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Modifying assessment questions

You can change the question text; point value; feedback; any attached images, files, or URLs; and the order in which the questions appear in an assessment. You can also add questions to an assessment and remove questions from an assessment.

Note: To modify questions in a TestGen test, you must modify the assessment in the TestGen application and then upload the edited test to CourseCompass.

To modify a question in an assessment:

1. Click the course name on the My CourseCompass page.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Under Assessment, click the link for the assessment's manager, for example, Assessment/Test Manager.

4. Click Modify next to the assessment you want to edit.

Caution: After a student has taken an assessment, you should make only textual changes to it, for example, to correct typos in question text. Do not add or remove questions, change point values, add or remove answers or feedback, change file attachments, or change assessment creation settings. CourseCompass displays a warning message if you attempt to modify an assessment that one or more students have already taken. Ignoring this warning can invalidate existing assessment attempts and may corrupt the entire assessment and related gradebook entries.

5. Click Modify next to the question you want to edit.

6. If no student has taken the test, you can modify any of the following aspects of the question. If students have taken the test, modify only the items with an asterisk (*) next to them:

• Question text *

• Point value

• Number of answers

• Answer text *

• Feedback *

• Files, images, or URLs associated with a question, answer, or feedback.

7. (Optional) Change the order in which questions appear in the assessment by selecting a different question number from the drop-down list to the left of a question. Repeat this step until you are satisfied with the question order.

8. Click Submit.

9. If students have already taken the assessment, click Continue.

Note: If you have added the assessment to a content area, you can modify the test questions in the content area itself. To do so, click the link in the Control Panel for the content area that includes the assessment. Click Modify next to the assessment, then click Modify the Test options or Modify the Survey options.