Preview custom questions

Updated 28 Aug 2023

When you finish creating a custom question, preview the question to see it as your students will.

  • From the Assignment Manager (Homework/Test Manager) in your course.

    This method of previewing is recommended because custom questions are created in Flash but most new courses use the new, mobile-friendly HTML5 player. To ensure that your custom questions display correctly, view them from Assignment Manager, where you can see how they display in the new player.

  • From the Custom Question Manager: Find the question in the table, select Preview from the Actions dropdown list, and click Go.
  • From the Custom Question Builder: With the question open, click Preview Exercise in the toolbar.

At the top of the player, you can choose language settings for viewing or printing the question:

  • Number format: Lets you select the characters used to separate periods and decimal places in numbers. The US format is the default choice (a comma separates periods; a period separates decimal places). You also can choose whether to use periods between periods in numbers and commas for decimals (e.g., 1.234,56) or SI notation with spaces (e.g., 1 234.56).
  • Language: Lets you display the question in one of these languages: en-gb is British English; en-us is American English; es-mx is Mexican Spanish; pt-br is Brazilian Portuguese.

These settings apply only when you preview or print a question. Numbers automatically convert to the appropriate number format when the question is used in a textbook that uses the format. (For more information, see Work with SI notation.)

To preview a question:

  1. Enter a correct answer.
  2. Click Check Answer to view your feedback.
  3. Click Similar Exercise and enter an incorrect answer.
  4. Click Check Answer to view your feedback.

For algorithmic questions, you can click Similar Exercise to display new values in the question.

Click Print to open the Print window, where you can print the question in the number format you chose.

If you are previewing the question from the Custom Question Manager, you can click Previous Item or Next Item to preview other questions in the list. Click Copy and Edit to open the question in the Custom Question Builder and create a copy that you can edit.

 

See also: Add custom questions to assignments | Save custom questions