Category Manager

 

Overview

Instructors have the option to create categories for questions to help organize them for future use. Instructors may add new categories, modify existing categories, or remove categories using the Category Manager page.

 

Note: The Categorize Question options are only available if Add Categories and keywords to questions is selected in Creation Settings.

 

Category Manager

 

Find this page

Follow the steps below to open the Category Manager page.

 

Step 1                 Select Test Manager in the Assessment area of the Course Control Panel.

 

Step 2                 Create a new Test of select Modify next to an existing Test.

 

Step 3                 Select a new question in the Add Question: field or select Modify next to an existing question.

 

Step 4                 Click Categorize.

 

Step 5                 Select Category Manager.

 

 

Functions

The table below details the available functions on the Category Manager page.

 

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add a new category

enter a new category name in Add New Category: and click Add. There is a 64 character limit on Category names.

remove an existing category

click Remove next to the category name. This action is irreversible.

modify an existing category

click Modify. On the page that appears change the name of the category in the Existing Categories field and select Update. If a category is modified, all questions that are part of this category will be updated.