Editing / Creating New Version of an Existing Item

Editing an Item 

Note: Items can only be edited by a single user at a time.

Messaging: when a user attempts to edit an item that is currently being edited by another user the following message will be displayed:

Item is being edited by other user.  If you want to edit, please try again later.

Items that are not in a locked test will be indicated by a blue open lock icon.

Content and About information can be edited when an item in not locked.

1. Click on the name of the item within the Item Bank.
   
   
2. Select the Item to Edit
3. Click on the Edit/Preview toggle button and ensure Edit is highlighted (not Preview). Hover over the Pencil icon and select Edit. Make the necessary changes.
   
   
   
4. Click the blue Save button inside the item editor panel.  This will save the changes you made to the item content.
   
   
5. Navigating to the Previous and Next Items (from all item Screens)

       Select Previous to go to the Previous Item or Next to go to the Next Item

       

• A confirmation of save will display when changes / edits have been made to an item before navigating to the Next or Previous Items

      6. Select Save and Exit to return to the Item List

     

Click on About Information to Edit non statistical information about the item.

 Click on Statistics to edit any statistical information about the item.

Note: Item Statistics includes test item statistics. See note on importing Item Statistics: Importing Item Statistics

Click on History to view the Item history.

Click on Comments to add new and view existing comments.

 

Click on Add Comment 

Enter the comment and Click on Add

Note: Click the Save & Exit button at any time to Save and Exit the Edit Item screen.

Editing a Locked Item

Items that are included in a Locked test will be indicated by a red lock icon.

The content of a locked item can be edited.  Please take note of the messaging on the screen when making edits to the Item Content.

If the edit to the item would affect the scoring of the an examinee who has previously seen and answered the item please rescore the session by going to the Session View Screen and select Rescore.

Item Metadata

* = can be edited when Item is locked.

Item ID	Name of Item (Alpha Numeric)
Author	Name of the Item Author
Created on	Date Item created
Description	Full description of the Item
Typing Scoring Item	Items that are used to test typing speed. Creating a Typing Test Item
10 Key Scoring Item	Items that are used to test 10 key typing. Creating a 10-Key Scoring Item
Enemy items *	Any item that must not be used with this item in a test.
Depth of Knowledge *	Depth of Knowledge level
Status *	Status of Item: New, Active, Retired, Review
Incomplete*	An item is marks as Incomplete Yes when a required field has not been entered.
Source *	Source information about the item
Add Tag *	Tag the Item for easy reference. How do I use tags?

All information of the Statistics Screen can be edited when an Item is locked:

Creating a New Version of an Item

This function is used when the item requires a re-write.  The New Version will replace the existing Version of the Item.  

It is important to NOTE that if the Re-Versioned Item is in an existing test, the test will have to be edited or duplicated and the New Version of the Item inserted into the test.

To create a New Version of an Item:

1. Select the Item

2. Select the New Version button

The item version will be indicated on the Item History Screen.