Add a new question: Interacting image

Step-by-step instructions on how to add a new question of the Interacting image/screen simulator type

This article describes how you can add a new question of interacting image/screen simulator type to your biz:Examiner authoring environment.

The first steps

Adding a new question is common across all question types. To see how to add a new question, see Add a new question.

Add new Interacting image/screen simulator type question

In an interacting image/screen simulator type question, you can design a simulation experience for the participants by using design elements such as buttons, checkboxes, input fields, and lists. The participants respond by finding patterns, or by matching or grouping the items. For example, using a software interface to label elements on a picture.

To add an interacting image/screen simulator type question, follow the steps below.

Select ‘Interacting image/screen simulator’ as the question type. The ‘New question’ dialog box opens that shows the question type as ‘Interacting image/screen simulator’.
In ‘Title’, write the title of this question. This title appears in the list of topics.
In ‘Language’, select a language that you want to use in the question.
In ‘Tags’, write one or more tags for this question. These tags can be the keywords for this question that you can use to search a question anytime.
Click on ‘Create’ to save this new question. You can click on ‘Back’ to select another type of question to get started.

When a new question is added to the list of topics, a yellow color icon shows in the topic title. It means that the question is not activated.

Complete the question details and advanced settings

The ‘Question text’ tab

The ‘Question text’ tab is selected by default. Write the question text here.

Text editor for formatting

A text editor is available to format the question content for styling options. Please see Common reference to add a new question: Using text editor, for the detailed instructions.

The menu options

The text editor shows a menu bar where a set of menus show you the basic text editor options, and a few additional and advanced actions to set up the right structure of the questions’ text as required. Please see Common reference to add a new question: Using menus, for the detailed instructions.

Instruction

You have an option to add an instruction for this question. Instructions are common for the same question types. If another ‘Interacting image/screen simulator’ type question already has one or more instructions in any language, these instructions are available in this new ‘Interacting image/screen simulator’ type question in the same language, for your use.

Click on the ‘Edit’ icon and the ‘Edit instructions’ dialog box opens.
Click on ‘Add instruction’.
In ‘Language’, select a language for the instruction text.
In ‘Instruction text’ write the content for the instruction.
Click on ‘Save’ to save this instruction.

Follow the same steps to add more instructions and you can select any one instruction, anytime when you edit this question.

The ‘Background image’ tab

Add a background image for this question. Select the ‘Background image’ tab.

The ‘Upload background image’ dialog opens. You can upload a background image.

If the question text contains one or more images, these are listed in this dialog box, and you can select any of these as the background image. In the ‘Images available for all questions’ tab, you can see a list of all the questions that are available in all the questions, in this topic. Select any of these images to set it as the background image of this question.

The ‘Interacting fields’ tab

biz:Examiner enables you to set up different types of interacting fields and options to set up their values, their sequence for the order of appearance, and their exact location on the canvas/interface.

Click on ‘Interacting fields’.

Add new fields

In ‘Select field’, select the type of field that you want to add. Each of these fields show the corresponding options to set values.

Click on the “Create new field’ icon, the + icon next to ‘Select field’.

In ‘Create new field’ select list, select the type of field that you want to create. The options are:

Text input
Number (integer)
Select menu
Checkbox
Button
Caption

For all the field types, create on ‘Create new field’. The corresponding field appears on the interface, as a preview for your reference.

To change properties such as height, width, or position of a field, click on the anchor point (little purple square) at the top left corner of a field. The selected field is highlighted in yellow.

Size, position, and evaluation settings: Text input

Locate the text field, and you can set its exact location, size, and the evaluation settings for the points.

Click on the anchor point for this field. The selected field is shown with a filled color for your easy reference. The ‘Properties’ tab appears for this selected field.

The ‘Property’ tab

In ‘Height’, write the height of this text field.
In ‘Width’, write the width of this text field.
In ‘Position’, write the values for the x-coordinates and y-coordinates, in the respective fields.
Delete field: Click on ‘Delete field’ to delete this text field. biz:Examiner asks you to confirm if you want to remove this field. Click on ‘Yes’ to confirm it.
Duplicate field: Click on ‘Duplicate field’ to create a copy of this text field. A duplicate field appears with the same height and width, in a corner on the canvas/interface. Select this new text field and write the x-coordinates and y-coordinates in ‘Position’ for this field.

The ‘Evaluation settings’ tab

By default, a text field gives you an option to write four different possible answers, to match with the participants’ response. For each answer, you can assign different evaluation points, set up case-sensitivity, and give them an option to leave it blank.

