The Basics of Item Authoring

ADAM Items act as containers for questions and features. As an author, you have a few different configuration options available when you view an Item - you can:

Create a new Item via the New Item + tab, located at the top right of the Authoring | Items page.

Figure 1: Create a new Item.

Preview an Item as it will look to the student, and test the scoring to make sure everything is working as expected. You can check out our Item preview article here.

Figure 2: Item preview.

Edit the Item - this involves changing layouts , adding/removing questions and features, and even configuring dynamic content.

Figure 3: Item edit.

Control the Item scoring - select from the default Per Question scoring, Dichotomous, or Dependent (EBSR).