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Related Content

TAG Test Item Bank
eLearning:

Schools have the ability to enter related content (purchased or original) to the TAG application. Content added by a DMAC user is accessible only by that individual login. 


Create Related Content

  • Related Content – Select Related Content  > New from top navigation bar; or, New from the Related Content Library.

  • Language – English or Spanish.

  • Title – Name Passage.

  • Paired Passage and Format – Select Yes or No if it is a paired passage

  • Check if it is a Revise and Edit passage.

  • Content Area – Select content area (required).

  • Course – Select course (required).

  • Genre – Select Genre (optional).

  • Readability – Enter Readability level (optional)  Note: DMAC uses the Flesch-Kincaid Readability model for existing content in the item bank.

  • Text to Speech – When an option is selected, that area will read for students who receive the Text to Speech testing support. Any Directions entered will always read aloud.

Selection(s):

The main part of a content is entered in the Selection(s) area of the page. Formatting is especially important for online tests so they display properly on the screen. Note: Save is not available on this page until content is entered in the Selection(s) text area.

  • Paste Plain Text – paste text into text box. Delete extra spaces between lines or sentences. Note: Click full-screen to view in a larger format to remove spaces.

Formatting Best Practices:

  • Title – Centered; bold; 16 point font

  • Subtitle – Centered; italicized; 12 point font

  • Paragraph Numbers – Italicized; 11 point font (default); add 2 spaces before/5 spaces after for numbers 1-9 and 0 spaces before/5 spaces after for double digits

  • Body Text – left aligned; 11 point font (default)

  • Images – .png preferred, recommended max for width and height is 675×875 pixels. Click Add new paragraph icon before and after each image. Right click an image and select Properties to edit image size and alignment or add Alt Text for a description of the image to read aloud with Text to Speech.

  • Click Print to view how a content will look online (Web View) or to print a copy (PDF View).

  • By adding new paragraphs with the icon, the system will automatically add the paragraph tags for the start and end of a paragraph

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