In Mastery Connect, if your district has paid item banks, you can add passages from purchased items to items you author to your writable item bank(s) from the Item Builder.
Notes:
- You can also add paid passages to items you author in the assessment builder.
Open Items
In the Global Navigation menu, click the Items link.
Create Item
Click the Create button [1] then click the New Item link [2].
Enter Item Details
Enter a name for the item in the Name text field [1].
To select an item type, click the Question Type drop-down menu [2] and select an item type from the list.
To select your personal item bank, click the Destination Bank drop-down menu [3].
Select a Subject, Core, Class, and Standard for the item from the drop-down menus [4].
To create an item that aligns with multiple standards, click the Add Another Alignment icon [5] and add the additional information.
Click the Additional Settings menu [6] to access optional fields.
In the Additional Settings menu, select values for Difficulty, Depth of Knowledge (DOK), and Blooms (Blooms Taxonomy)[7].
By default, English is selected as the language for the item. If you are creating an item in Spanish, click the Language option and select the Spanish option [8].
To compose the item, click the Author button [9].
Note: Learn more about composing a specific item type.
Add Passage
In the Item Editor, click the Add Passage button.
Find, Sort, and Search Passages
To view items from a purchased item bank, click the Item Bank dropdown menu [1] and select a purchased item bank.
To view items from a grade level, click the Grade Level dropdown menu [2].
To change the sort order of the passage titles, click the Sort drop-down menu [3]. Then, select one of the following sort options:
- Created (Newest First): displays passage titles in order by creation date, beginning with new passages.
- Created (Oldest First): displays passage titles in order by creation date, beginning with old passages.
- A-Z: displays passage titles in alphabetical order.
- Z-A: displays passage titles in reverse alphabetical order.
- Grade (K first): displays passage titles in order by grade in ascending order, beginning with kindergarten passages.
- Grade (CCR first): displays passage titles in order by grade in descending order, beginning with College and Career Readiness (CCR) passages.
To search for a passage by title, enter one or more words in the Search field [4]. You can search for a passage by any words included in the passage title.
View Passages
In the Add Passage window, you can view the titles of all available passages [1]. The currently selected passage content displays in the preview window [2].
Add Passage
To select a passage to add, click the passage title [1]. Then, click the Add button [2].
View Added Passage
Added passages display in the Passages section of the Item Editor [1].
To view a passage's content, click the passage title link [2] or click the Expand Passage Details icon [3].
Note: To remove the passage from the item, you can click the Remove icon [4].
