Creating Tests in your Word Processor

When you make your tests, please follow these procedures for creating multiple choice, true/false, or sliding continuum test questions. Other types of test questions cannot be imported using these procedures and must be entered manually, one at a time.

• Open your word processor and create a blank page. If you type a header, title, or other text above the first question, it will be ignored. 
   
• Create multiple choice questions with one or more correct answers as follows:
  
  1. Who was the first President of the United States?
  A. George Bush
  B. George Washington*
  C. Teddy Roosevelt
   
  • Begin the first question in the test by typing 1. next to the left margin followed by a space.
  • Follow the question by the options, each of which should begin with a letter of the alphabet.
    • There is a maximum of 10 sub-options (A to J). If any more are included, they will be ignored.
  • If there is an asterisk * ANYWHERE on the line of a sub-option, that indicates it is the correct answer.
    • If there is no asterisk on any line, then A is the correct answer by default.
  • If a question has 2 or more correct answers, put an asterisk on each line.
     
• Create True/False questions as follows:
  
  2. Was George Washington the second President of the United States?
  A. True
  B. False*
   
  • Put True on the first line and False on the second.
  • If the answer is true, you don't need to include the asterisk
  • If the answer is false, put an asterisk after "false" on the second line.
     
• Importing content for the Tutorials and Commentaries:
  • 
    Tutorial content can be imported by as shown in the example above by adding the labels shown in red. Note: it must be on the last line of the answers for each question. Tutorials usually give hints as how to find the correct answer.
    
    2. Was George Washington the second President of the United States?
    A. True
    B. False*
    Tutorial: His name is also the name of the capitol of the U.S.
     
  • Commentary content can be imported by as shown in the example above by adding the labels shown in red. Note: it must be on the next line after any of the answers. Commentaries usually contain additional instructional material.
    
    2. Was George Washington the second President of the United States?
    A. True
    B. False*
    Commentary: You can find additional materials on this person in your text book, page 235.
     
  • If you want to add both a tutorial and commentary to the same question, then they must be combined on the same line as follows:
    
    2. Was George Washington the second President of the United States?
    A. True
    B. False*
    Tutorial: His name is also the name of the capitol of the U.S.  Commentary: You can find additional materials on this person in your text book, page 235.
     
• Create Sliding Continuum (Type 10) questions as follows:
  
  3. George Washington was one of the greatest Presidents the United States!
  *5
   
  • It is assumed the continuum is 1 to 5 (Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree)
    • The descriptions can be change manually
  • The preferred answer is indicated on the next line by placing an asterisk * to the left of a number.
    • *5 or 5* on the next line both indicate that 5 is the preferred answer (Strongly Agree)