In ‘Correct value 1’, write the first possible answer for this text field value.
Click on the ‘Empty’ link to add the ‘Empty’ variable as the answer. It means that the participants can leave it as blank.
In ‘Points when correct’, write the points that the participants score if they answer it correctly, for this first value of the text field.
Select the ‘Case sensitive’ box to match the correct value with the participants’ response for case-sensitivity as well.

Follow the same steps to set up evaluation values and settings to the other three correct answer values for this text field.

Size, position, and evaluation settings: Number (Integer)

Locate the text number (integer), and you can set its exact location, size, and the evaluation settings for the points.

Click on the anchor tag for this field. The selected field is shown with a filled color for your easy reference. The ‘Properties’ tab appears for this selected field.

The ‘Property’ tab

In ‘Height’, write the height of this number field.
In ‘Width’, write the width of this number field.
In ‘Position’, write the values for the x-coordinates and y-coordinates, in the respective fields.
Delete field: Click on ‘Delete field’ to delete this number field. biz:Examiner asks you to confirm if you want to remove this field. Click on ‘Yes’ to confirm it.
Duplicate field: Click on ‘Duplicate field’ to create a copy of this number field. A duplicate number field appears with the same height and width, in a corner on the canvas/interface. Select this new number field and write the x-coordinates and y-coordinates in ‘Position’ for this field.

The ‘Evaluation settings’ tab

By default, a number field gives you an option to write four different possible answers, to match with the participants’ response. For each answer, you can assign different evaluation points, set up case-sensitivity, and give them an option to leave it blank.

In ‘Correct value 1’, write the first possible answer for this number field value.
Click on the ‘Empty’ link to add the ‘Empty’ variable as the answer. It means that the participants can leave it as blank.
In ‘Points when correct’, write the points that the participants score if they answer it correctly, for this first value of the number field.

Follow the same steps to set up evaluation values and settings and the other three correct answer values for this number field.

Size, position, and evaluation settings: Select menu type

Locate the ‘Select menu’ field, and you can set its exact location, size, and the evaluation settings for the points.

Click on the anchor point for this field. The selected field is shown with a filled color for your easy reference. The ‘Properties’ tab appears for this selected field.

The ‘Property’ tab

In ‘Height’, write the height of this select menu field.
In ‘Width’, write the width of this select menu field.
In ‘Position’, write the values for the x-coordinates and y-coordinates, in the respective fields.
Delete field: Click on ‘Delete field’ to delete this select menu field. biz:Examiner asks you to confirm if you want to remove this field. Click on ‘Yes’ to confirm it.
Duplicate field: Click on ‘Duplicate field’ to create a copy of this select menu field. A duplicate select field appears with the same height and width, in a corner on the canvas/interface. Select this new select menu field and write the x-coordinates and y-coordinates in ‘Position’ for this field.

Set up ‘Select menu’ options: In ‘Options’, write down the select menu option. Click on ‘Add’ to add it for the menu field. After you add multiple options, each option shows you the following actions.

Edit: Click on the ‘Edit’ icon to change the option value.
Delete: Click on the ‘Delete’ icon to remove it from the select menu.
Re-order: Click on the up arrow or down arrow to change the sequence or order of the options for how these appear in the select menu.

The ‘Evaluation settings’ tab

For each select menu option, you can assign different points for the evaluation.

In ‘Correct value 1’, select a value that you created in the Options, in the “Properties” tab.
In ‘Points when correct’, write the points that the participants score if they answer it correctly, for this selected value.

Follow the same steps to set up points for other correct values.

Size, position, and evaluation settings: Checkbox type

Locate the checkbox field and you can set its exact location, size, and the evaluation settings for the points.

Click on the anchor tag for this field. The selected field is shown with a filled color for your easy reference. The ‘Properties’ tab appears for this selected field.

The ‘Property’ tab

In ‘Height’, write the height of this checkbox field.
In ‘Width’, write the width of this checkbox field.
In ‘Position’, write the values for the x-coordinates and y-coordinates, in the respective fields.
Delete field: Click on ‘Delete field’ to delete this checkbox field. biz:Examiner asks you to confirm if you want to remove this field. Click on ‘Yes’ to confirm it.
Duplicate field: Click on ‘Duplicate field’ to create a copy of this checkbox field. A duplicate checkbox field appears with the same height and width, in a corner on the canvas/interface. Select this new checkbox field and write the x-coordinates and y-coordinates in ‘Position’ for this field.

Set up ‘Select menu’ options: In ‘Options’, write down the checkbox option. Click on ‘Add’ to add it for the menu field. After you add multiple options, each option shows you the following actions.

