For Admin Users: Creating Subjects to Associate with Content

In order for educators to associate their original test items with subjects, authorized users must first create those subjects and make them available to their institutionssuch as a school or district. Subjects for ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science are already provided.

The educators in the selected institutions will be able to associate their items and standards with the subjects you create. The subjects for tests will be automatically determined based on the items added to tests. Associating content with subjects makes it easier to organize that content in Authoring and easier to locate published tests when running test sessions in the Test Administration Site.

1.To create a new subject, select Manage Subjects from the My Settings menu in the banner. The Manage Subjects window appears.

2.Click Create New. The New Subject window appears.

3.Enter a name for the new subject, such as Geography.

4.Enter an abbreviation for the new subject, such as GEO.

5.Mark the checkbox for each institution that should be able to associate items with this subject.

6.Click Save.

7.Optional: To modify or remove a subject, select Manage Subjects from the My Settings menu in the banner. The Manage Subjects window appears. Then do either of the following:

• To edit a subject, click Edit beside the appropriate subject name, then modify that subject’s name, abbreviation, and/or assigned institutions.
• To remove a subject, click Remove beside the appropriate subject name. Users will no longer be able to associate their content with that subject.