Authoring in CengageNOWv2 > Getting Started

Getting Started

The first steps for authoring your own questions include creating folders, uploading any images you may need, and selecting the appropriate question template to create.

In the column on the left of the Instructor Authoring page, two tabs appear:

My Questions tab

Supplies options for managing folders and subfolders. You can organize and sort your questions by type, difficulty, discipline, or any other category of your choosing. See Creating Folders and Managing Questions for more details.

My Images tab

Provides you with tools for uploading new images or searching for one of your existing images on the CNOWv2 server. You can later use these graphics in any of your questions. See Uploading Images for more details.

Below these tabs are buttons supplying some basic options. The buttons you see depend on which tab is selected.

Create

With the My Questions tab selected, click this button to open the dialog box for creating either a new folder or question. See Creating Folders and Managing Questions.

Search

With either the My Questions or My Images tab selected, click this button to open the search dialog box. Enter part of a name to find either an uploaded image or a specific question.

Publish

With either the My Questions or My Images tab selected, click this button to publish all new questions and any of your saved edits to the CNOWv2 content banks.

Before clicking Publish, you must click Save in the bottom right of the editor, then click Save again in the upper right. If you don't save first, publishing will not send all your changes into the available assignment content.

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Note: A Refresh option, which quickly updates your previously published self-authored questions, is available in the assignment creation wizard.

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