem, select the Reuse responses check box. d. To show the line connecting the stem to the answer choice, select the Drag handle check box. e. In the Set correct answer(s) box, specify the correct answer(s). As you create the item, it displays at the bottom of the page.
Fill in the Blanks – Drag & Drop	a. In the first box provided, type the instructions for the item. b. In the second box, type the statement to which fill-in-the-blank options are to be added; in place of the fill-in-the-blank words or terms, click the button in the toolbar. c. In the Possible responses boxes, type the fill-in-the-blank words or terms. – To remove a possible response, click the Remove attribute button . – To include additional responses, click . d. If a single answer choice is allowed for more than one fill-in-the-blank option, select the Reuse responses check box. e. In the Set correct answer(s) box, specify the correct answer(s). As you create the item, it displays at the bottom of the page. Click to see an example of a completed Fill in the Blanks item.

Note: While editing an item, you can use the Undo Redo buttons buttons (available in the upper right corner of the page) to undo or redo actions.

6. Click Save & Done. The newly created item can be viewed in the My Items list on the Create page and can be added to custom assessments. (See Add Items to Custom Assessments for details.)