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1. Click My Items.  You'll see both the items you've created and the expert items that come with the tool or have been added by others.
2. Select the type of item you'd like to add (Scaled/Survey, Short Answer/Essay, Text Header) and click the Add item button.
3. For Scaled/Survey items
   1. Enter the Item Text (this is the question or statement that the evaluator will respond to)
   2. Select the Scale
   3. Select the Sharing level (private or public)
   4. Indicate if this is an Expert item
      1. If this is an expert item, enter the Expert Description (describes the appropriate usage of this item for template authors)
   5. Set Display Settings Hints (these optional settings allow the item author to provide hints as to how this item should be displayed)
      1. Select the Scale Display Setting
      2. Indicate if N/A will be an option
      3. Select Item Category
   6. Click the Save item button
4. For Short Answer/Essay items
   1. Enter the Item Text (this is the question or statement that the evaluator will respond to)
   2. Select the Sharing level (private or public)
   3. Indicate if this is an Expert item
      1. If this is an expert item, enter the Expert Description (describes the appropriate usage of this item for template authors)
   4. Set Display Settings Hints (these optional settings allow the item author to provide hints as to how this item should be displayed)
      1. Select the Response size
      2. Indicate if N/A will be an option
      3. Select Item Category
   5. Click the Save item button
5. For Text Header items
   1. Enter the Item Text (this is the question or statement that the evaluator will respond to)
   2. Select the Sharing level (private or public)
   3. Indicate if this is an Expert item
      1. If this is an expert item, enter the Expert Description (describes the appropriate usage of this item for template authors)
   4. Set Display Settings Hints (these optional settings allow the item author to provide hints as to how this item should be displayed)
      1. Indicate if N/A will be an option
      2. Select Item Category
   5. Click the Save item button

Creating templates

1. Click Add Template
2. Fill in the Title and Description of the template and select the Sharing level (private or public)
3. Click the Save button.  You will now have the ability to add questions to the template.
4. Select the type of item you'd like to add (Scaled/Survey, Short Answer/Essay, Text Header, Existing, Expert) and click the Add button.
5. For Scaled/Survey, Short Answer/Essay and Text Header items see the Creating Items section above.
6. For Existing items
   1. Select the items you wish to include in the template
   2. Click the Insert Items button
7. For Expert items
   1. Click on the Category name you want to select from
   2. If available, choose the Objective you want to select from
   3. Select the items you wish to include in the template
   4. Click the Insert Items button
8. Reordering items
   1. Click and drag:  Click on an item and drag it to the new location
   2. Drop-down box:  From the drop-down box, choose the new order for the item
9. Creating blocks of items
   1. Select the items that you would like to have included in the block.  Note that all items need to have the same scale.  Once the first item is selected, all other items with the same scale will have an asterisk appear next to the checkbox for that item.
   2. Click the Create Block button
   3. Fill in the Item Header Text
   4. Indicate if N/A will be an option
   5. Indicate if Use Ideal Coloring will be used
   6. Select Item Category
   7. Click the Save item button

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1. explain basic usage (create template, start eval, take evals, view results), details about setting up the permissions correctly in Sakai would be helpful, explanation of the summary (dahsboard) view
2. how to create a template with details about various things like inserting expert items, reusing existing items, block items, etc.
3. how to start evaluations with details about the start dates and the various options
4. explanation of the email reminders and how they work
5. ways to access an evaluation to take it (email links, summary page, category view, direct links)
6. Viewing reports options with details on how to download csvs and view text responses