Navigate the Custom Question Builder

Updated 16 Jun 2023

The Custom Question Builder contains all the controls you need to design your question. From this window, you can create and edit questions, create and edit algorithmic values, insert graphics and graphical objects, build complex mathematical expressions, and format your question and answer.

This view shows the Custom Question Builder for a math course.

• The menu includes options for creating, editing, and previewing questions, including algorithmic values.

• The toolbar includes standard formatting options, plus options for previewing your question and entering the link to a URL.

• The algorithmic values toolbar contains the options you need to work with algorithmic values.

• The objects options in the left menu let you insert equations and graphical elements, depending on your discipline: math, economics, accounting, or finance, operations management, and engineering.

• The Student Interactions menu lets you specify the format of answers.

• The question-and-answer area is where you enter your problem and specify how students must answer it

See Design custom questions to create questions in the Custom Question Builder.