Edit: Click on the ‘Edit’ icon to change the option value.
Delete: Click on the ‘Delete’ icon to remove it from the select menu.
Re-order: Click on the up arrow or down arrow to change the sequence or order of the options for how these appear in the checkbox.

The ‘Evaluation settings’ tab

For the checkbox field, the two possible answering options are checkbox checked or unchecked.

In ‘It’s correct, when checkbox is’:

Select ‘checked’ if the answer is considered correct when the checkbox is selected.
Select ‘unchecked’ if the answer is considered correct when the checkbox is not selected.

In ‘Points when correct’, write the points that the participants score if they answer it correctly.

Size, position, and evaluation settings: Button type

Locate the button field and you can set its exact location, size, and the evaluation settings for the points.

Click on the anchor point for this field. The selected field is shown with a filled color for your easy reference. The ‘Properties’ tab appears for this selected field.

The ‘Property’ tab

In ‘Height’, write the height of this button field.
In ‘Width’, write the width of this button field.
In ‘Position’, write the values for the x-coordinates and y-coordinates, in the respective fields.
Delete field: Click on ‘Delete field’ to delete this button field. biz:Examiner asks you to confirm if you want to remove this field. Click on ‘Yes’ to confirm it.
Duplicate field: Click on ‘Duplicate field’ to create a copy of this button field. A duplicate button field appears with the same height and width, in a corner on the canvas/interface. Select this new button field and write the x-coordinates and y-coordinates in ‘Position’ for this field.

The ‘Evaluation settings’ tab

For the button field, the two possible answering options are ‘active’ or ‘’not active’.

In ‘It’s correct, when button is’:

Select ‘active’ if the button being active is the correct answer.
Select ‘not active if the button being not active is the correct answer.

For example, you can use this option to set up the team workflow. If you have three such buttons each on a different icon or a different person name, the participants need to select the right button to send a message or a file to the next person in the workflow.

In ‘Points when correct’, write the points that the participants score if they answer it correctly.

Set fields’ order

When you have multiple fields, you can set their tab order. This defines in which order the fields will be visited by the cursor when using tabulator key. Click on the ‘Edit tab order’ icon that is available immediately next to the ‘Create new field’ icon.

Select a field in the visual view.
Use the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ arrows to move these up or down respectively, to set the tab order.

The ‘Options’ tab

The ‘Evaluation settings’ enable you to set up point scoring settings for the question.

In ‘All answers must be correct’: Select ‘Yes’ if the participants need to answer all the parts in the questions, correct. In this case, the ‘Points if all answers correct’ option appears where you can specify the points that the participants score if all their answers are correct. Select ‘No’ if this condition does not apply to this question.
In ‘Negative points possible’: Select ‘Yes’ if the participants can secure negative points for this question and select ‘No’ if the participants cannot secure negative points for this question.
In ‘Define max points for question’: Select ‘Yes’ to set up a max points that participants can score for this question, and select ‘No’ if there is no max points limit.
In ‘Max points for question’: write down the points that the participants can secure for this question.
In ‘Ignore question in result calculation when not answered’: Select ‘Yes’ if you want that the points scored in this question are not included in the exam result, if the question is not answered. For example, if the exam settings mean that an unanswered question invites some negative score. In that case, this setting here in ‘Ignore question in result calculation when now allowed’ enables you to bypass that exam setting. (comment)

General settings

In ‘Show info overlay when jumping to the question’, you can add and use information overlays to add additional messages. For example, a tooltip like help text for the participants when they are in an exam. Please see Common reference to add new question: Using info overlays for more details.

Select ‘Show question text in split panel (not available in preview)’ to show the question text in a column view when the participants answer this question. Select ‘show in left panel’ or ‘show in right panel’ to show the question in the left side or right side column of the answer space, respectively.

The other tabs

For the instructions on the ‘Feedback’ tab, the ‘Media/Resources’ tab, the ‘Information’ tab, the ‘Topics’ tab, and the ‘Preview’ tab, please see Add a new question for details.

Save options

Click on ‘Save’ to save these details in the question. When you use the ‘Save’ option, the question does not impact the exam if it is added to an exam. In a way, the question is saved as a draft and you can add it to an exam, anytime.

Click on ‘Save and activate’ to save the question, and to activate it. This means that the question is ready to be added to an exam. If you make any changes in the question or its settings after you use ‘Save and activate’, the question is saved as the next revision for an exam. Please see Questions – Common Reference to Add New Question: Revisions and Exams for more details.