Create and Edit McGraw Hill Assessment Questions

Learn how to create and customize questions to use in assessments.

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For steps on creating questions within eAssessment, see the eAssessment Management Resources article.

For additional McGraw Hill Assess resources, see the McGraw Hill Assessment Management Resources article.

Article Contents

Access Assessments Page

Create New Questions

Edit an Existing Question

Copy a Question

Preview a Question

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 Questions

1. Click on the Questions tab.
   
   
2. Click the New Questions button.
   
   
   
   
3. Select the preferred Question Type from the drop-down.
   
   Review the Available Question Types for McGraw Hill Assessments article for details on each option.
   
   
   
   
4. Enter the Question text.
   
   A. Click the Show Preview button to view the question as students will see it on the test.
   
   
   
   
5. Depending on the question type selected, enter answer choices, text, bucket items, prompts, etc. that are needed.
   
   For steps on creating Desmos questions, see the Desmos Graphing and Geometry Questions article.
   
   B. *Toggle on Reason to add an explanation for each answer choice.
   
   C. *Toggle on Shuffle to scramble the answer choices for each student.
   
   *These are not available options for every question type.
   
   
   
   
6. Enter text or upload a file for Hint, Example, and/or Explanation. Click the Continue button after each entry for it to save. These are optional.
   
   
   
   
7. Add an Existing or New Passage. This is optional.
   
   
8. For certain question types, select the preferred Scoring option from the drop-down. Refer to the Advanced Scoring Options for McGraw Hill Assessments article for details on each of the scoring options.
   
   
9. For some question types, you have the option to add a Rubric.
   
   
10. Enter the Points the question should be worth.
    
    
11. Click the Save button at the top or bottom of the page.
    
    
    
    D. All custom-created questions can then be found in your My Questions folder.
    
    

Edit an Existing Question

1. Click on the Question tab.
   
   
2. Click on the folder or test bank where the question is located.
   
   Any edits that are made to a McGraw Hill created question will create a copy and can be found in your My Questions folder on the Questions tab.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Options button in the Actions column.
   
   
4. Click Edit from the menu.
   
   A. Another option is to click on the question Title.
   
   
   
   
5. Make any necessary changes to the provided fields.
   
   
6. Click the Save button at the top or bottom of the page.

Copy a Question

1. Click on the Question tab.
   
   
2. Click on the folder or test bank where the question is located.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Options button in the Actions column.
   
   
4. Click Copy Question from the menu.
   
   
   
   The copied question will show below the original with (Copy) at the beginning of the Title.
   
   

Preview a Question

1. Click on the Question tab.
   
   
2. Click on the folder or test bank where the question is located.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Options button in the Actions column.
   
   
4. Click Preview from the menu.
   
   
   
   The question will show in a pop-up and include the question text and any associated answer choices.