Example: Use the Equation Editor in an economics question

1. Open the Custom Question Builder.
2. Select Start with an empty template and click Next.
3. Select the format Full and click Next.
4. In the Custom Question Builder, put your cursor in the question section and enter:

   Given the following data:

5. Press Enter twice to start a new line.
6. Select Table > Insert Table from the top menu, and specify 3 columns and 3 rows in the Insert Table window.
7. Click OK to insert a table with those dimensions in your question.
8. Enter the following information in the table:
   
   

   	Price	Quantity
   Initial	$90.00	30 units
   New	$85.00	35 units

9. Then enter this text on a new line:

   Price elasticity can be calculated as:

10. On a new line, click Equation Editor in the left menu to enter this equation:

    

11. In the Equation Editor, position your cursor in the box at the bottom of the window.
12. Click the dropdown arrow of the Greek letters button: .
13. Click the letter (eta) in the dropdown list to insert it in your equation.
14. Click the Greek letters button again and then click the letter (rho) in the dropdown list.

    The letter rho is inserted next to the letter eta.

15. Enter a space and then click the Operators button:
16. Click = (the equal-to sign) from the pop-up window to insert it into your equation.
17. Go back and highlight the letter .
18. Click the Superscript/Subscript button:
19. Click (the subscript icon) from the template pop-up window.

    The letter is now formatted as a subscript.

20. Position your cursor after the equal-to sign and enter a space.
21. Click the Fractions button:
22. Click (the simple fraction icon) from the pop-up window to insert that fraction template into your equation.
23. Position your cursor in the numerator portion of the template.
24. Enter % (a percent sign) from the keyboard.
25. With the cursor still in the numerator, click the Greek uppercase button:
26. Click the letter (delta) to insert it in the numerator.
27. Enter a Q from the keyboard.
28. Click the superscript/subscript button, and then click the subscript template to insert it after the Q.
29. Enter a D from the keyboard.
30. Position your cursor in the denominator portion of the template.
31. Enter % (a percent sign) from the keyboard.
32. With the cursor still in the denominator, click the Greek uppercase button:
33. Click the letter (delta) to insert it in the denominator.
34. Enter a P from the keyboard.

35. Click OK to close the Equation Editor and insert the equation in your question.

Your question looks like this:

1. Press Enter twice to go to a new line, and enter this question text:

   Use the initial price and quantity combination from the data above to calculate the price elasticity of demand.

2. Press Enter to go to a new line.
3. Open the Equation Editor and use the Greek letters button to select the letter (eta) and the letter (rho)
4. Use the Superscripts and subscripts button to format the letter as a subscript.
5. Use the arrow key to move out of the subscript box.
6. Enter a space, an = (equal sign), and a space.
7. Click OK to return to your question.
8. Place the cursor after the blue box and click Short Answer in the left menu.
9. Define the short answer as follows:
   1. Step 1: Select Specify a subset of equivalent answers to accept and Accept integer or decimal equivalents only.
   2. Step 2: Enter -3 in the Value table.
   3. Step 3: Select 2 for Number of decimal places, and select Show trailing zeros.
   4. Step 4: Enter any custom feedback messages you want. Otherwise, keep the default messages.
   5. Click Save. The short answer box displays in your answer and shows the value -3.00.
10. Enter these instructions in parentheses after the answer box:

    {Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.}

    Your question now looks like this:

    

1. Click Preview Exercise to see how your question looks for your students. Enter different forms of the correct answer and enter an incorrect answer to check the behavior.
2. When you are satisfied with your question, dismiss the Preview window and click Save.