This lesson provides step-by-step guidance on creating a Graphing Points item in the Item Bank. This item type requires students to plot points on a graph according to given information. This question type can be administered online only, does not offer partial credit, and is automatically scored.
Before You Begin
This lesson begins assuming that users have the permissions to create new Item Bank items, and are familiar with the item creation process. To learn more about creating Item Bank items, take a look at the Create Items article.
Create Graphing Points Item
- Select the Graphing Points item type.
- (Optional) Choose one or more passages by selecting Link Passage.
- Passages must be published and located in the same Work Space to be available for linking.
- Use the slider to determine if the item should Include Teacher Instructions.
- If the slider is set to Yes, enter teacher instructions into the text box.
- Enter the Question in the text box.
- The Question may also include audio, video, images, equations, or tables, as shown in the CKEditor formatting tools. Take a look at CKEditor Formatting Tools for Staff Users for more details.
- Enter the Total Possible Points that students can earn on the item.
- Select the # of Choices that students will need to plot on the graph to answer the item.
- Enter the X Axis parameters to build the desired graph where students will plot their points.
- X Axis Title: Enter the label that students will see for the X Axis. This may simply be X or X Axis, or it may represent Time or Distance, such as in a word problem.
- X Axis Min. Value: Enter the lowest X Axis value; this must be 0 or a negative number for the Y Axis to display.
- X Axis Max. Value: Enter the highest X Axis value; this must be 0 or a positive number for the Y Axis to display.
- X Axis Step Value: The step value determines the interval between grid lines and labels, and may need to be adjusted to be larger or smaller based on the Min and Max Axis values.
- Enter the Y Axis parameters of the graph.
- Y Axis Title: Enter the label that students will see for the Y Axis. This may simply be Y or Y Axis, or it may represent Time or Distance, such as in a word problem.
- Y Axis Min. Value: Enter the lowest Y Axis value; this must be 0 or a negative number for the X Axis to display.
- Y Axis Max. Value: Enter the highest Y Axis value; this must be 0 or a positive number for the X Axis to display.
- Y Axis Step Value: The step value determines the interval between grid lines and labels, and may need to be adjusted to be larger or smaller based on the Min and Max Axis values.
- Select a Square, Tall, or Wide Grid Height & Width that will best fit the entered grid parameters, based on if the Min and Max X and Y Axis values are equal, or if one axis is larger than the other.
- Answer Choices automatically populate based on the # of Choices selected in step 6. Enter the X and Y Coordinates of each point that students will need to plot on the graph.
- Select the trashcan icon to delete an Answer Choice.
- Select Add Choice to add another Answer Choice.
- The # of Choices will update automatically whenever an Answer Choice is deleted or added to the list, to reflect the current number of Answer Choices.
- Select Save to save the item progress, or select Next to save and continue to the next step.
Next Steps
To learn more about creating different item types, take a look at the other articles in the Item Types manual.