In most areas of the system where text can be entered, you can control the appearance of your text using the Rich-Text Editor, sometimes called a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. The toolbar in the Rich-Text Editor has icons for editing and formatting your text. You may use the Rich-Text Editor to add images, links, audio and video to the text you enter.

Note: To preserve formatting from a Word document when you paste text into the Rich-Text Editor, you will need to use the Paste from Word button.  Some types of formatting, such as colored text, may need to be added manually in the editor after pasting.

The Rich-Text Editor is based on an open-source application called CKEditor. For more information on the CKEditor, you may also refer to the CKEditor 4 Documentation Site.

Please refer to What does it mean to make content Accessible?  for links to articles with more information on creating accessible content using the CKEditor.

Assessments are subdivided into parts, but may consist of only one part that comprises all the questions.  Parts allow you to create sections of an assessment, each with its own title, questions, question pool draws, attachments (for resources or directions), and question ordering.

When you create a new assessment, a part (i.e., section) called Default is created automatically. If you leave it named Default, that title will not appear on your assessment; to change the part's name, click Edit. You can begin adding questions immediately to Default, or you can add your own parts.

New parts will be listed in the order you create them. You can re-order parts within an assessment, and edit each part individually.

Your assessment must contain at least one part, but you can remove any of the additional parts you create. You can also remove the Default part, as long as you've already created another part to replace it.

For more information on adding parts, see How do I add multiple parts to an assessment?