Icons and conventions
Updated 06 Aug 2024
A number of icons and symbols are used throughout your course. Icons have tooltips to give you a brief explanation.
Icons might vary depending on your course.
Icon | Explanation |
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Assignment icons | |
A homework assignment, as categorized in the gradebook. | |
A quiz, as categorized in the gradebook. | |
A test, as categorized in the gradebook. | |
Any other type of assignment, as categorized in the gradebook. | |
Study plan work as a prerequisite for a test or quiz. | |
An adaptive diagnostic test to assess topic knowledge. | |
This assignment has a prerequisite. | |
A preassigned sample homework assignment. | |
or (sw) | Students need to demonstrate how they got the answer using the Show Work window. |
The question is an essay question that the instructor must manually grade. | |
The media type is a video. | |
The media type is an animation. | |
The media type is a PowerPoint presentation. | |
The media type is an eTextbook reading. | |
The media type is an audio file. | |
The media type is an interactive figure. | |
The media type is a business simulation. | |
The media type is a data file. | |
The media type is an HTML document. | |
The media type is a PDF file. | |
The media type is an image. | |
The media type is reading a website. | |
The media type is an interactive lab. | |
In accounting courses, a static question that matches a question in the textbook. | |
Question Help icons | |
A video is available as a learning aid. | |
An animation is available as a learning aid | |
The eTextbook is available as a learning aid. | |
A guided solution is available as a learning aid. | |
A sample problem is available as a learning aid. | |
A calculator is available as a learning aid. | |
An Excel spreadsheet accompanies the question. | |
A glossary is available as a learning aid. | |
Review information is available as a learning aid. | |
Textbook Extras (additional material from your textbook) are available as a learning aid. | |
An instructor tip is available for the question. | |
More Help or Extra Help is available as a learning aid. | |
Math Tools are available as a learning aid. Math Tools link to a variety of tools to help visualize a concept. | |
Templates are available as a learning aid and offer Excel worksheets, MATLAB code, Word, or PowerPoint files tied to specific questions in the textbook. | |
In accounting courses, a Demo Docs Example is available as a learning aid. | |
Extra information on the question is available only in review mode. | |
Send an email about the question to the instructor. | |
Score icons | |
gray text | The assignment score is not included in gradebook averages. |
* | The score has been changed or was submitted by the instructor. |
! | The assignment has essay questions that need to be graded by an instructor. |
The question was answered correctly. | |
The question was answered incorrectly. | |
Part of the question was answered correctly, and partial credit was given for the question. | |
The question has been started but not yet scored. | |
The question is incorrect because it was not answered. | |
The instructor has commented on the answer to a question. | |
(sw) | You have to show your work. |
(e) | An essay question. |
The assignment offers or earned a Credly badge. | |
Calendar icons | |
The instructor has posted an announcement. | |
One or more assignments are available. | |
One or more assignments are due. | |
Study Plan icons | |
A section or objective that was mastered by taking a test, quiz, practice test, or Quiz Me. | |
A section or objective recommended for practice. | |
A section or objective that is recommended for practice next in courses using the continuously adaptive Study Plan. | |
The student has answered the practice questions correctly and is ready to take a test to prove mastery. | |
Media (such as a video or PowerPoint) that students can view to review the material. | |
Course information for instructors | |
A member course managed by a coordinator course. | |
An instructor-only resource or menu item. | |
Assignment information for instructors | |
An instructor-created custom question. | |
(tb) | A question from the test bank. |
An essay question or a multipart question that includes an essay. | |
A graphing question. | |
An economics graphing question. | |
A question is accessible by screenreaders such as JAWS. | |
A question that recommended Skill Builder Adaptive Practice for students working on homework. | |
An economics question that contains the latest real-time data downloaded from FRED (the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). | |
A Mini Sim question in business courses. | |
An autograded Excel project that can be included in homework assignments in some business courses. | |
Detailed statistics for the assignment are available using Item Analysis. | |
A GeoGebra question. | |
Content editor features | |
Show more options below the toolbar. | |
Source code view. Use to copy and paste text and automatically convert the text to HTML. | |
Preview the content page. | |
Enlarge the workspace. | |
Insert image. | |
Insert link. | |
Insert media. | |
Insert table. | |
Math equation | Insert a math equation. |
Insert code sample. | |
Insert special characters. | |
Insert emoticons (also known as emojis). | |
Insert horizontal line. | |
Insert page break. | |
Insert anchor. | |
Insert table of contents. | |
Insert date and time. | |
Refresh editor. |