Duration:
3:07
Updated:
August 28, 2026
Graphing Basic Item
Create a Basic Graphing item, where students use a coordinate grid with basic graphing techniques to complete the answer.
Helpful Tips
- A Graphing item allows students to use a coordinate grid to complete their answer.
- The Basic option allows students to plot one or more points on a graph.
Setting Up the Graph
- Select Basic as the graphing type. This is the default option.
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Under Grid, customize the graph as needed:
- Show only the first quadrant.
- Allow half steps.
- Adjust the range of the X and Y axes.
- Choose whether to display a line connecting points.
- Add optional titles or labels to the graph.
Setting the Correct Response
- Select Add or Edit Static Points to place points students may select.
- Add up to 8 static points to the graph.
- Uncheck Add or Edit Static Points, then select the points that should be marked as correct.
- Correct points appear green while editing.
- Select an existing point to remove it or select an empty location to add another.
- Select Save when finished.
Standards & Item Details
- After saving, select the Content Area, adopted year, Primary Course, and Student Expectation (SE).
- Add a dual-coded standard when applicable.
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From the Item View, you can:
- Edit the question or item details.
- Test Text to Speech.
- Add Related Content, such as passages, maps, or charts.
- Add Keywords to make the item easier to find in future searches.
From the New Item and Math section, the Graphing item type allows students to use a coordinate grid to complete their answer.
This video displays how to use the Basic option to plot one or more points on a graph.
Click the box or green plus icon.
You can see here that we have different areas to format the question, select your options and enter the correct answer.
On the top right, select English or Spanish.
Click here to add a protractor or a ruler to the item.
Use the editing tools provided to format.
Make sure to use this first icon to paste in plain text when copying from another source.
For demo purposes, we are starting with everything already entered in.
With the question formatted, select if this is a Basic, Intermediate or Advanced item.
For this example, we are choosing Basic which allows students to plot one or more points on a graph.
This is also the default option for all graphing items.
Under the Grid section, you can check to only show the first quadrant or to allow Half Steps.
Adjust the Range of the X and Y axis using the drop downs.
We'll keep 5 and 5.
Numbers picked change how the graph appears in the Correct Response section.
Here we can decide if a line to connect two points on the grid is needed.
We will leave this checked on this example.
Moving to the Correct Response section, check the option to Add or Edit Static Points.
In the completed example, students need to select two points which are selected here.
New dots added appear in blue with the option to add up to 8 static points on an item.
Uncheck the Add or Edit Static Points option to select the correct answer.
Correct answers appear as green dots.
This example requires students to select the correct two points to get one point.
You see the green box here that shows 1 of 1.
If you need to adjust the points in the future, just check the option once again.
If you click on an existing point they disappear.
Check the spot again to add a point back.
Highlight and add titles here, if needed.
This is optional.
If you don't change the text, nothing appears on the graph.
Click Save on the top when finished.
A pop-up appears allowing you to select standards.
Select the Content Area, adopted year and select the primary course and Student Expectation.
You also have the option to dual code.
Click save.
From this screen, use the icons to make edits to the question, or details on the right.
Use this icon to test how the item reads for text-to-speech.
To add 'Related content', click the Add icon.
Related content, such as reading passages, Maps, and Charts, can be attached to more than one assessment item.
This makes tests easier to organize.
You can also assign keywords to items making them easier to search for in the future.
Click the add icon and put each new keyword or phrase on a new line.
Click save to return to the previous screen.
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