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• Click Items from the top menu bar

• Click + Create new Item

• From the drop down list select Hotspot Question

• Using the free text box enter a title for your Item

• You can edit the Case Number manually using the free text box or arrow buttons, otherwise the system will automatically populate this field. This field cannot be changed later.

• Click Create Item

• [Optional] Click in the box for Question Author(s) to identify who the author(s) of the Item is. If left blank then the current logged in user (you) will be identified as the Question Author.

• In the text editor provided, enter the content (question rubric) for your Item.

• [Optional] Using the free text box provided, add any comments as required. These will not be visible to candidates.

• [Optional] Using the free text box provided, add any notes as required. These can be made visible to candidates in their candidate feedback report.

• [Optional] Using the arrows or free text box, identify the Angoff Value

• [Optional] Using the drop down menu, select the Difficulty of the Item

• [Optional] Using the drop down menu, select the Relevance of the Item

• Click Save item

• Click Item Resources

• Click + Add a resource

• [Optional] Using the free text box enter the Resource name

• [Optional] Using the free text box enter the Resource caption

• Click the word Choose to open the system Resource library and select the Resource required

OR

• Click Choose File to open your device library and select a file to upload to the system as a new Resource

• If Consent is not applicable to the file your are uploading then check the box provided

• If consent is applicable and provided then upload the consent form using the Choose File button to open your device library and select the relevant

• Check the box for Declaration identifying that consent has been given

• If any Blueprint tagging is required for this Resource it can be done at this stage by clicking Change. You can then search or click through the menus to identify which tags apply to the Resource.

• If multiple Resources are required click Save and add another.

• Click Save to return to the Item overview

• Click on the Item Information tab. The first Hotspot is automatically added. Click Empty to change the name of that Hotspot. The text entered here (name of the Hotspot) will be seen by the candidate as the objects to identify in the image(s).

• Scroll down; the ability to add hotspots appears below the image.

• The first Hotspot is automatically added. Click Empty to change the name of that Hotspot. The text entered here (name of the Hotspot) will be seen by the candidate as the objects to identify in the image(s).

• Click Edit.

• To create the selection, you click within the image to create which join to create a path. When the polygon is completed, click Save. The lines of the polygon must not overlap. Clicking on an existing point will delete that point, and the polygon will automatically join the two points on either side. Shift+Click may be used to move existing vertices of the polygon. Practique attempts to create vertices in the correct order automatically (radially from the centre of mass of the polygon) and this works well for most simple polygons. For complex concave polygons it may be necessary to create the vertices and then use Shift+Click to move them to the correct place afterwards.

• You can add multiple Hotspots by clicking Add new Hotspot and repeating the above steps.

• Once all required Hotspots are added, you can then proceed to click Submit for review or Save Item.

Image Added

• Click Show me or Blueprinting to navigate to the Blueprinting screen

• Click Add Coordinate for the blueprinting as required

• Click Change

• Click Select to identify which coordinate(s) should be applied to the Item

• Repeat until all blueprinting is complete

• Click Submit for Review

• Enter any Comment using the free text box provided in the pop up window

• Identify any user required to receive a notification via email that the Item has been submitted for review using the free text box provided

• Click Submit for review

The following steps are [Optional] dependant on your requirements.

• Click Item Resources

• Click + Add a resource

• [Optional] Using the free text box enter the Resource name

• [Optional] Using the free text box enter the Resource caption

• Click the word Choose to open the system Resource library and select the Resource required

OR

• Click Choose File to open your device library and select a file to upload to the system as a new Resource

• If Consent is not applicable to the file your are uploading then check the box provided

• If consent is applicable and provided then upload the consent form using the Choose File button to open your device library and select the relevant

• Check the box for Declaration identifying that consent has been given

• If any Blueprint tagging is required for this Resource it can be done at this stage by clicking Change. You can then search or click through the menus to identify which tags apply to the Resource.

• If multiple Resources are required click Save and add another.

• Click Save to return to the Item overview

• Click Blueprinting

• Click Add coordinate for the relevant Blueprint Map

• Click Change to identify the relevant Dimension(s)