You can use the Hot Text interaction to create multiple choice and multi-select items with target areas.

See Author or Edit a Test Item for general instruction on item creation.

  1. From the Editor tab, select Add Interaction, and then select Hot Text.
  2. Under Text, enter or paste in text. 
  3. Highlight a word or phrase, and then select Insert Hot Text to create target areas for students to select.
  4. Under Choices, select a correct answer.

    1. For multi-select items, increase the Max Choices under Settings. Select two or more correct answers. 

      Decide if you will set the Min and Max Choices as the actual number of correct choices, or a higher number to not give away the number of answers.

      For example, a multi-select item with 3 correct answers could be set as Min: 3 and Max: 5.

  5. If not already set, select Upper Alpha in the Label menu to label answer choices A, B, C, etc.
  6. Under Scoring Settings, enter a value in Max Points. 
  7. Select Save.


Sample Hot Text Item


Tiny link: https://support.assessment.pearson.com/x/WYD8Bg