Create and Edit McGraw Hill Assessment Passages

Learn how to create and customize passages for your assessments.

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Article Contents

Access Assessments Page

Create New Passages

Edit a Custom Passage

Preview a Passage

Show Questions Attached to Passage

Access Assessments Page

1. Launch your course.
   
   
2. Click on Assessments from the navigation menu.
   
   
   
   For certain programs such as Networks and Wonders, you will need to click on Assess (A), Assessments (B), or Online Assessment Center (C).
   
   
   
   
   
   

Create New Passages

1. Click on the Passage tab.
   
   
2. Click the New Passage button.
   
   
   
   A. You can also create a new passage while editing or creating a question by clicking the +Create New link at the bottom of the question editing page.
   
   
   
   
3. On the pop-up, enter a Title.
   
   
4. Enter the Content of the passage.
   
   
5. Click the Add Passage button.
   
   
   
   B. All custom-created passages can then be found in your My Passages folder to be used on custom assessments.
   
   

Edit a Custom Passage

1. Click on the Passage tab.
   
   
2. Click on the My Passages folder.
   
   
   
   
3. Click on Options in the Actions column.
   
   
4. Click Edit from the menu.
   
   A. You can also click on the Title of the passage.
   
   
   
   
5. On the Edit passage pop-up, make changes to the Title and/or Content.
   
   
6. Click the Save button to confirm changes.
   
   

Preview a Passage

1. Click on the Passage tab.
   
   
2. Click on the My Passages folder.
   
   
   
   
3. Click on Options in the Actions column.
   
   
4. Click Preview from the menu.
   
   

Show Questions Attached to Passage

1. Click on the Passage tab.
   
   
2. Click on the My Passages folder.
   
   
   
   
3. Click on Options in the Actions column.
   
   
4. Click Show Questions from the menu.
   
   
   
   The pop-up will show the passage content, the title of each question that is associated with the passage, and the type of question.
   
   A. Click the Preview button to view the associated question.