In eDoctrina, a Passage is defined as contextual information that is used to help students respond to a question, but more often a series of questions. A passage can be a short story, a paragraph, an image, and many other things.
There are many ways to create a passage in eDoctrina. Our recommended way is to create an assessment first, then add the passage(s) to the created assessment. If unfamiliar with our assessment module, please visit our help guide on Answer Key Only Assessments or Building Questions before trying to build a passage. It is also possible to create a passage without creating an assessment first. Going this route will add the passage directly to a district test bank so the passage can be later pulled into any assessment.
Many times users find it easiest to first build questions within the assessment and then link them to a passage.
Selecting the icon will prompt users to select which questions they want to link to:
Please note that you also have the option to select all questions by using the icon.
Selecting "Proceed" will prompt the passage editor to open, where there are two mandatory steps to follow before the passage can be linked (Please note that the visibility state will default to visible).
There are also other fields within the passage editor that are not mandatory, but are important to remember.
Once the passage has been set up, scrolling down the page will show the questions that have been linked.
Once an assessment is created, a passage can be added from within the Assessment Editor by selecting the button located in the main toolbar.
Selecting the button will open a new browsing window and navigate the user directly to the Passage Editor (shown below).
To add a question, select the button in the "Linked Questions" section of the Passage Editor. This navigate the user to the Question Editor in a new browsing tab. The Question Editor has some variations on how to enter questions in comparison to entering questions directly through the assessment editor. For more information on how to use the Question Editor, please visit our help guide.
Once the question has been entered and saved in the Question Editor, it will now become one of the "Linked Questions" to this passage.
To add another question, select the button and repeat the process until all desired questions have been added to the passage.
When questions have been added to a passage within the Passage Editor, these question will automatically be added as the next questions within the Assessment Editor (shown below).
To edit an existing passage, select the button above any one of the linked questions in the Questions View within the Assessment Editor. This will navigate the user back to the Passage Editor where the passage linked questions can be modified with ease.
If a question has been linked to a passage and it needs to be removed, select the button to remove the question from the passage. This task cannot be done from within the Passage Editor.