In Mastery Connect, as a teacher or other user without administrative permissions, you can create a Spanish language item or passage. When Spanish is selected as the language for an item or passage, the text-to-speech tool reads text with Spanish pronunciation.
Note: You can also create an English language and tag partial sections of the item or passage text as Spanish.
Open Item Bank
In the Global Navigation menu, click the Items link.
Add Item
Click the Create dropdown menu [1] and then click the New Item option [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.
The District Item Bank is defaulted for the District Item Bank previously selected [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 [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
Click the Create dropdown menu [1] and then click the New Passage option [2].
Note: If you are an admin, you can learn about creating passages in district item banks.
Select a Destination Bank [1]
Enter a passage title [2].
Optionally, select a passage grade level [3].
To label the passage as Spanish, click the Language drop-down menu, and select the Spanish option [4].
Enter passage text in Spanish [5].
Click the Author button [6].
