Edit Properties Tab

When editing or creating questions in the Question Editor, clicking the Edit Properties icon opens a pane of options allowing you to set a wide variety of preferences. The property settings and grading features found on this tab are universal to most questions. Alter the default values to affect the functioning and appearance of the template you're editing. For detailed information on a specific question template, including authoring instructions, see Authoring Specific Question Types.

This is an optional field you can use to enter a consistent, user-friendly name to appear throughout CNOWv2, including assignment takes and in Gradebook reports. By default, this field is populated with Question Name you initially provided when selecting your template.

Use this field to link the current question to a Narrative item. A Narrative contains text, images, exhibits, or other information that is reused and displayed consistently in multiple questions. Your students can see this linked content as part of the question as it appears in their assignment.

By linking a Narrative to multiple questions, you can avoid the repeated effort of authoring the same content separately for each question. To link a Narrative to the current question, enter the exact name and/or directory path. (e.g. "narrative_01.xml" or "/geyser/VM_DB1985/items/160991/narrative_01.xml")

Use the Grading Mode menu to specify whether all parts of the question must be answered correctly to receive credit or whether partial credit is allowed. (Not available to Essay questions.)

° All correct answers required. Used when every aspect of the answer needs to be correct for students to receive credit.

° Partial credit given. Used to provide partial credit in cases where some of the student's answer is correct.

For any question with more than one correct answer, the method for calculating Partial credit is (#correct - #incorrect) / #total_correct.

° Permutated credit given. Used in cases where credit is given no matter what order the answers are in. Only a totally wrong response causes a loss of credit. (Available only for Fill in the Blank questions.)

Use this property to determine the type of grading method you prefer for individual questions. Later, when you're choosing content for your assignments, it's possible to filter for questions by their gradability setting.

The default value for this property depends on the question's preferred grading method. For example: Essay questions default to requires manual grading. The three possible values are defined below.

° not intended to be graded. Used in questions created to contain information not intended to be graded. (For example: information contained in a Narrative would not carry a grade.)

° requires manual grading. Used in Essay questions as no grading algorithm is available.

° electronically gradable. Used in questions that allow grading by CengageNOWv2.

Note:

° Use Authored. sets the grading so that the correct response needs to be exactly as authored.

° Enable Loose. sets the grading as less strict.

The loose setting forces a numerical substitution and comparison of random values for all variations of equivalencies for an equation. A variety of answers can be considered correct as long as the values are the same.

Use this text field to include an HTTP reference to additional media sources relevant to the question.

Check the box to hide the Hints button from students during an assignment take.

Use this dropdown menu to select a difficulty level for the question. This level should be relative to other items covering the same subject matter. The default is set to moderate. You have five levels from which to choose:

° easy

° easy-moderate

° moderate

° moderate-difficult

° difficult

Note:

This property reflects the relationship between the stated difficulty level of a question and the average skill level of the students. This value is set by the CNOWv2 server and is used when questions are designated for CAT assignments.

Discrimination can also describe how well an item can differentiate between students having abilities below the item skill level and those having abilities above the skill level.

Discrimination provides the dynamic creation of tests, presenting students with questions suited to their individual skill levels.

Selecting Story problem flags the question to allow filtering for this type of question during the assignment-creation process.

You can use this property to flag questions that are available elsewhere and thus have the chance of having been seen previously. Select one of three options from a pull-down menu: Not used publicly, Used on a pay website, and Used on a free website.

Use this text field to include a reference to the textbook or other sources of information used to construct the question.

Use the dropdown menu to select a number between 1 through 5, with a higher value indicating a question of exceptional quality or importance. The Wow Factor defaults to 0 if not specified.

Use this text field to include a statement about the learning objective for the material comprising the question. Example values might include factual, definition, and conceptual.

Use this text field to include contain correlations of an item to state curriculum standards.

Use this text field to include the item name of any similar questions to be referenced for grouping or editing purposes.