Prepare essay questions

You can't import answer key text. However, you can use either of the following methods:

• Add the answer key as follow-up text in the file you will import. (See step 5 in the procedure below.) Follow-up text appears after students submit essay answers, enabling them to compare and assess the answers they entered.
• Use this two-step process:
  1. Before you import the question — Add answer key information to the essay question itself.
  2. After you import the question — Use the Simple Editor to move the answer key information to the correct answer section of the part answer.

1. Add a title for the question (Optional, but recommended)

   Use this format Title: question title

   Include a colon after the word Title. The title you enter becomes the name of the question in the Item Library. If you don't enter a title, the Import Tool uses your file name, minus the .rtf extension, as the name. If there are multiple questions in one file, they are named file-001, file-002, and so on. Supplying a title makes it much easier to locate and differentiate questions in the library.

2. Precede the question with a number, using one of the following formats:

   1. question
1) question

   The number must be plain text (no bold or other formatting). Don't include any introductory text before the number.

3. Enter two line breaks to indicate the answer area (press the Enter key twice). Don't enter any text.
4. If essays include subparts, do not use A), A., a., or a) because the Import Tool sees these as multiple choice answers, and won't import the file. Instead, use formats like these:

   1. question
Part A. subpart
Part B. subpart

   2. question
- include information on x
- include information on y
- include information on z
   

5. Enter follow-up text. (Optional)
   Enter the pound sign (#) and follow-up text after the two blank lines, using this format:

   #follow-up text

Title: Prokaryotic versus eukaryotic cells

1) Describe the structural difference between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell.

#Prokaryotic cells lack any internal membranous compartmentalization.

Title: Prokaryotic versus eukaryotic cells

1. Describe the structural difference between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell. Prokaryotic cells lack any internal membranous compartmentalization.