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How do I insert stimulus content in New Quizzes?

When creating a quiz, you can insert stimulus content in New Quizzes. Stimulus content gives students a piece of content with associated questions.

Note: You can add stimulus content to an item bank. However, questions attached to the stimulus content are not automatically added to the item bank and must be added manually.

Add Question

Add Question

To create a question, click the Add button anywhere in the quiz.

Add Stimulus Question

Add Stimulus Question

Click the Add Stimulus button.

Add Stimulus

Add Stimulus

To create a stimulus title, add a title to the Title field [1]. To add instructions for the stimulus, add instructions to the Instructions field [2].

Note: The title of the stimulus question is visible to students taking the quiz.

Add Stimulus Content

Add Stimulus Content

To add content for the stimulus, type or paste content into the Rich Content Editor [1]. To format text or add media, links, or tables, use the Rich Content Editor icons [2].

Select Stimulus Options

Add Source URL

In the stimulus options [1], you can select where the questions are located and a source URL.

To select where attached questions are placed in regards to the stimulus, click the Orientation drop-down menu [2]. You can place attached questions to the right of the stimulus or below the stimulus.

To add a source URL, enter the URL in the Source URL field [3].

Add to Item Bank

Add to Item Bank

To add the stimulus to an item bank, click the Add to Bank link.

Attach Question

Attach Question

To attach a question to the stimulus, click the Attach Question button [1]. Then click the question type you want to attach [2]. You can also select content from an item bank [3].

All question types can be associated with stimulus content.

Note: If a question is not attached to the stimulus, the stimulus will not appear in students' quizzes.

View Stimulus

View Stimulus

The stimulus and question will appear side by side in the quiz.

To attach another question to the stimulus, click the Attach Question button.

Note: Each question attached to a stimulus will each appear next to the stimulus when the quiz is set to display one question at a time.