Creating New Items from a Template

When building a test, you can create new items directly in the test builder. The items that you create on a test can also be edited individually in the item builder (if they have a Draft status) and added to other tests.

1.To select an item template, click Create from Template on a blank test page in the test builder. The Create from Template panel appears.

2.Select the item’s required properties from the fields that appear. These properties will make it easier to organize and locate your items and tests in Checkpoint, as well as in the Test Administration Site and the Centralized Reporting system. You can also replace the default item name with a more descriptive name in this section.

3.To select an item template, click the template you want to use in the list of options that appears. Items with a pencil icon will need to be scored by a user in Centralized Reporting.

4.You can fill out the template by following the same process used to create items in the item builder. You can click Tutorial in the toolbar to watch a video illustrating the steps for completing the template.

5.You can align items to standards and enter other item properties by selecting options from the Item Properties panel in the toolbar.

6.When you are finished authoring the content, click Save Item in the item toolbar. Once you save an item, it is added to your personal items library. You can add this item to other tests as well, but its content and properties will lock once one of its associated tests is published.