How to create Charting Items for learning activities:
Click on My Student Actions from the left menu.
Click on the green Add Student Action button in the top right of the Student Actions panel.
Click Next.
4. Here you will see a new panel. At the top will be the Details section. You can add the Grade, Subject, a Description (optional), set the Status of the item (automatically set to inactive, be sure to make it active if you want to use it on an assignment), and select the Item Type which in this case would be Charting.
5. Below the Details section, you will see the Tagging section followed by the Attachments section. In the Tagging section, you can add this new item to an Action Bank, tag the Standards, add Custom Tags, and add the DOK Level. In the Attachments section, you can add attachments to the item such as documents, images, websites, etc. which would then show up with this item on an assignment for students (optional).
Scrolling down, we will now see the Content section. Here is where we are going to create our charting item.
6. Here you can add Teacher Instructions. These are not the student directions.
7. Here is where you will put the Prompt. This will be the directions for the students and what they will see for this item when taking an assignment.
8. Here is where you will configure your chart. You can change the chart type and values to meet the needs of the chart you are wanting to create.
9. Here you can set dimensions for the chart (optional).
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10. Here is where you will set the initial attributes for the chart. This is the chart the students will see for this item on an assignment.
A - The Add Category button allows you to add more categories on your chart. In this example, if we added another category it would add another bar to the chart.
B - In each of these fields you can add titles/labels for your chart. You can also change the names of the categories.
C - Here is where you would define the initial value of the chart. Click on the line and drag it to the desired location. In this example, we left them at zero.
D - Here you can set whether or not students have access to editing the names and/or can set the values for each category listed on the chart. Student Can Set Value must be turned on if you wish for students to be able to move the bars as well as for you to set a correct answer. You can also set whether or not students can add more categories.
11. Below that first chart will be a second one. Here you will define the correct answer. Click on the red lines and drag them to the correct spot to define the answer.
At the bottom of the panel...
12. Here you can add a Rationale if you would like one.
13. Here you have the option to turn on a calculator for students to use with this item.
14. Here you can add Teacher Notes. These notes are for your own personal use.
15. Finally, you have the Sharing section. You can click on the Share With Selected Colleagues button and share with others at any time (optional). When sharing, we highly recommended only allowing others to make a copy or read only, unless you are wanting them to be able to edit your original you just created.
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