Now that you've started to build an advanced assessment, you may want to add a Drawing question.
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The Drawing question type allows students to mark up an uploaded image, blank workspace, or selected background using different drawing tools such as a compass, straightedge (ruler), or scribble pen.
Example:
💡 Tip from the Otus Team: This question type is great if you'd like students to show their work!
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Build the Question
If you are creating a new item, select the + Create button on the assessment builder, title the item, and 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.
Next, select the Highlight and Drawing category from the options on the left. Then select Drawing.
Step 1: Compose Question
Compose question: Type the question prompt into this field.
Step 2: Choose Toolbar Options
You can control what tools the student will see on their toolbar.
The icons highlighted in grey have been enabled. The white icons are disabled.
Click on a white icon to enable it or a grey icon to disable it.
Use the DIV icons to place dividing lines between icons.
These tool options are draggable. You can drag and drop the tools into a different order, and the new order will be displayed on the toolbar.
Note: the compass tool has a minimum radius of 160px.
Note: The text option has a character limit of 50.
➡️ Add Ability for Text Annotations
Do you want the students to annotate (label) their image using text? Here's how you can enable that feature:
Select the Text toolbar option.
Choose if you want special characters or math types as part of the available keypads (optional).
See the example below. Students can type on the drawing with the ability to change the color and font size.
Step 3: Choose Image/Background
There are three options available when it comes to the drawing space:
➡️ Blank Workspace:
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➡️ Uploaded Image
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➡️ Background
 💡 Tip from the Otus Team: The dot background is very light; it is great for providing a faint guide for students without becoming too distracting.
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Step 4: Choose Line Options
You can add up to six (6) line colors for students to use.
To add a new color, select the blue + Add button.
You can type the name of the color, such as "red", the RGB color code, or the Hex color code.
Set the Scoring
The Drawing question type is not auto-scored; it will require manual scoring once the assessment has been turned in.
Step 1: Expand the More Options section.
Step 2: Add a point value into the Max score field.
Student Preview
It's highly recommended to Preview the question as you are building it in the item. This displays the question from the students' perspective and reviews your formatting of the question. This question is not auto-scoring, therefore, there will not be a preview of the scoring.
Here is a short clip of this question type from the student's perspective.
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More Options
Other Scoring Options:
The Minimum score if attempted section gives the students points for simply attempting to answer the question. Please note these points will not be awarded if the question is skipped or left blank.
Layout Options:
After expanding the More options section, you can:
Change the line width: Enter a numerical value in the Line width (px) field. The default is set to 5; use that as your point of reference. To decrease the width, set it to a value less than 5. To increase the width, set it to a value greater than 5.
Change the font size: In the Font size dropdown menu, you can change the font size of all components of the question to small, normal, large, extra large, or huge.
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