Find Learning Catalytics questions

You can use the filter options in any combination. The more criteria you select, the more targeted your search results will be. As you select and clear options, the resulting list of questions changes dynamically.

Content source. Select Pearson content or community-contributed content, or click x to select from both sources.

Discipline. The default discipline is the one most closely related to your Mastering discipline. You can select a different discipline or sub-discipline, or click x to select from all disciplines.

Book. If you are including Pearson content in your search, some disciplines list textbooks you can use to narrow your search.

Format. Select from among the question formats available in Learning Catalytics, or click x to see questions that use any format.

Added by. Enter any 3-character portion of a question author's name to see a list of names that include those characters, and then select the name you are seeking. If you select your own name, you see all the questions you added or cloned that match the other selected criteria, even if you didn't elect to share the questions. (Others see your questions listed only if you share them.)

Content tag. Click in the field to display an alphabetical list of tags that have been applied to questions from the content source and discipline currently selected. Select as many tags as you'd like. Each tag you add potentially increases the length of the list of questions. Tags perform an OR search, not an AND search, which means each question must contain at least one of the tags you select, not all of the tags.

Search. You can enter a single string to find questions that contain that string.

In the results list, click any question to open it. There you see the following information:

• Question
• Answer and explanation
• Historical performance, if available
• Attribution, if available
• Tags
• Rating
• Discussion

Note: Only when you add a question to a module do you see its default point value. If the default value is 0, students' answers to the question are not automatically scored. You can set a different point value for any question you add, but if you change 0 to ≥ 1, you must manually mark each student's response as either correct or incorrect. For more details, see Learning Catalytics scores and Learning Catalytics automatic and manual scoring.

Depending on whether you are working on a module or exploring and cloning content, you have the following options at the top of the page:

Working in a module:

• Search again (to return to the search page)
• + Add to module (to use the question in that module)

Exploring and cloning community content:

Note: These options don't apply for questions provided by Pearson.

• Edit (to change the question; read about editing vs. cloning below before you edit)
• Clone (copy and edit the copy)

• Should I edit or clone? Read before editing a question...

  Think of editing a question like editing a Wikipedia page—you should edit a question when you think the original question author would believe that you are improving it (for example, fixing typos, clarifying wording). However, if you are making substantive changes to the question, then you should clone it instead, to preserve the original version of the question in the library.

• Previous versions (view previous versions by other authors or yourself, and see change notes)
• x Delete (available only for your own questions)

Options are available to Like, Dislike, and Comment on a question. You can also select the option to E-mail me when someone comments on this question.

For questions from Pearson, you can use the Contact the publisher link to send a message about an issue with a specific question. If your mail program doesn't open automatically when you click the link, use the following in your To and Subject fields:

To: content@learningcatalytics.com
Subject: Error report in Learning Catalytics question [question number]