Navigating the Test & Survey ribbon

The Test & Survey ribbon contains commands and options for adding tests, surveys, and questions to your title. Obtain user feedback from your users about your title. You can process results and submit them to learning management systems, Google Drive™ addresses or custom databases.

Question

Click this to configure and add a question to the current page. The graphic that is displayed is dynamic; it changes to the previously selected item. Click the drop-down list to select from several predefined question types, like fill-in-the-blank, true-and-false, and short answer.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+8 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Tests, surveys, and questions

Test

Click this to add a test to the current page. A test is a special kind of chapter. When a test contains questions, the program will be able to grade the results. Tests can contain test sections and pages. Test sections, similar to the section object, are a means of organizing pages within the test. The pages are the physical pages that your users will see, and will contain the questions that comprise the test.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+6 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Tests, surveys, and questions

Test Section

Click this to add a test section to the current test. Test sections can be used to organize the pages in a test.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+7 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Tests, surveys, and questions

Survey

Click this to add a survey to the current page.You can process results and submit them to learning management systems, Google Drive, or custom databases.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Alt+6 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Tests, surveys, and questions

Form

Click this to add a form to the current page. Forms and form objects enable you to add user controls, such as radio buttons, check boxes and entry fields. Form objects can be used as standalone components to gather information from the user, or they can be used inside of a form to be submitted outside of the published title.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+2 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Working with forms

Radio Button Group

Click this to add a radio button group to the current page. Adding this adds three default radio buttons automatically. Radio button groups are logical objects because they have no physical representation on a page. Radio button groups are used to group individual radio buttons. When a set of radio buttons is placed within a radio button group, the user will only be able to select one of the radio buttons contained within the group.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+3 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Adding a radio button group

Radio Button

Click this to add a radio button to the current form object or page. Radio buttons are input objects that enable users to select a specified option. When radio buttons are contained within a radio button group, users will only be able to select one of the radio buttons.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+4 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Adding a radio button

Check Box

Click this to add a check box to the current form object or page. Check boxes are input objects that enable users to select and clear a specified option.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+5 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Adding a check box

Entry Field

Click this add an entry field to the current form object or page. Entry fields are input objects that enable users to type a value.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+6 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Adding an entry field

Drop-Down List

Click this to add a drop-down list to the current form object or page. Drop-down lists are input objects that enable users to select a value from a list of pre-defined values.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+7 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Adding a drop-down list

List Box

Click this to add a list box to the current form object or page. List boxes are input objects that enable users to select one or more values from a list of pre-defined values.

This menu item corresponds to typing the Ctrl+Alt+8 keyboard shortcut.

See also: Adding a list box

Text Label

Click this to add the text label of a form object. Label text is the text adjacent to the form object's component that tells your project's viewers what information to enter or select (for example, "First Name:," "State/Province:"). A text label is a text block that can be associated with a form element to provide additional assistive text to the user.

See also: Working with forms

Customize Radio Buttons

Click this to customize the images associated with the radio buttons used throughout the title. You can choose a selected image and an unselected image.

See also: Customizing radio buttons

Customize Check Boxes

Click this to customize the images associated with the check boxes used throughout the title. You can choose a selected image and an unselected image.

See also: Customizing check boxes

Import CSV

Click this to import a CSV question file.