Stimulus page
A passage, picture or other material that several items share.
A stimulus is content written once and shown with many items: a reading passage, a map, a data table. Each item that uses it holds a reference to it, so correcting the stimulus corrects it in every item.
Open a stimulus from its row on Resources. The page works like the item page: Edit, Duplicate, Delete, Export and View Source at the top, and tabs below.
Preview
The stimulus as candidates see it.
Editing a stimulus
Edit opens the same editor items use, without the question tools. See The item editor. A stimulus is locked while an item that a locked test uses shows it.
Using a stimulus in an item
In the item editor, open Stimuli and tick the stimulus. Then, in the stimuli pane beside the canvas:
- Place in body shows it at a point you choose inside the item.
- Left unplaced, it is shown beside, above or below the item, as your tenant admin has set on Tenant Admin › General.
- Remove stops the item using it.
Usage
Every item that uses the stimulus. A stimulus cannot be deleted while any item still does.
Metadata
The same records and cards as on the item page.