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.
Adding Related Content to User Items
You can tie User items to Related Content by following the steps below:
Edit your User Item
On the right-hand side of the screen, click the add icon for Related Content
Enter the title of the Related Content
Search
Select the appropriate title to add as Related Content
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