How do I create a passage in Mastery Connect?

In Mastery Connect, you can create passages to add to items. A passage displays alongside an item for students to read while answering the item. You can use the passage content editor to format text and include a variety of content such as images, math, tables, information, etc.

Open Items

Open Items

In the Global Navigation menu, click the Items link.

Open Passages

Click the Passages tab.

Add Passage

Add Passage

Click the Create button [1] then click the New Passage link [2].

Enter Passage Details

Enter Passage Details

Select a Destination Bank [1]

Enter the passage title in the Title field [2].

To select an optional grade level for the passage, click the Grade Level drop-down menu [3], and select a grade range option.

By default, English is selected as the language for the passage. To create a Spanish language passage, click the Language drop-down menu [4], and select the Spanish option.

To enter passage content, click in the Passage field [5].

Enter Passage Content

Enter text in the Passage field [1].

When you click in the Passage field, the passage content editor displays [2]. To format the passage text, add images, add math, etc., use the buttons and menus in the passage content editor.

To preview the passage, click the Preview button [3].

Author Passage

Author Passage

To save the passage, click the Author button.

View Passage

From the passage preview, you can return to editing the passage, clone the passage, or delete the passage.

To return to passage editing, click the Edit button [1].

To clone the passage, click the Clone button [2].

To delete the passage, click the Delete button [3].