User's Manual Part 2

Gradebook
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Gradebook
Setting Assignment Creation Preferences
You have many options available when
you create your assignments in
AccelTest. These options range from
what item types appear in the opening
screen (Favorite Item Types) when you
create your assignment, to the
instructions, number of points and
number of answer lines provided for an
essay assignment.
The instructions in steps 1-3 apply to
every setting. Detailed descriptions for
each setting, from Favorite Item Types
to Essay, follow step 3.
1.
Click on the Preferences drop-down
menu and go to Assignment Creation.
2. Find the setting in the drop-down menu that you want to change and click on it.
3. Make your changes and then click [OK].
• Favorite Item Types:
When you create your New Assignment in the
Assignment tab, notice that there are four item
types on the New Assignment dialog box. (See
“Creating Questions for a New Assignment”
on page 64.)
To change any of the items in the New
Assignment dialog box, use steps 1-3 above and
select what four types of items appear using the
Favorite Item Types setting.
Note: Items you remove can be found by
clicking [More Item Types] in the New
Assignment window.
In the Assignment Creation Options dialog
box, click on an item you want to remove
under Favorite item types, and click [Remove].
Then click on the item type you want to add
under Item types to choose from, and click
[Add]. Your choice appears under Favorite
Item types. Repeat to change other item types.