Learnosity offers advanced math question for Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Statistics, Economics, Calculus and more! They can be found while creating an item in an Advanced Assessment.

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Authoring a Basic Question
Build Off an Existing Template

If you are creating a new item, select the + Create button on the assessment builder, title the item, then select the Add New plus sign to add a question.

If you are adding to an existing item, simply select the Add New plus sign (as shown above) to add a question to the item.

Categories

Algebra I Square Root Absolute Value Slope-Intercept Exponential Function Parabola	Algebra II Sine and Cosine Circle Logarithm Function Two Variable Linear Inequality Polynomial by Points Hyperbola Parabola by Focus and Directrix Ellipse System of Two Variable Linear Inequalities
Geometry Cone Volume & Surface Triangle Grid Area & Perimeter	Statistics Box-and-Whisker
Economics Supply & Demand Shift Budget Constraints	Calculus Area under curve Point on a curve
Miscellaneous Fraction Additions Number Line Inequality Number Line Point Desmos Blank Graph Question

❗ A Note Regarding Scoring:

The default score of a Desmos question is always 1 point. To change the point value, you'll have to adjust it in the assessment builder section above, rather than in the question itself.

Authoring a Basic Question

Example: Slope-Intercept

Step 1: Click on the Slope-Intercept Question, found under “Algebra I”
Step 2: Compose a question -- exampled is the question “Graph y=2x+3”
Step 3: Set one correct example answer

Step 4: Make sure both properties of the Example Answer are selected (in this case, both slope and intercept)

Step 5: To preview what a student would see, click the “preview” button at the top right. Here you’ll note that the graph will mark any correct answer as correct, even if it doesn’t match the exact example answer you’ve set. For example, this following solution is marked as correct:

Optional -- change the starting state that a student sees:

Click on “More options” drop-down, change the graph that appears below to what you’d like for your student to see

For more information on how the Desmos options work, check out this resource.

Build Off of an Existing Template

Example: Perpendicular Lines

(Build a question and want it to have the same structure as the existing slope question you may have asked)

Step 1: Click on the Slope-Intercept Question, found under “Algebra I”
Step 2: Compose a question -- here I’ll ask instead “Graph a line perpendicular to this one” (note: in this case, we’ll pretend that “this one” is still the line y=2x+3)
Step 3: Unselect “intercept”, as it’s no longer needed as a correctness condition

Step 4: Click on the “More options” options drop-down

Step 5: Here, there should already be a list of expressions, which are part of the template. I’ll leave those and instead, I’ll add in a new expression, the line “y=2x+3”. Here, I prefer to make this a different color and dashed to make it differentiated (note: click and hold down on the icon to change these settings).

Step 6: Set a correct answer example as you would normally

Step 7: In the student preview tab, I can see that the whole world of correct answers has already been set for the students, allowing a large number of graphs to be marked correct.