Adding Instructions

Add instructions to quizzes and common assessments as follows:

1.On the Dashboard screen, on the course containing the activity to which you want to add instructions, click Content.

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The Content screen displays.

2.Click the name of the activity to which you want to add instructions.

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The activity Details screen displays.

3.In the Instructions area, enter instructions for the students to complete the activity.

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Note: Above the Instructions text area, you can click Plain to turn on rich text editing (which then displays as RTF in the Text Mode area).

Note: You can use the rich text toolbar to format text, change colors or add links or video. For more information, see https://ckeditor.com/docs/. The toolbar includes a math equation editor (MathType™) represented by WIRIS_icon.png. For information about how to use the editor, go to http://docs.wiris.com/en/mathtype/mathtype_web/start.

4.(Optional) To set the number of questions that display on a page, use the Paging Option drop-down list:

one page – All questions, resources/text, and sections display on one page

one page per item – Each question and resource/text display on their own pages

one page per section – Each section of questions and resources/text display on their own pages; instructions specified for a section repeat on each page

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5.Click Update.

The instructions now display to your students on the Activity Details screen in ParentAccess.